AP Ranks the Top 100 Football Programs of All Time

[Boxerdaddy]

Sobering that we're behind all of these teams.

Rank Team name Points
27 Colorado 316
33 West Virginia 271
34 BYU 258
43 Oklahoma State 208
44 Kansas State 207
47 Baylor 187
49 Houston 184
50 Northwestern 183
51 Illinois 181
58 Texas Tech 137
59 Washington State 129
63 Kansas 108
66 Penn 89
69 Rice 70
70 Tulane 62
71 Wyoming 56
72 Indiana 55
72 Cornell 55
76 Toledo 45
77 Tulsa 43
77 Colorado State 43
80 Wake Forest 42
81 Cincinnati 41
81 Miami (Ohio) University 41
83 Fordham 40
83 Iowa State 40

 

[WooBadger18]

The truly ridiculous part is the absence of the school that had the winningest coach of all-time, Grambling with Coach Eddie Robinson. That feat alone should put them in the top 25.

True, they definitely need to be on the list

 

[Gonzo]

FIFY

Haha. You gotta admit, 5 top-10 finishes in 15 years is pretty solid.

 

[CyTwins]

Haha. You gotta admit, 5 top-10 finishes in 15 years is pretty solid.

Not when three of them happened over a decade ago. You have to admit one top 25 finish in the last 6 years is not solid at all

 

[srjclone]

Not when three of them happened over a decade ago. You have to admit one top 25 finish in the last 6 years is not solid at all

"better than us"

Ha! beat the Hoks to the punch.

 

[jkclone]

Sobering that we're behind all of these teams.

Rank Team name Points
27 Colorado 316
33 West Virginia 271
34 BYU 258
43 Oklahoma State 208
44 Kansas State 207
47 Baylor 187
49 Houston 184
50 Northwestern 183
51 Illinois 181
58 Texas Tech 137
59 Washington State 129
63 Kansas 108
66 Penn 89
69 Rice 70
70 Tulane 62
71 Wyoming 56
72 Indiana 55
72 Cornell 55
76 Toledo 45
77 Tulsa 43
77 Colorado State 43
80 Wake Forest 42
81 Cincinnati 41
81 Miami (Ohio) University 41
83 Fordham 40
83 Iowa State 40

Part of our problem I think is that we were consistently there but never great. If my understanding of history is correct our good teams weren't necessarily ranked and our bad teams weren't 0-12 or whatever it would be for that period. That isn't caught well in this method.

 

[ViktorLuzor]

This list is WRONG. ISU is #1! Of all time! In everything!!! EVERYONE knows that!

 

[clonedude]

And yet.... we've beaten Iowa more times since KF has been coach than they have beaten us. Only reinforces the fact that Iowa's ranking over the years has been inflated due to playing horrible schedules.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we should be higher than Iowa.... far from it. We should probably be in the upper 70's or so, but Iowa should be in the 30's or 40's IMO. Iowa went 12-0 playing hardly anyone last year, then finished 0-2 against better competition than they played all year and stayed in the top 10.

 

[Clone2Dbone]

I have to give props to Bill Snyder, he is the ONLY reason K State is as high as they are.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Hawk logic:

"Oh cool, we're too 25! I must immediately lost this on an Iowa State board!!!!1!1!1!!!!!!!"

Hawk logic.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I'm comfortable at 83.

 

[Gonzo]

Not when three of them happened over a decade ago. You have to admit one top 25 finish in the last 6 years is not solid at all

Yeah but you guys talk about how KF has a losing record against ISU all the time. Four of his losses came 1999-2002, and five came over a decade ago. Since then KF is 6-4 against ISU. Looks like he actually has a .600 winning % against you guys if everything from way back then is irrelevant. Sweet.

 

[GTO]

I take it these Hok trolls have nowhere else to go and are just setting up home here on CF? They must be banned from HN and HR (can't blame them for getting rid of the dumbest posters over there). We need a wall.

 

[SplitIdentity]

And yet.... we've beaten Iowa more times since KF has been coach than they have beaten us. Only reinforces the fact that Iowa's ranking over the years has been inflated due to playing horrible schedules.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we should be higher than Iowa.... far from it. We should probably be in the upper 70's or so, but Iowa should be in the 30's or 40's IMO. Iowa went 12-0 playing hardly anyone last year, then finished 0-2 against better competition than they played all year and stayed in the top 10.

So this is a list ranking programs all time, which has nothing to do with how a coach fares against a rival program. I can see where your confusion is though.

 

[SplitIdentity]

I take it these Hok trolls have nowhere else to go and are just setting up home here on CF? They must be banned from HN and HR (can't blame them for getting rid of the dumbest posters over there). We need a wall.

You're partially to blame/thank for there being better hawk talk here than at millers cesspool.

 

[cyclonebillski]

You're partially to blame/thank for there being better hawk talk here than at millers cesspool.

Id give them top 30 prob but no way ahead of BYU or even Colorado. Can't put them ahead of teams that won National Titles IMO

 

[CarlHungus]

Vince Lombardi went to Fordham, so Iowa State is on the same level as VInce Lombardi

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Can I make a confession?

This entire time I thought Split's avatar was Mayhem from the insurance commercials, until the site change where I can click on them to enlarge while on my phone.

 

[Cyclonetrombone]

Id give them top 30 prob but no way ahead of BYU or even Colorado. Can't put them ahead of teams that won National Titles IMO

This exactly. I dont care if the title was in 1896... National Title is National Title. And if some random guy puts that your the national champion in the 1920s and everyone else picks a different team... that doesnt count

 

[SplitIdentity]

Can I make a confession?

This entire time I thought Split's avatar was Chaos from the insurance commercials, until the site change where I can click on them to enlarge while on my phone.

I'll rainbow this post if you can tell me who it really is