If college football were like boxing

[Huckleberry]

I put together a history of the major college football "title belt" starting with the first Rutgers/Princeton game through the end of last season.

It's safe to say that there's a method worse than the BCS for determining a champion.

Obviously scheduling would be a lot different, but I just thought it was interesting. Yes the format sucks so sorry about that.

http://www.hornfans.com/recruiting/h...ftitlebelt.htm

[SnDvls]

interesting, who has held it the most times?

[SnDvls]

dola, and what major schools haven't?

[Cringer]

If college football were like boxing there would be no good Division 1-A programs (no heavyweights).

[AgustusM]

very interesting

[AZSpeechCoach]

I am thrilled that ASU and UofA each have won the belt 3 times. At this point they have more titles than Batiata and Randy Orton combined.

[Passacaglia]

That's pretty neat. I think that could actually work reasonably well -- maybe an upset would make a lame team the national champion for a while, but eventually the ship would get righted, and a better team would have it. It would take away the whole idea of a 'season' but it's still interesting.

[SnDvls]

Originally Posted by AZSpeechCoach

I am thrilled that ASU and UofA each have won the belt 3 times. At this point they have more titles than Batiata and Randy Orton combined.

actually ASU has had it 5 times...I think u of ehh has had it 4 or 5

[Huckleberry]

The Pac-10 and Big 10 dominate the number of reigns. This is mainly due, IMO, to their tendency to not only play in the Rose Bowl every year but also to schedule each other in nonconference games each year.

[SnDvls]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry

The Pac-10 and Big 10 dominate the number of reigns. This is mainly due, IMO, to their tendency to not only play in the Rose Bowl every year but also to schedule each other in nonconference games each year.

that's because many "big time programs" won't travel west of the Mississippi to play football games. There is a school in Florida who still won't if memory serves me correctly.

[miked]

Awesome! Rutgers was champ for 7 days and lost it, never to regain it again.

[st.cronin]

Which school has held it the most number of days, total?

[SnDvls]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Which school has held it the most number of days, total?

from my glancing at it looked like U$C

[Huckleberry]

Times Champ:

Teams	Times
Southern Cal	14
UCLA	11
Washington	11
Harvard	10
Princeton	9
Alabama	8
Michigan	8
Notre Dame	7
Ohio State	7
Yale	7
Oklahoma	6
Arizona	5
Arizona State	5
Navy	5
Syracuse	5
Texas	5

Total Days (Texas counted through 9/2 - their first game)

Teams	Days
Princeton	6883
Yale	4704
Southern Cal	3169
Harvard	3016
Texas	1586
Alabama	1547
Pennsylvania	1484
Army	1477
Ohio State	1470
UCLA	1346
Syracuse	1125
Oklahoma	1076
Auburn	1010

[Passacaglia]

I think times succesfully defended would be a more interesting count -- keeping it for several days during the offseason shouldn't count for anything.

[Huckleberry]

Team	Defenses
Yale	125
Princeton	98
Southern Cal	85
Harvard	82
Pennsylvania	55
Army	36
Ohio State	34
Miami (FL)	32
Oklahoma	27
Texas	24
Alabama	23
Florida State	23
UCLA	23
Syracuse	22

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by SnDvls

that's because many "big time programs" won't travel west of the Mississippi to play football games. There is a school in Florida who still won't if memory serves me correctly.

Reminds me of how Florida State backed out of a scheduled visit to Husky Stadium back in the Don James era - can't remember the exact year. I think Miami may have done so as well - I have a hard time believing that the UW would've scheduled a one-off game at Miami in '94 without there being a return visit by Miami to Husky Stadium.