This coming college football season will be the tenth since the sport was forever changed with the addition of the College Football Playoff. Furthermore, it’ll be the final year where only four teams make the playoff as in 2024 that number will move to 12.
So who has ruled college football for the last 10 years and which other programs have been really good?
Bill Bender of The Sporting News got the idea in my head as he listed the 25 best programs of the playoff era. He used a formula that I largely agreed with. However, I felt the need to do my own as there were a couple of things I disagreed with, too.
For instance, Bender used the number of NFL draft picks as part of his formula for the best teams. Instead, I simply went with results of what happened on the field.
So since 2014, here are my top-10 FBS programs: