[BB73]

OK, here's how this was calculated. I took each team's ranking in every year-end poll since the AP started in 1936. Once 2 polls were involved, I always used the higher ranking. Sliding scale points were awarded for every year that a team ended up ranked, and 10 points were deducted for each losing season. The scale was determined before seeing where teams ended up.

NC in either poll = 100 points
2-5 = 65, 55, 50, 45
6-10 = 40, 37, 34, 32, 30
11-20 = 28, 26, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10
21-25 = 8, 6, 4, 3, 2
non-ranked, but .500 or above = 0 points
losing record for the year = minus 10 points

EDIT - these are 2004 totals.
See post #13 for 2005 totals.
See post #22 for 2006 totals.
See post #24 for 2007 totals, including the addition of points for pre-1936 MNCs.

01. 2240 - Oklahoma (passed ND this year)
02. 2217 - Notre Dame
03. 1994 - Ohio State (passed Bama this year)
04. 1986 - Alabama
05. 1932 - Michigan
06. 1697 - USC
07. 1676 - Nebraska
08. 1515 - Texas
09. 1513 - Tennessee
10. 1360 - Penn State
11. 1165 - Miami
12. 1100 - Florida State
13. 0894 - Georgia
14. 0876 - Auburn
15. 0875 - UCLA
16. 0844 - LSU
17. 0766 - Florida
18. 0688 - Michigan State
19. 0687 - Arkansas
20. 0619 - Washington
21. 0525 - Georgia Tech
22. 0479 - Ole Miss
23. 0444 - Texas A&M
24. 0433 - Colorado
25. 0429 - Pittsburgh
26. 0409 - Minnesota

Other schools: Clemson(388), Syracuse(367), Army(347), Iowa(258), Wisconsin(209), Purdue(145)