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               Few               events               in               the               world               of               sports               gets               fans'               collective               limbs               tingling               and               neck               hair               standing               on               end               than               does               watching               a               dynasty               unfold.

For               college               football               fanatics,               this               spectacle               is               made               all               the               more               dizzying               thanks               to               our               gridiron               forefathers'               wisdom               in               leaving               Division               I               championships               open               to               debate.

While               aficionados               today               still               bicker               over               who               rightly               won               National               Titles               60               years               ago,               the               advent               of               a               single               program's               dominance               over               a               particular               era               is               no               less               breathtaking.
               Here               is               a               recap               of               the               ten               greatest               college               football               dynasties               of               all               time.
               10.

Alabama               Crimson               Tide               1961               to               1966               
               Coach:               Bear               Bryant               
               Record               68-6-3
               National               Titles:               3
               Why               not               lower?

Bear               Bryant's               Crimson               Tide               of               the               1960s               are               what               I               consider               the               first               dynasty               of               the               "modern               era"               --               a               term               as               contentious               among               college               football               fans               as               the               tumultuous               decade               of               the               1960s               often               was               for               society               at               large.

Okay,               that's               probably               pushing               it,               but               fans               tend               to               differ               over               when               college               football               truly               began               to               resemble               the               sport               it               is               today.

The               1960s               featured               a               ubiquitousness               of               integrated               teams,               modern               uniforms               and               helmets,               a               surge               in               the               number               of               bowls               and               huge               TV               audiences.

The               Minnesota               Golden               Gophers               of               the               1930s               and               early               1940s               had               a               similar               dynasty               in               scope               to               the               Alabama               run               in               the               1960s.

But               I               give               the               edge               to               Bryant's               first               empire               because               of               a               higher               degree               of               difficulty               in               dominating               a               slate               in               this               era               than               it               was               for               the               Gophers               in               the               1930s.

The               University               of               Texas               in               the               same               period               was               another               contender               for               this               list,               but               the               Longhorns               were               done               in               by               a               trio               of               mediocre               seasons               mid-decade.
               Why               not               higher?

While               the               first               modern-era               dynasty               did               come               through               Tuscaloosa,               it               was               still               "the               beginning"               of               the               modern               era               and               there               were               some               peculiar               things               left               over               from               earlier               periods.

Such               as               voting               for               National               Champions               before               the               bowls               were               played.

And               even               though               two               of               Bryant's               first               three               National               Title               teams               stormed               through               undefeated               seasons               to               claim               their               crowns,               the               1964               Tide               won               a               title               despite               getting               beat               by               Texas               in               the               Orange               Bowl.

That's               just               goofy.


               
               9.

Army               Black               Knights               1943               to               1950               
               Coach:               Earl               Blaik               
               Record               73-5-5
               National               Titles:               2
               Why               not               lower?

The               Army               Black               Knights               of               the               World               War               2               era               were               just               as               fearsome               as               their               bad-ass               mascot               suggests.

Coach               Earl               Blaik's               teams               of               1944               to               1946               featured               a               29-game               undefeated               streak               that               produced               some               ungodly               blowouts.

Army               outscored               opponents               916               to               81               in               back-to-back               National               Title               seasons               for               a               51-5               average               score               over               18               games.

Army's               defense               shut               out               32               of               the               83               offenses               they               encountered               during               this               dynasty.

Meanwhile,               the               offense               put               up               6               or               more               touchdowns               in               31               contests.

Army               was               spooky               fierce               as               two               Knights               landed               Heisman               Trophies               during               the               run               (Doc               Blanchard               and               Glenn               Davis).
               Why               not               higher?

Much               like               the               Golden               Gophers               of               a               decade               earlier,               it's               hard               to               gauge               how               challenging               Army's               competition               was               at               the               time.

The               Black               Knights               split               a               series               with               Notre               Dame               (in               the               throes               of               their               own               dynasty)               2-2-1               but               needed               the               peak               of               World               War               2               (1944               and               1945)               --               when               the               best               athletes               in               the               nation               had               enlisted               --               to               even               the               score               with               the               Irish.

While               tough               national               programs               such               as               Michigan,               Penn               State               and               Stanford               did               pepper               Army's               slate               (the               Knights               went               7-0               versus               those               schools               during               their               dynasty)               the               majority               of               the               schedule               featured               hapless               Ivy               League               teams.

Fearsome               though               Army               was,               just               about               any               team               worth               its               salt               could               make               the               Columbias,               Villanovas               and               Penns               of               the               gridiron               landscape               quake               in               their               cleats.
               8.

USC               Trojans               2002               to               2008               
               Coach:               Pete               Carroll               
               Record               82-9
               National               Titles:               2*
               Why               not               lower?

Pete               Carroll's               USC               Trojans               had               a               certain               mystique               that               only               comes               around               every               generation               or               so.

Maybe               it               was               endowed               by               the               pageantry               of               a               traditional               college               football               power               returned               to               greatness.

Maybe               an               element               of               Hollywood               glitz               had               rubbed               off               on               the               program.

Or               maybe               it               was               USC's               penchant               for               pounding               the               sport's               best               foes               into               the               dirt               with               all               the               care-free               ease               of               a               lotioned               tourist               splayed               out               on               the               beach               in               Santa               Monica.

Whatever               the               case,               the               better               the               competition,               the               more               exceptional               the               2000s               Trojans               performed.

USC               particularly               dominated               opponents               in               BCS               bowl               games.

The               Trojans               went               6-1               post-season               during               the               Carroll               Dynasty               winning               4               Rose               Bowls               and               2               Orange               Bowls               by               an               average               score               of               40-18,               the               most               stunning               of               those               wins               coming               against               #2               Oklahoma               in               a               55-19               thumping               for               the               2004               BCS               Title.

USC               of               the               mid-2000s               was               so               dominant,               the               school               held               the               #1               slot               in               the               AP               poll               for               a               stunning               32               consecutive               weeks,               produced               three               Heisman               winners               and               fell               just               3               points               (and               a               spectacular               performance               by               Vince               Young)               shy               of               becoming               college               football's               only               three-peat               champion.
               Why               not               higher?

Let's               put               aside               a               moment               the               recent               scandal               that               vacated               USC's               2004               National               Title.*               Once               the               Leinart/Bush               era               came               to               a               close,               USC               displayed               a               few               chinks               in               its               seemingly               impervious               armor.

While               still               dominating               the               best               competition               the               nation               had               to               offer,               Pete               Carroll's               teams               often               inexplicably               stumbled               late               in               the               Dynasty               against               lesser               competition.

The               2006               Trojans               walloped               Top               25               schools               such               as               Arkansas,               Notre               Dame               and               Michigan               only               to               gack               it               against               Oregon               State               and               UCLA.

The               Bruins               were               barely               bowl               eligible               that               year.

In               2007,               a               4-7               Stanford               team               upended               USC.

And,               in               2008,               after               hammering               Ohio               State               35-3               in               the               Coliseum,               the               Trojans               promptly               went               to               Corvallis               and               tanked               against               the               Beavers               again.

Spectacularly               dominant               early               years               in               which               USC               played               in               three               national               title               games               (with               two               wins)               gave               way               to               an               inconsistency               that               kept               Southern               Cal               from               getting               even               one               single               return               to               the               BCS               Championship.

And               then               there's               that               scandal,               too.


               
               7.

Notre               Dame               Fighting               Irish               1941               to               1949               
               Coaches:               Frank               Leahy               (1941-1943               and               1946-1949),               Ed               McKeever               (1944),               Hugh               Devore               (1945)               
               Record               75-8-6
               National               Titles:               4
               Why               not               lower?

While               eight               decades               later,               Knute               Rocke               and               the               Four               Horsemen               are               what               many               people               think               of               as               the               glorious               early               days               of               Notre               Dame               football,               it               was               really               Frank               Leahy's               teams               of               the               1940s               and               the               installation               of               the               T               Formation               that               defined               the               Irish               as               the               epitome               of               college               football               to               the               nation               at               large.

Notre               Dame               won               four               National               Titles               in               the               1940s               (tying               Miami               with               the               most               in               any               one               dynasty)               and               produced               three               Heisman               winners.

Leahy's               Irish               were               the               only               team               capable               of               beating               Earl               Blaik's               Army               teams               (the               other               juggernaut               of               the               decade)               on               a               consistent               basis.
               Why               not               higher?

You've               got               to               respect               Frank               Leahy's               sense               of               duty               as               he               left               Notre               Dame               mid-decade               to               serve               in               the               Navy.

But               his               temporary               replacements,               Ed               McKeever               and               Hugh               Devore,               barely               kept               the               dynasty               afloat,               combining               for               a               15-4-1               record.

Army               took               advantage               of               Leahy's               absence,               humiliating               Notre               Dame               in               back-to-back               seasons               by               scores               of               0-59               and               0-48.

Those               two               games               alone               are               nearly               enough               to               drop               the               Irish               Dynasty               out               of               the               top               10               altogether.

But               once               Leahy               returned               to               the               sidelines,               so               did               Notre               Dame's               domination               over               the               cadets               from               West               Point.


               
               6.

Oklahoma               Sooners               1971-1980               
               Coaches:               Chuck               Fairbanks               (1971-1972),               Barry               Switzer               (1973-1980)               
               Record               105-12-2
               National               Titles:               2
               Why               not               lower?

Marching               lockstep               with               Alabama               (another               dynasty               to               cover               the               years               of               1971               to               1980),               the               Oklahoma               Sooners               under               Chuck               Fairbanks               and               Barry               Switzer               saw               an               impressive               half-dozen               11-win               seasons,               back-to-back               National               Titles               in               1974               and               1975,               a               7-1               bowl               record,               six               outright               conference               titles               and               three               shared               ones,               8               finishes               in               the               AP               Top               3               and               a               role               in               the               1971               "Game               of               the               Century"               versus               Nebraska.

Barry               Switzer               (both               as               head               coach               and               offensive               coordinator               for               Fairbanks)               perfected               the               wishbone               offense,               developing               the               Sooners               into               the               most               formidable               scoring               machine               of               the               era               as               OU               scored               five               or               more               touchdowns               in               nearly               half               their               contests               while               eclipsing               60               points               12               times.

The               Sooner               defense,               meanwhile,               held               70               out               of               119               opponents               to               just               14               points               or               fewer               with               the               1974               squad               holding               all               11               to               no               more               than               that               sum.
               Why               not               higher?

The               beginning               of               the               Fairbanks/Switzer               Dynasty               (1971-1975)               produced               a               remarkable               53-3-1               record               which               resulted               in               back-to-back               national               titles               --               a               feat               rarely               done               in               college               football.

But               when               you               look               at               the               games               played               in               this               stretch,               you'll               notice               something               a               little               odd;               Oklahoma               had               no               post               seasons               in               1973               or               1974.

This               was               due               to               NCAA               sanctions               that               banned               the               Sooners               from               playing               on               television               and               accepting               bowl               invites.

Now,               the               impropriety               itself               isn't               reason               enough               to               lower               the               Sooners'               1970s               Dynasty,               but               the               fact               that               Oklahoma               didn't               prove               its               mettle               against               top               competition               to               claim               the               1974               title               does.

Oklahoma's               most               formidable               opponent               that               year               (Nebraska)               finished               the               season               9-3.

Texas,               Utah               State               and               Baylor               each               had               8               wins,               but               that               was               as               good               as               it               got               by               way               opposition               in               1974.

While               #2               USC               and               #3               Ohio               State               were               locked               into               a               Rose               Bowl               commitment,               Alabama,               Notre               Dame               and               Penn               State               all               had               10               or               more               wins               and               could               have               provided               a               certification               for               OU               as               the               best               team               of               1974.

The               following               National               Title               year               was               no               better               as               Oklahoma               was               allowed               to               return               to               the               Orange               Bowl,               however               the               Sooners'               championship               (despite               losing               by               20               points               to               a               mediocre               Kansas               team)               was               aided               by               the               absence               of               any               undefeated               teams               other               than               WAC               champion               Arizona               State.

(Yep,               the               mid-majors               were               maligned               even               then.)               Oklahoma               faced               an               8-2-1               Michigan               team               in               the               Orange               Bowl               for               a               rather               underwhelming               14-6               win.

After               these               dubious               back-to-back               championships,               the               program               never               quite               got               its               mojo               back               as               Switzer's               teams               spent               the               second               half               of               the               Dynasty               seeing               several               National               Title               berths               derailed               in               the               Red               River               Rivalry               as               Texas               took               a               3-1-1               advantage               over               OU               to               finish               out               the               decade.


               
               5.

Alabama               Crimson               Tide               1971               to               1980               
               Coach:               Bear               Bryant               
               Record               107-13
               National               Titles:               3
               Why               not               lower?

Paul               Bryant               is               the               only               coach               to               appear               with               two               dynasties               on               this               top               ten               list               and,               while               the               first               dynasty               established               Alabama               as               a               national               football               power,               it               was               this               second               dynasty               less               than               a               decade               letter               that               carved               Bryant's               face               into               the               Mount               Rushmore               of               great               coaches.

Switching               from               a               power               offense               to               the               wishbone,               the               Crimson               Tide               bounced               back               from               an               unexceptional               period               in               the               late               1960s               to               post               an               impressive               11-0               regular               season               run               in               1971.

With               blowout               wins               over               SEC               powers               Mississippi,               Tennessee               and               Auburn,               the               stage               was               set               for               a               decade               of               Tide               dominance.

Seven               of               the               nine               seasons               of               the               dynasty               featured               no               less               than               11               wins               (at               a               time               when               Division               I               football               teams               rarely               played               more               than               12               game               slates)               as               Alabama               won               8               of               9               SEC               championships,               commanded               a               63-4               record               over               its               SEC               competition               and               took               home               3               National               Titles.
               Why               not               higher?

63               wins               and               4               losses               vs.

conference               opponents.

One               has               to               wonder               how               demanding               the               Southeastern               Conference               actually               was               in               the               1970s.

Only               5               conference               opponents               during               this               run               ever               won               10               or               more               games               in               the               season               they               played               Alabama               and               no               league               rival               was               ever               a               consistent               threat               to               the               Tide's               dominance.

In               fact,               Georgia,               Auburn               and               Florida               combined               for               10               losing               seasons               during               the               dynasty               including               a               winless               season               perpetrated               by               the               Gators               in               1979.

Nonconference               opponents,               on               the               other               hand,               managed               to               beat               Bama               nine               times               despite               accounting               for               only               a               third               of               the               games               played.

Notre               Dame               and               Nebraska               were               particularly               thorny               for               Alabama               as               the               duo               combined               for               six               wins               and               just               won               loss               against               the               Tide.

And,               outside               the               1971               Cornhuskers               and               1973               Irish,               these               teams               were               not               among               their               respective               program's               best               squads.

To               top               it               off               Notre               Dame               claimed               half               of               the               1973               National               Championship               when               the               AP               awarded               its               title               after               the               Sugar               Bowl               where               the               Irish               beat               Alabama               24-23,               while               the               Crimson               Tide               had               already               been               awarded               the               UPI               title.

Seeing               11-win               season               after               11-win               season               throughout               a               single               decade               is               breathtaking,               but               one               has               to               wonder               what               Bama's               record               might               have               been               if               54               of               its               120               opponents               hadn't               had               losing               records.
               4.

Miami               Hurricanes               1983               to               1994               
               Coaches:               Howard               Schnellenberger               (1983),               Jimmy               Johnson               (1984-1988),               Dennis               Erickson               (1989-1994)               
               Record               126-19
               National               Titles:               4
               Why               not               lower?

Howard               Schnellenberger               laid               the               groundwork               for               this               dynasty               in               short               order,               taking               a               football               program               on               the               brink               of               extinction               (the               University               had               conducted               serious               discussions               about               dropping               football               prior               to               his               arrival)               to               the               school's               first               ever               National               Title               in               just               five               years.

Using               a               pro               style               offense               (rare               in               college               football               at               the               time)               and               mining               previously               overlooked               South               Florida               talent,               Schnellenberger               introduced               the               college               football               world               to               the               dynastic               Miami               Hurricanes               with               a               stunning               31-30               victory               over               a               prolific               Nebraska               team               in               the               1984               Orange               Bowl.

The               coach's               departure               for               the               USFL               led               to               the               hiring               of               Jimmy               Johnson               who               continued               Schnellenberger's               formula               for               success               (pro               style               offense               plus               South               Florida               talent)               but               added               a               4-3               defense               and               fostered               the               "Miami               Swagger".

All               elements               that               helped               turn               the               Hurricanes               into               the               most               feared               team               of               the               late               1980s               and               early               1990s.

Johnson               compiled               a               52-9               record               in               his               five               seasons               at               Miami               which               included               a               National               Championship               loss               to               Penn               State               in               1986               and               a               National               Title               win               over               Oklahoma               in               1987.

Dennis               Erickson               replaced               Johnson               (who               left               Miami               for               the               NFL)               and               kept               the               dynasty               rolling               with               another               National               Title               in               his               first               year               and               another               just               two               years               later.

In               all               during               this               three-coach               dynasty,               the               Hurricanes               played               in               six               National               Title               games               (with               four               wins),               conducted               an               NCAA               record               58-game               home               win               streak,               finished               in               the               AP               Top               3               in               8               of               the               12               seasons               and               dominated               both               Nebraska               (3-1)               and               Florida               State               (9-3)               (the               Hurricane's               contemporary               elites).


               
               Why               not               higher?

A               lack               of               consistency,               basically.

The               three               dynasties               ahead               of               the               1980s/1990s               Hurricanes               are               marked               by               periods               of               sustained               dominance,               whereas               Miami               tended               to               be               a               little               more               spasmodic               in               its               reign               of               terror.

This               likely               stemmed               from               the               U's               inability               to               keep               a               head               coach               for               longer               than               5               seasons               at               a               time.

The               Miami               Dynasty               included               a               pair               of               mediocre               seasons               in               1984               and               1993               and,               while               the               U               beats               all               other               dynasties               in               total               national               titles,               two               championship               teams               were               blemished               (suggesting               that               the               Hurricanes               needed               a               little               help               to               the               top               in               those               two               seasons).

Miami               also               got               spanked               in               major               bowls               during               the               run,               losing               to               Tennessee,               Alabama               and               Arizona               by               two               to               three               touchdowns               in               high-profile               bowls.

All               this               and               the               taint               of               impropriety               by               the               end               of               Erickson's               tenure               which               infamously               prompted               Sports               Illustrated               to               call               for               an               end               to               the               Miami               football               program               altogether.

While               that               doesn't               diminish               the               skill               displayed               on               the               field               by               Miami               during               its               run               at               the               top,               there's               a               tendency               to               regard               the               program               as               one               might               a               jockey               who               whips               a               competing               derby               horse.


               
               3.

Nebraska               Cornhuskers               1993               to               2001               
               Coaches:               Tom               Osborne               (1993-1997),               Frank               Solich               (1998-2001)
               Record               102-12
               National               Titles:               3
               Why               not               lower?

The               last               five               seasons               of               Tom               Osborne's               incredible               25-year               coaching               career               featured               60               wins,               just               3               losses               and               four               National               Title               berths               with               three               crowns               won.

Osborne's               prolific               offenses               racked               up               2694               points               over               this               stretch               while               Charlie               McBride's               Blackshirts               held               opponents               to               just               918               total               points               for               a               43-14               per-game               average.

The               1995               Cornhuskers               are               considered               by               many               pundits               and               fans               nationwide               to               be               the               greatest               college               football               team               of               all               time.

The               signature               moment               of               this               Dynasty               came               as               Tommie               Frazier               barreled               through               a               squad               of               strip-happy               Gators               en               route               to               a               75-               yard               Fiesta               Bowl               touchdown.

Nebraska               football               of               the               mid-1990s               was               simply               staggering               in               its               dominance               and               is,               in               my               opinion,               the               single               greatest               five-season               run               in               the               history               of               the               sport.
               Why               not               higher?

Frank               Solich,               bless               his               heart,               had               been               with               the               Cornhusker               program               for               decades,               first               as               a               player               in               Bob               Devaney's               debut               recruiting               class               and               then               throughout               the               1980s               and               1990s               as               an               assistant               coach               before               landing               as               Tom               Osborne's               heir               to               the               top               job               in               1998.

Things               went               bumpy               right               out               of               the               gate               for               Solich               who               produced               the               Husker's               first               4-loss               season               in               30               years.

A               repeat               performance               the               following               year               might               have               been               enough               to               kill               the               dynasty               before               the               end               of               the               decade,               but               a               spark               of               energy               from               eventual               Heisman-winner               Eric               Crouch               (and               bolstered               by               one               of               Charlie               McBride's               best               defensive               units)               carried               the               1999               Huskers               to               a               12-1               record               and               a               #3               ranking.

Solich               and               Crouch               then               guided               Nebraska               to               a               BCS               Championship               appearance               at               the               end               of               2001,               but               in               one               of               the               most               dubious               ways               imaginable.

After               losing               to               Colorado               in               Boulder               36-62,               Nebraska               watched               as               four               teams               ranked               ahead               of               them               lost               clearing               a               way               to               Pasadena               to               face               the               Miami               Hurricanes               --               who               also               clobbered               the               Huskers               14-37.

Solich's               42-win,               9-loss               contribution               to               this               Dynasty               are               not               bad,               but               that               record               pales               in               comparison               to               Osborne's               half.

A               little               more               magic               from               his               predecessor               might               have               been               enough               to               move               this               dynasty               a               notch               or               two               higher               on               this               list.

As               is,               though,               there               are               a               pair               of               dynasties               even               greater               than               the               Nebraska               empire.
               A               more               detailed               look               at               the               Osborne               Dynasty.
               
               
               2.

Florida               State               Seminoles               1987               to               2000               
               Coach:               Bobby               Bowden               
               Record               152-19-1
               National               Titles:               2
               Why               not               lower?

Do               you               see               that               record?

One               hundred               and               fifty               two               freaking               wins,               people!

Beginning               in               1987,               Bobby               Bowden's               Seminoles               started               a               stunning               streak               of               14               consecutive               10-win               campaigns               in               which               Florida               State               never               finished               lower               than               4th               in               the               AP               poll.

In               ten               of               those               seasons               the               Seminoles               won               11               or               more               games,               an               astonishing               fact               when               you               consider               that               college               football               teams               rarely               played               more               than               12               games               (bowl               included)               in               a               single               season               during               this               era.

Throughout               the               14-year               Bowden               empire,               Florida               State               boasted               winning               records               against               a               "who's               who"               of               college               football               programs               --               2-0               vs.

USC,               2-1               vs.

Notre               Dame,               3-0               vs.

LSU,               3-1               vs.

Auburn,               4-0               vs.

Nebraska,               5-0               vs.

Virginia               Tech,               10-1               vs.

Clemson,               and               11-4-1               vs.

Florida.

In               all,               Florida               State               appeared               in               5               National               Title               games               and               won               two               of               them.
               Why               not               higher?

Do               you               notice               who's               missing               from               the               "who's               who"               list               above?

Yep.

The               Miami               Hurricanes.

Bowden's               Seminoles               split               the               14-game               series               with               Miami,               each               program               grabbing               seven               wins.

But               the               early-going               was               particularly               rough               for               FSU.

Miami               won               6               of               the               first               8               games               at               a               time               when               both               the               Seminoles               and               Hurricanes               were               national               powers.

Florida               State               evened               the               score               mainly               by               taking               advantage               of               the               U               during               a               late-1990s               slump.

But               Miami               did               more               than               just               dominate               an               equal.

The               Hurricanes               ruined               National               Title               shot               after               National               Title               shot               for               FSU.

1987,               1988,               and               1992               were               all               11-1               seasons               with               the               sole               loss               coming               to               Miami.

The               Hurricanes               also               dealt               Florida               State               its               only               loss               in               1994,               but               a               tie               vs.

Florida               would               have               kept               the               Seminoles               out               of               the               National               Title               picture               anyway.

Were               it               not               for               the               constant               usurpation               out               of               Coral               Gables,               Florida               State               could               have               potentially               been               4               National               Titles               richer.

FSU's               run               of               consecutive               AP               Top               4               finishes               is               amazing,               but               failure               to               land               on               top               more               than               twice               is               just               enough               to               deny               the               Seminoles               a               title               as               the               greatest               college               football               dynasty               of               all               time.


               
               1.

Oklahoma               Sooners               1948               to               1958               
               Coach:               Bud               Wilkinson               
               Record               107-8-2
               National               Titles:               3
               Why               not               lower?

When               compiling               rankings               such               as               this,               I               have               something               of               a               bias               against               teams               that               played               before               the               invention               of               the               face               mask               --               and               the               single               bar               across               the               nose               doesn't               count               --               may               be               fine               for               a               place               kicker               circa               1972,               but               on               a               defensive               end               it               looks               kind               of               sissy               --               which               ought               to               tell               you               just               how               impressive               Bud               Wilkinson's               Oklahoma               Sooners               were               in               the               1950s.
               Prior               to               Wilkinson's               arrival               in               Norman,               OU               had               been               a               solid               but               not               a               particularly               standout               football               program.

With               just               3               undefeated               seasons               in               the               program's               first               44               years               and               no               national               titles,               Oklahoma               would               add               four               unblemished               seasons               and               three               National               Titles               in               just               the               first               ten               years               of               Wilkinson's               tenure.

The               young               coach               (who               had               cut               his               football               teeth               as               a               player               on               the               great               Minnesota               teams               of               the               1930s)               set               the               Sooners'               on               a               course               of               dominance               immediately               upon               arrival,               wining               conference               titles               in               all               of               his               first               13               seasons,               steering               OU               to               an               11-0               record               in               just               his               third               year               and               winning               the               program's               first               National               Title               in               his               fourth.

From               1948               to               1958,               Oklahoma               compiled               an               amazing               107-8-2               record               that               would               include               two               of               the               longest               win-streaks               in               the               sport's               history,               including               the               longest               ever               --               a               47-game               unbeaten               cycle               that               stretched               from               1953               to               1957.

OU               went               6-1               in               bowl               games,               often               blowing               out               post-season               competition.

At               the               height               of               the               dynasty,               Oklahoma               outscored               opponents               1788-317               over               five               seasons               for               a               33-6               per               game               average.

In               that               period               (from               1954               to               1958),               the               Sooner               defense               shut               out               23               of               54               teams               while               only               allowing               14               opponents               to               score               double-digits               and               only               one               team               more               than               20               points               (Colorado               in               a               56-21               losing               effort).

The               1955               Sooners               are               considered               by               many               experts               to               be               among               the               single               greatest               teams               of               all               time.

No               dynasty               (outside               perhaps               the               Osborne               portion               of               the               Cornhusker               Dynasty)               can               truly               match               the               dominance               of               Oklahoma               in               the               1950s.

Other               programs               in               other               eras               had               notable               co-rulers               in               the               collegiate               gridiron               roost               --               Notre               Dame               had               Army               in               the               1940s,               Alabama               had               Texas               in               the               1960s,               Nebraska               had               Miami               and               Florida               State               in               the               1980s               and               1990s,               USC               had               Florida,               Texas               and               Oklahoma               in               the               2000s.

But,               in               the               1950s,               one               program               stood               alone               above               all               others               as               no               single               program               has               done               before               or               since.
               Why               not               higher?

I               would               rank               the               Bud               Wilkinson               Dynasty               higher,               but               where               can               you               really               go               from               all               time               #1?

I'm               open               to               suggestions.
               
               Biggest               slumps               by               elite               programs               --               which               top               schools               have               sucked               the               most?
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