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| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Schedules/Results | Points | Prev |
| 1 |  Alabama (59)Overall: 13-1 Conference: 8-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
1475 | 2 | |
| 2 |  OregonOverall: 12-1 Conference: 8-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
1358 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Ohio StateOverall: 12-0 Conference: 8-0 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
1302 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Notre DameOverall: 12-1 Conference: 0-0 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
1288 | 1 | |
| 5 |  GeorgiaOverall: 12-2 Conference: 7-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
1230 | 6 | |
| 5 |  Texas A&MOverall: 11-2 Conference: 6-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
1230 | 10 | |
| 7 |  StanfordOverall: 12-2 Conference: 9-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
1169 | 8 | |
| 8 |  South CarolinaOverall: 11-2 Conference: 6-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
1038 | 11 | |
| 9 |  FloridaOverall: 11-2 Conference: 7-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
933 | 4 | |
| 10 |  Florida StateOverall: 12-2 Conference: 8-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
922 | 13 | |
| 11 |  ClemsonOverall: 11-2 Conference: 7-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
889 | 14 | |
| 12 |  Kansas StateOverall: 11-2 Conference: 8-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
871 | 7 | |
| 13 |  LouisvilleOverall: 11-2 Conference: 5-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
781 | 22 | |
| 14 |  LSUOverall: 10-3 Conference: 6-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
756 | 9 | |
| 15 |  OklahomaOverall: 10-3 Conference: 8-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
615 | 12 | |
| 16 |  Utah StateOverall: 11-2 Conference: 6-0 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
456 | 18 | |
| 17 |  NorthwesternOverall: 10-3 Conference: 5-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
443 | 21 | |
| 18 |  Boise StateOverall: 11-2 Conference: 7-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
419 | 20 | |
| 19 |  TexasOverall: 9-4 Conference: 5-4 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
358 | 29 | |
| 20 |  Oregon StateOverall: 9-4 Conference: 6-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
303 | 15 | |
| 21 |  San Jose StateOverall: 11-2 Conference: 5-1 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
243 | 24 | |
| 22 |  Northern IllinoisOverall: 12-2 Conference: 9-0 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
227 | 16 | |
| 23 |  VanderbiltOverall: 9-4 Conference: 5-3 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
180 | 27 | |
| 24 |  MichiganOverall: 8-5 Conference: 6-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
147 | 19 | |
| 25 |  NebraskaOverall: 10-4 Conference: 7-2 Statistics | Schedule | Roster |
119 | 23 | |
| Others Receiving Votes: Baylor (8-5) 95; Penn State (8-4) 90; Cincinnati (10-3) 78; Oklahoma State (8-5) 42; Tulsa (11-3) 34; UCLA (9-5) 31; Arkansas State (10-3) 28; TCU (7-6) 9; UCF (10-4) 9; Wisconsin (8-6) 6; North Dakota State (14-1) 1 | ||||
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Winningest Teams
By Tim Hyland, About.com Guide
College football is sport dominated by its traditional powers.
Through the years, those powerhouse programs have generally remained locked into the Top 25, owned the New Year's Day bowl games and, of course, dominated the race for the national title.
But not even college football's bluebloods are immune to a bad decade. Through the years, almost all of the game's superpowers have suffered periods of decline. At the same time, "outsider" programs (think Boise State) have jumped up to lay their claim to elite status.
Here, we take a look at the ebbs and flows of college football's elite teams through the decades.
Through the years, those powerhouse programs have generally remained locked into the Top 25, owned the New Year's Day bowl games and, of course, dominated the race for the national title.
But not even college football's bluebloods are immune to a bad decade. Through the years, almost all of the game's superpowers have suffered periods of decline. At the same time, "outsider" programs (think Boise State) have jumped up to lay their claim to elite status.
Here, we take a look at the ebbs and flows of college football's elite teams through the decades.
Winningest Programs of the 2000s
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Who
was college football’s "team of the decade" for the 2000s? Texas? USC?
Maybe Oklahoma? All good choices, of course. But if you’re looking at
winning percentage alone, then the answer to that question is actually
Boise State.
Winningest Programs of the 1990s
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It
was the last true dynasty in college football: Florida State in the
1990s. Coach Bobby Bowden’s Seminoles were the unquestioned kings of
college football that decade, dominating the ACC, claiming two national
championships and posting a better winning percentage (.890) than any
other team in the nation.
Winningest Programs of the 1980s
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No, Miami was not
the winningest team of the 1980s. No, instead, that honor goes to the
Nebraska Cornhuskers, who went 103-20-0 in the decade—good for a winning
percentage of .837. Miami was second at .831.
Winningest Programs of the 1970s
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In
a decade truly dominated by the game's traditional powers, the Oklahoma
Sooners were the most dominant of all. The Sooners finished the decade
with an overall record of 102-13-3—good for a winning percentage of
.877. Alabama was second at .863.
Winningest Programs of the 1960s
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Under
the leadership of the legendary Bear Bryant, who arrived in Tuscaloosa
in 1958, the Alabama Crimson Tide enjoyed a dominant decade in the
1960s. During that remarkable ten-year run, Bryant's Tide compiled an
utterly remarkable record of 85-12-3--good for a winning percentage of
.865, best in the nation.
Winningest Programs of the 1950s
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Under
the leadership of the legendary Bud Wilkinson, the Oklahoma Sooners
racked up a 93-10-2 record in the 1950s, good enough for an overall
winning percentage of .895. They won 13 more games than anyone else in
the nation during that span—not to mention three national championships.
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Lane Kiffin ready for new season
Coach had few answers for USC's lost season, looks forward to spring
Late last week, Lane Kiffin, dressed in a long-sleeve white workout shirt and black sweat pants, punched in a few numbers, waited for a tiny flash of green light, a click and, voila, the door opened.
"Today is a good day," he said. "My code still works."
It must feel at times like Kiffin is entering a fortress of solitude when he walks through those doors, safe in his office with a small core of loyal followers, but surrounded by public hostility.
An ESPNLA poll near the end of USC's 2012 season showed 65 percent of respondents wanted Kiffin fired. A Los Angeles Times poll around the same time came in at 76 percent against him. And some people would be surprised he got that much support.
The head coach has two years left on his contract, but the question of his job status came up often enough during the most-recent offseason recruiting period and assistant coach searches that USC athletic director Pat Haden met individually with families and prospective hires to assure them no changes were imminent.
Kiffin's 2013 team now opens spring practice with the hope of making USC fans forget last season's bad dream -- a preseason No. 1 ranking that fizzled into a drab march to 7-6 mediocrity.
"I really regret the mindset of training camp"
Kiffin took a break from meetings with his new coaches the other day to sit down and discuss his team's past and his view of its future. He wanted to get a little sun but instead found the west-facing patio of the McKay Center was covered in morning shade. A jackhammer droned away in the background. It was a fitting backdrop to discuss the state of this program, a shadow overhead and noise in the background.
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Kiffin's most pressing questions is whether to install Max Wittek at
quarterback or run with touted incoming freshman Max Browne.
"My question would be, 'Twelve months ago, where were those criticisms?'" he said. "That same guy -- that fan, or that alumnus or the money person -- that sits here and says, 'Man, you're going to be here forever,' and 'We love what you're doing, that's awesome,' just last August is the same guy saying, 'Well, he holds his play card too much, he doesn't have a relationship with the team because he doesn't jump up and high-five everybody.'
"There was nothing different. Let's really get to the bottom of why we were more successful the year before. Let's get to real things."
The past three months have been largely about that for Kiffin -- searching out concrete problems that can be fixed. He accepted the resignation of his top defensive coach, his father, Monte Kiffin. He fired his offensive coordinator and let the secondary coach go. He brought in three new coaches and is considering sharing or handing off play-calling duties, though he isn't ready to discuss that yet. He also brought in a small, but star-studded recruiting class.
As he dissects how a team with a star quarterback, two of the most brilliant receivers in the nation and returning starters all over the place could regress so drastically, he starts at the beginning.
"I do really regret the mindset of training camp," Kiffin said.
With NCAA sanctions limiting USC's roster to 75 scholarship players, Kiffin elected to severely restrict contact in fall camp to avoid injuries. As the season wore on, he realized, "We were not a very physical football team," but by then it was too late.
It wasn't just about the team's physicality, though. After the team's second loss, at Arizona, Kiffin realized that, despite his emphasis on preparation over hype, his players hadn't absorbed the message. Months later, he watches film of the second half of USC's season and sees that the energy level wasn't the same as it had been before that loss. All summer they had heard they were a shoo-in for the BCS title game at the Orange Bowl. They noted the rankings and might have bought into them too fully.
"I tried everything. But as a head coach, you've got to figure something out," Kiffin said. "Obviously, it didn't work."
Accountability training
It might be hard for some frustrated fans to believe, but Kiffin does some good things for his players.
He has been meeting these past few weeks with each of his players, one at a time. He leads the meeting, but the position coach is there, as is special teams coach John Baxter, who oversees academic matters for the team. Kiffin wants the players to be aware that they will be held to strict standards. He gives them progress reports on their athletic and academic careers.
He also held a team meeting in which he projected a copy of former USC tight end Rhett Ellison's paycheck onto a screen. He highlighted the deductions: federal tax, state tax, agent fees. There is a reason 78 percent of NFL players are broke within two years of retiring. Kiffin wanted his players to realize how easily it can go.
"Even if you have a great career and you play 10 years in the NFL, you're 31. Now, what are you going to do?" Kiffin said. "You've got a lot of life left. That's the best scenario, as opposed to what usually happens. They play two years, then go play in the Arena League for a year or two. Now, they're 24 or 25 and really don't have any money."
Kiffin is not as good at publicizing those behind-the-scenes contributions as he is at setting off an endless series of mini-controversies with things he says or does in the public eye. He now calls the negative reaction to things he does "The Kiffin Factor," borrowing Haden's phrase.
The little sparks of controversy tend to become raging grassfires. Some of that might be fanned by what USC people often view as national animosity for their program.
"USC, in my opinion, is the most hated school in the country," Lawrence Jackson, Detroit Lions defensive end and a former Trojan, said. "When you have a down year like that, the frustrating part is people talking smack in the locker room, throughout the NFL.
"I was proud of the guys for fighting and not giving up. Pete [Carroll] benefited from the great players we had. Almost any coach can be successful working with first-round picks and All-Americans. That created pressure for Lane. Something people don't want to look at with Lane is, has he gotten a fair shake?"
The reference, of course, is to the sanctions. Say what you will about Kiffin, but when the NCAA handed down some of the harshest penalties in its history in June of 2010, how many USC fans would have gladly taken 25 wins and a handful of sold-out games at the Coliseum over the next three years?
For more news and notes on the Trojans, check out ESPNLosAngeles.com's blog. Where now?
Kiffin opens spring camp without a starting quarterback, not exactly ideal footing from which to recover from a down year. He says it's a wide-open competition, and he would be perfectly willing to hand the reins of his team to true freshman Max Browne, a highly decorated recruit from Washington.
Who knows how many wins it will take to satisfy USC fans next fall? Who knows how many it will take to satisfy Haden? Kiffin said he has no idea.
He does have a plan. He recognized his father may not have been suited to stop the varied looks of Pac-12 offenses, so he hired former Cal defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast to install a defense he thinks will be better suited to the college game. Instead of relying on four down linemen, Pendergast often stacks five players on the line and has one or more of them standing up at the time of the snap. The hope is that USC will finally be able to stop running quarterbacks and sweeps.
Kiffin, who figures to remain heavily involved in the offense, is open to instilling more spread looks, too.
What he's not willing to do is to scrap a pro-style offense altogether. While some people have wondered why USC doesn't go to a wide-open style like the Oregon Ducks employ, Kiffin points out, "Let's not forget who just won this conference: Stanford. Let's not forget who just won the national championship: Alabama.
"They're physical, they run the ball, use play action. & That helps your defense."
Alabama is a good place to start, from Kiffin's perspective. Six years ago, Nick Saban was vilified nationally for the way he bolted the Miami Dolphins for the Crimson Tide. Now, after back-to-back national championships, Saban has more Facebook fans than God, according to the Birmingham News.
Kiffin talks to Saban fairly frequently. He admires the discipline he insists on with his players, his no-nonsense approach on the sidelines, but, mostly, he admires the results.
"It's all about winning," Kiffin said. "Winning makes people forget a lot of things."
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March, 6, 2013
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Tom Rinaldi sits down with South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney to talk about his life after the tackle against Michigan.
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Aggies are still fighting to climb in 2013
March, 6, 2013
By
Edward Aschoff | ESPN.com
There’s no point in trying to sugarcoat this for Texas A&M: The Aggies have become the hunted.
A year after the real training began for their official move to the SEC from the Big 12, the Aggies enter spring practice with loftier expectations and more eyes fixated on them. They can no longer be considered the supposed ragtag group that was expected to struggle for relevancy in their new home.
After shocking their new conference mates with 11 wins, including one over eventual national champion Alabama in Tuscaloosa, A&M begins enters spring figuratively glancing over its shoulder.
"Now that we know for a fact that we have enough talent and a new group of guys coming in, we know that this year we have a target on our back,” rising senior running back Ben Malena said. “The workouts have stepped up even more. The work ethic of the team collectively has stepped up even more. Coach [Kevin] Sumlin, he's let us know that last year's success was last year's success, but this year's success is gonna be even harder because now you have a target on your back."
Teams don’t lead the SEC in scoring (44.5 points per game), rushing (242.1 yards per game), passing (316.5 YPG) and total offense (558.5 YPG) in their first season in a new conference without feeling the heat in Year 2. And this league intends to bring more than just the heat to the Aggies.
If A&M is going to make strides in 2013, it has to push for conference supremacy. It'll have to be better than it was in 2012, and it'll have to pursue dethroning the mighty Crimson Tide. It's a tough job, but it really is the next step.
To do that, Sumlin and his crew will have to work even harder than they did last season. Players will have to be willing to sweat, bleed and push even more as the Aggies enter spring shorthanded once again.
Kevin Jairaj/USA TODAY SportsTexas A&M has to replace a number of starters on offense, including left tackle Luke Joeckel.Defensively, five starters from the front seven are gone, including All-America defensive end Damontre Moore and top-notch linebackers Jonathan Stewart and Sean Porter. Dustin Harris and Steven Terrell must also be replaced in the secondary.
“We got a lot of young guys -- a bunch of new guys,” defensive coordinator Mark Snyder said of his defense.
And those youngsters need to learn quickly because the injury bug attacked the defense this spring, especially up front. It’s a necessary evil, but getting young players these kinds of reps excites Snyder because it helps with depth, which the Aggies need.
Not only did A&M lose two valuable linebackers but a wide receiver was moved to the position this spring and linebackers coach Matt Wallerstedt was replaced by Mark Hagen, giving the Aggies even more change to deal with.
"There will be some challenges there,” Snyder said about the new faces on defense, “but that's what makes spring ball fun."
What will also be fun is finding out who the new leaders are.
Senior Toney Hurd Jr., who is battling for a starting safety spot, has been pegged as one of those new leaders. He’s always led by example, and Hurd knows younger players are looking up to veterans like him. He’ll have to come through because though the talent might be there, inexperience needs guidance.
"I wouldn't say I'll be this year's Sean Porter, but I'll be this year's Tony Hurd Jr.,” he said. “I'll give the vocal leadership when needed.”
Some interesting months lie ahead for the Aggies, as they look to make more upward moves in 2013. But before A&M can worry about challenging Alabama -- or anyone, really -- Sumlin needs his team to get better. He needs youngsters to take advantage of more reps and he needs the veterans to evolve on the field and in the locker room.
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To be elite again and embrace this newfound target on its back, A&M needs even more resolve and toughness in Year 2. And to Sumlin, it’ll be quite the uphill battle.
"We're nowhere near that stage,” he said. “I've said that from every standpoint, from every aspect of this program, we're still playing catch-up to everybody in the SEC.
"From my standpoint it's always a new team, it's always a new personality. As coaches, what you're trying to do is figure out where you are, who can do what and put them in the best position to try to win games."
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Spring preview: Positions of need
March, 6, 2013
By
Gary Laney | ESPN.com
As LSU prepares to begin spring practice March 14, GeauxTigerNation will take daily looks at aspects of the spring camp. This is the third in the series:
BATON ROUGE, La. -- If you watched the NFL combine, you saw former LSU defensive linemen and defensive backs lining up to take their turns in drills.
So you want to know the areas of need as we head to the spring?
The combine gave you most of the answers.
Defensive end
Players lost: Barkevious Mingo, Sam Montgomery, Lavar Edwards, Chauncey Aghayere
Experience returning: Jermauria Rasco
Other candidates: Danielle Hunter, Jordan Allen, Justin Maclin.
Outlook: LSU won't have all of its candidates until August, when a trio of true freshmen arrive. But it'll be interesting to see who emerges out of the four veterans. Rasco worked his way into the top four last season and Hunter was a nice special teams player. Allen is coming off a knee injury. Any strong play from these four would be great news in the spring.
Defensive tackle
Players lost: Bennie Logan, Josh Downs
Experience returning: Anthony Johnson, Ego Ferguson
Others: Quentin Thomas, Mickey Johnson, Christian LaCouture.
Outlook: LSU is a little more solid here than at end because Johnson and Ferguson have seen plenty of snaps. Ferguson needs to step his game up though. There's a lot of talk that Thomas is a guy who might step up and earn significant playing time, possibly even challenging Ferguson for a starting spot. True freshman Maquedius Bain and Greg Gilmore will arrive in August. Another freshman, LaCouture, is already on campus.
Derick E. Hingle/US PresswireLamin Barrow is one of several options that LSU has to replace Kevin Minter at middle linebacker.Player lost: Kevin Minter
Experience returning: Lots of players, but are there any natural MLBs?
Outlook: This position is more a matter of finding the right guy than finding a guy. Does LSU move weak linebacker Lamin Barrow there? Does D.J. Welter, who was second team in the Chick-fil-A bowl after missing the season for academic reasons, get a shot? How about young Ronnie Feist? There are no shortage of candidates. It's just a matter of finding the right fit.
Left tackle
Player lost: Chris Faulk, Josh Dworaczyk
Experience returning: La'el Collins (could be moved from left guard), Vadal Alexander (could be moved from right tackle).
Others: Jerald Hawkins, Evan Washington, Jonah Austin, Ethan Pocic.
Outlook: Like middle linebacker, there are candidates here, but which one is the best fit? Collins was a highly-regarded prospect coming out of high school, but he got comfortable at left guard as a sophomore and there could be a reluctance to move him. Hawkins is a talented redshirt freshman, but do you really want a redshirt freshman blocking quarterback Zach Mettenberger's blind side? Alexander, last year's starter at right tackle, could be an option as well, but that would leave the Tigers having to find a new starter for two positions.
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