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ESPN ranks the 50 greatest college football programs of all time

https://www. espn. com/college-football/story/_/id/27379180/the-50-best-college-football-programs-150-years
The formula

Dominance, 20% – number of national championships
Peak strength, 20% – winning percentage for best 50 seasons in program history
Since integration, 30% – winning percentage over the past 50 seasons (1969-2018)
Early modern, 20% – winning percentage over the middle 50 seasons (1919-1968). Mostly pre-integration and included some games against non-college teams
Pre-modern, 10% – winning percentage over the first 50 seasons (1869-1918) *mostly pre-standardization of current rules and many games against non-college teams


1. Alabama
2. Notre Dame
3. Ohio State
4. Oklahoma
5. USC
6. Michigan
7. Yale
8. Nebraska
9. Texas
10. North Dakota State
11. Princeton
12. Penn State
13. Harvard
14. Tennessee
15. LSU
16. Mount Union
17. Miami
18. St. John's (Minn.)
19. Florida State
20. Auburn
22. Georgia
23. Boise State
24. Clemson
25. Grambling
26. Pennsylvania
27. Wittenberg
28. Michigan State
29. Minnesota
30. Washington
31. Wisconsin-Whitewater
32. Texas A&M
33. Pittsburgh
34. Appalachian State
35. Linfield
36. Georgia Tech
37. Dartmouth
38. Virginia Tech
39. Army
40. Miami (Ohio)
41. Central Michigan
42. Colorado
43. Stanford
44. Arkansas
45. Pittsburg State
46. Arizona State
47. West Virginia
48. Georgia Southern
49. Utah
50. Wisconsin

Re: ESPN ranks the 50 greatest college football programs of all time

Good to see THE Ohio State University at number 3, the undisputed best football program of all time.

O-H-I-O

Re: ESPN ranks the 50 greatest college football programs of all time

Alabama forever!

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