Link: http://cfn.scout.com/2/1097657.html
The folks at CFN compiled a list using a point system derived from every final AP Poll since its inception in 1936. Every time a team finished with a No. 1 final ranking it gets 25 points, No. 2 gets 24 points, No. 3 gets 23 points , etc.
According to this scoring system, consistency doesn't always win out. If a team finished 17th for four years in a row, it would earn 36 points (9 points x 4 years). A team that finished No. 2 one year (24 points) and No. 10 ten years later (16 points) but did not finish ranked in any year in between, would still earn 40 points.
Here is the Top 25 and Big Ten teams. A complete list is found at the link:
1. Oklahoma - 995 pts
2. Ohio State - 966
3. Alabama - 964
4. Michigan - 943
5. Notre Dame - 924
6. USC - 795
7. Nebraska - 783
8. Texas - 772
9. Tennessee - 678
10. Penn State - 648
11. LSU - 602
12. Auburn - 554
13. Georgia - 548
14. Florida State - 532
15. Miami (FL) - 511
16. UCLA - 503
17. Florida - 486
18. Arkansas - 439
19. Michigan State - 423
20. Texas A&M - 365
21. Georgia Tech - 343
22. Mississippi - 331
22. Washington - 331
24. Clemson - 328
25. Wisconsin - 322
26. Iowa - 302
35. Maryland - 238
36. Minnesota - 236
42. Purdue - 196
46. Illinois - 177
54. Northwestern - 135
76. Indiana - 63
85. Rutgers - 40
There is also a ranking decade (the above is 1936 thru 2014). How Nebraska ranks by decade is as follows:
1930s: #12
1940s: #46
1950s: (not ranked)
1960s: #14
1970s: #2
1980s: #1
1990s: #3
2000s: #22
2010s: #35
(Florida State and Florida edged out Nebraska for the 90s)
The folks at CFN compiled a list using a point system derived from every final AP Poll since its inception in 1936. Every time a team finished with a No. 1 final ranking it gets 25 points, No. 2 gets 24 points, No. 3 gets 23 points , etc.
According to this scoring system, consistency doesn't always win out. If a team finished 17th for four years in a row, it would earn 36 points (9 points x 4 years). A team that finished No. 2 one year (24 points) and No. 10 ten years later (16 points) but did not finish ranked in any year in between, would still earn 40 points.
Here is the Top 25 and Big Ten teams. A complete list is found at the link:
1. Oklahoma - 995 pts
2. Ohio State - 966
3. Alabama - 964
4. Michigan - 943
5. Notre Dame - 924
6. USC - 795
7. Nebraska - 783
8. Texas - 772
9. Tennessee - 678
10. Penn State - 648
11. LSU - 602
12. Auburn - 554
13. Georgia - 548
14. Florida State - 532
15. Miami (FL) - 511
16. UCLA - 503
17. Florida - 486
18. Arkansas - 439
19. Michigan State - 423
20. Texas A&M - 365
21. Georgia Tech - 343
22. Mississippi - 331
22. Washington - 331
24. Clemson - 328
25. Wisconsin - 322
26. Iowa - 302
35. Maryland - 238
36. Minnesota - 236
42. Purdue - 196
46. Illinois - 177
54. Northwestern - 135
76. Indiana - 63
85. Rutgers - 40
There is also a ranking decade (the above is 1936 thru 2014). How Nebraska ranks by decade is as follows:
1930s: #12
1940s: #46
1950s: (not ranked)
1960s: #14
1970s: #2
1980s: #1
1990s: #3
2000s: #22
2010s: #35
(Florida State and Florida edged out Nebraska for the 90s)
