1869-2006 College Football Bowl Subdivision Top 50 All-Time Greatest Programs

Information gathered for this project was collected from the “Official 2007 NCAA Football Record Book.” http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2007/2007_d1_football_records_book.pdf

* All-Time wins, one point each (pages 68–70 & 169–171).

* All-Time winning percentage, one point per each percentage point (pages 68–70 & 169–171).

* All-Time Rating

* All-Time Academic All-Americans, one point each (pages 261-268).

* All-Time Consensus All-Americans, one point each (pages 224–230).

* Bowl games, one point each (pages 281–295).


* Big Four/Five Bowl Games, an additional one point bonus (Pages 273–280).
1901 season – Present, Rose Bowl;
1934 season – Present, Orange Bowl;
1934 season – Present, Sugar Bowl;
1936 season – 1994 season, Cotton Bowl (Last season of the Southwest Conference);
1981 season – Present, Fiesta Bowl (Starting with first season played in January):
2006 season – Present, BCS Championship Game.

* Consensus National Championships, five points each (pages 73–81).
Note: should multiple selection organizations recognize the same school as national champions. No school, received more than 5 points for anyone year.
Writers – Poll
Coaches/BCS – Poll
Football Writers Association of America – Poll
National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame – Poll
Helms Athletic Foundation – Poll
Parke Davis – Research
Billingsley – Math
DeVold – Math
Dunkel – Math
Sagarin – Math
Sagarin ELO-CHESS – Math
Harris – Poll

* Total Points Tie Breakers.
1. Winning Percentage;
2. Games Won.

Ranking School - Total Points
1. Notre Dame - 2103
2. Michigan - 2086
3. Ohio State - 1988
4. Nebraska - 1980
5. Texas - 1961
6. Oklahoma - 1951
7. Alabama - 1949
8. Southern California - 1944
9. Penn State - 1864
10. Tennessee - 1852
11. Georgia - 1699
12. Louisiana State - 1674
13. Auburn - 1631
14. Georgia Tech - 1598
15. Washington - 1596
16. Pittsburgh - 1589
17. Florida - 1581
18. Texas A&M - 1574
19. Colorado - 1574
20. Syracuse - 1554
21. Arkansas - 1553
22. Minnesota - 1540
23. Miami, Florida - 1537
24. Army - 1527
25. West Virginia - 1518
26. Michigan State - 1506
27. Clemson - 1495
28. Virginia Tech - 1483
29. Florida State - 1481
30. Mississippi - 1473
31. North Carolina - 1468
32. California - 1466
33. UCLA - 1464
34. Wisconsin - 1445
35. Navy - 1431
36. Stanford - 1430
37. Boston College - 1421
38. Arizona State - 1409
39. Utah - 1393
40. Maryland - 1388
41. Purdue - 1384
42. Missouri - 1381
43. Iowa - 1379
44. Illinois - 1377
45. Virginia - 1374
46. Arizona - 1359
47. Texas Christian - 1338
48. Oregon - 1336
49. Tulsa - 1326
50. Texas Tech - 1308