Originally Posted by
GrassyNoleHitman
hate to go all AQ on you...but you asked for it.
top 25 last year:
2011
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma State
4. Oregon
5. Arkansas
6. USC
7. Stanford
8. Boise State
9. South Carolina
10. Wisconsin
11. Michigan State
12. Michigan
13. Baylor
14. TCU
15. Kansas State
16. Oklahoma
17. West Virginia
18. Houston
19. Georgia
20. Southern Miss
21. Virginia Tech
22. Clemson
23. Florida State
24. Nebraska
25. Cincinnati
non-AQ teams: Boise, TCU, Houston, and USM
2000
1. Oklahoma
2. Miami (Fla.)
3. Washington
4. Oregon State
5. Florida St.
6. Virginia Tech
7. Oregon
8. Nebraska
9. Kansas State
10. Florida
11. Michigan
12. Texas
13. Purdue
14. Colorado St.
15. Notre Dame
16. Clemson
17. Georgia Tech
18. Auburn
19. South Carolina
20. Georgia
21. TCU
22. LSU
23. Wisconsin
24. Mississippi St.
25. Iowa State
non-AQ teams: Colorado St, TCU
1990
1. Colorado
2. Georgia Tech
3. Miami (Fla.)
4. Florida State
5. Washington
6. Notre Dame
7. Michigan
8. Tennessee
9. Clemson
10. Houston
11. Penn State
12. Texas
13. Florida
14. Louisville
15. Texas A&M
16. Michigan State
17. Oklahoma
18. Iowa
19. Auburn
20. USC
21. Mississippi
22. Brigham Young
23. Virginia
24. Nebraska
25. Illinois
"mid major" teams: FSU (Metro), Louisville (Metro), BYU
1980
1. Georgia
2. Pittsburgh
3. Oklahoma
4. Michigan
5. Florida State
6. Alabama
7. Nebraska
8. Penn State
9. Notre Dame
10. North Carolina
11. USC
12. Brigham Young
13. UCLA
14. Baylor
15. Ohio State
16. Washington
17. Purdue
18. Miami (Fla.)
19. Mississippi State
20. SMU
"mid major" teams: FSU (Metro), BYU
1970
1. Nebraska
2. Notre Dame
3. Texas
4. Tennessee
5. Ohio State
6. Arizona State
7. Louisiana State
8. Stanford
9. Michigan
10. Auburn
11. Arkansas
12. Toledo
13. Georgia Tech
14. Dartmouth
15. USC
16. Air Force
17. Tulane
18. Penn State
19. Houston
20. Oklahoma
(tie) Mississippi
"mid major" teams: Toledo, Dartmouth, AFA, Tulane
1960
1. Minnesota
2. Mississippi
3. Iowa
4. Navy
5. Missouri
6. Washington
7. Arkansas
8. Ohio State
9. Alabama
10. Duke
11. Kansas
12. Baylor
13. Auburn
14. Yale
15. Michigan State
16. Penn State
17. New Mexico St.
18. Florida
19. Syracuse
(tie) Purdue
"mid majors": Yale, New Mex St
1950
1. Oklahoma
2. Army
3. Texas
4. Tennessee
5. California
6. Princeton
7. Kentucky
8. Michigan State
9. Michigan
10. Clemson
11. Washington
12. Wyoming
13. Illinois
14. Ohio State
15. Miami (Fla.)
16. Alabama
17. Nebraska
18. Washington & Lee
19. Tulsa
20. Tulane
"mid majors": Princeton, Wyoming, Wash & Lee, Tulsa
so pretty much since the 50's we have has a couple of non-AQ type teams ranked, but most of them were not consistently ranked year in and year out. the consistently ranked teams got the AQ cards punched.
(bring the red dots...)