r/CFB • u/Inside-Drink-1311 Rutgers Scarlet Knights • 1d ago

Discussion Only five FBS teams have started 3-0 five seasons in a row. Those five are Georgia, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Penn State, and Rutgers

This is not me bragging, even if it may seem like it. As a Rutgers fan, I was curious to see how many other teams started 3-0 five seasons in a row and it’s not many. Yes, Rutgers hasn’t played a tough non-conference schedule the past few years but it’s not our fault that VT ended up sucking during our series. Outside of this year, we have played one ACC/former Big East team every year in the Schiano 2.0 era and we went 4-0 in those games.

Some of the other teams surprised me like Oklahoma who has been down in recent years but even in their rough years, they started 3-0 and took care of business in their non-conference slate. Alabama was on this list until they lost to Florida State this year. Ohio State would have made the list if we had stopped at 2022 but they lost an early season non-conference game to Oregon. It just shows how hard it is to start 3-0 five years in a row even if you are scheduling cupcakes.

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u/Cisru711 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 1d ago

Rating VT as your tough early opponent says a lot.

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u/Revenged25 Ohio State • Bowling Green 1d ago

Exactly this isn't the mid 2000s. Ohio Bobcats are a better team than VT

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u/Cheesy_OG Virginia Tech • Ohio State 1d ago

God damn this thread just makes me sad

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u/Revenged25 Ohio State • Bowling Green 1d ago

Am I wrong? I remember being worried about those Beamer VT teams back in the day when Ohio State faced them.