College football blue bloods

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Rickyvol77 said:
There are only 10 traditional blue bloods in college football based on wins, winning pct, bowls, national titles, all americans, NFL players etc.

(not in order):
Alabama
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Michigan
Notre Dame
Texas
USC
Tennessee
Penn State
Nebraska


now another 25-50 years of success these programs are "right outside the door":
Georgia
LSU
Florida State
Miami
Florida
Auburn
Clemson
Washington
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This looks right to me. Although Nebraska is teetering on losing their spot if they dont get it together soon.
 
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chuckiepoo said:
For many years, they voted and awarded the National Championship at the end of the regular season, before they played the bowl games! How weird is that?
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It is very weird. There is a suspiciously greater number of national champions than there are years since college football existed.

1951 is supposedly the only unanimous national championship we won, but we lost to Maryland after we were awarded and now some people have gone back and claimed Maryland as national champions. On top of that, Georgia Tech (also in the SEC) was undefeated that year and never played TN, yet we won unanimously.

5 years later we went undefeated in 1956 and beat number 2 Georgia Tech, yet we do not claim that national title before losing to Baylor. That made me wonder when the polls began waiting until after the bowl games for their final vote:

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In 1965 the AP decided to delay the season's final poll until after New Year's Day, citing the proliferation of bowl games and the involvement of eight of the poll's current top ten teams in postseason play. 191](192) In the next season, 1966, neither of the top two teams (Notre Dame and Michigan State) were attending bowl games so no post-bowl poll was taken, 193) even after two-time defending AP national champion No. 3 Alabama won the Sugar Bowl and finished the season unbeaten and untied. In 1967 the final poll crowning USC national champion was taken before No. 2 Tennessee or No. 3 Oklahoma had even played their final games of the regular season, 187) and well before those two teams met in the Orange Bowl.

For the older eyes… 👀😉🤙🏼
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
I can’t see the argument for FSU or Miami. If you were nothing until Ronald Reagan became president, you can’t be a blue blood.

I will say their peaks are probably top 5 historically, but Blue Bloods imply Old Money. Those teams are New Money. I’m not buying LSU either. Nebraska is more of a blue blood than several teams on the list.
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Because before the 60's and after the early 2000's they were very pedestrian to terrible.

However...from the 60's until 2001...they were easily the most successful program in college football. That's enough time to be a blueblood.
 
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From the NCAA website:

Yale has won the most championships in college football history with 18. Alabama is second with 16 titles.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Agreed. Wasn’t FSU in all women’s school dor quite awhile?
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It was. They were a nobody until Bobby Bowden built them up in the 80s. And while he built a powerhouse, their history just doesn't go far back enough to be a blueblood. To me, bluebloods have to go way back throughout most of the course of college football. That's why Nebraska, Penn State, and yes, Tennessee are bluebloods. Clemson, Florida State, Florida, and Miami are not.
 
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ftsandersvol said:
From the NCAA website:

Yale has won the most championships in college football history with 18. Alabama is second with 16 titles.
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Yale is like Bama in the # they count

Claimed nat'l titles 27 (1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1927
 
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WillisWG said:
This will chap a few butts



  • Top 15 in program win percentage (Minimum 750 games)
  • At least one national title in two of three eras (AP or Coaches poll in the two poll eras, winner of the final game in the Bowl Championship Series/College Football Playoff era)
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Hard to believe we are over FL
 
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I only consider Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, USC, and Oklahoma blue bloods. Nebraska or Texas would be my next team out.
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
There are only 10 traditional blue bloods in college football based on wins, winning pct, bowls, national titles, all americans, NFL players etc.

(not in order):
Alabama
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Michigan
Notre Dame
Texas
USC
Tennessee
Penn State
Nebraska


now another 25-50 years of success these programs are "right outside the door":
Georgia
LSU
Florida State
Miami
Florida
Auburn
Clemson
Washington
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I would but Georgia over Tennessee since the Kirby Smart era. Tennessee's lack of any Championships in the 2000s hurts. They would be the only Blue Blood on that list without a title or playoff win in the 2000s.
 
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WillisWG said:
Yale is like Bama in the # they count

Claimed nat'l titles 27 (1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1927
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Only exceeded by Princeton. At least Yale let it go before the Great Depression.
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
Yeah, they were really good in the late 50s and early 60s, then once Saban got there. But beyond that, they were never particularly special. I don’t think there should be 12-14 blue bloods, 10 at most, and LSU just isn’t a historical top 10 program.
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LSU was one of the most squandered schools for a long time. From 70s until Saban to your point: they pretty much fell by the wayside and were out of sync for decades. Saban saw the opportunity there and was able to turn them around. Similar to Bama really: he knew there was a ton of home grown talent that could be bought under the table to stay in state. They just had to stop other places like Texas and OU from pilfering them.

Modern example of this is California. All the talent in the world and the SEC + Oregon pickpocket all the best out of USC's backyard.
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
There are only 10 traditional blue bloods in college football based on wins, winning pct, bowls, national titles, all americans, NFL players etc.

(not in order):
Alabama
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Michigan
Notre Dame
Texas
USC
Tennessee
Penn State
Nebraska


now another 25-50 years of success these programs are "right outside the door":
Georgia
LSU
Florida State
Miami
Florida
Auburn
Clemson
Washington
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Man, we trail Georgia in most of those categories now.

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adam.vol said:
It is very weird. There is a suspiciously greater number of national champions than there are years since college football existed.

1951 is supposedly the only unanimous national championship we won, but we lost to Maryland after we were awarded and now some people have gone back and claimed Maryland as national champions. On top of that, Georgia Tech (also in the SEC) was undefeated that year and never played TN, yet we won unanimously.

5 years later we went undefeated in 1956 and beat number 2 Georgia Tech, yet we do not claim that national title before losing to Baylor. That made me wonder when the polls began waiting until after the bowl games for their final vote:

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This is a pretty good list that at least shows it's work. Only goes through 2019 though.
www.bannersociety.com

THE definitive national champ for each season, 1869-2019

Or the closest thing to it, based on historical consensus. We’ll also do a final count at the end.
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FSU wasn’t elite until the Bowden years starting in the 80s. I don’t think they have the longevity. Same with LSU. They weren’t a perennial powerhouse until the 2000s. Really the same for Miami and Georgia too - outside of a few Dooley years and recent Kirby years, GA wasn’t elite. Of the missed the cut teams, none have been dominant for 80-100 years. Through the 20th century, Nebraska absolutely belonged, but the past 20-25 years have tainted their legacy. If we are honest, we should be compared to Nebraska. The past 20 years have killed us less the past few Heupel years. Through the end of the Neyland years, we were blue blood and we were really good from mid 60s through early 70s and late 80s through very early 2000s but had some really bad years in late 50s/early 60s, mid 70s /early 80s and the terrible post Fulmer years. I think these eras would kick out of blue blood status. Clemson had historically been a slightly above avg program and have only been elite the past 10-15 years. That isn’t enough. Florida wasn’t on the map until Spurrier. Auburn has been a solid program but not blue blood. Was PSU any good before Paterno? If yes, maybe they belong
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I hate Bama, OSU, Mich, ND, USC, Oklahoma and Texas, but you can’t argue that they aren’t Blue Bloods. Although Michigan and Texas may be a bit overhyped as they haven’t won that many championships.
 
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WillisWG said:
This will chap a few butts



  • Top 15 in program win percentage (Minimum 750 games)
  • At least one national title in two of three eras (AP or Coaches poll in the two poll eras, winner of the final game in the Bowl Championship Series/College Football Playoff era)
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The term "blue blood" is subjective, but Miami's three decade run (barf) and Florida State's four decade run (baaaaaarf) make them meet the criteria, to an extent, of the idea at least. But programs are also not that old in the grand scheme of things. I'd argue that y'all (don't shoot the messenger) and Georgia don't belong on any of those lists above Nebraska or Miami. Y'all have two nattys (AP or Coaches poll are the ones that count) and Georgia has three, while Nebraska and Miami have five each.

There are programs that can and will argue themselves, but as I see it, these are the only "blue bloods". (Also, Staples gets his Gator card revoked for that list LOL.)

Notre Dame
Michigan
Ohio State
Oklahoma
USC
Nebraska
Texas
*Fringe but makes the cut*
Miami
 
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