Say we got #1 vs #2 every year, instead of bowl tie-ins and especially the RB getting in the way of that......who would you think would have won the NC each year? Knowing the bowl outcomes as an additional data point, who ya got?
1997: Michigan vs Nebraska
1996: Florida St vs Arizona St
1994: Nebraska vs Penn St
1991: Miami vs Washington
1990: GA Tech vs Colorado
1989: Colorado vs Miami
1988: ND vs Miami (rematch, ND by 1)
1985: Penn St vs Miami
1984: BYU vs Oklahoma
1983: Nebraska vs Texas
1981: Clemson vs Georgia (rematch, Clemson by 10)
1980: Georgia vs Florida St
1979: Ohio St vs Alabama
1977: Texas vs Oklahoma (rematch, Texas by 7)
1976: Pitt vs Michigan
1975: Ohio St vs Texas A&M
1974: Oklahoma vs Alabama (OU on probation, no bowl)
1973: Alabama vs Oklahoma (OU on probation, no bowl)
1972: USC vs Oklahoma
1970: Texas vs Ohio St
Pick one or pick 'em all.
