When was the last time you had the great debate over which college team in which era fielded the best team ever? Earlier today? Thought so. Well, now we can finally settle this debate once and for all (or at least try). With it being the 150th season of college football, longtime USA TODAY computer rankings expert Jeff Sagarin compiled a list of the top 150 teams in college football history.
This task was not an easy one considering how much college football has changed and evolved over the year. Sagarin explained that the ranking method combined a won-loss-tie method with a pure score method to attempt to eliminate one method from dominating during the process. He stated: “To achieve a high rating, a team must have a great won-loss record, have won its games by decisive scores, and also have played a decent schedule.”
Where do Big Ten teams rank? Let’s take a look…