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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1471449, member: 289"]
I did this a couple of years ago. It might be helpful in determine who the historical powerhouses have been.

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 2012, (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:

Oklahoma  974
Alabama  958
Michigan  943
Notre Dame  919
Ohio State  890

Nebraska  784
So California  782
Texas  772
Tennessee  679
Penn State  667

Louisiana St.  580
Georgia  531
Auburn  526
Miami (Fla)  503
UCLA  483

Florida  488
Florida State  486
Arkansas  439
Michigan State  381
Texas A&M  357

Washington  341
Georgia Tech   325
Mississippi  322
Wisconsin  305
Clemson  300

Syracuse? 191.
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