Billingsley’s Top 200 Teams

1869-2007

Of all the information I post on this site, this list generates more comments, and more controversy than all the other put together! First of all, bear in mind this list is compiled from a ranking achieved by all 10,881 teams who have taken the field since 1869, not just national champions. Secondly, each team’s rating is a reflection of what that team actually accomplished on the field of play relative to the schedule they played. Indeed, teams farther down on the list may have been more talented in personnel, and may have been able to beat teams ranked higher on this list. However, those teams did not have an opportunity to prove it, simply because their schedule that season was not as difficult as some of the teams above them. New entries for 2007 are highlighted in red.

Rk	Year	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Annual Rk
1	1971	Nebraska	13	0	0	370.247	1
2	1998	Tennessee	13	0	0	367.989	1
3	2005	Texas	13	0	0	356.118	1
4	1994	Nebraska	13	0	0	355.770	1
5	1995	Nebraska	12	0	0	353.123	1
6	1991	Miami, Fla.	12	0	0	352.972	1
7	1992	Alabama	13	0	0	352.838	1
8	1999	Florida State	12	0	0	352.210	1
9	1974	Oklahoma	11	0	0	351.424	1
10	1997	Nebraska	13	0	0	349.350	1
11	2004	Southern Cal	13	0	0	349.250	1
12	1952	Georgia Tech	12	0	0	348.973	1
13	1987	Miami, Fla.	12	0	0	347.580	1
14	1994	Penn State	12	0	0	347.403	2
15	2001	Miami, Fla.	12	0	0	347.017	1
16	1997	Michigan	12	0	0	346.792	2
17	1986	Penn State	12	0	0	345.477	1
18	2002	Ohio State	14	0	0	344.085	1
19	1945	Army	9	0	0	343.844	1
20	1963	Texas	11	0	0	343.134	1
21	1988	Notre Dame	12	0	0	342.795	1
22	1979	Alabama	12	0	0	342.691	1
23	1972	Southern Cal	12	0	0	341.558	1
24	2004	Auburn	13	0	0	341.209	2
25	1955	Oklahoma	11	0	0	340.896	1
26	1949	Notre Dame	10	0	0	340.718	1
27	1973	Notre Dame	11	0	0	338.361	1
28	1993	Florida State	12	1	0	338.187	1
29	2000	Oklahoma	13	0	0	338.108	1
30	1973	Oklahoma	10	0	1	337.942	2
31	1969	Texas	11	0	0	337.840	1
32	1949	Oklahoma	11	0	0	336.670	2
33	1989	Miami, Fla.	11	1	0	336.012	1
34	1961	Alabama	11	0	0	335.005	1
35	1991	Washington	12	0	0	334.934	2
36	1989	Notre Dame	12	1	0	332.859	2
37	1932	Southern Cal	10	0	0	332.354	1
38	1930	Notre Dame	10	0	0	331.653	1
39	1947	Michigan	10	0	0	331.481	1
40	1954	Ohio State	10	0	0	331.252	1
41	1975	Oklahoma	11	1	0	330.794	1
42	1948	Michigan	9	0	0	330.686	1
43	1966	Notre Dame	9	0	1	329.911	1
44	1973	Penn State	12	0	0	329.800	3
45	1996	Florida	12	1	0	329.726	1
46	1966	Alabama	11	0	0	329.113	2
47	1946	Army	9	0	1	329.022	1
48	1979	Southern Cal	11	0	1	328.789	2
49	1952	Michigan State	9	0	0	328.049	2
50	1969	Penn State	11	0	0	327.740	2
51	1962	Mississippi	10	0	0	325.839	1
52	1993	Notre Dame	11	1	0	325.660	2
53	1954	Oklahoma	10	0	0	325.384	2
54	1966	Michigan State	9	0	1	325.371	3
55	1982	Penn State	11	1	0	325.249	1
56	1954	UCLA	9	0	0	324.516	3
57	1972	Auburn	10	1	0	324.383	2
58	1945	Oklahoma State	9	0	0	323.662	2
59	1982	Georgia	11	1	0	323.143	2
60	1968	Ohio State	10	0	0	322.908	1
61	1968	Penn State	11	0	0	322.808	2
62	1972	Oklahoma	11	1	0	322.794	3
63	1978	Southern Cal	12	1	0	322.785	1
64	1947	Notre Dame	9	0	0	322.640	2
65	1953	Notre Dame	9	0	1	322.424	1
66	2005	Southern Cal	12	1	0	321.904	2
67	1949	Army	9	0	0	321.860	3
68	1973	Alabama	11	1	0	321.843	4
69	1992	Miami, Fla.	11	1	0	321.755	2
70	2002	Miami, Fla.	12	1	0	321.314	2
71	1988	Miami, Fla.	11	1	0	320.721	2
72	1967	Southern Cal	10	1	0	320.651	1
73	1976	Pittsburgh	12	0	0	320.396	1
74	1969	Southern Cal	10	0	1	320.126	3
75	1978	Alabama	11	1	0	320.120	2
76	1996	Ohio State	11	1	0	320.058	2
77	1996	Florida State	11	1	0	319.984	3
78	1995	Florida	12	1	0	319.888	2
79	1941	Minnesota	8	0	0	319.636	1
80	1997	Florida	10	2	0	319.505	3
81	1964	Arkansas	11	0	0	319.359	1
82	2004	Oklahoma	12	1	0	319.221	3
83	1946	Notre Dame	8	0	1	319.069	2
84	1981	Clemson	12	0	0	319.040	1
85	1964	Texas	10	1	0	318.643	2
86	1978	Penn State	11	1	0	318.449	3
87	1958	LSU	11	0	0	318.308	1
88	1977	Notre Dame	11	1	0	318.107	1
89	1997	Florida State	11	1	0	317.992	4
90	1964	Alabama	10	1	0	317.887	3
91	1984	Brigham Young	13	0	0	317.659	1
92	1974	Notre Dame	10	2	0	317.504	2
93	1971	Oklahoma	11	1	0	317.446	2
94	1977	Texas	11	1	0	317.351	2
95	1952	Southern Cal	10	1	0	317.167	3
96	1947	Texas	10	1	0	316.862	3
97	1974	Alabama	11	1	0	316.748	3
98	1986	Miami, Fla.	11	1	0	316.286	2
99	1970	Nebraska	11	0	1	316.017	1
100	1956	Oklahoma	10	0	0	315.994	1
101	1971	Alabama	11	1	0	315.649	3
102	1983	Auburn	11	1	0	315.635	1
103	1973	Ohio State	10	0	1	315.625	5
104	1975	Ohio State	11	1	0	315.468	2
105	1959	Syracuse	11	0	0	315.225	1
106	1956	Tennessee	10	1	0	315.205	2
107	1986	Oklahoma	11	1	0	315.203	3
108	1970	Notre Dame	10	1	0	314.917	2
109	1965	Michigan State	10	1	0	314.820	1
110	1957	Auburn	10	0	0	314.753	1
111	1978	Oklahoma	11	1	0	314.617	4
112	1987	Oklahoma	11	1	0	314.588	2
113	1983	Georgia	10	1	1	314.254	2
114	1959	Mississippi	10	1	0	314.236	2
115	1955	Maryland	10	1	0	314.175	2
116	1979	Houston	11	1	0	313.711	3
117	1965	Arkansas	10	1	0	313.685	2
118	1956	Georgia Tech	10	1	0	313.569	3
119	1992	Florida State	11	1	0	313.511	3
120	1946	Georgia	11	0	0	313.456	3
121	1970	Texas	10	1	0	313.205	3
122	1980	Georgia	12	0	0	313.067	1
123	2006	Florida	13	1	0	312.897	1
124	1944	Army	9	0	0	312.074	1
125	1944	Ohio State	9	0	0	311.796	2
126	1951	Michigan State	9	0	0	311.691	1
127	1962	Southern Cal	11	0	0	310.991	2
128	1966	UCLA	9	1	0	310.850	4
129	1983	Texas	11	1	0	310.742	3
130	1951	Illinois	9	0	1	310.741	2
131	1994	Alabama	12	1	0	310.557	3
132	1943	Notre Dame	9	1	0	310.511	1
133	2003	LSU	13	1	0	309.977	1
134	1994	Florida State	10	1	1	309.501	4
135	1958	Auburn	9	0	1	309.399	2
136	1960	Mississippi	10	0	1	309.357	1
137	1985	Oklahoma	11	1	0	308.938	1
138	1962	Alabama	10	1	0	308.900	3
139	2003	Southern Cal	12	1	0	308.769	2
140	1983	Miami, Fla.	11	1	0	308.740	4
141	1972	Michigan	10	1	0	308.736	4
142	1957	Oklahoma	10	1	0	308.432	2
143	2006	Ohio State	12	1	0	308.385	2
144	1977	Alabama	11	1	0	308.291	3
145	1968	Southern Cal	9	1	1	308.219	3
146	1981	Pittsburgh	11	1	0	308.057	2
147	1961	Ohio State	8	0	1	308.034	2
148	1983	Nebraska	12	1	0	307.984	5
149	1954	Notre Dame	9	1	0	307.938	4
150	1996	Arizona State	11	1	0	307.600	4
151	1958	Oklahoma	10	1	0	307.582	3
152	1957	Ohio State	9	1	0	307.556	3
153	1960	Iowa	8	1	0	307.382	2
154	1940	Stanford	10	0	0	307.301	1
155	1974	Michigan	10	1	0	306.938	4
156	1989	Auburn	10	2	0	306.932	3
157	2001	Oregon	11	1	0	306.672	2
158	1999	Nebraska	12	1	0	306.397	2
159	1970	Ohio State	9	1	0	305.842	4
160	1994	Colorado	11	1	0	305.842	5
161	1991	Alabama	11	1	0	305.834	3
162	1930	Alabama	10	0	0	305.811	2
163	1991	Florida State	11	2	0	305.499	4
164	1982	SMU	11	0	1	305.245	3
165	1951	Maryland	10	0	0	305.208	3
166	1938	Tennessee	11	0	0	305.207	1
167	1953	Oklahoma	9	1	1	305.195	2
168	1976	Southern Cal	11	1	0	305.166	2
169	1977	Kentucky	10	1	0	305.070	4
170	1950	Tennessee	11	1	0	304.853	1
171	2004	Texas	11	1	0	304.825	4
172	1972	Texas	10	1	0	304.543	5
173	1951	Tennessee	10	1	0	304.452	4
174	1953	Maryland	10	1	0	304.439	3
175	1998	Ohio State	11	1	0	304.252	2
176	2007	LSU	12	2	0	304.121	1
177	1993	Auburn	11	0	0	304.013	3
178	1945	Navy	7	1	1	303.927	3
179	1951	Princeton	9	0	0	303.796	5
180	1973	Michigan	10	0	1	303.739	6
181	1990	Colorado	11	1	1	303.557	1
182	1979	Oklahoma	11	1	0	303.438	4
183	1987	Florida State	11	1	0	303.250	3
184	1987	Syracuse	11	0	1	303.202	4
185	1992	Notre Dame	10	1	1	302.963	4
186	1972	Alabama	10	2	0	302.903	6
187	1935	Minnesota	8	0	0	302.602	1
188	1970	Tennessee	11	1	0	302.539	5
189	1966	Georgia	10	1	0	302.417	5
190	2000	Miami, Fla.	11	1	0	302.124	2
191	1950	Kentucky	11	1	0	301.999	2
192	1948	Oklahoma	10	1	0	301.765	2
193	1949	Ohio State	7	1	2	301.525	4
194	1993	Nebraska	11	1	0	301.501	4
195	1986	Arizona State	10	1	1	301.365	4
196	1947	SMU	9	0	2	301.350	4
197	1950	Oklahoma	10	1	0	301.243	3
198	1934	Minnesota	8	0	0	301.139	1
199	1948	North Carolina	9	1	1	301.009	3
200	1937	Pittsburgh	9	0	1	300.963	1