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Ohio State now #3 in All-Time Winning Percentage, #5 in Wins

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while at first i would agree i thought about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I-A_national_football_champions

Year Champion Source Record Bowl Head coach 1869 Princeton (NCF) 1-1-0

1870 Princeton (NCF) 1-0

1871 No Champion

1872 Princeton (NCF) 1-0

1873 Princeton (NCF) 1-0

1874 Yale (NCF) 3-0

1875 Harvard (NCF) 4-0

1876 Yale (NCF) 3-0

1877 Yale (NCF) 3-0-1

1878 Princeton (NCF) 6-0-0

1879 Princeton (NCF) 4-0-1

1880 Princeton (NCF) 4-0-1

Yale (NCF) 4-0-1

1881 Yale (NCF) 5-0-1

1882 Yale (NCF) 8-0-0

1883 Yale (H) 8-0-0
Ray Tomkins (Captain)
1884 Yale (H) 9-0-0
Eugene L. Richards (Captain)
1885 Princeton (H) 9-0-0
Charles DeCamp (Captain)
1886 Yale (H) 9-0-1
Robert N. Corwin (Captain)
1887 Yale (H) 9-0-0
Harry W. Beecher (Captain)
1888 Yale (H) 13-0-0
Walter Camp
1889 Princeton (H) 10-0-0
Edgar Poe (Captain)
1890 Harvard (H) 11-0-0
G.A. Stewart/G.C. Adams
1891 Yale (H) 13-0-0
Walter Camp
1892 Yale (H) 13-0-0
Walter Camp
1893 Princeton (H) 11-0-0
Tom Trenchard (Captain)
1894 Yale (H) 16-0-0
William C. Rhodes
1895 Pennsylvania (H) 14-0-0
George Woodruff
1896 Princeton (H) 10-0-1
Garrett Cochran
1897 Pennsylvania (H) 15-0-0
George Woodruff
1898 Harvard (H) 11-0-0
W. Cameron Forbes
1899 Harvard (H) 10-0-1
Benjamin H. Dibblee
1900 Yale (H) 12-0-0
Malcolm McBride
1901 Michigan (H) 11-0-0
Fielding Yost
1902 Michigan (H) 11-0-0 Won Rose Fielding Yost
1903 Princeton (H) 11-0-0
Art Hillebrand 1904
Pennsylvania (H) 12-0-0
Carl Williams
1905 Chicago (H) 11-0-0
Amos Alonzo Stagg
1906 Princeton (H) 9-0-1
Bill Roper
1907 Yale (H) 9-0-1
Bill Knox
1908 Pennsylvania (H) 11-0-1
Sol Metzger
1909 Yale (H) 10-0-0
Howard Jones
1910 Harvard (H) 8-0-1
Percy Houghton
1911 Princeton (H) 8-0-2
Bill Roper
1912 Harvard (H) 9-0-0
Percy Houghton
1913 Harvard (H) 9-0-0
Percy Houghton
1914 Army (H) 9-0-0
Charley Daly
1915 Cornell (H) 9-0-0
Al Sharpe
1916 Pittsburgh (H) 8-0-0
Pop Warner
1917 Georgia Tech (H) 9-0-0
John Heisman
1918 Pittsburgh (H) 4-1-0
Pop Warner
1919 Harvard (H) 9-0-1 Won Rose Bob Fisher
Notre Dame (D)(CFRA)(NCF) 9-0-0
Knute Rockne
1920 California (H) 9-0-0 Won Rose Andy Smith
Notre Dame (D) 9-0-0
Knute Rockne
1921 Cornell (H) 8-0-0
Gil Dobie
1922 Cornell (H) 8-0-0
Gil Dobie
1923 Illinois (H) 8-0-0
Bob Zuppke 1924
Notre Dame (H)(D)(CFRA)(NCF) 10-0-0 Won Rose Knute Rockne
1925 Alabama (H)(CFRA)(NCF) 10-0-0 Won Rose Wallace Wade Dartmouth (D) 8-0-0
Jesse Hawley
1926 Stanford (H)(D)(NCF) 10-0-1 Tied Rose Pop Warner Alabama (H)(CFRA)(NCF) 9-0-1 Tied Rose Wallace Wade
1927 Illinois (H)(D)(NCF) 7-0-1
Bob Zuppke Yale (CFRA) 10-0-0
T.A. Dwight "Tad" Jones
1928 Georgia Tech (H)(CFRA)(NCF) 10-0-0 Won Rose Bill Alexander USC (D) 9-0-1
Howard Jones
1929 Notre Dame (H)(D)(CFRA)(NCF) 9-0-0
Knute Rockne
1930 Notre Dame (H)(D)(NCF) 10-0-0
Knute Rockne Alabama (CFRA) 10-0-0 Won Rose Wallace Wade
1931 USC (H)(D)(CFRA)(NCF) 10-1-0 Won Rose Howard Jones
1932 USC (H)(CFRA)(NCF) 10-0-0 Won Rose Howard Jones Michigan (D) 8-0-0
Harry Kipke
1933 Michigan (H)(D)(CFRA)(NCF) 7-0-1
Harry Kipke
1934 Minnesota (H)(D)(CFRA)(NCF) 8-0-0
Bernie Bierman
1935 Minnesota (UP)(H)(CFRA)(NCF) 8-0-0
Bernie Bierman SMU (D) 12-1-0 Lost Rose Madison A. "Matty" Bell
1936 Minnesota (AP)(H)(D)(NCF) 7-1-0
Bernie Bierman Pittsburgh (CFRA) 8-1-1 Won Rose Jock Sutherland
1937 Pittsburgh (AP)(D)(CFRA)(NCF) 9-0-1
Jock Sutherland California (H) 10-0-1 Won Rose Leonard Allison
1938 TCU (AP)(H)(NCF) 11-0-0 Won Sugar Dutch Meyer Notre Dame (D) 8-1-0
Elmer Layden Tennessee (CFRA) 11-0-0 Won Orange Robert Neyland
1939 Texas A&M (AP)(H)(CFRA)(NCF) 11-0-0 Won Sugar Homer Norton USC (D) 8-0-2 Won Rose Howard Jones
1940 Minnesota (AP)(D)(CFRA)(NCF) 8-0-0
Bernie Bierman Stanford (H) 10-0-0 Won Rose Clark Shaughnessy
1941 Minnesota (AP)(H)(CFRA)(NCF) 8-0-0
Bernie Bierman
1942 Ohio State (AP)(CFRA)(NCF) 9-1-0
Paul Brown Wisconsin (H) 8-1-1
Harry Stuhldreher
1943 Notre Dame (AP)(H)(CFRA)(NCF) 9-1-0
Frank Leahy
1944 Army (AP)(H)(CFRA)(NCF) 9-0-0
Earl Blaik Ohio State (NCF) 9-0-0
Carroll Widdoes
1945 Army (AP)(H)(CFRA)(NCF) 9-0-0
Earl Blaik Alabama (NCF) 10-0-0 Won Rose Frank Thomas
1946 Notre Dame (AP)(H)(NCF) 8-0-1
Frank Leahy Army (H)(CFRA) 9-0-1
Earl Blaik
1947 Notre Dame (AP)(H) 9-0-0
Frank Leahy Michigan (AP)[2](H)(CFRA)(NCF) 10-0-0 Won Rose Fritz Crisler
1948 Michigan (AP)(H)(CFRA)(NCF) 9-0-0
Bennie Oosterbaan
1949 Notre Dame (AP)(H)(NCF) 10-0-0
Frank Leahy Oklahoma (CFRA) 11-0-0 Won Sugar Bud Wilkinson
1950 Oklahoma (AP)(UP)(H) 10-1-0 Lost Sugar Bud Wilkinson Tennessee (CFRA)(NCF) 11-1-0 Won Cotton Robert Neyland
1951 Tennessee (AP)(UP) 10-1-0 Lost Sugar Robert Neyland Michigan State (H) 9-0-0
Biggie Munn Maryland (CFRA)(NCF) 10-0-0 Won Sugar Jim Tatum
1952 Michigan State (AP)(UP)(H)(CFRA)(NCF) 9-0-0
Biggie Munn Georgia Tech (INS) 12-0-0 Won Sugar Bobby Dodd
1953 Maryland (AP)(UP)(INS) 10-1-0 Lost Orange Jim Tatum Notre Dame (H)(NCF) 9-0-1
Frank Leahy Oklahoma (CFRA) 9-1-1 Won Orange Bud Wilkinson
1954 Ohio State (AP)(INS) 10-0-0 Won Rose Woody Hayes UCLA (UP)(FWAA) 9-0-0
Red Sanders 1955 Oklahoma (AP)(UP)(INS)(FWAA) 11-0-0 Won Orange Bud Wilkinson
1956 Oklahoma (AP)(UP)(INS)(FWAA) 10-0-0
Bud Wilkinson
1957 Auburn (AP) 10-0-0
Shug Jordan Ohio State (UP)(INS)(FWAA) 9-1-0 Won Rose Woody Hayes
1958 LSU (AP)(UPI) 11-0-0 Won Sugar Paul Dietzel Iowa (FWAA) 8-1-1 Won Rose Forest Evashevski
1959 Syracuse (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 11-0-0 Won Cotton Ben Schwartzwalder
1960 Minnesota (AP)(UPI) 8-2-0 Lost Rose Murray Warmath Mississippi (FWAA) 10-0-1 Won Sugar John Vaught
1961 Alabama (AP)(UPI) 11-0-0 Won Sugar Paul "Bear" Bryant Ohio State (FWAA) 8-0-1
Woody Hayes
1962 USC (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 11-0-0 Won Rose John McKay
1963 Texas (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 11-0-0 Won Cotton Darrell Royal
1964 Alabama (AP)(UPI) 10-1-0 Lost Orange Paul "Bear" Bryant Arkansas (FWAA) 11-0-0 Won Cotton Frank Broyles
1965 Alabama (AP)(FWAA) 9-1-1 Won Orange Paul "Bear" Bryant Michigan State (UPI)(FWAA) 10-1-0 Lost Rose Duffy Daugherty
1966 Notre Dame (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 9-0-1
Ara Parseghian
1967 USC (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 10-1-0 Lost Rose John McKay
1968 Ohio State (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 10-0-0 Won Rose Woody Hayes
1969 Texas (AP)(UPI)(FWAA)(RMN) 11-0-0 Won Cotton Darrell Royal
1970 Nebraska (AP)(FWAA) 11-0-1 Won Orange Bob Devaney Texas (UPI) 10-1-0 Lost Cotton Darrell Royal
1971 Nebraska (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 13-0-0 Won Orange Bob Devaney
1972 USC (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 12-0-0 Won Rose John McKay
1973 Notre Dame (AP)(FWAA) 11-0-0 Won Sugar Ara Parseghian Alabama (UPI) 11-1-0 Lost Sugar Paul "Bear" Bryant 1974 Oklahoma (AP) 11-0-0
Barry Switzer USC (UPI)(FWAA) 10-1-1 Won Rose John McKay
1975 Oklahoma (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 11-1-0 Won Orange Barry Switzer
1976 Pittsburgh (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 12-0-0 Won Sugar Johnny Majors
1977 Notre Dame (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 11-1-0 Won Cotton Dan Devine
1978 Alabama (AP)(FWAA) 11-1-0 Won Sugar Paul "Bear" Bryant USC (UPI) 12-1 Won Rose John Robinson
1979 Alabama (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 12-0-0 Won Sugar Paul "Bear" Bryant
1980 Georgia (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 12-0-0 Won Sugar Vince Dooley
1981 Clemson (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 12-0-0 Won Orange Danny Ford
1982 Penn State (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 11-1-0 Won Sugar Joe Paterno
1983 Miami (FL) (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 11-1-0 Won Orange Howard Schnellenberger
1984 BYU (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 13-0-0 Won Holiday Lavell Edwards
1985 Oklahoma (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 11-1-0 Won Orange Barry Switzer
1986 Penn State (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 12-0-0 Won Fiesta Joe Paterno
1987 Miami (FL) (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 12-0-0 Won Orange Jimmy Johnson
1988 Notre Dame (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 12-0-0 Won Fiesta Lou Holtz
1989 Miami (FL) (AP)(UPI)(FWAA) 11-1-0 Won Sugar Dennis Erickson
1990 Colorado (AP)(FWAA) 11-1-1 Won Orange Bill McCartney Georgia Tech (UPI) 11-0-1 Won Citrus Bobby Ross
1991 Miami (FL) (AP) 12-0-0 Won Orange Dennis Erickson Washington (CNN)(FWAA) 12-0-0 Won Rose Don James
1992 Alabama (AP)(CNN)(FWAA) 13-0-0 Won Sugar Gene Stallings
1993 Florida State (AP)(CNN)(FWAA) 12-1-0 Won Orange Bobby Bowden
1994 Nebraska (AP)(CNN)(FWAA) 13-0-0 Won Orange Tom Osborne
1995 Nebraska (AP)(CNN)(FWAA) 12-0-0 Won Fiesta Tom Osborne
1996 Florida (AP)(CNN)(FWAA) 12-1 Won Sugar Steve Spurrier
1997 Michigan (AP)(FWAA) 12-0 Won Rose Lloyd Carr Nebraska (ESPN) 13-0 Won Orange Tom Osborne
1998 Tennessee (BCS) 13-0 Won Fiesta Phillip Fulmer
1999 Florida State (BCS) 12-0 Won Sugar Bobby Bowden
2000 Oklahoma (BCS) 13-0 Won Orange Bob Stoops
2001 Miami (FL) (BCS) 12-0 Won Rose Larry Coker
2002 Ohio State (BCS) 14-0 Won Fiesta Jim Tressel
2003 LSU (BCS) 13-1 Won Sugar Nick Saban USC (AP) 12-1 Won Rose Pete Carroll
2004 USC (BCS) 13-0 Won Orange Pete Carroll
2005 Texas (BCS) 13-0 Won Rose Mack Brown
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Team Recognized titles Winning years
Notre Dame 14 1919, 1920, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
USC 12 1928, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004,2005
Alabama 12 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992
Oklahoma 9 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000
Michigan 7 1901, 1902, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997
Ohio State 7 1942, 1944, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 2002
Minnesota 6 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
Miami (FL) 5 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001
Nebraska 5 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997
Pittsburgh 5 1916, 1918, 1936, 1937, 1976
Georgia Tech 4 1917, 1928, 1952, 1990
Harvard 4 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919
Tennessee 4 1938, 1950, 1951, 1998
Texas 4 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005
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then i look at national championships and i disagree. but then you think about it and win percentage is based on a consistency not nc factor really.

its pretty hard to explain unless you say it is based on the fact that those teams are year in year out good. which in my life time that is what seperates a michigan from a usc
 
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jimotis4heisman;679973; said:
its pretty hard to explain unless you say it is based on the fact that those teams are year in year out good. which in my life time that is what seperates a michigan from a usc
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Well said. In the end, USC will end up with it's ups and downs. Just look at "da U" for a prime example. Our heartland teams are consistantly filled with mostly local talent, guys who grew up with one thought and that is to play for the pride of their state.

Beautiful weather and a Hollywood atmosphere works for them now, but after California suffers the big earth quake, where will they be? Floating somewhere out in the Pacific, that's where!:wink2:
 
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Okinawa's#1Buck;679978; said:
Well said. In the end, USC will end up with it's ups and downs. Just look at "da U" for a prime example. Our heartland teams are consistantly filled with mostly local talent, guys who grew up with one thought and that is to play for the pride of their state.
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very good point. though you see it elsewhere. but theosu has the advantage as it is one of a few schools who is the only major college in the state.

notre dame, it really goes back to the good old days and those train trips, practicing all over the country. give rockne credit he built something that lasted i would say into the early 90s. (thats like 70 years folks)

michigan modern history isnt as good to them, they tended to be the earlier arrival in the midwest and beat on everyone else.

all in all lots of different reasons. but i still go back to the fact those teams, year in year out, tend to be very competitive. they tend to produve year in year out.
 
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It's not completely invalid, as football in the earlier days was much more top-heavy than it is now.

That means that back then, schools with developed football teams would play schools with developing football teams, thus inflating not only all-time wins, but winning pctg.
 
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osubuckeyealum;680015; said:
These 3 schools have been playing football for many more years than alot of the SEC schools.....
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If by "3 schools" you meant Michigan, and by "alot" you meant, well, virtually none, then yeah.

Ohio State's 116 is the same as Vanderbilt, one year more than Kentucky, two more than Auburn, and only three over Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, and South Carolina, etc ... Ten of the twelve SEC schools have been playing football for more than 110 years. Florida, whose football program turns 100 this year, has the shortest football history in the SEC. Notre Dame's program is only one year older than OSU's, 117.

8 of the 11 teams in the Big-10 (and Ohio State is one of them), Notre Dame, and 10 of the 12 teams in the SEC are separated by no more than seven years of football playing history.
 
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Dryden said:
If by "3 schools" you meant Michigan, and by "alot" you meant, well, virtually none, then yeah.

Ohio State's 116 is the same as Vanderbilt, one year more than Kentucky, two more than Auburn, and only three over Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, and South Carolina, etc ... Ten of the twelve SEC schools have been playing football for more than 110 years. Florida, whose football program turns 100 this year, has the shortest football history in the SEC. Notre Dame's program is only one year older than OSU's, 117.

8 of the 11 teams in the Big-10 (and Ohio State is one of them), Notre Dame, and 10 of the 12 teams in the SEC are separated by no more than seven years of football playing history.
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good info....I didn't realize the programs were that close together...I thought we started playing footbal up north at least 10+ years b/4 the south picked it up....but I guess that is what I get for thinking :ohwell:
 
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Dryden;679949; said:
I'm guessing you're using Stassen/CFBDataWarehouses numbers?

Using Stassen's own numbers Oklahoma should actually be ahead of Bama and behind Texas now: 765-294-53 = .71178
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MililaniBuckeye;679951; said:
Using CFBDataWarehouse's numbers as of the end of last season and then adding on this year's records. You could be right about OU jumping 'Bama...I didn't check for that.
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www.cfbdatawarehouse.com now has all the regular season games from this season loaded. I was right about us jumping to #3 all-time in winning percentage, and Dryden was right about Oklahoma moving into 5th...


_1. Michigan 859-282-36 (.745)
_2. Notre Dame 821-269-41 (.744)
_3. Ohio State 787-300-53 (.714)
_4. Texas 809-316-34 (.713)
_5. Oklahoma 765-294-53 (.712)
_6. Alabama 780-307-43 (.709)
_7. Nebraska 811-325-42 (.706)
_8. Southern California 742-300-54 (.702)
_9. Tennessee 761-315-53 (.698)
10. Boise State 316-140-2 (.692)
 
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MililaniBuckeye;692586; said:

_1. Michigan 859-282-36 (.745)
_2. Notre Dame 821-269-41 (.744)
_3. Ohio State 787-300-53 (.714)
_4. Texas 809-316-34 (.713)
_5. Oklahoma 765-294-53 (.712)
_6. Alabama 780-307-43 (.709)
_7. Nebraska 811-325-42 (.706)
_8. Southern California 742-300-54 (.702)
_9. Tennessee 761-315-53 (.698)
10. Boise State 316-140-2 (.692)
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That's right, Boise State, bitches. Boise State! :tongue2:
 
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Buck88;679968; said:
I'm pretty sure we're #1 since Woody took over in 1951. I'll concede the leather helmet era to scUM and NoD and claim the modern day title. :wink2:
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Yea seriously. Congrats to scUM and Notre Lame for winning when they were the only 2 teams playing.

Any records pre-1965 are pretty much meaningless to me. So in that case, I guess Nebraska is the best team. But whatever. Cooper almost killed us, and sometimes suceeded.:wink2:
 
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