40 Years of College Football : Program Rankings since 1973 Divisional Realignment

[Hoosker]

http://www.reddit.co...ogram_rankings/

 

Spoiler Alert...

 

WE'RE #1

 

A reddit user collected data from every team since 1973 and created an algorithm that ranks all the programs in the country based on things like...

 

Wins

Losses

Strength of Schedule

Scoring Ratio (points scored - points allowed)

 

The Top 10

1. Nebraska (B1G)

2. Oklahoma (Big XII)

3. Ohio State (B1G)

4. Alabama (SEC)

5. Michigan (B1G)

6. Penn State (B1G)

7. Florida (SEC)

8. Florida State (ACC)

9. USC (PAC-12)

10. Boise State (Irrelevant)

 

Thoughts?

[StPaulHusker]

The fact that Boise St is #10 when they have only had a good program for the past 10-12 years shows that there is not much to this. The top 9 have all won National Championships since 1973. Boise St should be nowhere in the discussion.

 

Other than that, I like any stat that shows Nebraska being the best.

[Hoosker]

Yeah, some of the team's rankings are inflated because they are so new to the FBS, but if you just take out teams like Boise State and the South Florida, then it's a pretty legit list from top to bottom.

 

Also, the guy didn't include sanctions for teams like Penn State and Miami.

[TGHusker]

Wish the time frame went back to 1970 - Imagine how much that would have added to our #1 position. NC in 70 & 71 - perhaps the 2nd or 3rd best team of all time in the 71 Huskers (95 Huskers being # 1, 2001 Miami possible # 2).

Sad that we haven't won anything since the 1999 Big 12 CC - modern day kids/recruits don't know of us as being the most dominant program since 1962.

[NUance]

If only they'd included '70 and '71 we would be ranked higher. Oh wait. Nevermind.

[skersfan]

Now if we could engrain(spelling) this in every high school junior in the country down to 7th grade it might mean something outside of Nebraska. Other than that just another useless poll like 9 wins. No one cares but Nebraska fans. And that really sucks.

[Hoosker]

Now if we could engrain(spelling) this in every high school junior in the country down to 7th grade it might mean something outside of Nebraska. Other than that just another useless poll like 9 wins. No one cares but Nebraska fans. And that really sucks.

 

[skersfan]

I said it sucks, stating facts. Learn to read. You can tell by the interest it has drawn on this board.

[NoLongerN]

Yeah, some of the team's rankings are inflated because they are so new to the FBS, but if you just take out teams like Boise State and the South Florida, then it's a pretty legit list from top to bottom.

 

Also, the guy didn't include sanctions for teams like Penn State and Miami.

 

South Florida? :-)

[JTrain]

No one cares but Nebraska fans.

 

Since this forum is mainly populated by Nebraska fans, this seems relevant.

[Guy Chamberlin]

If you want Nebraska to be respected as #1, you need to respect Boise State at #10 because they're using the same metrics.

 

It's very impressive what they've done at Boise State. No harm admitting that.

[Hoosker]

I said it sucks, stating facts. Learn to read. You can tell by the interest it has drawn on this board.

 

What facts?

[Guy Chamberlin]

I said it sucks, stating facts. Learn to read. You can tell by the interest it has drawn on this board.

 

Yeah. That wasn't exactly a fact-laden post, skers.

 

I'm a crabby old bastard myself, but sometimes the act wears thin.

[HotGrillonGrillAction]

Miami????