1st-N-Goal Act-urarcy Ratings
By Tex Noel/1st-N-Goal

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Two of the most frequent and frequently asked questions in college football are "Who is No. 1?;" and which champion is the best of all-time?

As with anything, each person has his say-so in answering both.

Throughout the 137-playing seasons, a total of 79 schools have staked claim to the mythical title--claiming 520 championships--based on the opinions of 110 of the well-know selectors, past and present.

So, which one is the greatest or the most successful champion of all-time?

In this age of computers and formulas, many variables go into the determining the greatest champion of since 1869--college football's inaugural season.

Since mid-February, I have taken on the task to find out what college football champion is the highest ranked--by using a formula based on three factors:

*Full Season: which includes final Won-Lost-Tie and scoring
*Schedule Rating: based on games a respective opponent played
*Selector Rating: Total Championship or partial ones a team has won.

Then after adding, dividing and sorting through an original database of 5386 lines, a composite of all teams was determined.

This compilation will represent the 37 teams that recorded a 1st-N-Goal Act-urarcy Ratings.

To explain the name of the ratings: 1st-N-Goal is the name of my college football StatResearch Service; Act_the stats are based on what a team actual accomplished during a respective season and urarcy part of the word accuracy which involves the annual selection for national championship.

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Factors and sources:

SEASON RATING:
Takes into consideration a team's won-lost record and points by champion and its full season opponents

OPPONENT RATING:
A Rating that is based on the number of games each opponent has played during the season.

SELECTOR RATING:
Each selector names a national champion and is assigned a value per number of teams selected by that selector.

1st-N-Goal RATING:
After adding, dividing the above this rating has been determined.

Sources:
College Football Data Warehouse site of National Champions
Jim Howell site of scores of college football teams
Selectors who submitted National Champions
Personal collection of 1st-N-Goal's files on National Champions

Also see:

[ Defeated Champs ] [ Ultimate Top Ten ] [ 500 Point Achievers ] [ Need Stats? ] [ Stars of an Earlier Autumn ] [ ULTIMATE TOP 10 1899-1936 ] [ ULTIMATE TOP 10 1936-2005 ]

1st-N-Goal Act-urarcy Ratings © ISSN: 1526-2332
1st-N-Goal Rating Season National Champion Opponent Season

Selector
1 90.24 1889 Princeton     55.78 76.49 96.43
2 89.37 1891 Yale  57.46 78.73 100.00
3 89.03 1876 Yale  56.10 78.05 100.00
4 88.86 1890 Harvard    56.50 77.73 100.00
5 88.36 1887 Yale  54.57 76.71 100.00
6 88.26 1892 Yale  53.02 76.51 100.00
7 87.78 1900 Yale  58.27 78.41 97.14
8 87.14 1885 Princeton     50.76 74.28 100.00
9 86.94 1903 Princeton     70.49 84.67 89.21
10 86.80 1882 Yale  48.16 73.61 100.00
11 86.34 1883 Yale  45.54 72.67 100.00
12 86.12 1873 Princeton     66.70 83.35 88.89
13 85.86 1878 Princeton     46.52 71.71 100.00
14 85.72 1948 Michigan 51.19 75.885 95.56
15 84.62 1909 Yale  49.79 72.37 96.88
16 84.60 1931 Southern California 67.91 76.39 92.80
17 84.57 1897 Pennsylvania 51.00 74.5 94.64
18 84.54 1999 Florida State   57.18 71.46 97.62
19 84.26 2005 Texas 56.35 68.52 100.00
20 83.07 1893 Yale  60.80 77.25 88.89
21 82.69 1945 Army 54.53 73.17 92.22
22 82.34 2004 Southern California 49.34 73.88 90.79
23 82.24 1888 Yale  36.08 68.04 96.43
24 82.13 2001 Miami(FL) 57.06 69.13 95.12
25 82.07 1971 Nebraska 56.08 64.13 100.00
26 82.00 1912 Harvard    54.16 72.60 91.41
27 81.58 1961 Alabama 47.39 73.17 90.00
28 81.53 1995 Nebraska        53.62 65.39 97.67
29 81.46 1870 Princeton 50.00 68.75 94.17
30 81.34 1972 Southern California 52.63 62.68 100.00
31 81.08 2000 Oklahoma        53.63 69.14 93.02
32 80.79 1987 Miami (FL) 54.08 68.26 93.33
33 80.56 1895 Pennsylvania 43.14 70.37 90.74
34 80.54 1998 Tennessee       52.38 67.76 93.33
35 80.44 1932 Southern California 63.05 64.72 96.16
36 80.27 1981 Clemson        48.76 70.76 89.78
37 80.24 1958 LSU 54.08 67.00 93.48