Decade Ranking of Teams

Oklahoma is Our Team of the Decade

Now that the decade is over we have come up with an unbiased point system to determine a ranking of all 120 teams this decade.

Oklahoma comes in at #1. This is due to the fact that OU never really had a down season, won several conference championships, and had multiple BCS appearances. While the Sooners have struggled recently in bowl games, they were strong early this decade. Southern California was hurt by the first 2 seasons of the decade.

Rankings and Point Totals
1. Oklahoma 810
2. Southern California 770
3. Ohio State 760
4. Texas 730
5. LSU 690
6. Florida 680
7. Miami 620
8. Virginia Tech 615
9. Georgia 610
10. Florida State 600
11. Boise State 550
12. Texas Christian 480.5
13. West Virginia 480
14. Auburn 470
15. Oregon 460.50
16. Boston College 460
17. Georgia Tech 440
18. Texas Tech 430.50
19. Michigan 430
20. Utah 420
21. Wisconsin 400.50
22. Clemson 400
23. Nebraska 390
24. Alabama 380
25. Tennessee 370.50
26. Iowa 370
27. Cincinnati 360
28. Louisville 350
29. Southern Mississippi 345
30. Oregon State 340.50
31. Penn State 340
32. Fren State 310
33. California 300
34. BYU 280
35. Pitt 271
36. Notre Dame 270.50
37. Purdue 270
38. Oklahoma State 250
39. Hawaii 240.50
40. Arkansas 240
41. Kansas State 230
42. Missouri 222
43. South Carolina 221.50
44. UCLA 221
45. Navy 220.50
46. Iowa State 220
47. South Florida 210
48. Maryland 202.50
49. Virginia 202
50. Minnesota 201.50
51. Colorado State 201
52. Rutgers 200.50
53. East Carolina 200
54. Colorado 195
55. Marshall 185
56. Ole Miss 180
57. Bowling Green 165.50
58. Northern Illinois 165
59. Air Force 161
60. Arizona State 160.50
61. NC State 160
62. Toledo 155
63. Tulsa 150
64. Central Michigan 145.50
65. Houston 145
66. Troy 141.50
67. Wake Forest 141
68. Miami Ohio 140.50
69. Washington State 140
70. Texas A&M 130
71. Connecticut 121
72. Nevada 120.50
73. New Mexico 120
74. Kentucky 110
75. Michigan State 100
76. Northwestern 91
77. North Carolina 90.50
78. Washington 90
79. Kansas 71
80. Central Florida 70.50
81. North Texas 70
82. Western Kentucky 60.50
83. Illinois 60
84. Memphis 50
85. Florida Atlantic 40
86. Middle Tennessee 30
87. Western Michigan 25
88. Louisian Tech 21
89. Ohio 20.50
90. UTEP 20
91. Rice 11
92. Wyoming 10.5
93. Mississippi State 10
94. Arizona 1
95. Stanford .5
96. Syracuse 0
97. Ball State -5
98. Akron -10
99. UAB -19.5
100. San Jose State -20
101. Tulane 30
102. Arkansas State -40
103. ULL -48
104. UNLV -48.5
105. Vanderbilt -49
106. Idaho -49.5
107. Buffalo -50
108. Indiana -59.5
109. Temple -60
110. Kent State -69.5
111. SMU -70
112. San Diego State -79.5
113. ULM -80
114. New Mexico State -99
115. Baylor -99.5
116. Utah State -100
117. Florida International -110
118. Army -119.5
119. Eastern Michigan -120
120. Duke -160

Scoring System(Points Per Season)
100 Points=National Champ
80 Points= National Champ Game Appearance
70 Points= BCS Bowl Win
60 Points= BCS Bowl Appearance
60 Points= Top 10 Finish
50 Points= Top 25 Finish
40 Points= Bowl Win, but not top 25
30 Points= Bowl Appearance, but not top 25(Not below .500)
10 Points= Winning Season, but no bowl
0 Points=.500 Record
0 Points= Bowl Appearance, but below .500 record
-10 Points= Below .500
-30 Points- No wins in season

Bonus Points
20 Points= BCS Conference Champ
10 Points= Undefeated Season
10 Points= Non BCS Conference Champ
10 Points= BCS Division Champ
5 Points= Non BCS Division Champ

You are rewarded points only once, but it is possible to earn as high as 30 bonus points. For example let's look at 2009 Alabama

Bama won the NC(100 Points), was a BCS Conference Champ(20 Bonus Points), and had an undefeated season(10 bonus points). They had an overall total of 130 for 2009. They aren't given 10 extra bonus points for being a division champ, since they already earned 20 for being a conference champ.

Ties were broken by winning pct. The team with the highest winning pct this decade in a tie was given .5 points. The below 4 teams ended in a tie. Troy had the highest win pct of the 4 so they ended up earning 1.5 points higher than the lowest winning pct team Washington State.

66. Troy 141.50
67. Wake Forest 141
68. Miami Ohio 140.50
69. Washington State 140