From clydeqprs@usa.net Mon Jan 17 04:22:02 2000 Q P R S TOP TEN AMERICAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS OF EACH DECADE SINCE 1940 (c) Jan 2000 by Clyde P. Berryman 1940's 1950's 1. 1947 Michigan 445.34 1. 1958 Louisiana State 438.51 2. 1947 Texas 436.57 2. 1956 Georgia Tech 426.98 3. 1949 Notre Dame 427.99 3. 1955 Oklahoma 426.33 4. 1945 Army 426.59 4. 1952 Georgia Tech 419.23 5. 1948 Michigan 426.35 5. 1954 Ohio State 407.70 6. 1949 Oklahoma 410.69 6. 1952 Southern Cal 406.31 7. 1946 Notre Dame 408.96 7. 1956 Oklahoma 397.58 8. 1946 Army 408.25 8. 1957 Oklahoma 391.59 9. 1943 Notre Dame 395.07 9. 1959 Mississippi 387.46 10.1941 Texas 394.07 10.1954 Oklahoma 387.44 AVG: 417.99 AVG: 408.91 1960's 1970's 1. 1961 Alabama 420.16 1. 1971 Nebraska 483.56 2. 1963 Texas 419.92 2. 1972 Southern Cal 470.21 3. 1961 Louisiana State 419.61 3. 1974 Oklahoma 452.71 4. 1966 Alabama 413.82 4. 1979 Alabama 440.82 5. 1964 Alabama 411.73 5. 1973 Alabama 438.53 6. 1969 Texas 406.81 6. 1978 Southern Cal 434.44 7. 1967 Southern Cal 400.82 7. 1975 Ohio State 432.06 8. 1966 Notre Dame 399.92 8. 1972 Oklahoma 428.13 9. 1961 Texas 398.69 9. 1973 Oklahoma 423.82 10.1965 Michigan State 398.39 10.1973 Ohio State 421.30 AVG: 408.99 AVG: 442.56 1980's 1990's 1. 1986 Oklahoma 466.44 1. 1995 Nebraska 484.02 2. 1986 Penn State 446.00 2. 1993 Florida State 483.41 3. 1987 Florida State 444.48 3. 1991 Washington 463.25 4. 1987 Miami 443.59 4. 1992 Alabama 455.94 5. 1985 Oklahoma 439.45 5. 1994 Nebraska 452.64 6. 1988 Miami 438.17 6. 1997 Nebraska 446.03 7. 1983 Nebraska 435.34 7. 1997 Michigan 444.16 8. 1988 Notre Dame 426.28 8. 1996 Florida 443.25 9. 1989 Notre Dame 424.12 9. 1991 Miami 442.67 10.1981 Clemson 423.24 10.1994 Penn State 442.05 AVG: 438.71 AVG: 455.74