AP All-Time College Football Rankings: Best Teams 2010 To 2016
The AP poll is has been the most consistent ranking system over the long history of college football. Going by the final rankings, what programs come out best? Here are the top programs of the 2010s according to a CFN formula using all the AP’s final polls.
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– All-Time Greatest Programs Ranking According to AP
The College Football Playoff has taken over the national championship discussion and focus, but the AP national title winners have mirrored the BCS and then the CFP champs. This one isn’t too tough – It’s Alabama’s decade so far with three national titles in the last seven years.
CFN has created a formula looking back at all the past AP national champions, giving the title winner 25 points, the No. 2 team 24 points, on down to the bottom. Where have the other top programs finished?
2010 AP National Champions
2010 Auburn
2011 Alabama
2012 Alabama
2013 Florida State
2014 Ohio State
2015 Alabama
2016 Clemson
2010s AP Rankings Greatest Teams
These rankings are created according to the CFN scoring system – this isn’t the official AP ranking of its all-time greatest teams.
Rank | Team | Points | Last Year |
1 | Alabama | 156 | 1 |
2 | Ohio State | 125 | 3 |
3 | Oregon | 117 | 2 |
4 | Stanford | 112 | 4 |
5 | Florida State | 104 | 6 |
6 | Oklahoma | 103 | 7 |
7 | Clemson | 99 | 10 |
8 | Michigan State | 90 | 5 |
9 | LSU | 89 | 9 |
10 | TCU | 78 | 8 |
11 | Wisconsin | 74 | 13 |
12 | Oklahoma State | 66 | 16 |
13 | South Carolina | 61 | 11 |
14 | Baylor | 58 | 12 |
15 | USC | 56 | T23 |
16 | Auburn | 55 | T14 |
17 | Boise State | 53 | T14 |
18 | Michigan | 46 | 25 |
19 | Georgia | 45 | 17 |
20 | Notre Dame | 43 | 18 |
21 | Mississippi State | 42 | 19 |
22 | Missouri | 41 | 20 |
23 | Texas A&M | 36 | 21 |
24 | Arkansas | 35 | 22 |
25 | Kansas State | 33 | T23 |
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26 | Louisville | 31 | T26 |
27 | Florida | 30 | T31 |
T28 | Houston | 26 | T26 |
T28 | UCLA | 26 | T26 |
T30 | Virginia Tech | 25 | T34 |
31 | Washington | 23 | T57 |
32 | UCF | 21 | 29 |
T33 | Arizona State | 19 | 30 |
T33 | Penn State | 19 | NR |
T33 | West Virginia | 19 | T40 |
36 | Georgia Tech | 18 | T31 |
T37 | Iowa | 17 | 33 |
T37 | Utah | 17 | 36 |
39 | Nevada | 15 | T34 |
50 | Northwestern | 12 | 37 |
T41 | North Carolina | 11 | 38 |
T41 | Western Michigan | 11 | NR |
43 | Utah State | 10 | 39 |
T44 | Colorado | 9 | NR |
T44 | Nebraska | 9 | T40 |
T44 | Ole Miss | 9 | T40 |
T44 | Tennessee | 9 | T50 |
48 | Navy | 8 | 43 |
T49 | Arizona | 7 | T44 |
T49 | South Florida | 7 | NR |
T49 | Texas | 7 | T44 |
T52 | Miami | 6 | NR |
T52 | Oregon State | 6 | T46 |
T52 | Southern Miss | 6 | T46 |
T55 | San Jose State | 5 | T48 |
T55 | Vanderbilt | 5 | T48 |
57 | Northern Illinois | 4 | T50 |
T58 | Duke | 3 | T52 |
T58 | Marshall | 3 | T52 |
T58 | Maryland | 3 | T52 |
T61 | Tulsa | 2 | T55 |
T61 | Western Kentucky | 2 | T55 |
T63 | Cincinnati | 1 | T57 |
T63 | Memphis | 1 | T57 |
T63 | N.C. State | 1 | T57 |
T63 | San Diego State | 1 | NR |