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The AP Top 100 College Football Programs



Who would be your Top 5?

I have trouble putting Ohio State at #1.

Mine would be:
  1. Alabama
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Notre Dame
  4. USC
  5. Ohio State
(Titles matter a lot to me.)

Here are some key ranks for reference:

If we go by AP or Coach's Poll national championships, here's the list since 1936 (when we actually started having recognized polls instead of "claimed" championships):

Alabama (11): 1961, 1964, 1965 (AP), 1973 (Coaches), 1978 (AP), 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
Notre Dame (8): 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973 (AP), 1977, 1988
Oklahoma (7): 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974 (AP), 1975, 1985, 2000
USC (7): 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974 (Coaches), 1978 (Coaches), 2003 (AP), 2004 (AP)
Ohio State (6): 1942, 1954 (AP), 1957 (Coaches), 1968, 2002, 2014
Miami (5): 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991 (AP), 2001
Nebraska (5): 1970 (AP), 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997 (Coaches)
Minnesota (4): 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
Texas (4): 1963, 1969, 1970 (Coaches), 2005
Florida State (3): 1993, 1999, 2013
Florida (3): 1996, 2006, 2008
LSU (3): 1958, 2003 (Coaches), 2007
Army (2): 1944, 1945
Auburn (2): 1957 (AP), 2010
Michigan (2): 1948, 1997 (AP)
Michigan State (2): 1952, 1965 (Coaches)
Penn State (2): 1982, 1986
Pittsburgh (2): 1937, 1976
Tennessee (2): 1951, 1998
BYU (1): 1984
Clemson (1): 1981
Colorado (1): 1990 (AP)
Georgia (1): 1980
Georgia Tech (1): 1990 (Coaches)
Maryland (1): 1953
Syracuse (1): 1959
TCU (1): 1938
Texas A&M (1): 1939
UCLA (1): 1954 (Coaches)
Washington (1): 1991 (Coaches)

Here is the Top 25 in All-Time D1 Wins following the 2015 season:
  1. Michigan (925)
  2. Notre Dame (899)
  3. Texas (886)
  4. Nebraska (880)
  5. Ohio State (875)
  6. Alabama (864)
  7. Oklahoma (861)
  8. Penn State (856)
  9. Tennessee (820)
  10. USC (813)
  11. Georgia (787)
  12. LSU (770)
  13. Auburn (741)
  14. West Virginia (727)
  15. Virginia Tech (718)
  16. Texas A&M (717)
  17. Georgia Tech (714)
  18. Pittsburgh (704)
  19. Washington (703)
  20. Clemson (703)
  21. Arkansas (702)
  22. Florida (701)
  23. Syracuse (701)
  24. Nave (692)
  25. Colorado (685)
Last, looking at Winning % of the teams that appeared toward the tops of these lists, here are the top dogs:
  1. Notre Dame (.734)
  2. Michigan (.730)
  3. Ohio State (.722)
  4. Oklahoma (.720)
  5. Alabama (.718)
  6. Texas (.710)
  7. USC (.700)
  8. Nebraska (.699)
  9. Penn State (.685)
  10. Tennessee (.680)
 
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CU would of been in the Top 20 in 2005 but the recent fall from grace has really hurt. I would say if you looked at the teams 16 to 20 that CU was consistently in that company.
 
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