Who Are The True Bluebloods Of College Football?

Notre Dame
Bama
Michigan
USC
UTexas
Oklahoma
Ohio State

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Notre Dame
Bama
Michigan
USC
UTexas
Oklahoma
Ohio State

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followed by Nebraska, Tennessee & Penn State

Some will argue the Florida State, LSU & Florida

Plus Georgia & Auburn and that's your top 15

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Notre Dame
Bama
Michigan
USC
UTexas
Oklahoma
Ohio State

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I like this list. I would consider adding Nebraska to the "maybe former blue blood."

It sure the frick isn't missusoo

I would add Sewanee The University of the South

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The 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1899 college football season. Sewanee was one of the first college football powers of the South and the 1899 team in particular was very strong. The 1899 Tigers went 12–0, outscoring opponents 322 to 10, and won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title. With just 13 players, the team known as the "Iron Men" had a six-day road trip with five shutout wins over Texas A&M; Texas; Tulane; LSU; and Ole Miss. Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw."[1] The road trip is recalled memorably with the Biblical allusion "...and on the seventh day they rested

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Michigan is maybe the only one who can get knocked off based on record lately but their brand and image will always be huge

Here's a list broken down by the era in which a team broke through, along with their current blueblood status.

The originals

Yale - status lost
Princeton - status lost
Harvard - status lost
Penn - status lost

Up and comers: 1900-1945

Michigan - status revitalized
Notre Dame - status revitalized
Chicago - status lost
Wisconsin - status lost
Pitt - status lost
Georgia Tech - status lost
Cal - status lost
Alabama - status in tact
Army - status lost

Post-war Breakthroughs, 1945-1979

Oklahoma - status in tact
Ohio State - status in tact
Auburn - status in jeopardy
LSU - status in jeopardy
Ole Miss - status lost
Tennessee - status lost
USC - status in jeopardy
Texas - status in jeopardy
Arkansas - status lost
Nebraska - status lost

The Crazy 80s (and 90s):

Georgia -status lost
Penn State - status lost
Miami - status lost
Washington - status lost
Florida - status in jeopardy
Florida State - status in tact

Nouveau Riche: 2000-present

Oregon - status in jeopardy
Boise State - status lost
Virginia Tech - status lost
TCU - status growing

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I have a feeling you're right on this one. Personally, I like Charlie strong and would like to see him succeed but Austin is an absolute dumpster fire

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Austin is an absolute dumpster fire

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Bingo. And the fire department hasn't showed up yet.

I really think the odds are better than 50% that Strong isn't the HC there next season.

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Up and comers: 1900-1945 Michigan - status revitalized Notre Dame - status revitalized Chicago - status lost Wisconsin - status lost Pitt - status lost Georgia Tech - status lost Cal - status lost Alabama - status in tact Army - status lost

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I was going to stay away from this, but clearly during this period is when Tennessee was one of the very top programs.

"During that first nine-year stint with the Vols, Neyland had five undefeated seasons, all within a six-year period (1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, and 1932). The Vols reeled off undefeated streaks of 33 and 28 straight games. Upon returning stateside from the Panama Canal Zone, he returned to UT as head coach.

Neyland's 1938 team went undefeated and was proclaimed national champion by several minor outlets. His 1939 squad is notable for being the last college football team to go an entire regular season unscored upon, shutting out every opponent; his team was then shut out by USC in the Rose Bowl. From November 5, 1938 to December 9, 1939, the Vols ran off 17 straight shutouts and 71 consecutive shutout quarters—records that have never been seriously threatened. Neyland completed another undefeated regular season in 1940." -wiki

Records that -won't- be threatened either.

People now want to say, "who cares about way back when?" But that period is certainly one major reason why UT is still in the list of top ten all time programs.

Walt

UT '81