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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 867724, member: 289"] This is not what you are asking for but I thought I'd update this post from a couple of years back: In 2010 was talking to a Stanford grad and he told me how proud he was of their school and their 8-1 record so far that year. As an SU fan I told him how impressed I was since both schools are private schools and state schools seems to have such an advantage in this sport. They tend to have huge enrollments and fan bases, lower tuition and, in many cases, lower academic standards. They also have the state legislature behind them to build large facilities. The advantages became greater when the two-platoon era came in in the mid-60’s, which required many more players and much more depth. It gave me the idea of seeing which private school had the highest ranking at the end of each season. I looked at the NCAA Record Book, which lists the national champions from all the various selectors, (34 of them), since 1869. I also looked at the Associated Press, (writer’s) Poll since 1936, the United Press International and USA Today, (coach’s) Poll since 1950 and the BCS championship games since 1998 to see what the highest ranked private school major college football team was. I checked the school’s status using Wikipedia. Some schools, like Rutgers, Purdue, Clemson, Auburn and Marshall, have names that sound like private schools but they are state schools. Some like the University of Pennsylvania, sound like state schools but aren’t. Some schools, like Pittsburgh, were once private schools became state schools later. (Pitt is considered a “state-related” school, which remains independent in administration but gets state funding. This dates from 1966 so they are counted as a private school before that and a state school since). I looked at the list of national champions from the various sources and picked the private school recognized by the most sources. For years where there were no private schools listed or where it was a tie in the number of selections, I looked at the writer’s and coach’s polls to see who was highest ranked. For the years before 1936, I checked the rankings from this list: [U][url]http://www.nutshellsports.com/wilson/[/url][/U] …for the year in questions and picked the private school with the highest ranking in any of them. I decided to exclude schools that were on probation, even though I’m not a fan of probation as a disciplinary tool. 1869 Princeton 1870 Princeton 1871 nobody (there were no college football games played that year) 1872 Princeton 1873 Princeton 1874 Yale 1875 Harvard 1876 Yale 1877 Princeton 1878 Princeton 1879 Princeton 1880 Yale 1881 Yale 1882 Yale 1883 Yale 1884 Yale 1885 Princeton 1886 Yale 1887 Yale 1888 Yale 1889 Princeton 1890 Harvard 1891 Yale 1892 Yale 1893 Princeton 1894 Yale 1895 Pennsylvania 1896 Princeton 1897 Pennsylvania 1898 Harvard 1899 Harvard 1900 Yale 1901 Harvard 1902 Yale 1903 Princeton 1904 Pennsylvania 1905 Chicago 1906 Yale 1907 Yale 1908 Pennsylvania 1909 Yale 1910 Harvard 1911 Princeton 1912 Harvard 1913 Harvard 1914 Harvard 1915 Cornell 1916 Pittsburgh 1917 Pittsburgh 1918 Pittsburgh 1919 Harvard 1920 Princeton 1921 Cornell 1922 Princeton 1923 Cornell 1924 Notre Dame 1925 Dartmouth 1926 Stanford 1927 Notre Dame 1928 Southern California 1929 Notre Dame 1930 Notre Dame 1931 Southern California 1932 Southern California 1933 Southern California 1934 Pittsburgh 1935 Southern Methodist 1936 Pittsburgh 1937 Pittsburgh 1938 Texas Christian 1939 Cornell 1940 Stanford 1941 Duke 1942 Tulsa 1943 Notre Dame 1944 Southern California 1945 St. Mary’s (Cal.) 1946 Notre Dame 1947 Notre Dame 1948 Notre Dame 1949 Notre Dame 1950 Princeton 1951 Princeton 1952 Notre Dame 1953 Notre Dame 1954 Notre Dame 1955 Texas Christian 1956 Miami (Fla.) 1957 Rice 1958 Texas Christian 1959 Syracuse 1960 Duke 1961 Syracuse 1962 Southern California 1963 Pittsburgh 1964 Notre Dame 1965 Notre Dame 1966 Notre Dame 1967 Southern California 1968 Southern California 1969 Southern California 1970 Notre Dame 1971 Stanford 1972 Southern California 1973 Notre Dame 1974 Southern California 1975 Southern California 1976 Southern California 1977 Notre Dame 1978 Southern California 1979 Southern California 1980 Notre Dame 1981 Southern Methodist 1982 Southern Methodist 1983 Miami (Fla.) 1984 Brigham Young 1985 Miami (Fla.) 1986 Miami (Fla.) 1987 Miami (Fla.) 1988 Notre Dame 1989 Miami (Fla.) 1990 Miami (Fla.) 1991 Miami (Fla.) 1992 Miami (Fla.) 1993 Notre Dame 1994 Miami (Fla.) 1995 Northwestern 1996 Brigham Young 1997 Syracuse 1998 Tulane 1999 Miami (Fla.) 2000 Miami (Fla.) 2001 Miami (Fla.) 2002 Southern California (Miami was ahead in both polls but received no national championship recognition: Southern California was chosen by Dunkel, Matthews and Sagarin) 2003 Southern California 2004 Southern California 2005 Southern California 2006 Southern California 2007 Southern California 2008 Southern California 2009 Texas Christian 2010 Texas Christian 2011 Stanford 2012 Notre Dame 2013 will be either Baylor or Stanford, depending on today’s results. Most rankigns have Stanford ahead right now. Cumulative titles, (not yet counting 2013 as the season isn’t over) Brigham, Young 1984, 1996 Chicago 1905 Cornell 1915, 1921, 1923, 1939 Dartmouth 1925 Duke 1941, 1960 Harvard 1875, 1890, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1919 Miami (Fla.) 1956, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001 Northwestern 1995 Notre Dame 1924, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1993, 2012 Pennsylvania 1895, 1897, 1904, 1908 Pittsburgh 1916, 1917, 1918, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1963 Princeton 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1885, 1889, 1893, 1896, 1903, 1911, 1920, 1922, 1950, 1951 Southern California 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1944, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Southern Methodist 1935, 1981, 1982 St. Mary’s (Cal.) 1945 Stanford 1926, 1940, 1971, 2011 Syracuse 1959, 1961, 1997 Texas Christian 1938, 1955, 1958, 2009, 2010 Tulane 1998 Tulsa 1942 Yale 1874, 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1900, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1909 Who’s won the most? Notre Dame and Southern California 22 Yale 18 Princeton 17 Miami (Fla.) 13 Harvard 10 Pittsburgh 7 Texas Christian 5 Cornell and Pennsylvania and Stanford 4 Southern Methodist and Syracuse 3 Brigham Young and Duke 2 Chicago, Dartmouth, Northwestern, St. Mary’s, Tulane and Tulsa 1 [/QUOTE]

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