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1890s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Harvard 93.9% 103-12-3
2 Yale 93.0% 106-7-5
3 Princeton 88.4% 108-9-4
4 Penn 85.2% 124-14-2
5 Wisconsin 78.3% 52-14-2
6 Cornell 68.4% 64-33-5
7 Michigan 67.6% 64-14-2
8 Dartmouth 62.4% 43-39-3
9 Minnesota 61.3% 43-18-2
10 Brown 60.1% 55-41-4
1900s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Yale 94.4% 100-4-5
2 Minnesota 89.5% 80-10-7
3 Vanderbilt 86.6% 57-10-3
4 Sewanee 86.3% 51-10-4
5 Harvard 86.3% 91-14-3
6 Michigan 84.8% 82-8-3
7 Princeton 82.8% 79-15-6
8 Wisconsin 81.0% 58-15-3
9 Penn 78.6% 100-17-7
10 Chicago 77.1% 81-18-8
1910s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Minnesota 90.2% 52-13-4
2 Notre Dame 87.8% 46-6-3
3 Georgia Tech 83.3% 66-16-4
4 Auburn 83.1% 60-16-4
5 Texas 82.7% 64-18-1
6 Harvard 80.7% 65-7-5
7 Nebraska 80.4% 58-13-6
8 Vanderbilt 79.7% 61-19-5
9 Georgia 77.3% 43-18-9
10 Georgetown 77.0% 56-18-4
1920s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 USC 93.6% 71-12-2
2 Notre Dame 91.6% 83-11-3
3 Army 84.8% 56-13-7
4 Nebraska 84.2% 55-18-9
5 Pittsburgh 84.1% 65-19-8
6 California 83.9% 73-15-7
7 Georgia Tech 80.6% 62-23-7
8 Vanderbilt 80.6% 68-17-7
9 Michigan 80.5% 58-16-4
10 Georgia 79.7% 60-31-4
1930s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Alabama 93.1% 79-11-5
2 Tennessee 90.2% 83-17-5
3 Pittsburgh 89.7% 75-14-7
4 Notre Dame 87.8% 66-20-5
5 Utah 86.7% 59-20-6
6 Fordham 85.9% 61-14-9
7 Minnesota 84.5% 57-19-6
8 Ohio State 83.5% 57-19-5
9 Santa Clara 82.7% 50-17-5
10 Duke 82.0% 77-17-5
1940s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Michigan 94.0% 74-15-3
2 Notre Dame 91.2% 82-9-6
3 Texas 89.4% 78-21-3
4 Duke 85.7% 59-28-5
5 Alabama 85.7% 66-23-4
6 Tennessee 85.0% 67-19-5
7 Army 83.8% 68-17-7
8 Penn 83.4% 57-21-4
9 Navy 82.3% 41-35-5
10 Hardin-Simmons 80.4% 56-13-6
1950s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Oklahoma 95.4% 93-10-2
2 Ole Miss 87.3% 80-21-5
3 Michigan State 86.1% 70-21-1
4 UCLA 81.7% 68-26-3
5 Georgia Tech 81.2% 79-26-6
6 Ohio State 81.0% 63-24-5
7 Texas 80.9% 64-38-2
8 Navy 80.6% 55-30-9
9 Wisconsin 80.3% 57-28-7
10 Notre Dame 80.1% 64-31-4
1960s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Alabama 93.0% 90-16-4
2 Ole Miss 92.6% 77-25-6
3 Penn State 88.0% 77-27-1
4 Texas 87.5% 86-19-3
5 Arkansas 85.9% 82-24-1
6 Purdue 83.8% 65-28-3
7 Notre Dame 83.6% 62-34-4
8 Michigan State 82.6% 59-34-3
9 LSU 81.9% 76-26-5
10 Tennessee 81.3% 67-32-6
1970s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Alabama 97.5% 103-16-1
2 Oklahoma 96.8% 102-13-3
3 Nebraska 95.8% 98-20-4
4 USC 93.7% 93-21-5
5 Michigan 93.1% 96-16-3
6 Texas 92.3% 88-26-1
7 Notre Dame 91.6% 91-22
8 Ohio State 91.2% 91-20-3
9 Penn State 91.0% 96-22
10 Arkansas 82.4% 79-31-5
1980s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Nebraska 96.1% 103-20
2 Miami 94.3% 99-20
3 Florida State 92.3% 87-29-3
4 Oklahoma 91.1% 91-26-2
5 Michigan 90.4% 90-29-2
6 Alabama 90.3% 85-33-2
7 Notre Dame 88.9% 76-39-2
8 UCLA 88.6% 82-30-6
9 Auburn 86.7% 86-31-2
10 Georgia 86.7% 89-27-4
1990s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Florida State 98.4% 109-13
2 Nebraska 96.6% 108-16-1
3 Florida 95.2% 102-22-1
4 Tennessee 92.9% 98-22-3
5 Michigan 92.6% 93-26-3
6 Penn State 90.6% 95-26
7 Notre Dame 88.4% 84-35-2
8 Ohio State 87.7% 91-29-3
9 Miami 87.1% 92-27
10 Colorado 86.9% 79-29-4
2000s
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Oklahoma 95.3% 110-24
2 Texas 93.3% 110-19
3 Florida 93.3% 100-30
4 Ohio State 91.2% 102-25
5 USC 89.3% 102-26
6 LSU 88.6% 99-31
7 Virginia Tech 88.3% 99-32
8 Georgia 85.8% 98-31
9 Miami 83.4% 92-33
10 Tennessee 83.4% 83-44
2010s, so far
Avg. Percentile Rating Decade record
1 Alabama 98.4% 72-10
2 Stanford 93.1% 66-15
3 Oklahoma 92.3% 62-17
4 LSU 91.9% 61-17
5 Oregon 90.6% 69-12
6 Ohio State 90.2% 68-12
7 Florida State 89.8% 68-14
8 Notre Dame 89.3% 55-23
9 Georgia 87.5% 56-24
10 Michigan State 86.2% 65-16
Notre Dame is on that list about 8 times. Nebraska is on that list 5 times. Oklahoma is on the list 4 times. Michigan is on the list 6 times. Texas is on the list 5 times. Alabama is on the list 5 times.