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The Power Four => Big Ten => Topic started by: Cincydawg on March 30, 2022, 02:00:31 PM

Title: Teams that won NCs 1979 to 1999
Post by: Cincydawg on March 30, 2022, 02:00:31 PM

2000	Oklahoma	BCS
1999	Florida State	BCS
1998	Tennessee	BCS
1997	Michigan, Nebraska	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/ESPN
1996	Florida	AP, FWAA, NFF,USA/CNN
1995	Nebraska	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1994	Nebraska	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1993	Florida St.	AP, FWAA,NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1992	Alabama	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1991	Washington, Miami (Fla.)	FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI,AP
1990	Colorado, Georgia Tech	FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, AP, UPI
1989	Miami (Fla.)	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1988	Notre Dame	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1987	Miami (Fla.)	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1986	Penn State	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1985	Oklahoma	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1984	Brigham Young	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1983	Miami (Fla.)	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1982	Penn State	AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1981	Clemson	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1980	Georgia	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1979	Alabama	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI

The interesting thing, to me, is how few of these programs are still in the hunt, year in and out. We could include PSU, Oklahoma, along with Bama/UGA and perhaps Michigan. Ohio State is not to be found. I suppose it's a sign that a period of excellence can turn into a disaster, or mediocrity, fairly often.

Title: Re: Teams that won NCs 1979 to 1999
Post by: Cincydawg on March 30, 2022, 02:15:16 PM

If we go back further, it gets more interesting, perhaps. Many of these NCs were won by Blue Bloods, even if they have faded some today. We have a Syracuse, Michigan State twice, Pitt, Minny and Ole Miss, Arky, and the rest are BBs. Whatever fun one can have with the NCs claimed by Bama, they do show up rather consistently.

1978	Alabama, Southern California	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1977	Notre Dame	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1976	Pittsburgh	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1975	Oklahoma	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1974	Southern California, Oklahoma	FWAA, NFF, UPI, AP
1973	Notre Dame, Alabama	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1972	Southern California	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1971	Nebraska	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1970	Nebraska, Texas, Ohio State	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, NFF
1969	Texas	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1968	Ohio State	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1967	Southern California	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1966	Notre Dame, Michigan State	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, NFF
1965	Michigan State, Alabama	FWAA, NFF, UPI, AP
1964	Alabama, Arkansas, Notre Dame	AP, UPI, FWAA, NFF
1963	Texas	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1962	Southern California	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1961	Alabama, Ohio State	AP, NFF, UPI, FWAA
1960	Minnesota, Mississippi	AP, NFF, UPI, FWAA
1959	Syracuse	AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI

Title: Re: Teams that won NCs 1979 to 1999
Post by: utee94 on March 30, 2022, 04:00:36 PM

AP and coaches polls are the ones I acknowledge during this period. BCS automatically received the coaches' #1 vote which is what legitimized it.

Title: Re: Teams that won NCs 1979 to 1999
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on March 30, 2022, 05:45:57 PM

1979 is a year when it would have been difficult to pick the field even for an 8-team playoff. In the pre-bowl poll:

11-0 Ohio State
11-0 Alabama
10-0-1 Southern Cal, the tie was with a .500 Stanford team
11-0 Florida State
10-1 Oklahoma, the loss was to #11 Texas
10-1 Arkansas, the loss was to #8 Houston
10-1 Nebraska, the loss was to #5 Oklahoma
10-1 Houston, the loss was to #11 Texas
11-0 Brigham Young
10-1 Pittsburgh, the loss was to UNC

Texas was #11 and had great wins over #5 OU and #8 Houston but they also lost to #6 Arkansas and to a mediocre aTm team.

As it turned out:

tOSU lost to #3 USC and finished #4
Bama beat #6 Arkansas and finished #1
USC beat #1 tOSU and finished #2
FSU lost to #5 OU and finished #6
OU beat #4 FSU and finished #3
Arkansas lost to #2 Bama and finished #8
UNL lost to #8 Houston and finished #9
Houston beat #7 UNL and finished #5
BYU lost to nr Indiana and finished #13
Pittsburgh beat nr Arizona and finished #7

Title: Re: Teams that won NCs 1979 to 1999
Post by: Riffraft on March 31, 2022, 10:49:46 AM

Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on March 30, 2022, 05:45:57 PM

As it turned out:
tOSU lost to #3 USC and finished #4

That was the first Rose Bowl I attended. Another of the many woulda coulda shoulda years