Kirby Smart is still in it to win championships, but the model has changed, and UGA — like most everyone else — is working on a new business model. That doesn’t ease the pain or frustration of what proved to be a tough College Football Playoff season for the Bulldogs.

Where is Georgia football in the coaches and AP polls in the final top 25 of the season? Here's where the voters put the Bulldogs on Tuesday.

ATHENS, Ga. — Three years ago, Georgia won a national championship and then set a modern NFL Draft record when 15 players from that team were selected. Five Georgia players went in the first round, all off a defense that was regarded then and still might be as generationally great. All in all, it was an immense, irreplaceable loss of talent.