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Alabama ranked fourth best all-time program by AP

Associated Press

Alabama was ranked fourth in the Associated Press’ all-time top 100 college football programs.

Ohio State was ranked No. 1, followed by Oklahoma and Notre Dame. Southern California was fifth.

The AP has been ranking the best teams in college football for the last 80 seasons. Since the first top 20 in 1936, 1,103 polls have been taken and 164 schools have been ranked. Minnesota was the first No. 1 in 1936. Western Kentucky was the last team to make its poll debut (in the final poll of the 2015 season). In between, Muhlenburg, NYU and Colorado College have made appearances.

To determine an all-time Top 100 for the first time, the AP counted poll appearances (one point) to mark consistency, No. 1 rankings (2 points) to acknowledge elite programs and gave a big bonus for AP championships won (10 points).

Nebraska was sixth, followed by Michigan, Texas, Florida State and Florida to round out the top 10.

LSU was 11th, Tennessee 14th, Georgia 15th, Auburn 16th, Texas A&M 18th, Arkansas 21st, Ole Miss 29th, Missouri 35th, Mississippi State 46th, South Carolina 48th, Kentucky 68th and Vanderbilt 89th.

AP top-100 football programs of all-time
No. 1 Ohio State, 1,112 points
No. 2 Oklahoma, 1,055
No. 3 Notre Dame, 1,042
No. 4 Alabama, 993
No. 5 Southern California, 974
No. 6 Nebraska, 901
No. 7 Michigan, 894
No. 8 Texas, 822
No. 9 Florida State, 714
No. 10 Florida, 674
No. 11 LSU, 655
No. 12 Penn State, 647
No. 13 Miami, 642
No. 14 Tennessee, 624
No. 15 Georgia, 572
No. 16 Auburn, 570
No. 17 UCLA, 535
No. 18 Texas A&M, 447
No. 19 Michigan State, 443
No. 20 Washington, 430
No. 21 Arkansas, 412
No. 22 Clemson, 411
No. 23 Pittsburgh, 356
No. 24 Wisconsin, 336
No. 25 Iowa, 329

No. 26 Georgia Tech, 320
No. 27 Colorado, 316
No. 28 Oregon, 293
No. 29 Mississippi, 290
No. 30 Arizona State, 284
No. 31 Virginia Tech, 276
No. 32 Stanford, 272
No. 33 West Virginia, 271
No. 34 BYU, 258
No. 35 Missouri, 256
No. 36 Purdue, 246
No. 37 Minnesota, 241
No. 38 North Carolina, 240
No. 39 TCU, 234
No. 40 Maryland, 230
No. 41 Syracuse, 221
No. 42 Army, 214
No. 43 Oklahoma State, 208
No. 44 Kansas State, 207
No. 45 California, 199
No. 46 Mississippi State, 195
No. 47 Baylor, 187
No. 48 South Carolina, 185
No. 49 Houston, 184
No. 50 Northwestern, 183
No. 51 Illinois, 181
No. 52 Virginia, 174
No. 53 Duke, 172
No. 54 Arizona, 168
No. 55 SMU, 165
No. 56 N.C. State, 149
No. 57 Boston College, 141
No. 58 Texas Tech, 137
No. 59 Washington State, 129
No. 60 Navy, 128
No. 61 Boise State, 127
No. 62 Louisville, 119
No. 63 Kansas, 108
No. 64 Utah, 100
No. 65 Oregon State, 95
No. 66 Penn, 89
No. 67 Air Force, 78
No. 68 Kentucky, 75
No. 69 Rice, 70
No. 70 Tulane, 62
No. 71 Wyoming, 56
No. 72 Indiana, 55
(tie) Fresno State, 55
(tie) Southern Mississippi, 55
(tie) Cornell, 55
No. 76 Toledo, 45
No. 77 Santa Clara, 43
(tie) Tulsa, 43
(tie) Colorado State, 43
No. 80 Wake Forest, 42
No. 81 Cincinnati, 41
(tie) Miami, (Ohio), 41
No. 83 Fordham, 40
(tie) Iowa State, 40
No. 85 Holy Cross, 39
No. 86 Rutgers, 38
No. 87 Dartmouth, 37
No. 88 East Carolina, 37
No. 89 Vanderbilt, 31
No. 90 Yale, 30
No. 91 Princeton, 29
(tie) Marshall, 29
No. 93 Hawaii, 28
No. 94 USF, 26
No. 95 Villanova, 25
No. 96 Northern Illinois, 23
No. 97 Duquesne, 20
No. 98 Iowa Pre-Flight, 18
No. 99 Columbia, 16
(tie) William & Mary, 16
(tie) Nevada, 16
(tie) Bowling Green, 16.