[Discussions] What was the earliest in the season that a playoff hopeful team lost and their season was basically "over"?

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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/bablob14 on 2024-04-19 18:44:23.

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For instance, in 2022 Oregon came in ranked #11 and had high expectations and a lot of potential for winning the Pac-12 and making the 4-team playoff.

Then Week 1 got destroyed 49-3 by Georgia. In the 4-team CFP era that basically ended their “season” in Week 1.

Who else?