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