Link: Winningest college football teams over time
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That is AWESOME! After 2007 it's like a ROCKET 
I liked seeing Auburn fall off the page like a rock around 1990 
There are fewer representations of Nick Saban's greatness at Alabama that are better than this one.
And the media/Notre Dame love affair was a very real thing until at least the 1970s.
They were on and off several times. Largest drop was around 1960.I liked seeing Auburn fall off the page like a rock around 1990
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Two interesting points:
Saban at Bama alone would be enough for first place on the list.
Saban at LSU was never ranked #1 in the AP poll.
Saban at Bama alone would be enough for first place on the list.
Saban at LSU was never ranked #1 in the AP poll.
The reason that Alabama had 6 NC seasons but only 31 appearances as number 1 pre-Saban was that in 3 of the 6, Bama did not appear even once as number 1. In fact, even in the other 3 Bama did not dominate the number 1 slot. And the non-NC years Bama rarely appeared as number 1 even though they were frequently number 2-5.
There have been 5 seasons where Bama has finished #1 with no other weeks at #1. That is 25% of the total number of 20 seasons out of 86 where this happened.
| Program | AP NC Seasons with 0 weeks as #1 | Total AP NCs | NC Seasons with 0 weeks as #1 | % NC Seasons (x of 86) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5 | 12 | 64, 65, 92, 11, 15 | 14.0 |
| Miami | 3 | 5 | 83, 87, 89 | 5.8 |
| Notre Dame | 3 | 8 | 46, 73, 77 | 9.3 |
| Clemson | 2 | 3 | 15, 18 | 3.5 |
| Ohio State | 2 | 5 | 02, 14 | 5.8 |
| Penn State | 2 | 2 | 82, 86 | 2.3 |
| Florida | 1 | 3 | 06 | 3.5 |
| Texas | 1 | 3 | 05 | 3.5 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 4 | 70 | 4.7 |
It really demonstrates an enormous bias against Alabama. It's how the 1992 season went as well. They had to beat Miami before most people would even consider the possibility that Alabama was better. Now, I'm not saying it was unfair Miami was ranked ahead, but it seems like it always went that way, kind of like how until Saban Alabama has zero Heisman winners despite some amazing football players.
And 19 of those 31 appearances were in 1978-79-80.
We were #1 for 15 of 18 polls across 79-80 - nearly half our total.
A few points of note:
1) I've documented the northern bias of most pre-1970s polls, which is why it's so funny to hear nowadays "but they're biased towards the SEC." Yes, that's true - but it's largely correct, too.
2) you also have to remember there used to be FAR FEWER POLLS in a season (even by the AP) than there are now. In 1964, the preseason poll was dated 9/14, but the first actual poll to take results into account was on 9/28. And there were, of course, no post-bowl polls save for 1965 until 1968. There were 11 total polls by the AP in 1964; there were 16 last year.
In other words, it's EASIER now to run up huge numbers of weeks in a row on top as long as you win than it used to be.
3) Since ties no longer occur, it's easier to know what will happen.
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