re: How does Bama's current run compare to other dynasties in their prime?

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Alabama is the undisputed KING of college football and it isn't close.


Pretty much this.

Alabama football
Kentucky basketball
NY Yankees baseball

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Some of these are very arguable.

Kentucky basketball trails UCLA by 3 National Titles (11 for UCLA and 8 for UK).

As for Final Four appearances, UK trails North Carolina by 1, and they are equal to UCLA (UNC has 18, UK and UCLA have 17).

As for weeks rated in the AP Poll, North Carolina is first all-time with 846. Kentucky trails slightly with 831 appearances.

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Alabama has the most national titles in college football (10), compared to Notre Dame who has 8... Oklahoma and USC each have 7.

But Alabama trails Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas, Nebraska, and Ohio State in all-time wins.

Alabama is tied for 5th all-time in weekly appearances in the AP Poll with USC. Ohio State (853), Michigan (806), Oklahoma (782), and Notre Dame (766) lead Alabama & USC by quite a bit (742).

As for all-time AP Poll Points (counting only FINAL AP rankings), Alabama sits at #3 (964), slightly behind #2 Ohio State (966), and Oklahoma (994).

Prior to Saban arriving at Alabama, the Tide was certainly NOT the all-time King of CFB. As of 2006, Alabama was tied with Oklahoma in Natinoal Titles (7) and Notre Dame had one more (8). At that time, Notre Dame was #2 in the all-time AP Poll, while Oklahoma was #3 all-time. Alabama was #5. Alabama also trailed Notre Dame and Oklahoma in all-time wins.

While I think Alabama probably has the best program resume as of now... if it can be obtained in just 7 years times (since 2009), it can be lost just as quickly.

So while Alabama is certainly in the discussion... and quite possibly the #1 program all-time... there are several other programs in the conversation.

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All this to say, UK Basketball and UAT football don't come close to your other example in terms of pure domination of a sport.

The New York Yankees have 27 World Series Championships... that's more than double #2, the St. Louis Cardinals, who have just 11.

The Yankees have 40 World Series appearances... which is double #2, the Giants who have 20.

They also have the best all-time winning percentage (.569) compared to the Giants (.538), the Dodgers (.525), the Cardinals (.519) and the Red Sox (.517).

The Yankees are far more dominant in their sport than either UK Basketball or Alabama football. It's not even close.