huskered17 Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Just thought this might be interesting to of us Huskers... GBR!!! Dec. 27, 2005 CFN Formula - Greatest Teams Ranking the teams based on their seasons Written up by by Pete Fiutak Which teams had the best seasons on the field? Forget about biases and human opinion, what if you just went by wins and the importance of each one? After several tweaks, adaptations and attempts, here's the CFN Formula to find out which of the greatest teams of all-time had the best seasons ever, and where 2005 USC and 2005 Texas rank in the mix. Below are forty teams considered by most to be the among greatest of all-time, give or take a Yale or Michigan team here and there, and what kind of seasons they had based on the CFN Formula. If you're looking for a reason to give more hype to the 2006 Rose Bowl, here you go. The winner will really, truly, be able to say it had the the greatest season of all-time ... maybe. The team that had the greatest season ever was the 1995 Nebraska team finishing with a CFN formula score of 27.64. The 2006 Rose Bowl point differential won't matter. If USC beats Texas, it takes over the top spot of all-time as long as UCLA beats Northwestern in the Sun Bowl and Notre Dame beats Ohio State in the Fiesta. Texas needs to beat USC and hopes for Ohio State to beat Notre Dame in the Fiesta and Texas Tech to beat Alabama in the Cotton. Two things to keep in mind. 1) This takes into account the entire season punishing ugly losses and pumping up good wins. A win at the beginning of the year counts the same as a win at the end in a bowl game, so there might be some head-to-head discrepancies; they're unavoidable in any ranking system. Remember, this is looking at an entire season and not just which team beat another team. The most obvious head-to-head difference is in 1983 when Nebraska finished higher than Miami even though Bernie Kosar and the Canes won the Orange Bowl. Has Tom Osborne kicked the extra point instead of going for two, this wouldn't even be a debate, but remember, the entire season is taken into account and not just one game. 2) This is NOT a ranking of which teams are the best or most talented. That's for historians and opinion. This is a formula to find out which teams had the best seasons based on who they played, who they beat, and who they lost to. The CFN Formula's Components: 1. Wins. - If you win, everything else falls into place. Each win counts as 1. 2. Quality Wins - The number of wins over teams that finished with a winning record. Each win counts as 1. 3. Elite Wins - The number of wins over teams that finished with two losses or fewer. Each win counts as 1 with a road win over an Elite team getting an extra 0.5. Also counting as 1 is a road win over a team that finished with three losses or fewer (but the extra 0.5 isn't added). 4. Bad Loss - The number of losses to teams that finished with three wins or fewer or a loss to a DI-AA team. Each loss counts as minus-1. Take away an additional 0.5 for a Bad Loss at home. 5. Bad Win - The number of wins to teams that finished with three wins or fewer, or a win over a D-IAA team. Each win counts as minus 0.25. 6. Elite Loss - The number of losses to teams that finished with two losses or fewer. Each loss counts as 0.25. 7. Point Differential - Points for minus points against divided by 100. 8. Winning Percentage - To take losses into account, winning percentage is in the mix. * Notes: An opponent had to play in a minimum of six games to be counted in the Elite Win or Bad Loss categories. Also, obviously, Texas and USC are ranked here BEFORE the Rose Bowl. Year Team Conf. Wins Losses Ties Quality Elite Bad Loss Bad Win Elite Loss Pnt Diff Pnt Ag Pnt Diff Win % 1 1995 Nebraska Big 8 12 0 0 6 5 0 4 0 638 174 4.64 1.00 27.64 2 1971 Nebraska Big 8 13 0 0 6 3.5 0 1 0 507 104 4.03 1.00 27.28 3 1993 Florida State ACC 12 1 0 7 3.5 0 3 1 536 129 4.07 0.92 26.99 4 2000 Oklahoma Big 12 13 0 0 8 3 0 4 0 481 194 2.87 1.00 26.87 5 1930 Notre Dame Ind. 10 0 0 9 5 0 1 0 265 74 1.91 1.00 26.66 6 1998 Tennessee SEC 13 0 0 8 3 0 4 0 431 189 2.42 1.00 26.42 7 1996 Florida SEC 12 1 0 6 3.5 0 2 1 611 221 3.9 0.92 26.07 8 2005 USC Pac 10 12 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 600 256 3.44 1.00 25.94 9 2005 Texas Big 12 12 0 0 6 2.5 0 1 0 611 175 4.36 1.00 25.61 10 1991 Washington Pac 10 12 0 0 6 3.5 0 3 0 495 115 3.8 1.00 25.55 11 2002 Ohio State Big Ten 14 0 0 8 1 0 3 0 410 183 2.27 1.00 25.52 12 2001 Miami Big East 12 0 0 8 1 0 2 0 512 117 3.95 1.00 25.45 13 1991 Miami Big East 12 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 386 100 2.86 1.00 25.36 14 1994 Nebraska Big 8 13 0 0 6 3 0 3 0 459 162 2.97 1.00 25.22 15 1997 Nebraska Big 12 13 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 607 214 3.93 1.00 25.18 16 1932 USC PCC 10 0 0 8 4.5 0 1 0 201 13 1.88 1.00 25.13 17 1972 USC Pac 8 12 0 0 7 2 0 3 0 467 134 3.33 1.00 24.58 18 1983 Nebraska Big 8 12 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 654 217 4.37 0.92 24.04 19 2004 USC Pac 10 13 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 496 169 3.27 1.00 23.77 20 1999 Florida State ACC 12 0 0 7 1 0 2 0 458 203 2.55 1.00 23.05 21 1945 Army Ind. 9 0 0 6 3.5 0 2 0 412 46 3.66 1.00 22.66 22 1974 Oklahoma Big 8 11 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 473 92 3.81 1.00 22.56 23 1902 Michigan Western 11 0 0 4 1.5 0 6 0 644 12 6.32 1.00 22.32 24 1948 Michigan Western 9 0 0 5 5.5 0 4 0 252 44 2.08 1.00 21.58 25 1924 Notre Dame Ind. 10 0 0 6 3 0 3 0 285 54 2.31 1.00 21.56 26 1994 Penn State Big Ten 12 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 564 252 3.12 1.00 21.37 27 1901 Michigan Western 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 550 0 5.5 1.00 21.25 28 1944 Army Ind. 9 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 504 35 4.69 1.00 21.19 29 1947 Michigan Western 10 0 0 6 1 0 4 0 394 53 3.41 1.00 20.41 30 1976 Pitt Ind. 12 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 381 133 2.48 1.00 19.98 31 1961 Alabama SEC 11 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 397 25 3.72 1.00 19.97 32 1962 USC AAWU 11 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 361 92 2.69 1.00 19.94 33 1983 Miami Ind. 11 1 0 6 1 0 4 0 313 136 1.77 0.92 19.69 34 1949 Notre Dame Ind. 10 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 360 86 2.74 1.00 19.24 35 1968 Ohio State Big Ten 10 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 323 150 1.73 1.00 18.98 36 1909 Yale Ivy 10 0 0 5 1.5 0 4 0 209 0 2.09 1.00 18.59 37 1969 Texas SWC 11 0 0 3 1.5 0 5 0 435 119 3.16 1.00 18.41 38 1938 TCU SWC 11 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 269 60 2.09 1.00 18.09 39 1940 Minnesota Western 8 0 0 4 4.5 0 1 0 154 71 0.83 1.00 18.08 40 1955 Oklahoma Big 7 11 0 0 3 1 0 5 0 385 60 3.25 1.00 18.00 41 1956 Oklahoma Big 7 10 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 466 51 4.15 1.00 15.65 42 1947 Notre Dame Ind. 9 0 0 3 1 0 5 0 291 52 2.39 1.00 15.14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2005 Collegefootballnews.com & College Football News, Inc. 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