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medinabuckeye1

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90 Years of AP Polls, the fourth 15: 1981-1995
« on: Today at 02:15:43 PM »
All data from College Poll Archive.  

I've broken the 90 years of AP Polls into six 15 year segments and I will continue making a post like this roughly each week (I'm a little late this week), one for each segment.  Here are the previous posts:


Each post lists the top-25 programs from that 15 years as measured by total appearances, top-10 appearances, and top-5 appearances.  For this week I'm displaying the top-25 from 1981-1995 along with all of the teams that are top-25 for the first 60 years (1936-1995) and for the entire 90 years (1936-2025).  Starting with AP Poll Appearances:


AP Top-10 Appearances:


AP Top-5 Appearances:





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Re: 90 Years of AP Polls, the fourth 15: 1981-1995
« Reply #1 on: Today at 02:27:06 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on Today at 02:15:43 PM

For this week I'm displaying the top-25 from 1981-1995 along with all of the teams that are top-25 for the first 60 years (1936-1995) and for the entire 90 years (1936-2025). 

perfect - 1981 was my freshman year at Nebraska - I switched from a Buckeye fan to a Husker.

I obviously had a GREAT 15 season run capped off by the 94 & 95 seasons.  I attended both bowl games following those seasons, watching the Huskers win MNC in the orange vs the Canes, and in the Fiesta vs Spurrier's gators.

The Huskers have had a rough stretch the past 25 seasons, but I can die a happy man because of the 20 seasons starting in 1981.


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Re: 90 Years of AP Polls, the fourth 15: 1981-1995
« Reply #2 on: Today at 02:38:32 PM »

Quote from: FearlessF on Today at 02:27:06 PM
perfect - 1981 was my freshman year at Nebraska - I switched from a Buckeye fan to a Husker.
Bandwagoner.

Conversely, this is one of the absolute worst 15 years for Texas.  1984-1994 were just terrible, with only the 1990 season being a positive outlier.  And even that one ended with a humiliating record-setting loss to Miami in the 1991 Cotton Bowl.

Dark times indeed.


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Re: 90 Years of AP Polls, the fourth 15: 1981-1995
« Reply #3 on: Today at 02:46:38 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on Today at 02:27:06 PM
perfect - 1981 was my freshman year at Nebraska - I switched from a Buckeye fan to a Husker.
The reverse is true for the team you switched from.  1981-1995 was by far the worst stretch for the Buckeyes:


I know that @betarhoalphadelta will point this out so I'll do it preemptively:  I fully realize that your "worst" 15 year stretch being a time when you were ranked almost 3/4 of the time, top-10 almost 1/3 of the time, and top-5 more than 10% of the time is a #helmetschoolproblem.  I'm a dozen or so years younger so I was only 6 in 1981 and this is basically why I was more of a Browns/NFL fan when growing up than a Buckeyes/CFB fan.  From about 1981 to about 1992 the Browns were pretty good (VERY good by Browns' standards) and the Buckeyes were pretty mediocre (VERY bad by Buckeyes' standards).  
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Re: 90 Years of AP Polls, the fourth 15: 1981-1995
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Quote from: utee94 on Today at 02:38:32 PM
Conversely, this is one of the absolute worst 15 years for Texas.  1984-1994 were just terrible, with only the 1990 season being a positive outlier.  And even that one ended with a humiliating record-setting loss to Miami in the 1991 Cotton Bowl.

Dark times indeed.
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Re: 90 Years of AP Polls, the fourth 15: 1981-1995
« Reply #5 on: Today at 03:32:50 PM »
These have been the best years for UGA….ever.
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Re: 90 Years of AP Polls, the fourth 15: 1981-1995
« Reply #6 on: Today at 04:57:30 PM »
Jekyll and Hyde for the Badgers. Mostly Hyde. The 80s were about the worst era for the Badgers. But that brought us Barry. 
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