College football's ten most victorious programs
- College football's ten most victorious programs
Success of a college football program can be measured subjectively or through objective numerical criteria. Two numerical methods for determining College football's ten most victorious programs are the total number of wins the program has achieved, and their winning percentage over their history. These methods have the advantage that they rely on empirical numerical data. A disadvantage to these methods is that team schedules are not chosen randomly throughout the country and uneven competition faced by different teams could theoretically skew the results.
Top ten programs by number of wins and winning percentage
At the start of the 2008-2009 Division I FBS season, the following eleven NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision teams were in the top ten either by winning percentage and/or total number of wins:
Bowl and playoff games are included in the table, and each tie game is computed as ½ won and ½ lost. Boise State has played in the FBS since 1996.
National championships
Another way to rank programs is to look at which ones have the most most national championships. However, the top division of college football does not have an official championship. Instead, variously publications, analysts and scholars have identified championship teams over the history of college football. Some of these titles have been awarded retrospectively, and many seasons feature co-champions or competing claims to the title. The Bowl Championship Series attempts to solve this problem by having the two most highly-ranked teams play each other at the end of the season. This has not eliminated controversy, however, since choosing the top two teams is still a largely subjective matter. This has led the title of national football champion to be called a Mythical National Championship.
ources and references
*cite news | url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2008/FBS%20compiled.pdf | title=All-Time Team Won-Lost Records | work=2008 Football Division I records book | publisher=NCAA | format=PDF | date=2008 Fall | accessdate=2008-09-21
*cite news | url=http://www.bcsfootball.org/ | title=Home page of the Bowl Championship Series | accessdate=2007-10-05
*cite news | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2245440 | title=Congress to look into 'deeply flawed' BCS system | work=ESPN.com | publisher=The Disney Company | accessdate=2007-10-05
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