(05-03-2019 03:17 PM)ken d Wrote: Over the past 40 years, Colorado has lost more games than it won. They had one good stretch under McCartney. Take that ten year period out of the last 40 and Colorado only won 40% of its games. That's not just not Top 25, that's not even close to Top 50.
UCLA has done better than Colorado. But they, too, had one good run of ten years, starting 40 years ago. Since then, they've averaged 6.5 wins a season (54%). The best word to describe UCLA's football performance over a long period is underachieving. They have actually been better recently, hovering right around the cut line of Top 40. They could just as easily been included as not. But they're by no means a slam dunk.
I thought there were better reasons for including the five PAC teams I picked than the ones I left out. I put one LA team and one Bay area team in each of the two top divisions. To me, it made sense for the top tier to have the two private schools that are more known for their football than their basketball.
https://collegefootball.ap.org/top-100
"The Associated Press has been ranking the best teams in college football since 1936. Over 82 years and 1,135 polls, a total of 166 schools have been ranked and 44 of them have been ranked No. 1 (Minnesota was the first).
To determine the all-time Top 25, the AP formula counted poll appearances (one point) to mark consistency, No. 1 rankings (two points) to acknowledge elite programs and gave a bonus for AP championships (10 points)...."
UCLA is #17. Colorado #26.
Now you can argue with their methodology, but its clear UCLA and CU are in the top 3rd.
Don't think anyone in the top 16 would surprise anyone. After that it was (there's a long narrative for each of the top 25 so I won't copy: 17. UCLA, 18. UW, 19. Clemson, 20. Texas A&M, 21. Michigan St.; 22. Arkansas, 23. Pitt, 24. Wisconsin, 25. Iowa
and the rest of the top 60 (list goes on to 100).
26 Colorado -- -- -- -- 325
27 Georgia Tech -- -- -- -- 320
28 Mississippi -- -- -- -- 299
28 Virginia Tech -- -- -- -- 299
30 Oregon -- -- -- -- 297
31 Stanford -- -- -- -- 293
32 West Virginia -- -- -- -- 289
33 Arizona State -- -- -- -- 284
34 BYU -- -- -- -- 258
35 Missouri -- -- -- -- 256
36 TCU -- -- -- -- 252
37 Purdue -- -- -- -- 246
37 North Carolina -- -- -- -- 246
39 Minnesota -- -- -- -- 241
40 Syracuse -- -- -- -- 232
41 Maryland -- -- -- -- 230
42 Oklahoma State (Oklahoma A&M) -- -- -- -- 222
43 Army -- -- -- -- 214
44 Kansas State -- -- -- -- 210
45 California -- -- -- -- 205
46 Mississippi State -- -- -- -- 204
47 Baylor -- -- -- -- 198
48 Houston -- -- -- -- 193
49 South Carolina -- -- -- -- 191
50 Northwestern -- -- -- -- 187
51 Illinois -- -- -- -- 181
52 Virginia -- -- -- -- 174
53 Duke -- -- -- -- 172
54 Arizona -- -- -- -- 169
55 SMU -- -- -- -- 165
56 N.C. State -- -- -- -- 156
57 Washington State -- -- -- -- 148
58 Boston College -- -- -- -- 141
58 Louisville -- -- -- -- 141
60 Texas Tech -- -- -- -- 140