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Originally Posted by Jeffcat
in this day and age of modern football 10 years is quite a bit of time and va tech has been to a title game so thats traditional enough for me. all 4 of these teams were known to be the prime NC contenders and so far have lived up to it.
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sorry, jeff, but my idea of "traditional" is quite different. while virginia tech has produced some good teams the last handful of years, they have not persisted with excellence beyond the lifetime of a high school freshman.
ranking based on win percentage (among major schools; not including 2005):
last 5 years - tied for 12th
last 10 years - 9th
last 15 years - 13th
last 20 years - tied for 23rd
last 25 years - 22nd
last 30 years - 22nd
last 40 years - 27th
last 50 years - 30th
ironically, college football programs that are considered historical powerhouses are too often considered such because of what they've done recently. obviously, usc has done a great job of making an argument for the consideration of the school as a recent football powerhouse. they have undeniably been the best school for the last few years. however, their win percentage for the last 10 years ranks them at 17th. 17th is good but not outstanding. nonetheless, usc still must be considered a traditionally good football program; they are the 10th winningest program of the last 50 years and have the trophies to account for it.
these are the winningest major conference schools for the last 5 years, in order (not including boise state and l'ville, as such):
oklahoma
miami
texas
georgia
ohio state
louisiana state
southern cal
michigan
florida state
tennessee
these are the winningest schools (in the top 10 only) from the last 10 years that are ALSO among the winningest for the last 5 years (in order, according to the last 10 years):
fsu
tennessee
miami
osu
michigan
texas
these are the winningest schools (in the top 10 only) from the last 15 years that are also listed above (in order, according to the last 15 years):
fsu
miami
tennessee
michigan
ohio state
texas
same for last 20 years:
miami
fsu
michigan
tennessee
osu
25 years:
same
30 years:
fsu
michigan
miami
osu
tennessee
40 years:
michigan
osu
tennessee
fsu
50 years (and all the way back):
osu
michigan
tennessee
so, if you continually throw away the schools that aren't in the top 10, only three programs are left. each of these 3 schools are in the top 10 for EACH and ALL (yes, that's redundant) of the last 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, and so on years.
i think i've strayed away from the original topic. lol. while my system is bound to receive arguments, it's just one way to look at powerhouse programs.