Ranking 'Bama teams from the last 100 years
by Bill C. on Jul 7, 2010 7:14 AM CDT
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Image via SEC Sports FanFor those following my Top 100 list at Football Outsiders, I thought it might help to see the full list of 'Bama teams. I can defend the methodology I used here in detail, but sharing the full results might be the best first step. Here are the 98 Alabama teams of the last 100 years, in order.
98. 1957 Alabama (2-7-1)
97. 1956 Alabama (2-7-1)
96. 1955 Alabama (0-10)
95. 1997 Alabama (4-7)
94. 2000 Alabama (3-8)
93. 1910 Alabama (4-4)
92. 1951 Alabama (5-6)
91. 1921 Alabama (5-4-2)
90. 1954 Alabama (4-5-2)
89. 2006 Alabama (6-7)
88. 1984 Alabama (5-6)
87. 1927 Alabama (5-4-1)
86. 1914 Alabama (7-6)
85. 2007 Alabama (7-6)
84. 1948 Alabama (6-4-1)
83. 2004 Alabama (6-6)
82. 1916 Alabama (6-3)
81. 1998 Alabama (7-5)
80. 1949 Alabama (6-3-1)
79. 1913 Alabama (6-3)
78. 1912 Alabama (5-3-1)
77. 1970 Alabama (6-5-1)
76. 2003 Alabama (4-9)
75. 1922 Alabama (6-3-1)
74. 1990 Alabama (7-5)
73. 1911 Alabama (5-2-2)
72. 1969 Alabama (6-5)
71. 1987 Alabama (7-5)
70. 1946 Alabama (7-4)
69. 1958 Alabama (5-4-1)
68. 1953 Alabama (6-3-3)
67. 2001 Alabama (7-5)
66. 1917 Alabama (5-2-1)
65. 1944 Alabama (5-2-2)
64. 1929 Alabama (6-3)
63. 1923 Alabama (7-2-1)
62. 1915 Alabama (6-2)
61. 1928 Alabama (6-3)
60. 1983 Alabama (8-4)
59. 1995 Alabama (8-3)
58. 1940 Alabama (7-2)
57. 1982 Alabama (8-4)
56. 1947 Alabama (8-3)
55. 1988 Alabama (9-3)
54. 1932 Alabama (8-2)
53. 1993 Alabama (9-3-1)
52. 1942 Alabama (8-3)
51. 1959 Alabama (7-2-2)
50. 1996 Alabama (10-3)
49. 1968 Alabama (8-3)
48. 1939 Alabama (5-3-1)
47. 1950 Alabama (9-2)
46. 1981 Alabama (9-2-1)
45. 1931 Alabama (9-1)
44. 1920 Alabama (10-1)
43. 1999 Alabama (10-3)
42. 1967 Alabama (8-2-1)
41. 1976 Alabama (9-3)
40. 1941 Alabama (9-2)
39. 1985 Alabama (9-2-1)
38. 1986 Alabama (10-3)
37. 1989 Alabama (10-2)
36. 1952 Alabama (10-2)
35. 2008 Alabama (12-2)
34. 2005 Alabama (10-2)
33. 1935 Alabama (6-2-1)
32. 1963 Alabama (9-2)
31. 1991 Alabama (11-1)
30. 2002 Alabama (10-3)
29. 1994 Alabama (12-1)
28. 1938 Alabama (7-1-1)
27. 1933 Alabama (7-1-1)
26. 1919 Alabama (8-1)
25. 1960 Alabama (8-1-2)
24. 1965 Alabama (9-1-1)
23. 1926 Alabama (9-0-1)
22. 1972 Alabama (10-2)
21. 1980 Alabama (10-2)
20. 1977 Alabama (11-1)
19. 1978 Alabama (11-1)
18. 1937 Alabama (9-1)
17. 1925 Alabama (10-0)
16. 1924 Alabama (8-1)
15. 1930 Alabama (10-0)
14. 1964 Alabama (10-1)
13. 1974 Alabama (11-1)
12. 1945 Alabama (10-0)
11. 1936 Alabama (8-0-1)
10. 1992 Alabama (13-0)
9. 1973 Alabama (11-1)
8. 2009 Alabama (14-0)
7. 1975 Alabama (11-1)
6. 1934 Alabama (10-0)
5. 1971 Alabama (11-1)
4. 1966 Alabama (11-0)
3. 1979 Alabama (12-0)
2. 1962 Alabama (10-1)
1. 1961 Alabama (11-0)
Fire away. Feel free to ask about methodology, my opinions on why certain teams are higher or lower than expected, whatever. And beyond that, I do hope you enjoy this sort of thing. There is no right answer to any of this, but this is my stab at using the tools I have to come up with my own contribution to the discussion.
FanPosts are just that; posts created by the fans. They are in no way indicative of the opinions of SBN and the authors of Roll Bama Roll.
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for those catching up...
this has to do with connelly’s ranking of alabama in his “top 100 teams of the last 100 years” over at football outsiders. thus far (the list has only gotten from 100 through 60) here is where the crimson tide has ranked…
No. 61 – 1934 (National Champion)
No. 63 – 1975
No. 78 – 2009 (National Champion)
No. 80 – 1973 (National Champion)
No. 83 – 1992 (National Champion)
No. 88 – 1936
No. 97 – 1945
not listed – 1978 (National Champion)
and here are the links…
Part I: http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2010/7/6/1555597/fos-top-100-teams-of-the-past
Our response thread: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/varsity-numbers/2010/vn-greatest-teams-last-100-years-no-100-81
Part II: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/varsity-numbers/2010/top-100-college-football-teams-last-100-years-part-ii
Our response thread: http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2010/7/6/1555597/fos-top-100-teams-of-the-past
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
and it seems connelly lists thirteen crimson tide teams...
in the top 100 over the last 100 years. interesting, no?
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
So Bryant had 5 teams that ranked higher than any non-Bryant coached teams
And last year was second only to 1934 among our teams he didn’t coach. Since he was a player in 1934, this system at least recognizes 2009 as the best we’ve had yet with no association to Bryant.
Thanks for this
Interesting to see Franchione’s ’02 team rank higher than the Shula ’05 squad and the ’08 guys.
Good Lord I hope someone climbs out of some Picken’s County forest and shows up in these comments all outraged at the 1924 team’s ranking.
by Alabama ManDance on Jul 7, 2010 9:07 AM CDT reply actions
How cool is this??
Our ’09 team would be the best in school history for about 95% of the teams out there, and they are #9 on this list, with really good reasons!
The Tide it the best!
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Bear Bryant
And
I agree about the ’61 team, by the way.
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Bear Bryant
My senior year of high school:
10. 1992 Alabama (13-0)
to my senior year of college:
95. 1997 Alabama (4-7)
(sigh) I’d like to formally apologize for my negative impact on our football team’s success during my time in Tuscaloosa.
Maybe it's time to pursue a second stint in HS?
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
And the roses in this grand ol' stadium are once again Crimson. - Eli Gold, CTSN Broadcast of the BCS Championship Game at the Rose Bowl, 1-7-2010
by AlabamaJammer on Jul 7, 2010 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
1994
I was still in high school so I don’t remember all of the details, but I remember in the SEC Championship that we probably should have gone for 2 with our last touchdown and because of it we lost by 1. This was pre-over time, so I guess the SEC Championship would have ended in a tie. If our record was 11-0-1, would we have played for the National Title?
Nope
We’d have gone to the Sugar, Penn State still plays in the Rose, and Nebraska still plays in the Orange Bowl. Whatever the faults of the BCS may be, it’s better than the system that preceded it.
Actually, on second thought I seem to have a vague memory that there was actually an overtime rule for conference championship games before there was one for the rest of the season. If that were the case, and we beat Florida in OT, then who knows how the vote would have gone. We still would have played FSU in the Sugar Bowl though rather than one of the other contenders.
Correction
The Bowl Coalition was in place at the time, so we likely would have played Nebraska in either the Orange or the Sugar. Win that one and we likely would have been the champs.
yeah
1961 was a good year, but the schedule of the 1978 team should put them in the top five, 1966 team should be in the top 5 (undefeated, 6 shutouts, should have been Bryants 3 NC), but not to have the 2009 team at #1 is ridiculous (NC, SEC Champs, undefeated, HEISMAN TROPHY, 6 1st team All Americans, beat the last 4 NC in the same year) atleast that is my opinion.
Formula or not..
I don’t think there would be too much argument if 1955 was bumped down a couple of spots.
Dude...
…some of our greatest moral victories were in 1955….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Jul 10, 2010 7:40 AM CDT up reply actions
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