Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 2020 to 2022 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 2020s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY final rankings?

Where did all the top teams rank in the final 2020 to 2022 top 25 USA TODAY Coaches college football poll? Which programs made the cut and which ones just missed out but received votes?


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Which college football programs are the greatest of all-time according to the UPI and USA TODAY Coaches final polls?

According to the final Coaches Poll rankings, how do the programs rank all-time, by decade, and by era? Which ones were the best over the 2020s?

Take all the Coaches Poll final rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the Coaches Poll national champion gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom.

2020s USA TODAY Coaches Poll National Champions
2020 Alabama; 2021 Georgia; 2022 Georgia

Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY: 2020 to 2022 Final All-Time College Football Rankings

Last year’s ranking in parentheses

1 Alabama 70 (1)

2 Georgia 69 (3)

3 Ohio State 67 (2)

4 Clemson 47 (7)

T5 Michigan 46 (T9)

T5 Notre Dame 46 (5)

7 Cincinnati 40 (4)

8 Oklahoma 36 (6)

9 Utah 29 (T18)

10 Oklahoma State 26 (8)

11 TCU 24 (NR)

12 Texas A&M 23 (T9)

13 Baylor 20 (11)

14 Tennessee 20 (NR)

15 BYU 19 (12)

16 Penn State 19 (NR)

17 Louisiana 18 (T13)

18 Michigan State 18 (T13)

19 USC 18 (NR)

20 Washington 18 (NR)

21 Iowa State 17 (15)

22 Pitt 17 (T21)

23 Tulane 17 (NR)

24 Florida State 16 (NR)

25 Northwestern 16 (16)

Others Receiving Votes (Points): Ole Miss 15, Oregon 15, Florida 14, Iowa 14, Indiana 13, Coastal Carolina 12, Kansas State 12, Wake Forest 12, Kentucky 11, LSU 11, Houston 9, North Carolina 9, Oregon State 9, Liberty 8, Mississippi State 7, NC State 7, Texas 7, Arkansas 6, Troy 6, UCLA 5, Ball State 3, South Carolina 3, Fresno State 2, San Jose State 2, Utah State 2 Buffalo 1

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Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 2010 to 2019 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 2010s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY final rankings?

Where did all the top teams rank in the final 2010 to 2019 top 25 USA TODAY Coaches college football poll? Which programs made the cut and which ones just missed out but received votes?


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1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | AP Top Programs of All-Time
USA TODAY Coaches Poll Final Top 25
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 

Which college football programs are the greatest of all-time according to the UPI and USA TODAY Coaches final polls?

According to the final Coaches Poll rankings, how do the programs rank all-time, by decade, and by era? Which ones were the best over the 2010s?

Take all the Coaches Poll final rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the Coaches Poll national champion gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom.

So here’s the funky part about the 2010s. 2012 Ohio State went 12-0 but was on probation. It didn’t go to a bowl, and by the rules of the Coaches Poll wasn’t ranked. That would’ve easily broken the tie at No. 2, but no one was touching Alabama with four national titles and seven top ten finishes in the decade.

2010s USA TODAY Coaches Poll National Champions
2010 Auburn; 2011 Alabama; 2012 Alabama; 2013 Florida State; 2014 Ohio State; 2015 Alabama; 2016 Clemson; 2017 Alabama; 2018 Clemson; 2019 LSU 

Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY: 2010 to 2019 Final All-Time College Football Rankings

1 Alabama 221

T2 Clemson 171

T2 Ohio State 171

T2 Oklahoma  171

5 LSU 141

6 Oregon 137

7 Stanford 121

8 Georgia 112

T9 Florida State 106

T9 Wisconsin 106

10 Michigan State 102

12 TCU 96

13 Notre Dame 90

T14 Auburn 82

T14 Oklahoma State 82

16 Baylor  72

17 Boise State 71

18 Florida 69

19 Michigan 68

T20 Penn State 63

T20 South Carolina 63

22 UCF 55

23 USC 49

24 Washington 46

25 Texas A&M 44

Others Receiving Votes: Missouri 44; Arkansas 35; Utah 34; Kansas State 33; Louisville 32;
Virginia Tech 31; Houston 30; Northwestern 30; Mississippi State 30; Iowa 27; UCLA 26; Texas 25; Ole Miss 24 West Virginia 21; Georgia Tech 19; Arizona State 18; Cincinnati 17; Nebraska 17; Washington State 16; Minnesota 16; Miami 16; Kentucky 15; Utah State 14; Navy 14; Nevada 13; Memphis 13; USF 12; Colorado 11; Syracuse 11; North Carolina 11; Arizona 9; Vanderbilt 9; Appalachian State 8; Fresno State 8; Western Michigan 8; Oregon State 7; Southern Miss 7; Army 6; San Jose State 5; Tennessee 5; Duke 4; NC State 4; Marshall 4;Air Force 3; Northern Illinois 2; Maryland 2; BYU 1; San Diego State 1

USA TODAY Coaches Poll Final Top 25
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 

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Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1990 to 1999 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 1990s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY final rankings?

Where did all the top teams rank in the final 1990 to 1999 top 25 USA TODAY Coaches college football poll? Which programs made the cut and which ones just missed out but received votes?


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Greatest Programs of All-Time | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s
1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | AP Top Programs of All-Time
USA TODAY Coaches Poll Top 25
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 

Which college football programs are the greatest of all-time according to the UPI and USA TODAY Coaches final polls?

According to the final Coaches Poll rankings, how do the programs rank all-time, by decade, and by era? Which ones were the best over the 1990s?

Take all the Coaches Poll final rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the UPI Coaches Poll national champion gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom.

The 1990s brought two interesting twists. 1990 came the change from the UPI Coaches Poll to the USA TODAY branding. In 1998, the BCS era started with the poll naming its national champion based on the team that won the BCS Championship. That clashed at times in the 2000s with the AP poll.

Florida State was knocking on the national championship door for several years under Bobby Bowden, and it finally kicked it in with national championships in 1993 and 1999.

Nebraska had a phenomenal run with the 1997 USA TODAY Coaches Poll national championship – Michigan got the AP title – along with the 1994 and 1995 titles, but Florida State finished in the top five in every year in the decade.

1990s USA TODAY Coaches Poll National Champions
1990 Georgia Tech; 1991 Washington; 1992 Alabama; 1993 Florida State; 1994 Nebraska; 1995 Nebraska; 1996 Florida; 1997 Nebraska; 1998 Tennessee; 1999 Florida State 

Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY: 1990 to 1999 Final All-Time College Football Rankings

1 Florida State 229

2 Nebraska 179

3 Florida 174

4 Tennessee 168

5 Michigan 152

6 Penn State 151

7 Miami 129

8 Ohio State 121

9 Colorado 116

10 Alabama 114

11 Kansas State 103

12 Notre Dame 102

13 Texas A&M 99

14 Washington 81

15 Virginia Tech 70

T16 Syracuse 64

T16 Wisconsin 64

18 Georgia 63

19 UCLA 56

20 North Carolina 54

21 BYU 49

22 Texas 46

T23 Arizona 45

T23 Georgia Tech 45

25 Virginia 41

Others Receiving Votes: Iowa 38; 27 Arizona State 34; Washington State 33; Michigan State 31; Oregon 31; USC 31; Clemson 30; Northwestern 29; Auburn 28; LSU 27; Oklahoma 24; Boston College 23; Stanford 23; Colorado State 22; California 21; Ole Miss 21; NC State 21; East Carolina 20; Southern Miss 20; West Virginia 20; Air Force 19; Kansas 19; Tulane 19; Utah 18; Louisville 17; Mississippi State 17; Arkansas 16; Marshall 16; Purdue 14; Minnesota 9; Hawaii 7; San Jose State 6; Texas Tech 6; Tulsa 5; Fresno State 4; Missouri 4; Wyoming 4; Illinois 3; Army 2; Oklahoma State 2; Toledo 2

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1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | AP Top Programs of All-Time
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1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 

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Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1960 to 1969 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 1960s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll final rankings?

Where did all the top teams rank in the final 1960 to 1969 top 25 Coaches college football poll? Which programs made the cut and which ones just missed out, but received votes?


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Coaches Poll Final Top 20 
1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969  

Which college football programs are the greatest of all-time according to the UPI and USA TODAY Coaches final polls?

According to the final Coaches Poll rankings, how do the programs rank all-time, by decade, and by era? Which ones were the best over the 1960s?

Take all the Coaches Poll final rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the UPI Coaches Poll national champion gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom.

It was an interesting decade for the Coaches Poll with seven different national champions. Alabama won two of them and was in the mix year after year, and Arkansas didn’t win any, but was good enough to finish as the decade’s second-best team according to the rankings.

1960s Coaches Poll National Champions
1960 Minnesota; 1961 Alabama; 1962 USC; 1963 Texas; 1964 Alabama; 1965 Michigan State; 1966 Notre Dame; 1967 USC; 1968 Ohio State; 1969 Texas

Coaches Poll: 1960 to 1969 Final All-Time College Football Rankings

1 Alabama 182

2 Arkansas 158

3 USC 147

4 Texas 136

5 Ohio State 133

6 Ole Miss 128

7 Notre Dame 123

T8 Missouri 118

T8 Penn State 108

10 Michigan State 103

11 Purdue 99

12 Nebraska 97

13 Tennessee 96

14 LSU 91

15 Minnesota 81

16 Oklahoma 76

17 UCLA 74

18 Syracuse 69

19 Oregon State 66

20 Wisconsin 53

21 Michigan 51

T22 Florida 48

T22 Kansas 48

24 Georgia Tech 46

25 Navy 44

Others Receiving Votes: Auburn 43; Georgia 41; Miami 41; Wyoming 41; Illinois 40; Duke 39; Colorado 38; Florida State 38; Houston 32; SMU 27; Iowa 24; Pittsburgh 23; Washington 23; Baylor 21; Indiana 20; Arizona State 19; Stanford 18; Tulsa 18; Texas Tech 16; Utah State 16; Mississippi State 15; Princeton 13; Memphis State 12; Utah 12; New Mexico 10; Northwestern 10; NC State 9; Texas 9; Arizona 8; Kentucky 8; Ohio 8; San Diego State 8; West Virginia 8; Yale 8; New Mexico State 7; North Carolina 7; Virginia Tech 6; Virginia Tech 6

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1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | AP Top Programs of All-Time
Coaches Poll Final Top 20 
1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969  

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1969 Final Top 20

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1970 to 1979 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 1970s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll final rankings?

Where did all the top teams rank in the final 1970 to 1979 top 25 Coaches college football poll? Which programs made the cut and which ones just missed out but received votes?


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Coaches Poll Final Top 20 
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979

Which college football programs are the greatest of all-time according to the UPI and USA TODAY Coaches final polls?

According to the final Coaches Poll rankings, how do the programs rank all-time, by decade, and by era? Which ones were the best over the 1970s?

Take all the Coaches Poll final rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the UPI Coaches Poll national champion gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom.

There was a ton of controversy in the 1970s when it came to national champions. The Coaches Poll didn’t start awarding its national title after bowl games until 1974. However …

1974 Oklahoma was on probation. The Sooners were the final No. 1 in the AP Poll, but the Coaches Poll didn’t rank teams on sanctions, meaning USC got the national title and Alabama ended up scoring more points overall to be the school of the 1970s.

1970s Coaches Poll National Champions
1970 Texas; 1971 Nebraska; 1972 USC; 1973 Alabama; 1974 USC; 1975 Oklahoma; 1976 Pitt; 1977 Notre Dame; 1978 USC; 1979 Alabama

Coaches Poll: 1970 to 1979 Final All-Time College Football Rankings

1 Alabama 208

2 Oklahoma 193

3 Michigan 189

4 Nebraska 187

5 Ohio State 172

6 USC 170

7 Notre Dame 158

8 Penn State 148

9 Texas 127

10 Houston 111

11 Arizona State 106

12 Arkansas 96

T13 Auburn 77

T13 Pittsburgh 77

15 UCLA 72

16 Tennessee 65

17 LSU 64

T18 Colorado 51

T18 Maryland 51

T18 Texas A&M 51

21 Stanford 47

22 North Carolina 44

23 Florida State 40

24 Miami University 35

25 Georgia 34

Others Receiving Votes: Washington 32; NC State 31; Baylor 30; Purdue 29; Texas Tech 28; BYU 24; Toledo 22; Texas 21; Florida 20; San Diego State 20; Clemson 19; Georgia 18; Missouri 18; Iowa State 17; Air Force 15; Arizona 13; Dartmouth 13; Oklahoma State 12; Cal 11; Kansas 11; Tulane 11; Indiana 10; Louisville 10;  North Texas State 10; Georgia Tech 9; Mississippi State 9; Navy 9; Rutgers 9; Temple 9; Washington State 9; West Virginia 9; Michigan State 8; Kentucky 7; Tulsa 7; Utah State 7; Ole Miss 6

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NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1979 Final Top 20

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1950 to 1959 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 1950s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll final rankings?

Where did all the top teams rank in the final 1950 to 1959 top 25 Coaches college football poll? Which programs made the cut and which ones just missed out, but received votes?


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Coaches Poll Final Top 20  
1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 

Which college football programs are the greatest of all-time according to the UPI and USA TODAY Coaches final polls?

According to the final Coaches Poll rankings, how do the programs rank all-time, by decade, and by era? Which ones were the best over the 1950s?

Take all the Coaches Poll final rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the UPI Coaches Poll national champion gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom.

With three national championships and an all-time great winning streak of 47 games in a row from 1953 to 1957, Oklahoma roared through the 1950s. It was by far the premier college football program of the decade, but a few other schools came up with national championships that still resonate today.

1950s Coaches Poll National Champions
1950 Oklahoma; 1951 Tennessee; 1952 Michigan State; 1953 Maryland;
1954 UCLA; 1955 Oklahoma; 1956 Oklahoma; 1957 Ohio State; 1958 LSU; 1959 Syracuse

Coaches Poll: 1950 to 1959 Final All-Time College Football Rankings

1 Oklahoma 210

2 Michigan State 162

3 Notre Dame 127

4 Ohio State 122

5 Wisconsin 120

6 Georgia Tech 118

7 Ole Miss 112

8 UCLA 105

9 Tennessee 100

10 Maryland 98

11 Army 97

12 Texas 94

13 Iowa 91

14 TCU 83

15 USC 76

16 Illinois 72

17 Auburn 71

T18 Michigan 70

T18 Navy 70

20 Syracuse 59

21 Miami 58

22 Duke 56

23 Alabama 54

24 Princeton 50

25 Texas A&M 49

Others Receiving Votes: LSU 48; California 46;  Rice 46; Kentucky 45; Baylor 43; Pittsburgh 40; Purdue 40; Penn State 38;Arkansas 35; Clemson 35; Stanford 34; Washington 30; Wyoming 30; Minnesota 23; West Virginia 22; Northwestern 19; Washington State 19; Air Force 18; SMU 17; Arizona State 14; Texas Tech 14; Oregon State 13; Georgia 12; San Francisco 12; Florida 11; Holy Cross 9; Oregon 9; Yale 9; Colorado 8; Denver 8; Houston 7; Missouri 7; Oklahoma State 7; Cornell 6; Kansas 6; Miami University 6; NC State 6; Nebraska 6; Rutgers 6

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Coaches Poll Final Top 20  
1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 

NEXT: Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1959 Final Top 20

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1980 to 1989 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 1980s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll final rankings?

Where did all the top teams rank in the final 1980 to 1989 top 25 Coaches college football poll? Which programs made the cut and which ones just missed out but received votes?


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Coaches Poll Top 20
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 

Which college football programs are the greatest of all-time according to the UPI and USA TODAY Coaches final polls?

According to the final Coaches Poll rankings, how do the programs rank all-time, by decade, and by era? Which ones were the best over the 1980s?

Take all the Coaches Poll final rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the UPI Coaches Poll national champion gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom.

The bridesmaid and never the bride, Nebraska was fantastic throughout the 1980s but couldn’t break through and win the national title. Miami might have been the biggest star of the decade with three national championships, but the Huskers were a bit more consistent in the Coaches Poll rankings.

1980s Coaches Poll National Champions
1980 Georgia; 1981 Clemson; 1982 Penn State; 1983 Miami; 1984 BYU; 1985 Oklahoma; 1986 Penn State; 1987 Miami; 1988 Notre Dame; 1999 Miami

Coaches Poll: 1980 to 1989 Final All-Time College Football Rankings

1 Nebraska 194

2 Miami 149

3 Oklahoma 148

T4 Michigan 135

T4 Penn State 135

6 Florida State 134

7 UCLA 129

8 Auburn 123

9 Alabama 120

10 Georgia 113

11 Ohio State 106

12 BYU 91

13 USC 87

14 Washington 86

15 Clemson 81

16 Pittsburgh 79

17 Arkansas 78

18 Iowa 72

19 LSU 67

20 Notre Dame 64

21 SMU 63

22 Oklahoma State 58

22 Texas 58

24 Tennessee 56

25 West Virginia 54

Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M 50; North Carolina 48; Florida 46; Arizona State 41; Baylor 39; Boston College 36; Syracuse 36; Air Force 32; Illinois 32; Maryland 28; Michigan State 28; South Carolina 24; Colorado 22; Michigan 22; Virginia 20; Arizona 16; Indiana 13; Fresno State 10; Purdue 10; Texas Tech 10; Washington State 10; Mississippi State 9; NC State 9; Georgia Tech 8; Kentucky 7; Southern Miss 7; Missouri 6; Wyoming 6

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1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | AP Top Programs of All-Time
Coaches Poll Top 20
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989

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Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: Greatest Programs Of All-Time Top 25

Coaches Poll All-Time College Football Rankings. The top programs and teams based on a formula utilizing all the final Coaches Poll rankings.

According to the Coaches Poll top 25 rankings, how do all of the teams stack up all-time? Here’s how they rank according to the final polls.


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Which college football programs are the greatest of all-time – or at least since 1950 – according to the UPI and USA TODAY Coaches final polls?

The AP Poll started in 1936, and the Coaches Poll came on 14 years later with UPI (United Press International) handling the job up until 1991 when USA TODAY took over.

Over the years, the Coaches Poll held just as much weight as the AP’s version, creating split national champions in some seasons with its own set of rules and guidelines.

There’s one key, funky difference between the two polling systems over the years. The Coaches Poll doesn’t rank teams on probation.

That started in 1974 after the 1973 Oklahoma Sooners finished the season No. 2 despite being penalized for past transgressions. So in 1974 when OU went 11-0 and finished the season as the AP’s national champion, USC won the UPI Coaches Poll national title – the Sooners weren’t even ranked.

But Oklahoma wasn’t alone. Ohio State – you’ll see in a moment how much probation matters – didn’t see its 2012 12-0 season get ranked.

Alabama – 2002 and 1995 – wasn’t ranked despite finishing in the top 20 of the respective AP polls for those seasons. Others like Auburn (1979, 1993), Clemson (1982, 1983), and Miami  (1981, 1995) likely would’ve been higher, too, if their great seasons were ranked.

We started from scratch from when we did this a few years ago and reran all the numbers. Like we did with the AP rankings, CFN devised a scoring system giving every UPI/USA TODAY national champion 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom of the top 20 in the early years, and then it became the top 25 after USA TODAY took over.

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: Greatest Programs Of All-Time

Based on the final Coaches Poll top 25 rankings from 1950 through to Georgia’s national championship after the 2022 season. Who earned the most all-time recognition from the voters?

USA TODAY Coaches Poll, All-Time Rankings
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AP All-Time Overall College Football Rankings
AP All-Time Overall College Basketball Rankings
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Coaches Poll: 1950 to 2022 Final All-Time College Football Top 25 Rankings

1 Ohio State 1050 (T1)

2 Alabama 1033 (3)

3 Oklahoma 1028 (T1)

4 Michigan 829 (4)

5 Notre Dame 751 (5)

6 USC 749 (T6)

7 Nebraska 736 (T6)

8 Penn State 734 (8)

9 Texas 715 (9)

10 Florida State 633 (10)

11 Georgia 621 (11)

12 LSU 580 (12)

13 Tennessee 571 (13)

14 Miami 521 (14)

15 Florida 517 (15)

16 Auburn 506 (16)

17 UCLA 480 (17)

18 Michigan State 454 (18)

T19 Arkansas 434 (T19)

T19 Ole Miss 434 (T19)

21 Clemson 408 (22)

22 Wisconsin 400 (21)

23 Washington 346 (24)

24 Iowa 345 (23)

25 Texas A&M 316 (25)

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Coaches Poll All-Time Preseason Top 25 College Football Rankings (at least since 1978)

Preseason College Football Coaches Poll All-Time Rankings: What schools got the most respect from the preseason coaches polls since 1978?

According to the Coaches Poll top 25 rankings, how did all the preseason rankings stack up since the poll came out before the 1978 season?


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Which college football programs got the most love and respect over the years in the preseason Coaches Poll?

The AP Poll started in 1936, but it didn’t start putting out a preseason ranking until 1950 – we’ll do the all-time preseason AP Top 25 rankings next.

1950 also just happened to be the same year the Coaches Poll started up under the UPI (United Press International) before USA TODAY took over in 1991. However, there wasn’t a preseason poll until the 1978 season.

It might seem somewhat trivial now in a College Football Playoff era, but the preseason rankings used to be everything in the national championship chase.

For the most part – back in the poll-and-bowl era – if you were ranked in the preseason top five or so and kept on winning, that was it. You were locked in. It was a brutally flawed system – as opposed to current one that’s just painfully flawed – in lieu of any playoff format to determine a champion.

Most of college football’s national champions were based on nothing more than a belief of an ill-informed voting base that didn’t have access to more than a few games a week. Even worse, the bowl games weren’t taken into account in the national championship voting until 1968 for the AP and 1974 for the Coaches Poll.

So the point here is to see where the expectations were set. Over the years – at least since 1978 – how did the coaches (or the athletic department staffers who did it for them) perceive the top teams before the seasons?

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1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s | AP Top Programs of All-Time
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1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s

Coaches Poll: Preseason College Football Top 25 Rankings 1978 to 2022

CFN devised a scoring system giving every UPI/USA TODAY-ranked preseason No. 1 team 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom of the top 20 in the early years, and then it became the top 25 later on.

1 Oklahoma 759 (1)

2 Ohio State 743 (2)

3 Florida State 683 (3)

4 Michigan 667 (4)

5 Alabama 664 (5)

6 Nebraska 588 (6)

7 USC 550 (7)

8 Notre Dame 542 (8)

9 Texas 526 (10)

10 Penn State 519 (9)

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11 Georgia 518 (12)

12 Florida 516 (11)

13 Miami 491 (13)

14 LSU 477 (14)

15 Clemson 418 (16)

16 Auburn 410 (15)

17 Washington 363 (17)

18 Tennessee 341 (18)

19 Texas A&M 331 (19)

20 UCLA 295 (20)

21 Wisconsin 255 (21)

22 Oregon 242 (22)

23 Virginia Tech 220 (23)

24 Iowa 189 (24)

25 Arkansas 179 (26)


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26 Colorado 178 (25)

27 Pitt 159 (28)

28 Michigan State 157 (29)

29 Stanford 154 (27)

30 North Carolina 137 (30)

31 West Virginia 130 (31)

32 Kansas State 119 (32)

33 Oklahoma State 118 (35)

T34 BYU 112 (T33)

T34 TCU 112 (T33)

36 Arizona State 96 (36)

37 South Carolina 92 (37)

38 Syracuse 86 (38)

39 Georgia Tech 83 (39)

40 Baylor 80 (45)

41 Louisville 78 (40)

42 Boise State 77 (41)

43 Houston 69 (42)

T44 Arizona 66 (T43)

T44 Purdue 66 (T43)

46 Cal 63 (46)

47 Maryland 60 (47)

48 Ole Miss 59 (49)

49 Missouri 58 (48)

50 Utah 51 (53)


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51 Virginia 49 (50)

52 Illinois 48 (51)

53 SMU 34 (52)

54 Mississippi State 32 (54)

55 NC State 30 (T60)

56 Iowa State 28 (55)

57 Cincinnati 24 (59)

58 Northwestern 22 (56)

T59 Boston College 21 (T57)

T59 Oregon State 21 (T57)

T61 Texas Tech 17 (T60)

T61 UCF 17 (T60)

T61 Washington State 17 (T60)

64 Kansas 15 (64)

65 Kentucky 14 (T69)

66 Colorado State 13 (65)

67 Minnesota 11 (66)

T68 Rutgers 10 (T67)

T68 USF 10 (T67)

T68 Wake Forest 10 (T73)

71 Indiana 9 (T69)

72 Southern Miss 6 (71)

73 Marshall 5 (72)

T74 Louisiana 3 (T73)

T74 Coastal Carolina 2 (T75)

T74 Hawaii 2 (T75)

77 Fresno State 1 (77)

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