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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1840045, member: 289"]
I did my own study on this subject back in 2012 and have just updated it:

I was watching some old college football clips on U-Tube and I wondered how the great powers of the sport really stack up against each other over the years. I decided to take the Associated Press, (writer’s) Poll final rankings from 1936, when it started, to 2015, (the last full year before this) and “add them up” with a 25 points for first place, 24 for second, etc. system to determine which schools had done the best in the rankings over the years. I stuck with the writers because I wanted one source for the rankings to avoid confusion. They are usually not so different from each other that it would make a noticeable difference if I used the coaches poll instead. And I didn’t want to use the various mathematical systems and other rankings on the net because they represent a more personalized point of view, (for example James Howell, whom I have used for other things, tends, for some reason, to downgrade Midwestern teams in the pre-war period ). The writer’s poll is itself an accumulation of opinions from knowledgeable sources so it will do for this project.

Note: The writer’s poll was a Top 20 from 1936- 1961, a Top 10 from 1962-67, a Top 20 again from 1968-88 and has been a Top 25 since 1989. I nonetheless gave 25 points for 1st place, 24 for second place, etc. for every year. We are missing some teams from the bottom of the list prior to 1989 but a national championship is still a national championship in any era.

The All-Time Top 25:

Alabama  1024
Oklahoma  1015
Michigan  957
Ohio State  951
Notre Dame  940

Nebraska  784
So California  782
Texas  772
Tennessee  683
Penn State  667

Louisiana St.  602
Auburn  554
Florida State  543
Georgia  548
UCLA  509

Miami (Fla)  503
Florida  489
Michigan State  445
Arkansas  439
Texas A&M  365

Clemson  353
Georgia Tech   343
Mississippi  347
Washington  342
Wisconsin  317

Alphabetically:

Air Force    75
Alabama  1024
Arkansas  439
Arizona    84
Arizona State  244
Army  239
Auburn  554
Baylor  177
Boise State  146
Boston College  143
Boston U    10
Bowling Green    3
Brigham Young  193
California  198
Carnegie Tech    20
Central Florida    21
Central Michigan  3
Cincinnati    37
Clemson  353
Colorado  258
Colorado Col    8
Colorado St    31
Columbia    12
Cornell    81
Dartmouth    60
Delaware    7
Duke  206
Duquesne    46
E Carolina    23
Florida  489
Florida State  543
Fordham    88
Fresno State    6
Georgetown    13
Geo Washington  9
Georgia  548
Georgia Tech   343
Hardin-Simmons  9
Hawaii    13
Holy Cross    53
Houston  183
Illinois  177
Indiana    63
Iowa  289 
Iowa State    8
Kansas    86
Kansas State  176
Kentucky    96
Lafayette    7 
Louisiana St.  602
Louisville  104
Marquette    6
Marshall    21
Maryland  238
Memphis    1 
Miami (Fla)  503
Miami (Ohio)    68
Michigan  957
Michigan State  445
Minnesota  226
Mississippi  347
Miss State  115
Missouri  251
Navy  207
Nebraska  784
New Mexico St   9
No Carolina  210
NC State  105
No Illinois    4
Northwestern  138
Notre Dame  940
Ohio State  951
Ohio University   6
Oklahoma  1015
Oklahoma St  147
Oregon  277
Oregon State    98
Pacific    23
Penn State  667
Pennsylvania    95
Pittsburgh  293
Princeton    55
Purdue  177
Rice  107
Rutgers    40
St. Mary’s    19
San Diego State    11
San Francisco    12
San Jose State    5
Santa Clara    86
So California  782
So Carolina  118
So Methodist  168
So Mississippi    25
Stanford  265
Syracuse  191
Temple    9
Tennessee  683
Texas  772
Texas A&M  365
Texas Christian  273
Texas Tech  104
Toledo    31
Tulane    81
Tulsa    79
UCLA  509
Utah    89
Utah State    26 
Vanderbilt    19
Villanova    41
Virginia    66
Virginia Military   6
Virginia Tech   213
Wake Forest    22
Washington  342
Wash & Lee    7
Wash State  123
West Virginia  194
W Kentucky    2
William & Mary  33
Wisconsin  317
Wyoming    48
Yale    54

Believe it or not….I have Syracuse ranked #44, just behind West Virginia (194) and BYU (193) and just ahead of Houston (183).
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