Over the past two decades, the U. Highlights of the college rankings will be published in the September issue of U. The Best Colleges guidebook will be on newsstands Aug.
For more information about Best Colleges, visit www. To access the Premium Online Edition, go to www. Toggle navigation. We should have seen it coming as the season began in Week 0. Nebraska punt returner Cam Taylor-Britt bizarrely fielded a punt at the 1-yard line, fell into the end zone, attempted to throw it out and was called for a safety to spur an Illinois upset that has aged like fine milk.
The following week, as the full slate of college football action began around the country, the picture really came into focus. In hindsight, the snafu in Champaign only served to foreshadow what has quickly become one of the wackiest seasons in college football history. Overall, ranked teams have lost 47 times through the first seven weeks of the season, presumed to be the highest pace since the AP Top 25 began in The season has featured the first unranked opponent to beat No. Twenty-one members of the preseason AP Top 25 have lost games.
Fourteen of them have fallen out of the polls completely, including No. For comparison, only seven preseason AP Top 25 teams were out of the polls by Week 8, including just two in the top Every member of the preseason top 10 remained in the polls. In fact, eight of the top 10 remained top 10 by midseason. Oregon went on the road and handed Ohio State its first regular-season loss of the Ryan Day era, and perhaps gave the Pac its best shot at a playoff team since Washington in Three weeks later, however, the then-No.
Iowa shot up to No. That was the Boilermakers' ninth win as an unranked team against No. That sent Ohio State into the No. Arizona State finished and was the only undefeated, untied team. The Sun Devils, however, played in the Western Athletic Conference, not known as a strong league at the time. Pittsburgh, under Johnny Majors, finished strong with a mark, including a victory over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
The Panthers were on top at the end of the season and featured Heisman winner Tony Dorsett and defensive lineman Al Romano, both consensus All-America picks. However, Notre Dame upset the No. The Crimson Tide was voted No. The Trojans whipped Michigan, , in the Rose Bowl. The Buckeyes dropped out of contention when they lost in the Gator Bowl to Clemson, But the Irish dropped out the next week as Georgia pushed into the No. All six of these teams fell by the wayside as Clemson, under Danny Ford, finished strong with a record, including a victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.
The Bulldogs were still the leader going into the bowl games. However, No. When No. Brian Bosworth and Tony Casillas were the top players for the Sooners. The bowl was arranged to match No. Miami FL had control of the No. Colorado took over when the Irish lost a game.
The Buffaloes were No. Colorado lost its chance by losing to Notre Dame, , in the Orange Bowl. This was the season that critics of the bowl system began talking about creating another way to determine a national champion, indicating that the polls were not adequate.
Again, the media and public grumbled about not having a clear-cut national champion, and the Bowl Coalition started to think about replacing the poll champions. The Crimson Tide finished to take No. Miami FL was No. The Seminoles posted a record, including an victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. Joe Paterno saw his Penn State squad go undefeated and uncrowned for the fourth time. The Cornhuskers ran their winning streak to 25 straight games with a record. The Bowl Coalition matched No.
Nebraska whipped the Gators, , to remove any doubt about the No. Interestingly, both Florida State and Arizona State lost in their respective bowl games Florida State lost to Florida, , which was enough to lift the Gators into the final No. Steve Spurrier got a measure of revenge over the Gator doubters from , when Florida lost in the title game. Michigan finished No.
The Wolverines and Nebraska were both unbeaten heading into the bowls, and the Cornhuskers finished with a win over Tennessee in the Orange Bowl. Lloyd Carr got his first AP title in only his third year as head coach of the Wolverines. Tennessee was voted No. But Florida State ripped No. Oklahoma, unranked the previous year, took over the No.
The Seminoles had one loss but the second-best strength of schedule. For Stoops, in only his second year as a head coach, it was the first Oklahoma AP poll title since under Barry Switzer.
Thatcher, all consensus All-Americans. Miami finally came out on top by posting a perfect mark and a decisive victory over No. Florida ended up fifth in the BCS rankings because of two regular-season defeats. The Hurricanes then faced undefeated Ohio State, No. It was the sixth straight year that the AP poll champion posted an undefeated season. AP selected Southern California as No.
In a strange turn of events, Oklahoma was No.
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