Fifteen Power 5 teams won 10 or more games in 2019.

For some, it was an anomaly.

For others, it was an expectation realized.

Alabama won 10+ games for the 12th consecutive season. The Tide are within 2 years of matching Florida State’s FBS record run from 1987-2000. Not surprisingly, Clemson and Ohio State aren’t far behind.

The Tigers have won 10+ games for 9 consecutive years. The Buckeyes’ streak is 8 years. Oklahoma is at 5. No other Power 5 team has an active streak longer than 3 years.

Enough background. How many of these 15 teams can extend their streak in 2020?

From the top, we predict yea or nay.

Alabama — Yea

Streak: 12 years

Skinny: Only once in this streak has Alabama needed the postseason to extend it. That was in 2010 when the Tide captured the Capital One Bowl for win No. 10. Every other year, the streak was secured in the regular season. Heck, every other year, it was secured before the Iron Bowl.

Expect more of the same in 2020.

Clemson — Yea

Streak: 9 years

Skinny: Clemson winning 10 games is even a greater lock than Alabama winning 10 games.

That’s probably why BetOnline.ag has the Tigers’ over/under win projection at 11.5 — and that’s just for the regular season. I don’t gamble, but I’m #ALLIN on that over.

Clemson has created a Usain Bolt-like gap between itself and the rest of the ACC. It’s the largest such gap among the Power 5 conferences. It’s reminiscent of what FSU did during its first 5 years in the ACC. And it’s not changing in what likely will be Trevor Lawrence’s final season.

Ohio State — Yea

Streak: 8 years

Skinny: This is where the Big Ten folks point out how much tougher the Buckeyes’ task is because they have to play 9 conference games a year.

And this is where I point out how many cupcakes there are in the Big Ten. Playing 9 games against Big Ten teams practically guarantees the Buckeyes will win at least 10 every year. That’s probably why their over/under win projection is 10.5 for the regular season.

Ohio State has lost 10 games during this 8-year streak, including the postseason. Five of those losses were against nonconference teams. The last time Ohio State lost 2 or more Big Ten games in a season was 2011.

This season, even if the Buckeyes stumble early at Oregon (they won’t), they still face 5 Big Ten teams that had a losing conference season in 2019. That doesn’t even include Indiana, which posted its first winning season in the Big Ten since 1993.

The streak is beyond safe.

Oklahoma — Nay

The streak: 5 years

Skinny: Are there 4 losses on the schedule? The only way this streak ends is if the Sooners finish 9-3 in the regular season and lose their bowl game.

That’s possible. Their over/under win projection is 9.5.

They’re starting over again at quarterback, not that that has mattered at all to Lincoln Riley. He has perfected plug-and-play at the position more so than any program in America.

But it’ll get real interesting Tennessee upsets the Sooners in Week 2. Not long after, OU faces Baylor and Texas in back-to-back weeks.

I’m not overly confident the 10-win streak ends, but it’s more plausible this season than the previous 3, especially given how OU has fared in the postseason during this run.

Georgia — Yea

The streak: 3 years

Skinny: Are there 3 regular-season losses on the Dawgs’ schedule? I don’t see it. At Alabama is 1. Florida could be another. That’s it for the heavy lifting.

They get Auburn and Tennessee at home. They have, arguably, the best defense since Kirby Smart took over. Yes, the offensive line is being remade. But even if Jamie Newman struggles, nobody else in the SEC will be able to score enough to make it matter. A 10-2 regular season seems like the floor. The only way this team finishes 9-4 is it suffers an upset in the regular season and shows up unmotivated for a bowl game.

Notre Dame — Nay

The streak: 3 years

Skinny: Notre Dame always has the most interesting schedule in the country because it plays games against the most Power 5 conferences. Styles make fights, and Notre Dame has to prepare for everything.

Clemson and Wisconsin immediately jump off the page as likely losses. USC QB Kedon Slovis won’t be mistaken for Trevor Lawrence, but he threw 30 TD passes as a true freshman last season. Two of those came at Notre Dame, where the Irish escaped 30-27. This year, the Irish go to Los Angeles.

Louisville is expected to be better, as well, behind dual-threat QB Micale Cunningham.

Notre Dame needed a bowl win in 2017 to start this streak. It might need another in 2020 to keep it going.

Florida — Yea

The streak: 2 years

Skinny: Only 2 coaches in program history have won 10 games in a season 3 times. Dan Mullen has a chance not only to join Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer but also become the first to do it in his first 3 seasons.

Everything sets up perfectly for the Gators in 2020.

The slate is friendly. LSU visits The Swamp, and the rotational crossover is at Ole Miss. Georgia is starting over on offense. Florida State hit reset, again, this time with Mike Norvell.

With so much momentum and opportunity, a 9-4 season would feel like a letdown of Muschamp proportions.

LSU — Nay

The streak: 2 years

Last season was the historic outlier.

In 2018, the Tigers need to win a bowl game to reach 10 wins. And did.

In 2017, the Tigers needed to win a bowl game to reach 10 wins. And didn’t.

I think 2020 plays out much the same. They return some NFL talent because what LSU team doesn’t? The difference is there’s simply no way to live up to the 2019 standard and as much as everybody says now that won’t be an issue, wait until the Tigers lose against Texas in Week 2 or stumble at Florida or, gumbo forbid, lose both games.

Joe Burrow’s moxie won as many games as his right arm. It’s not an insult to say this offense won’t come close to matching last year’s. I’ve already written several times that there is absolutely nothing wrong with a 9-4 season.

It’s fair and perfectly natural to want more, but it’s also bordering on unrealistic to expect another cakewalk to 10 wins.

The other contenders

The remaining 7 schools started a 10-victory streak last year. (Technically, 1 isn’t a streak, but it’s a starting point.) These 4 will keep it going in 2020.

Penn State: The Nittany Lions are far less worried about winning 10 games than winning the Big Ten East. It likely will come down to Ohio State’s visit in mid-October. No Big Ten team has played the Buckeyes better in the past 4 years than Penn State. The Buckeyes won 3 of 4, but 2 of those wins were by 1 point. Penn State has legitimate Playoff aspirations. It would be a monumental meltdown if the Lions don’t win 10 games.

Wisconsin: The Badgers lost yet another All-American running back in Jonathan Taylor. They have a few holes to fill on the line, too. But if you have learned anything about Wisconsin football, you know those are areas the Badgers always replenish, assembly-line style. The key to their success in 2020 is that QB Jack Coan is returning. He threw for 2,727 yards last season. That might not sound like much to SEC ears, but it was the Badgers’ most since Russell Wilson threw for 3,175 in his rental year in 2011.

Minnesota: The boat-rowers have 2 huge positives in their corner: First, Tanner Morgan can sling it. He led the B1G in passing yards per game (250) and finished 2nd overall with 3,253 yards. He punctuated the pretty numbers by throwing for 278 yards and 2 TDs in the Outback Bowl victory over Auburn.

Second, they avoid Ohio State and Penn State, the co-favorites in the East, and get Michigan at home. The schedule is so friendly Minnesota will win 10 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time in more than 100 years.

Oregon: The obvious hurdle is the Ducks are starting over at quarterback. They have options, primarily 2-year backup Tyler Shough. But they’ve recruited well around him. The Ducks had the No. 2 class in the Pac-12 in 2018 and the No. 1 class in 2019 and 2020. They simply have more talent than any other roster in the Pac-12. And now they’ve added Joe Moorhead, the mastermind behind Penn State’s offensive revival. Moorhead probably is better suited to be an OC than a head coach.

One and done

The streak will end for these 3.

Baylor: Head coach Matt Rhule bolted for the NFL, and that’s a huge loss. The Bears hired Dave Aranda, who was outstanding as a defensive coordinator but has never been a head coach. Eventually, Aranda’s defense will become the Big 12’s best, but don’t expect that to happen in 2020. The Bears return QB Charlie Brewer, which certainly will help when they travel to Oklahoma and Texas. The Bears won 11 games last season, but 4 were by one-score and 2 were won in OT. The margin, in other words, is extremely thin.

Iowa: The Hawkeyes pounded USC in the Holiday Bowl to earn their 10th win last season. They play Ohio State and Penn State, on the road, in back-to-back weeks in October. That’s after traveling to Minnesota in Week 3. That would be difficult enough under the best of circumstances, but Iowa also is starting over at quarterback. There’s a reason BetOnline placed its over/under at 7.5 wins. The streak ends at 1 year.

Utah: BetOnline doesn’t like the Utes’ chances to win 10 games again in 2020. They set the over/under at 8.5 wins. I agree for a couple of reasons.

Those reasons are: Tyler Huntley and Zach Moss.

Huntley passed for more than 3,000 yards last season, and Moss led the Pac-12 with 1,416 rushing yards and 15 rushing TDs. That’s a lot of offense to overcome for a team that leaned heavily on that unit in 2019.