POINTS RUBRIC
16 pts. – AP Ranked #1 / Championship Game Winner
8 pts. – AP Ranked #2 / Reached Championship Game
4 pts. – AP Ranked #3-4 / Reached Semi-Final Game
2 pts. – AP Ranked #5-8
1 pts. – AP Ranked #9-16
The Most Successful College Football Programs
Notes:
- College names reflect current name of the university
- Does not take into account vacated wins.
Football Program | Total | 2020’s | 2010’s | 2000’s | 1990’s | 1980’s | 1970’s | 1960’s | 1950’s | 1940’s | 1930’s |
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Alabama | 317 | 26 | 89 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 57 | 59 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
Oklahoma | 263 | 3 | 24 | 47 | 1 | 32 | 64 | 8 | 68 | 12 | 4 |
Notre Dame | 242 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 47 | 27 | 18 | 80 | 6 |
Ohio State | 238 | 14 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 2 |
USC | 170 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Nebraska | 147 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Michigan | 142 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 1 |
Miami (FL) | 135 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 29 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Texas | 134 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 11 | 10 | 0 |
Florida State | 133 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 72 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Georgia | 132 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 0 |
LSU | 131 | 1 | 32 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 10 |
Tennessee | 120 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 16 |
Penn State | 118 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 43 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Florida | 103 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Clemson | 93 | 6 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Auburn | 90 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
Michigan State | 87 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 43 | 1 | 0 |
Minnesota | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 35 | 19 |
Pittsburgh | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
Army | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 48 | 0 |
UCLA | 54 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
Washington | 49 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
TCU | 48 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
Arkansas | 47 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Texas A&M | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Ole Miss | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
Colorado | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 41 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
Oregon | 39 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Iowa | 37 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
Syracuse | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Maryland | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
Georgia Tech | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
Arizona State | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Navy | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
Stanford | 30 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
BYU | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
California | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
Duke | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 |
SMU | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Virginia Tech | 21 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Missouri | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Illinois | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Baylor | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
North Carolina | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Oregon State | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Kansas State | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boise State | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Utah | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northwestern | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Houston | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Purdue | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Oklahoma State | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
West Virginia | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Iowa Pre-Flight | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Indiana | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Boston College | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Fordham | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Cincinnati | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kentucky | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Kansas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Penn | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Washington State | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Air Force | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Cornell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Louisville | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mississippi State | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Rice | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Santa Clara | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Tulsa | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Tulane | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Arizona | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Texas Tech | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Dartmouth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Miami (Oh) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Princeton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Wyoming | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
UCF | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Duquesne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
North Carolina State | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Randolph Field | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Yale | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Holy Cross | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Villanova | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Virginia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bainbridge NTS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Carnegie Tech | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Colorado State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Del Monte Pre-Flight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Great Lakes Navy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
March Field | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
St. Mary’s | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Toledo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Utah State | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William & Mary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
El Toro Marines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Georgetown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Memphis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Norman NAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pacific | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Western Michigan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |