college football win-loss-tie records

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http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/2010FBS.pdf

Overall records (years played, wins, losses, ties, average winning percentage, total games played):

(I omitted teams that have played less than 100 years, so as to not compare unlikes).

130 877-302-36 73.7% 1,215 Michigan
121 837-290-42 73.4% 1,169 Notre Dame
117 845-318-33 72.0% 1,196 Texas
120 819-308-53 71.7% 1,180 Ohio St
115 799-302-53 71.5% 1,154 Oklahoma
115 792-316-43 70.7% 1,151 Alabama
117 761-307-54 70.2% 1,122 Southern California
120 826-341-41 70.1% 1,208 Nebraska
113 783-333-53 69.2% 1,169 Tennessee
123 811-351-41 69.1% 1,203 Penn St
116 731-389-54 64.4% 1,174 Georgia
116 709-387-47 64.1% 1,143 LSU
103 654-374-40 63.1% 1,068 Florida
117 689-400-47 62.7% 1,136 Auburn
121 650-390-44 62.0% 1,084 Miami (OH)
120 656-406-50 61.2% 1,112 Washington
109 570-357-36 61.1%    963 Central Mich
116 667-429-46 60.4% 1,142 Virginia Tech
120 666-435-36 60.2% 1,137 Colorado
117 682-450-45 59.9% 1,177 West Virginia
115 665-440-48 59.8% 1,153 Texas A&M
117 673-449-43 59.6% 1.165 Georgia Tech

Overall victories:

877 Michigan
845 Texas
837 Notre Dame
826 Nebraska
819 Ohio St
811 Penn St
799 Oklahoma
792 Alabama
783 Tennessee
761 Southern California
731 Georgia
709 LSU
689 Auburn
682 West Virginia
678 Syracuse
673 Georgia Tech
667 Virginia Tech
666 Colorado
665 Texas A&M
663 Pittsburgh

[franksolich]

Hmmm.

The distortion of personal perspective and memory, again.

Since Nebraska was always pounding on Colorado, I sort of naturally assumed Colorado had lost more games, total, than it had won.

Wrong.

Please notice Michigan had played 1,215 games in 130 years, and Nebraska 1,208 games in 120 years; nobody else seems to have come close to those two totals.

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this weeks' ranking-last week's ranking-team:

Top 25 for 10-16 (Associated Press)

01 01     Louisiana State
02 02     Alabama
03 03     Oklahoma
04 04     Wisconsin
05 05     Boise State
06 06     Oklahoma State
07 07     Stanford
08 08     Clemson
09 09     Oregon
10 10     Arkansas

11 13 ^ West Virginia
12 17 ^ Kansas State
13 14 ^ Nebraska
14 15 ^ South Carolina
15 23 ^ Michigan State
16 19 ^ Virginia Tech
17 21 ^ Texas A & M
18 11 /  Michigan
19 24 ^ Auburn
20 12 /  Georgia Tech

21 25 ^ Houston
22 NR ^ Washington
23 16 /  Illinois
24 18 /  Arizona State
25 NR ^ Georgia

Top 25 for 10-16 (Coaches')

01 01    Oklahoma
02 02    Louisiana State
03 03    Alabama
04 04    Wisconsin
05 05    Stanford
06 07 ^ Oklahoma State
07 06 /  Boise State
08 08    Clemson
08 09 ^ Oregon
10 11 ^ Arkansas

11 14 ^ Nebraska
12 13 ^ South Carolina
13 19 ^ Michigan State
14 17 ^ Virginia Tech
14 16 ^ West Virginia
16 18 ^ Kansas State
17 10 /  Michigan
18 23 ^ Texas A & M
19 12 /  Georgia Tech
20 22 ^ Houston

21 15 /  Illinois
22 25 ^ Penn State
23 NR ^ Auburn
24 NR ^ Washington
25 20 /  Arizona State