The Decade of Superpower Domination....

[SteelClip49]

The 1970s...

ALABAMA
- 103 wins
- 1973 Co-NC (1 loss)- crowned before loss in bowl
- 1978 Co-NC (1 loss)
- 1979 Outright NC
- 8 SEC Titles
- 1 undefeated season (1979)

USC
- 93 wins
- 1972 Outright NC
- 1974 Co-NC (1 loss, 1 tie)
- 1978 Co-NC (1 loss)
- 6 PCC Titles
- 2 undefeated seasons (1972), (1979-tie)

NOTRE DAME
- 91 wins
- 1973 Co-NC
- 1977 Outright NC (1 loss)
- 1 undefeated season (1973)

NEBRASKA
- 98 wins
- 1970 Co-NC (1 tie)
- 1971 Outright NC
- 3 Outright Big Eight Titles
- 2 undefeated seasons (1970-tie), (1971)

OKLAHOMA
- 102 wins
- 1974 Co-NC (Probation)
- 1975 Outright NC (1 loss)
- 4 Outright Big Eight Titles
- 2 undefeated seasons (1973-tie), (1974)


It's hard to decide without bias between OU, Bammer and SC for who gets the #1 honor of the decade. SC had less wins and should have 1 less title. So if anything it's between Alabama and Oklahoma.

Some programs benefitted from a pre-bowl loss national title, 1 loss national titles, undefeated seasons with no national titles, undefeated seasons with national titles....it's chaotic obviously.

How would you all rank the teams?

SIDENOTES (other NCs from the 1970s):

TEXAS: 1970 Co-NC (crowned before loss in bowl)
PITTSBURGH: 1976 Outright NC going undefeated

[goingoneight]

If there's only one thing the BCS has "fixed," it's winning in the post-season matters.

[yermom]

that was fixed for both polls finally, sometime in the '70's, i think

what the BCS really fixed was putting #1 vs #2 and keeping just two major undefeated teams from going undefeated and not playing each other, like in '94 and '97

adding the 12th game seemed to help that as well.

it's worked except for Auburn in 2004. they never banked on 3 of them :D

as for the original thread. i'm giving it to Oklahoma since they had to play one of the other members of this list every year ;)

[CincySooner]

that was fixed for both polls finally, sometime in the '70's, i think

what the BCS really fixed was putting #1 vs #2 and keeping just two major undefeated teams from going undefeated and not playing each other, like in '94 and '97

adding the 12th game seemed to help that as well.

it's worked except for Auburn in 2004. they never banked on 3 of them :D

as for the original thread. i'm giving it to Oklahoma since they had to play one of the other members of this list every year ;)

of course, so did USC and ND.

I dunno... it's hard to argue with total championships and Bammer had OU beat in both NCs and Conference championships.

[MI Sooner]

were all pf bama's SEC titles outright?