For most observers and fans of the game, it’s never a fun thing to watch a proud college football program bite the dust. 

Yes, it’s part of the cyclical nature of college football for teams to rebuild every few years, but the best, most tradition rich programs are supposed to stay at or near the top all the time. 

College football as a whole is better when programs like Alabama, Notre Dame, Michigan, Nebraska, and Oklahoma are thriving. 

Here are some teams that are sliding, some slowly–others not-so-slowly, into irrelevance. 

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