ESPN has devised a system to determine the most prestigious college-football programs of all time. The ESPN system begins with the 1936 season and awards points for national titles, major bowls, Heisman winners, bowl wins, conference records, and top-5 finishes in the AP poll. The system also penalizes teams for postseason bans, probation, and television bans.
Here at Dreadnaught we ranked the Top Ten College Football Programs of All Time. ESPN was a little more ambitious ranking all 119 teams.
ESPN has released the Notables outside the Top 25. Some items of note: Vanderbilt is the worst, Duke comes in just below VaTech at 38th and 37th respectively, and Pac-10 rivals Cal and Stanford are ranked 43rd and 44th. Note: Stanford is one of the 11 teams with a mascot not ending with the letter “s.”
Numbers 21-119 include Auburn, 1980’s power Colorado, and Pitt at 27th.
Numbers 16-20 include the Bruins of UCLA, and Washington from the Pac-10, and a team from Texas. Continue reading
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