Who is the greatest college football team since 1968?
Every college football fan has their own answer to that but for me it’s the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers.
They went 12-0 overall, weren’t challenged all season long as they won every game by at least 14 points,
beat four top-10 teams by an average of 31.5 points per game.
Their style of play doesn’t fit what works in college football today but they were unstoppable in every sense of the word.
Athlon Sports recently ranked every college football team to win a championship since 1968 and as our colleagues at Cornhuskers Wire pointed out, they got the top overall team wrong.
I’ll make you click the link above to see the entire list but here are where Notre Dame’s champions since 1968 ranked (’73, ’77, ’88).
52. 1977 Notre Dame: 1977 Notre Dame: 11-1, Cotton Bowl victors over Texas
36. 1973 Notre Dame: 1973 Notre Dame: 11-0, Sugar Bowl winners over No. 1 Alabama
11. 1988 Notre Dame: 1988 Notre Dame: 12-0, Firsta Bowl victory over West Virginia
Thoughts:- When it’s based off a formula like Athlon Sports put together then there isn’t room left for opinion.
As far as Notre Dame is concerned, seeing as 1977 had a loss to what wound up being a 5-6 Ole Miss team,
that knocks them down considerably and understandably so.
If only Dan Devine would have gone to that Montana kid at quarterback sooner…
Based on resume, 1988’s 12-0 mark clearly is the best of these allowed Notre Dame resumes as
it features wins over No. 1 Miami, No. 2 USC, No. 3 West Virginia, and No. 9 Michigan compared to ’73 that saw an upset
victory over No. 1 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl but featured just two wins over ranked opponents in the regular season.