| Top 50 College Football Teams of the Last 50 Years | |||||||||
| Rank | Year | Team | Rating | PF | PA | W | L | T | Yr Rk |
| 1 | 1971 | Nebraska | 116.54 | 507 | 104 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1995 | Nebraska | 116.06 | 638 | 174 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1971 | Oklahoma | 106.53 | 534 | 217 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1991 | Washington | 104.60 | 495 | 115 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2005 | Texas | 104.28 | 652 | 213 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 1987 | Miami (FL) | 103.10 | 412 | 125 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 1972 | Southern Cal | 102.64 | 467 | 134 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 1973 | Ohio St. | 102.44 | 413 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 1974 | Oklahoma | 102.05 | 473 | 92 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 2001 | Miami (FL) | 102.04 | 512 | 117 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 1988 | Notre Dame | 101.66 | 393 | 156 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 1971 | Alabama | 101.51 | 368 | 122 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 1992 | Alabama | 101.50 | 366 | 122 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 1999 | Florida St. | 101.09 | 458 | 203 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 1966 | Notre Dame | 101.03 | 362 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 1991 | Miami (FL) | 100.90 | 386 | 100 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | 1973 | Michigan | 100.19 | 330 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 2004 | Southern Cal | 100.14 | 496 | 169 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | 1987 | Florida St. | 100.14 | 440 | 153 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | 1976 | Pittsburgh | 99.92 | 381 | 133 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | 1961 | Alabama | 99.90 | 297 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | 1995 | Florida | 99.76 | 558 | 263 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | 1979 | Alabama | 99.49 | 383 | 67 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | 1997 | Nebraska | 99.35 | 607 | 214 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | 1996 | Florida | 99.34 | 549 | 207 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | 1959 | Mississippi | 99.30 | 249 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | 2000 | Oklahoma | 99.29 | 481 | 194 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | 1986 | Penn St. | 99.16 | 340 | 133 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | 1978 | Southern Cal | 99.08 | 318 | 153 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | 1988 | Miami (FL) | 98.89 | 418 | 116 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | 1986 | Miami (FL) | 98.75 | 430 | 150 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | 1978 | Alabama | 98.71 | 345 | 168 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | 1966 | Alabama | 98.31 | 267 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | 1994 | Nebraska | 98.16 | 459 | 162 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | 1973 | Notre Dame | 97.98 | 382 | 89 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | 1959 | Syracuse | 97.87 | 413 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | 1981 | Clemson | 97.86 | 293 | 95 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | 1986 | Oklahoma | 97.83 | 508 | 81 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | 1996 | Florida St. | 97.68 | 446 | 174 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | 1977 | Texas | 97.34 | 441 | 152 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | 1973 | Oklahoma | 97.25 | 400 | 133 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 42 | 2005 | Southern Cal | 97.20 | 638 | 297 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 | 1987 | Oklahoma | 97.04 | 424 | 88 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 44 | 2000 | Miami (FL) | 97.02 | 445 | 176 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 | 1978 | Oklahoma | 96.98 | 471 | 175 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 46 | 1994 | Penn St. | 96.94 | 564 | 252 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 47 | 1998 | Tennessee | 96.68 | 431 | 189 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 48 | 1993 | Florida St. | 96.62 | 536 | 129 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 | 1966 | Michigan St. | 96.48 | 293 | 99 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 50 | 2004 | Auburn | 96.42 | 384 | 144 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |