Ten years ago, LSU was coming off its first outright SEC championship in 15 years, having upset Phillip Fulmer's second-ranked Tennessee squad. Four months after this column ran, the Tigers knocked off the Vols in Atlanta again en route to their second BCS championship in five years. While LSU solidified itself as a bona fide national power, Tennessee fired Fulmer a year later and sank further into a decade-long bout of mediocrity.
* Tennessee is the lone school in the group that caused any hesitation. The Vols would have been a no-brainer 10 years ago, but they have fallen off the map a bit lately. In the end, I figured those 100 fans in Montana still know "Rocky Top," the checkered end zones and that Peyton Manning went there.
We about to be King Kong! Jumping from stadium to stadium leaving destruction and sorrow behind us and right in front of the face of bama wagon fans ! Who's hot who's not ? Doesn't matter bc we gonna rise to the top ! Bama we coming for that number one spot ! All your players get let go by the cops but when we smash you in Tuscaloosa, your reign will stop! Go VOLS! Screw the rest
We about to be King Kong! Oh yeeaah!! Jumping from stadium to stadium leaving destruction and sorrow behind us and right in front of the face of bama wagon fans ! OH YEAH!! Who's hot who's not ? OH YEEAAHH!!!Doesn't matter bc we gonna rise to the top ! Bama we coming for that number one spot! WE GONNA TAKE IT OH YEEAAHH!!! All your players get let go by the cops but when we smash you in Tuscaloosa, your reign will stop! OH YEAHHH!!Go VOLS! Screw the rest
We about to be King Kong! Jumping from stadium to stadium leaving destruction and sorrow behind us and right in front of the face of bama wagon fans ! Who's hot who's not ? Doesn't matter bc we gonna rise to the top ! Bama we coming for that number one spot ! All your players get let go by the cops but when we smash you in Tuscaloosa, your reign will stop! Go VOLS! Screw the rest
When all is said and done, the Top 10 All-Time football programs, counting wins, winning %, bowls, bowl wins, conference & National Titles are:
Notre Dame
Nebraska
Alabama
Southern Cal
Penn State
Michigan
Ohio State
Texas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Michigan is not elite.
1 NC (shared) since 1948.
1-11 (2-14) v Ohio State.
3rd in division back to back with a $9 million HC.
Nebraska has more wins v Power 5 teams than anyone else over last 50 years.
Nebraska's '71 and '95 teams are recognized as 2 of the best 3 all-time.
Michigan started playing in 1879, about 50 years before Neyland arrived and real football started here. And we're only about 100 wins behind them.
All hat, no cattle. Always fold in the end after eating cupcakes all year.
Michigan is not elite.
1 NC (shared) since 1948.
1-11 (2-14) v Ohio State.
3rd in division back to back with a $9 million HC.
Nebraska has more wins v Power 5 teams than anyone else over last 50 years.
Nebraska's '71 and '95 teams are recognized as 2 of the best 3 all-time.
Michigan started playing in 1879, about 50 years before Neyland arrived and real football started here. And we're only about 100 wins behind them.
All hat, no cattle. Always fold in the end after eating cupcakes all year.
Florida State gets too much love. The "path of least resistance" ACC keeps them higher than they really are. They'd be a perennial 4-game loser in the SEC.
Michigan is not elite.
1 NC (shared) since 1948.
1-11 (2-14) v Ohio State.
3rd in division back to back with a $9 million HC.
Nebraska has more wins v Power 5 teams than anyone else over last 50 years.
Nebraska's '71 and '95 teams are recognized as 2 of the best 3 all-time.
Michigan started playing in 1879, about 50 years before Neyland arrived and real football started here. And we're only about 100 wins behind them.
All hat, no cattle. Always fold in the end after eating cupcakes all year.
Here is what I got
I included vacated wins into the total
1. Michigan 935-334-36. 11 NC
2. Ohio St. 912-322-53. 8 NC
3. Alabama. 897-316-44. 14 NC
4. Notre Dame. 896-321-42. 13 NC
5. Nebraska. 889-373-40. 5 NC
6. Texas. 880-354-33. 4 NC
7. Oklahoma. 872-321-53. 7 NC
8. Penn St. 867-384-42. 2 NC
9. USC 837-337-54. 10 NC
10. Tennessee. 829-373-53. 5 NC
11. Georgia. 795-418-54
We about to be King Kong! Jumping from stadium to stadium leaving destruction and sorrow behind us and right in front of the face of bama wagon fans ! Who's hot who's not ? Doesn't matter bc we gonna rise to the top ! Bama we coming for that number one spot ! All your players get let go by the cops but when we smash you in Tuscaloosa, your reign will stop! Go VOLS! Screw the rest
Bama, ND and USC will always be elite. They have more prestige than every one else because they have had more success longer.
I could possibly add Fla ST. and Miam but they're not as traditionally long as the others. We are just outside of those programs.