How do you rate a teams historic success

Bowl appearances
Bowl victories
SEC titles
SEC West titles
Consensus NC's
10-game winning streaks
10-win seasons

Bama wins all.

Well, there is historic (Chicago, Yale, Army, etc) and then there is historic (Notre Dame, Michigan, Minnesota, etc), if you know what I mean.

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Ok, but how do you decide the top 30? National Championships, conference titles? All time wins?

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all time wins

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What school has the best all-time winning percentage in D-I FBS?

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Michigan or Notre Dame

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Nope. South Alabama. .8519 in 3 seasons.

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You should see their home record. One of the greatest college football programs of all time IMO.

I say all-time wins. MNCs can be too easily manipulated. But if you haven't been relevant in 80 years, you get pulled...ie Yale, Harvard, etc.

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10-win seasons; Consensus NC's

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No. Figured Bama fan would just go to numbers and claimed titles.

All-time record depends upon who you played...National Championships are awarded...depends the era, the competition, integration...and your record against the elite.

Elite 8 (No particlular order)
USC, Notre Dame, Michigan, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Ohio State.

Last 50 Years (1962-2011) # of games against the elite.

USC...........(54-31-5) 63%----90 games flex
Texas........(42-32-3) 56%----77 games
N.Dame.....(48-49-4) 49%---101 games
Oklahoma..(53-57-5) 48%---115 games
Michigan....(42-49-3) 46%----94 games
Ohio State.(33-39-2) 46%----74 games
Alabama....(13-16-1) 45%----[ only 30 games ] sinking
Nebraska...(30-42-1) 42%----73 games

Now during your glory years:

From 1971 to 1981 Alabama had a marvelous record of 116-15-1 (88%) in 132 games.

But they were 98-5-1 95% (104g) vs Southern teams and 18-10 64% (28g) vs everybody else / Non-Southern teams.

Lets, take a look at Alabama from 1967 to 1975
From Alabama's Bowl game in 1967 to their season opener in 1975, they played only 12 games against Non-Southern teams.

Bama won only 2 of the 12 games vs Non-Southern teams going 2-9-1.

1967 Texas A&M 7-4 (Lost 20-16)
1968 Missouri 8-3 (Lost 35-10)
1969 Colordado 8-3 (Lost 47-33)
1970 USC 6-4-1 (Lost 42-21)
1970 Oklahoma 7-4-1 (Tie 24-24)
1971 @USC 6-4-1 (Won 17-10)
1971 Nebraska 13-0 (Lost 38-6)
1972 Texas 10-1 (Lost 17-13)
1973 California 4-7 (Won 66-0)
1973 Notre Dame 11-0 (Lost 24-23)
1974 Notre Dame 10-2 (Lost 13-11)
1975 Missouri 6-5 (Lost 20-7)

That 116-15-1 would turn into 84-48
if they played non-southern teams and continued to win only 64%.

Bama's record against notables:

Texas 1-7-1
Oklahoma 1-2-1
Notre Dame 1-5
Michigan 1-2

USC played 141 games vs the Elite 8.

Alabama played only 37 games vs the other all-time legendary programs.

Earnhardt or Bama?

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