For you MWC, CUSA, and BE folks out there, in the history of your school, how many times have they finished in the Top 25 in football. Not briefly appeared but ended their season (including bowl) ranked.

(04-25-2012 11:38 AM)ConanX Wrote:  For you MWC, CUSA, and BE folks out there, in the history of your school, how many times have they finished in the Top 25 in football. Not briefly appeared but ended their season (including bowl) ranked.

cfbdatawarehouse

WVU has finished the season ranked 20 times since 1953 (only 20 teams were ranked until 1989, when it was expanded to 25), including 6 of the last 7 years...
NOTE: The AP poll only ranked the top 10 schools from 1962-1967. Don't ask me why...

(04-25-2012 11:38 AM)ConanX Wrote:  For you MWC, CUSA, and BE folks out there, in the history of your school, how many times have they finished in the Top 25 in football. Not briefly appeared but ended their season (including bowl) ranked.

UH

52-#19
66-#17
67-#19
68-#18
69-#12
70-#13
71-#14
73-#9
74-#11
76-#4
78-#10
79-#5
89-#19
90-#10
2011-#14

83
91
95

(04-25-2012 11:49 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(04-25-2012 11:38 AM)ConanX Wrote:  For you MWC, CUSA, and BE folks out there, in the history of your school, how many times have they finished in the Top 25 in football. Not briefly appeared but ended their season (including bowl) ranked.

UH

52-#19
66-#17
67-#19
68-#18
69-#12
70-#13
71-#14
73-#9
74-#11
76-#4
78-#10
79-#5
89-#19
90-#10
2011-#14

I have to admit....Houston deserved their invitation for their historical performance. It's taken a while to rebuild the program after SWC. UH really got screwed in the SWC implosion.

(04-25-2012 11:56 AM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-25-2012 11:49 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(04-25-2012 11:38 AM)ConanX Wrote:  For you MWC, CUSA, and BE folks out there, in the history of your school, how many times have they finished in the Top 25 in football. Not briefly appeared but ended their season (including bowl) ranked.

UH

52-#19
66-#17
67-#19
68-#18
69-#12
70-#13
71-#14
73-#9
74-#11
76-#4
78-#10
79-#5
89-#19
90-#10
2011-#14

I have to admit....Houston deserved their invitation for their historical performance. It's taken a while to rebuild the program after SWC. UH really got screwed in the SWC implosion.

92-THRU 94, we crashed and burned at the wrong time. Poor leadership, probation, killed us at the time of the SWC end!

21 times.

Top 5 - 2
Top 10 - 5

Last time we finished was in '01.

For my secondary school Colorado State (my wife is an alum) 3 times

94 - 16th
97 - 17th
00 - 14th

Cincinnati Bearcats
2007 - #17
2008 - #17
2009 - #8
2011 - #25

For Boston College: 14 times
39,40,42,83,84,86,92,93,94,01,04,05,06,07

Top 10: 3 times
40(#5), 84(#4), 07(#10)

Came close to top 10 a few other times (@#11, 12)

Boston College also had some very good teams prior to 1939, so they may have been ranked more times. Just could not find rankings prior to 1936. (I thought I read somewhere that the AP started tabulating these rankings in 1936.)

Miami University:

1955 - #15 AP
1973 - #15 AP - Beat Florida in Capital One Citrus Bowl
1974 - #10 AP - Beat Georgia in Capital One Citrus Bowl
1975 - #12 AP - Beat South Carolina in Capital One Citrus Bowl
2003 - #10 AP - Beat Louisville in GMAC Bowl

70% winning percentage in bowls, #20 all-time NCAA winning percentage, approaching 700 total wins, 22 conference championships, several members in both the college football and professional hall of fame, several NCAA records held by Miami players, Cradle of Coaches (Trademarked). Miami's resume will stack up to nearly anybody's.

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Notre Dame has finished the year ranked in the final Associated Press poll of the season 49 times:

Year Ranking Record
1936 8 6–2
1937 9 6–2–1
1938 5 8–1
1939 13 7–2
1941 3 8–0–1
1942 6 7–2–1
1943 1 9–1
1944 9 8–2
1945 9 7–2–1
1946 1 8–0–1

Year Ranking Record
1947 1 9–0
1948 2 9–0
1949 1 9–0
1952 3 7–2–1
1953 2 8–0–1
1954 4 8–1
1955 9 8–2
1957 10 6–3
1958 17 6–4
1959 17 5–5

Year Ranking Record
1964 3 9–1
1965 9 7–2–1
1966 1 9–0–1
1967 5 8–2
1968 5 7–2–1
1969 5 8–2–1
1970 2 10–1
1971 13 8–2
1972 14 8–3
1973 1 11–0

Year Ranking Record
1974 6 10–2
1976 12 9–3
1977 1 11–1
1978 7 9–3
1980 9 9–2–1
1987 17 8–4
1988 1 12–0
1989 2 12–1
1990 6 9–3
1991 13 10–3

Year Ranking Record
1992 4 10–1–1
1993 2 11–1
1995 11 9–3
1996 19 8–3
1998 22 9–3
2000 15 9–3
2002 17 10–3
2005 9 9–3
2006 17 10–3

(04-25-2012 11:38 AM)ConanX Wrote:  For you MWC, CUSA, and BE folks out there, in the history of your school, how many times have they finished in the Top 25 in football. Not briefly appeared but ended their season (including bowl) ranked.

Apparently there's some reading comprehension issues going on here.

9 times since becoming a FBS team in 2000-2001.

(04-25-2012 04:28 PM)War Torn Ruston Wrote:  9 times since becoming a FBS team in 2000-2001.

Boise became FBS (aka D1A) in 1996. First bowl was in 1999.

(04-25-2012 04:34 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-25-2012 04:28 PM)War Torn Ruston Wrote:  9 times since becoming a FBS team in 2000-2001.

Boise became FBS (aka D1A) in 1996. First bowl was in 1999.

I think I remember they were in the Big West before it stopped sponsoring D1A football.

I did not think The Big Sky or Big West was ever division 1? Well I guess we have more than nine then.

(04-25-2012 07:03 PM)War Torn Ruston Wrote:  I did not think The Big Sky or Big West was ever division 1? Well I guess we have more than nine then.

Yes, Big West was I-A.

Final year standings (2000)
1 Boise State 5 0 1.000 10 2 .833 44.3 22.8 6.78 -8.32
2 Utah State 4 1 .800 5 6 .455 26.5 32.4 -11.16 -5.04
3 Idaho 3 2 .600 5 6 .455 29.2 34.3 -7.41 -2.74
4 New Mexico State 1 4 .200 3 8 .273 26.8 32.5 -8.82 -3.51
4 North Texas 1 4 .200 3 8 .273 14.7 27.3 -13.51 -5.20
4 Arkansas State 1 4 .200 1 10 .091 22.5 37.3 -13.40 -1.09

First year of Boise participation (1996)
1 Nevada 4 1 .800 9 3 .750 42.9 23.2 1.49 -10.95
1 Utah State 4 1 .800 6 5 .545 30.0 30.8 -4.92 -4.54
3 Idaho 3 2 .600 6 5 .545 34.0 26.9 -8.09 -11.44
3 North Texas 3 2 .600 5 6 .455 14.6 26.6 -12.67 -6.02
5 Boise State 1 4 .200 2 10 .167 20.0 38.3 -22.78 -9.73
6 New Mexico State 0 5 .000 1 10 .091 15.1 36.0 -22.25 -7.32


Last year pre Idaho schools (1995):
1 Nevada 7 0 0 1.000 9 3 0 .750 43.4 31.3 0.99 -9.79
2 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 2 0 .667 6 5 0 .545 31.9 25.0 -5.41 -8.58
3 Utah State 4 3 0 .571 4 7 0 .364 26.6 26.1 -11.70 -9.50
4 Arkansas State 3 3 0 .500 6 5 0 .545 24.1 24.5 -12.48 -11.74
4 Northern Illinois 3 3 0 .500 3 8 0 .273 20.0 38.2 -14.87 -2.95
6 New Mexico State 3 4 0 .429 4 7 0 .364 31.7 35.4 -12.47 -8.46
6 San Jose State 3 4 0 .429 3 8 0 .273 24.6 34.4 -15.72 -6.80
8 Louisiana Tech 2 4 0 .333 5 6 0 .455 29.1 33.7 -11.23 -7.58
8 Pacific 2 4 0 .333 3 8 0 .273 21.8 39.9 -15.61 -3.15
10 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 5 0 .167 2 9 0 .182 20.2 47.3 -28.69 -10.22

(04-25-2012 11:49 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(04-25-2012 11:38 AM)ConanX Wrote:  For you MWC, CUSA, and BE folks out there, in the history of your school, how many times have they finished in the Top 25 in football. Not briefly appeared but ended their season (including bowl) ranked.

UH

52-#19
66-#17
67-#19
68-#18
69-#12
70-#13
71-#14
73-#9
74-#11
76-#4
78-#10
79-#5
89-#19
90-#10
2011-#14

It took over a decade for our administration to wake up and realize what they had here, and its been a long road back to relevance, but it really feels good to finally have decent and knowledgeable leadership again. The fruits are finally paying off, but the funny thing is that if you ask most fans on these boards, they would swear up and down that quality football at UH started and ended with #7. He was GREAT, but fine football tradition at UH goes MUCH further back than one player that just graduated, and will live on as we enter the Big East.