re: There are 9 mega bluebloods in CFB

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On what planet is USC "not particularly close" to Ohio State in "blue blood"status?

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Earth.

Weeks ranked in AP Poll:

982- Ohio State (1st)
813- USC (6th)

Seasons with an AP Top 25 Finish:

63- Ohio State (2nd)
51- USC (6th)

Seasons with an AP Top 10 Finish:

43- Ohio State (3rd)
29- USC (7th)

Seasons with an AP Top 5 Finish:

30- Ohio State (2nd)
19- USC (6th)

Ohio State is 3rd in all-time wins while USC is 13th… and OSU has historically played a much more difficult schedule.

Ohio State is so much further ahead because they are just more consistent through the years. They’ve won national titles in five different decades (1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 2000s, 2010s) and in two others they were national runners up (1970s and 1990s)

Nearly all of USC’s success came between 1962-1978 and then under Pete Carroll from 2002-2008. Outside of those periods they’ve been pretty average. Granted they had a ton of success in those two periods.