Getting the right collection of teams can help guide a manageable path to a conference championship game and even help set up a national championship run.  Then, there's the other side. Some years, seemingly every bad schedule break goes your way and can elevate a coach to the hot seat.

Mizzou Snubbed in AP Top 25 College Football Preseason Rankings originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Eli Drinkwitz and the Missouri Tigers football program enter this fall on the heels of back-to-back 10-plus win seasons. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to convince voters they belong among the top teams in the nation.