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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |