From clydeqprs@usa.net Mon Jan 17 04:57:33 2000

QPRS-TOP TWENTY AMERICAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAMS OF EACH DECADE
(c) Jan 2000 by Clyde P. Berryman


1940's			1950's			1960's  

1. Notre Dame	14.2	1. Oklahoma	17.8	1. Alabama	14.2
2. Michigan	13.4	2. Georgia Tech	10.9	2. Texas	11.5
3. Texas	11.5	3. Michigan St.	10.5	3. Southern Cal	11.2
4. Army		 9.5	4. Mississippi	 9.7	4. Arkansas	 9.5
5. Georgia	 7.6	5. Notre Dame	 8.6	5. Louisiana St. 9.4
6. Tennessee	 7.3	6. Ohio State	 8.5	6. Missouri	 8.7
7. Navy		 6.7	7. Tennessee	 8.1	7. Nebraska	 8.6
8. Ohio State	 6.4	8. UCLA		 7.8	8. Mississippi	 8.2
9. Georgia Tech	 6.2	9. Auburn	 7.1	9. Ohio State	 8.1
10.Alabama	 6.0	10.Southern Cal	 6.3	10.Notre Dame	 7.3
11.Minnesota	 5.9	11.Texas 	 6.0	11.Florida	 6.6
   Pennsylvania	 5.9	12.Texas Christ. 5.7	   Michigan St.	 6.6
13.Oklahoma	 5.5	13.Wisconsin	 5.5	13.UCLA		 6.2
14.Rice		 4.6	14.Iowa		 5.4	14.Oklahoma	 6.1
15.Duke		 4.5	15.Illinois	 4.9	15.Tennessee	 5.8
16.So.Methodist. 4.2	16.Michigan	 4.8	16.Georgia Tech	 5.6
17.California	 4.1	17.Maryland	 4.5	17.Purdue	 5.3
18.Northwestern	 3.8	18.Kentucky	 3.9	18.Georgia	 5.2
19.No. Carolina	 3.5	19.Clemson	 3.7	19.Michigan	 4.6
20.Tulsa	 3.2       Louisiana St. 3.7	20.Penn State	 4.5
   Louisiana St. 3.2



1970's			1980's			1990's

1. Oklahoma	16.5	1. Nebraska	16.4	1. Florida St.	17.7
2. Alabama	15.8	2. Miami	11.8	2. Nebraska	15.0
3. Michigan	15.4	3. Michigan	11.4	3. Florida	14.1
4. Nebraska	14.9	4. Oklahoma	10.6	4. Tennessee	12.9
5. Ohio State	13.0	5. Auburn	 9.9	5. Penn State	11.5
   Southern Cal	13.0	6. Georgia	 9.2	6. Michigan	10.4
7. Texas	12.1	7. Southern Cal	 8.2	7. Ohio State    9.0
8. Notre Dame    9.9	8. Clemson	 8.0	8. Miami	 8.9
9. Penn State    8.6	9. Alabama	 7.9	9. Texas A&M	 8.0
10.Arkansas      7.3	10.UCLA		 7.7	10.Alabama       7.9
11.Auburn        5.6	11.Penn State	 7.2	11.Colorado	 7.5
12.Houston	 5.5	12.Florida St.	 7.1	12.Kansas State	 6.7
13.Louisiana St. 4.7	13.Ohio State 	 6.7	13.Notre Dame	 6.2
14.Tennessee     4.5	14.Washington	 6.1	14.Washington	 5.9
   Pittsburgh    4.5	15.Arkansas	 5.1	15.Virginia Tech 5.6
16.UCLA		 4.1	16.Notre Dame	 5.0	16.Syracuse	 4.6
17.Texas A&M     4.0	17.Iowa		 4.9	17.Texas	 3.8
18.Maryland      3.8	   Florida	 4.9       Wisconsin	 3.8
19.Clemson       3.5	19.So.Methodist	 4.8	19.Auburn        3.5
20.No. Carolina  3.4	   Texas	 4.8	20.Georgia Tech  3.4 
   Georgia       3.4				                             No. Carolina  3.4