AP rates top FB programs of all time ...

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#1

And Arkansas is No. 21. Rankings based on poll appearances, championships, etc.

Ohio State No. 1, Oklahoma No. 2, which surprises me.

Here’s a link:

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#2

Cool; I suspect the Hogs would have been near the Top Dozen before HDN and the SEC.

#3

I think maybe we might have moved up a couple spots, but we were not a powerhouse in the SWC. The school I think is most out of line is Florida State. I can remember when they could not beat Tampa U, and until Bowden got there, they were not a very good football program. Of course, it has been since.

#4

Bowden got to FSU 40 years ago, so I think we can go ahead and give them the credit they deserve. FSU went through a period of finishing AP Top5 for 14 seasons. Goodness! Can you imagine?

I like how AP did this. It’s all empirical data. This isn’t the opinion of a few folks. This is an aggregation of data they’ve compiled over multiple generations. For the Hogs to be in the Top 25 with having never one an NC … that’s pretty dang good, especially when you consider big program lulls in the 90s and early 10s.

#5

Getting the same number of points for being ranked #25 in the first poll of the year as being ranked #2 in the final poll of the year seems a little off to me.

#6

I concede that point, actually Florida was not all that good until Spurrier came along.

#7

Not sure who came up with the points system, but they better lay low if they have to go thru Alabama. I’m sure the mouth-breathers are in an uproar over being ranked #4.

#8

Probably a typo – Arkansas was a powerhouse in the SWC for three decades, 1960-1990. Those years got the Hogs this ranking. 2 down years in the 60s, 4 in the 70s, and 1 in the 80s. 7 SWC titles that I recall. Back then there were 4 major bowls on
New Years Day, the equivalent of the CFP or BCS. The Hogs were bowling in those games 12 times – compare to the 1 BCS appearance in the last 30 years. The 70s was the worst decade in terms of won-loss and bowl appearances, but that’s when the Hogs ranked best in the AP. Year-in and year-out, Arkansas and-or Texas were always contenders for the SWC championship, the other faces changed over the years but usually A&M, Houston, Baylor, SMU.

#9

Your points are valid, I guess I just cannot forget that Texas overall has a edge on us in games between the two schools.

#10