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Topic: osu crossed the 900 mark in ap poll appearances
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medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 30, 2018, 09:38:01 AM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on November 30, 2018, 08:43:25 AM

Wow. Bama 44.6% of the time at #1 since Saban took over.

Has any coach ever approached that figure?

It is actually even more impressive than that because the Tide were not very good in Saban's first year, 2007. From 2008 through the most recent Poll Saban's Tide have been #1 in the same 86 polls but now it is out of just 177 so that is good for 48.6%.
The gap over #2 is astounding. From 2007-2018 Ohio State is second with 17 appearances at #1 but note that the Buckeyes trail the Tide by 69 appearances. #2 Ohio State is literally closer to last than they are to #1 Bama. From 2008-2018 Florida is second with 15 appearances at #1 but note that the Gators trail the Tide by 71 appearances. #2 Florida is literally closer to last than they are to #1 Bama.

medinabuckeye1 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 30, 2018, 09:44:00 AM »

Quote from: rolltidefan on November 30, 2018, 09:25:32 AM

bama is tops in both #1 and #2 rankings, with about a 10% chance in each. so there's a 1/5 chance bama is in the bcs title game 20% of the time.
what's funny is i used to boast about not being overrated cause we weren't high on the #1 list, but we were when it counted, with the most #1 finishes all time.
saban makes up just under 75% of bama's #1 rankings.

For all of Bama's history, when Saban took over the Tide were only 10th on the list of all-time appearances at #1 with 31. Then, see above, Saban's tide were never ranked #1 in his first year, 2007. So from 1936-2007 the Tide were only ranked #1 31 times. That was 10th behind:

95 Notre Dame, now 98
(tie) 95 Oklahoma, now 101
93 Ohio State, now 105
86 USC, now 91
70 Nebraska, still 70
68 Miami (FL), still 68
60 Florida State, now 72
42 Texas, now 45
34 Michigan, still 34

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