I never would have picked Oklahoma at #1. Funny we're tied with the semis at 15.
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Woody <[email protected]> > Date: August 20, 2013, 1:21:41 PM CDT > To: gatornews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] CFN.com: The greatest program of all time is... > Reply-To: [email protected] > > All-Time Decade Rankings > > The AP Rankings > > Follow me ... Follow me to freedom! ... @ColFootballNews > - Suggestions or something we missed? Let us know > > By the AP Rankings - The Greatest Programs Ever > - 2013 AP Preseason Poll | Top Teams of All-time > - Top Teams of the 1930s | Top Teams of the 1940s > - Top Teams of the 1950s | Top Teams of the 1960s > - Top Teams of the 1970s | Top Teams of the 1980s > - Top Teams of the 1990s | Top Teams of the 2000s > - Top Teams of the 2010s > > The AP rankings might now be irrelevant since they don't have anything to do > with determining a national champion anymore, but they're still great to use > when analyzing college football on a historical scale. > > The AP college football poll has been through World War II, has changed and > adapted with the times, and has often looked to make a statement when needed > - like in 2003 by naming USC the national champion, even though LSU took home > the BCS title.. > > Since the AP poll is the only consistent ranking system from 1936 through > today, CFN came up with a scoring system to compare and contrast how the > programs finished over the decades. Every time a team finished No. 1 in the > final poll, it got 25 points. The No. 2 team got 24 points, No. 3 got 23 > points, and so on with the No. 25 team getting one point. Through the > decades, the AP ranked the top ten teams for a few years before going back to > the top 20 rankings, and eventually, it went to the top 25 system it's at > now. > > According to the scoring system, consistent production isn't necessarily > rewarded. For example, if a team finished 17th for four straight years, it > would get a total of 36 points (No. 17 gets 9 points). A team that finished > the beginning of the decade No. 2 (24 points) and the end of the decade > ranked tenth (16 points), but wasn't ranked any year in between, would get a > total 40 points. > > One fascinating thing to note: all the club teams that played during World > War II. Notice the rankings of the all-star teams like the Iowa Pre-Fight > juggernaut and the Bainbridge NTS powerhouse. In the end, though, the > big-name programs you'd think would rock, did. There's a reason the > superpowers of today got their reputations - they won. > > However, things can change in a big hurry. When we did this in 2000, Notre > Dame was on top of the world by a huge margin. Over a decade later and a > following down period, things have changed up a bit. > > So here we go - here are the greatest college football programs since 1936 > according to the AP rankings. > > RANK TEAM POINTS > 1 Oklahoma 953 > 2 Michigan 943 > 3 Ohio State 927 > 4 Alabama 923 > 5 Notre Dame 918 > 6 Nebraska 783 > 7 USC 782 > 8 Texas 771 > 9 Tennessee 678 > 10 Penn State 646 > 11 LSU 590 > 12 Georgia 531 > 13 Auburn 526 > 14 Miami 511 > T15 Florida 486 > T15 Florida State 486 > 17 UCLA 477 > 18 Arkansas 439 > 19 Michigan State 380 > 20 Texas A&M 356 > 21 Washington 330 > 22 Georgia Tech 325 > 23 Ole Miss 322 > 24 Wisconsin 305 > 25 Iowa 302 > Others Receiving Votes > 26 Clemson 299 > 27 Pitt 293 > 28 Colorado 258 > 29 Army 239 > 30 Maryland 238 > 31 Minnesota 236 > 32 TCU 230 > 33 Stanford 226 > 34 Arizona State 223 > 35 Missouri 218 > 36 Virginia Tech 213 > 37 Duke 210 > 38 Oregon 206 > T39 Navy 199 > T39 North Carolina 199 > 41 Purdue 196 > 42 West Virginia 194 > 43 Syracuse 191 > T44 BYU 178 > T44 Illinois 178 > 46 California 174 > T47 Kansas State 168 > T47 SMU 168 > 49 Houston 164 > 50 Boston College 150 > 51 Oklahoma State 137 > 52 Boise State 136 > 53 Northwestern 135 > 54 Baylor 132 > 55 Washington State 123 > 56 Oregon State 120 > 57 Rice 107 > 58 N.C. State 105 > 59 Texas Tech 104 > 60 Mississippi State 99 > 61 Kansas 96 > T62 Kentucky 96 > T62 South Carolina 96 > 64 Penn 95 > 65 Louisville 91 > 66 Fordham 88 > 67 Santa Clara 86 > 68 Tulsa 79 > 69 Arizona 76 > T70 Air Force 75 > T70 Utah 75 > 72 Tulane 74 > 73 Virginia 66 > 74 Indiana 63 > 75 Princeton 55 > T76 Cornell 54 > T76 Yale 54 > 78 Holy Cross 52 > 79 Wyoming 48 > 80 Dartmouth 47 > 81 Duquesne 46 > 82 Iowa Pre-Flight 44 > T83 Miami Univ. 41 > T83 Villanova 41 > 85 Rutgers 40 > 86 Cincinnati 37 > 87 William & Mary 33 > 88 March Field 32 > T89 Colorado State 31 > T89 Toledo 31 > 91 Bainbridge NTS 30 > 92 Great Lakes 29 > 93 Utah State 26 > 94 Southern Miss 25 > T95 East Carolina 23 > T95 Pacific 23 > T95 Randolph Field 23 > 98 Wake Forest 22 > 99 Carnegie Tech 20 > 100 State Mary's (Cal.) 19 > T101 Del Monte P-F 18 > T101 Marshall 18 > 103 Vanderbilt 17 > 104 Nevada 15 > T105 Georgetown 13 > T105 Hawaii 13 > T107 Columbia 12 > T107 Norman Pre-Flight 12 > T107 San Francisco 12 > T110 Boston University 10 > T110 El Toro Marines 10 > T110 San Diego State 10 > T113 George Washington 9 > T113 Hardin-Simmons 9 > T113 New Mexico State 9 > T113 Temple 9 > T117 Colorado College 8 > T117 Fort Pierce 8 > T117 Iowa State 8 > T117 Washington & Lee 8 > T121 Delaware 7 > T121 Lafayette 7 > T121 State Mary's P-F 7 > T124 Fresno State 6 > T124 Marquette 6 > T124 Ohio 6 > T124 Sec. 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