re: A ranking for every conference for every decade since the 1930s (SEC tops by far)

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Bucks2TigerFan

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Just curious, how did you come up with the rankings for a decade?

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As I stated in the OP, I used CFN's list which to my understanding was a compilation of the AP poll final yearly ranking with the points being allocated as you noted.

E.g., ND would get 18 pts for being number 8, 17 for 9, 21, and 13. That's a total of 69.
Minn 25, 21, 16, 0 = 62
Duke 15, 6, 23, 18 = 62
Pitt 18, 25, 18, 0 = 61 (they had Pitt at 66)
Bama 21, 21, 13, 0 = 55 (they had Bama at 57)
etc.

They may have just made a mistake. I see where the precise point total comes from on some teams (ND, Duke, Minn) but not on others (Pitt). I only checked a few. It may have something to do with "others receiving votes" for teams that were NR. Anyway I took their lists for each individual decade. I only added 2017 to the 10s. They were close enough for me and IMO, it's a waste to put too fine a point on it anyway. It's just relatively informed people guessing. Also, the 30s were just 4 of 10 years. Bama tore it up the fist 6 years.

Duke and Minn should be tied with the precise point total by my calculations, but Pitt gets an extra 5 points. I don't know from where.