There are 13 days until the college football season begins on Sept. 1, and the number 13 was a magic one for a trio of college football teams last season. ??Three teams won 13 or more games, headlined by 14-1 Alabamas win over Clemson, which also finished 14-1, in the College Football Playoff national championship game. The other 13-win team was the American Athletic Conferences Houston Cougars, who finished 13-1 after their Chick Fil-A Peach Bowl victory over Florida State in the New Years Six game.The 13-win plateau is not as rare as it used to be with the addition of conference championship games and?two rounds of college playoffs. But it remains a sign of excellence nonetheless. The Crimson Tide became the all-time leader in seasons of 13 wins or more?by eclipsing that mark for the fourth time last season, the most since the college football classification system began in 1937.?Three of Alabamas seasons of 13 or more wins have come under coach Nick Saban: 2015, 2012 and 2009. The other time was 13-0 in 1992 under Gene Stallings.?Clemson broke the 13-win mark for the first time?last season with its best showing since going 12-0 in 1981 and winning the national title. With?Deshaun Watson?returning at quarterback, the Tigers are favorites to hit that mark once again. Houston, on the other hand, exploded onto the scene?last year in coach Tom Hermans first season, going 13-1 and defeating Florida State 38-24. It was the second time in school history that it has won 13 games, with the 2011 team the other. ? ?All three teams will open their season on Sept. 3.?Alabama will play USC in Arlington, Texas; Clemson will visit?Auburn; and Houston will play Oklahoma in a neutral-site game at NRG Stadium in Houston.?In case you missed any part of our countdown:14 days: 14 years of Boise State excellence15 days: Kansas has lost 15 straight games, the longest active FBS streak.16 days: Peyton Manning wore No. 16 for Tennessee.17 days: TCU QBs completed 17 of 17 passes in a game in 2012, an FBS record.18 days: Ohio State has won an FBS-best 18 consecutive road games.19 days: There are 19 head coaches at their alma mater this season.20 days: It has been 20 years since Florida won its first national championship.21 days:?Oklahoma led the nation in average scoring margin (21.5) last season.22 days: Ohio State has been in the top 10 of the AP poll for 22 straight weeks.23 days:?Virginia Tech has played in an FBS-best 23 straight bowl games.24 days:?In the first game of the historic rivalry, Navy beat Army 24-0.25 days: Desmond Howard won the Heisman 25 years ago.26 days:?Arkansas State led the nation with 26 interceptions in 2015.27 days: Clemsons Greg Huegel led the nation with 27 field goals in 2015.28 days: Adrian Peterson wore No. 28 for Oklahoma.29 days: Alabamas Bryant-Denny Stadium opened in 1929.30 days: Miamis Vinny Testaverde won the Heisman 30 years ago. 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Kimi Raikkonen thinks Ferrari was performing at the best level it has been all weekend despite once again having to settle for the third row of the grid behind Red Bull in Germany.Raikkonen out-qualified teammate Sebastian Vettel for fifth but both drivers failed to beat either Red Bull in the battle behind Mercedes. Raikkonen was three tenths behind Max Verstappen in fourth position and says the team simply does not have the pace.The car was behaving pretty OK, I didnt have any big issues, Raikkonen said. On the last set of tyres I struggled a bit and I didnt have the same good feeling I had with the previous one.Were just not fast overall, we need to put more downforce in the car to go faster, but apart from that the handling was OK. Its disappoinnting to be where we are, but this is how it is today.dddddddddddd Well keep working and improving -- thats about it.Raikkonen says the only thing Ferrari can do is continue working at finding more one-lap pace.I didnt really notice there was an awful lot of change from the first run to the last run. It was more difficult on the last set but overall the car was handling well. We just need to be faster around the lap.Unfortunately thats something we cannot change right now, but we keep trying. The car was as strong in qualifying as it has been all weekend, I think it was the best it had been. We tried but it wasnt enough. ' ' '