Top 10 College Football teams of the last decade

[MSUcougar]

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LOL at Michigan at number 1. Shouldn't a team have to be better than .500 against their rivals and have more than 1 BCS win to be the best team of the past decade? I don't know who exactly I'd put at number 1, probably 1 of USC, Oklahoma, Miami, or Ohio State, but I can't see any argument for Michigan.

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I was surprised when I got done looking at the numbers... remember it's the last 10 seasons, most of the schools had at least a couple subpar seasons...

But ya this is obviously open for debate...

[Dudd]

I think sustained goodness is worse than being great for 4-5 years, decent for a few others, and bad for 1 or 2. Michigan to me, besides 1997 when they were split champs, has been the good but not great team, usually losing to either ND at the beginning of the year or OSU+bowl at the end of the year. I'd much rather be someone like USC with dominance over their rivals or Oklahoma who dominated Texas for a sustained period in the middle of the last 10 years plus BCS wins and multiple championship game appearances.

[Your Mom]

hard to say, b/c all of the good teams have had some down years in the last decade. Nebraska sucked balls for a couple of years there, USC sucked in the first half of this decade as did OU and Texas. Florida St. sucks now. Michigan and Ohio St. have been good most of the time, but they have disappointed quite a few of those years. Florida had the Ron Zook era, though I think they may still be the best choice. Natl' champs in 96 and 06.

[jgunnip]

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hard to say, b/c all of the good teams have had some down years in the last decade. Nebraska sucked balls for a couple of years there, USC sucked in the first half of this decade as did OU and Texas. Florida St. sucks now. Michigan and Ohio St. have been good most of the time, but they have disappointed quite a few of those years. Florida had the Ron Zook era, though I think they may still be the best choice. Natl' champs in 96 and 06.

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96' is so two decades ago! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

No way Michigan is #1 team of past decade. maybe top 5 i dunno would have to look at the numbers. I'd have to go with USC.

Virginia Tech and Tennessee also worth a mention as well.

[TruFloridaGator]

If we counted the 96 NC, then UF would be #1 because they would have 2 NCs & a very good win%

I'm looking at conf win%s in my rankings:

1)Texas: 1 NC, #3 win%, very consistent
2)USC: 2 titles but 1 split and #8 win%
3)UF: 1 NC, #4 win% in maybe toughest conf
4)FSU, 1 NC, 1 NC loss, #1 conf win% but weaker conf, not very good once the conference became tougher
5)Miami, utter dominance but in weaker conf
6)OSU, consistent but weaker conf win%
7)UT, everyone forgets they have a better win% than any SEC team but UF
8)Oklahoma
9)LSU
10)Nebraska

[Your Mom]

Damn it, I counted 96. That was dumb.

[TruFloridaGator]

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Damn it, I counted 96. That was dumb.

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Well, I could of ran with it but I think UF is the best team of the past 11 years [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[TruFloridaGator]

UGA & VT would be my honorable mentions.

I probably didn't do a great job in really weighing the conference power over those years but I think we can really agree that FSU & Miami had a bit of a break over the years so they made need to slide some. We can see now that it's hurting them.

[mason55]

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If we counted the 96 NC, then UF would be #1 because they would have 2 NCs & a very good win%

I'm looking at conf win%s in my rankings:

1)Texas: 1 NC, #3 win%, very consistent
2)USC: 2 titles but 1 split and #8 win%
3)UF: 1 NC, #4 win% in maybe toughest conf
4)FSU, 1 NC, 1 NC loss, #1 conf win% but weaker conf, not very good once the conference became tougher
5)Miami, 1 NC, 1 NC loss, utter dominance but in weaker conf
6)OSU, 1 NC, 1 NC loss, consistent but weaker conf win%
7)UT, 1 NC, everyone forgets they have a better win% than any SEC team but UF
8)Oklahoma 1 NC
9)LSU 1/2 NC
10)Nebraska

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[TruFloridaGator]

Yeah, I was just showing how I was comparing, I think everyone knows the breakdown.