The next Team to win an NC that has never won it before??

[NolePride]

UCLA/Cal prob SHOULD be but... train wrecks, both.

I'd agree on UCLA.

They have the name recognition and USC would be a spring board for them.

In the history of the AP rankings (1936) only 27 teams have ever won a NC.
25 of them are current P5 schools. The only other two are Army in '44 & '45
and BYU is '84.

It's pretty much a closed club.

 

[NolePride]

18 different schools won at least one in the first 40 years of the AP.

Only 9 new teams have managed to enter that list in the last 41 years

 

[Chewbaccer]

Stanford

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Stanford

Washington is going to pump Stanford this year like a choir boy at the Vatican.

 

[outofyourmind]

18 different schools won at least one in the first 40 years of the AP.

Only 9 new teams have managed to enter that list in the last 41 years

See
This is an awesome stat.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Washington is going to pump Stanford this year like a choir boy at the Vatican.

Maybe so, but I don't see Stanford reverting back to the pre Harbaugh days anytime soon, and I think they're a very well coached program that could win a natty at some point down the line under the right circumstances.

 

[tnapucco]

Michigan.

 

[SteelersPride]

michigan, ok state,

 

[pitman]

Wisconsin
Washington
Or my wildcard TCU

 

[Deep Creek]

I doubt that any team that has never won a NC will ever win one. I just don't see any school other than traditional blue bloods being able to recruit long enough to a level needed to assemble the depth to accomplish such. The pool of potential NCs is pretty much decided on a series of four consecutive signing dates. Until a non blue blood can crack that exclusive club on a regular basis, not much of a chance.

 

[Deep Creek]

I'd agree on UCLA.

They have the name recognition and USC would be a spring board for them.

In the history of the AP rankings (1936) only 27 teams have ever won a NC.
25 of them are current P5 schools. The only other two are Army in '44 & '45
and BYU is '84.

It's pretty much a closed club.

What NP said.

 

[RobToxin]

Not sure if the NCAA has grounds, did they break any NCAA rules?

Didn't stop them from hammering Penn State.

 

[Gopherfan84]

Notre Dame has to be up there. They could bounce back at any time.

*cough1988cough*


And for those promoting Washington--they won a title in 1991, granted it was a split title.

 

[cwalke3408]

Coastal Carolina

More likely than South Carolina

 

[cwalke3408]

If Louisville wasn't so mentally fragile, they can make a run this year.
Maybe TCU with Gary Petterson.
But if I had to choose one it would be VT. They're heading in the right direction with Justin Fuente and they have a good path to the ACC Title game being in the Coastal Division.

 

[Eco]

Utah, Va Tech, Wisconsin, Arizona State.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

"Modern Era"....... Michigan.

 

[DHoey]

*cough1988cough*


And for those promoting Washington--they won a title in 1991, granted it was a split title.

I must have missed the definition of modern. I was thinking more along the lines of the last 25 years or so.

 

[jjc2009]

*cough1988cough*


And for those promoting Washington--they won a title in 1991, granted it was a split title.

Actually if we're going by since WW2 don't forget 1946, 47, 49, 66, 73 and 77.

Since the AP, add 1943.

 

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