Every BCS Championship team except one (Oklahoma, 2000) has had at least one top ten

[Unregistered User]

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1998: Tennessee - #8 in 1996/7
1999: Florida State - top 5 '96-'98
2000: Oklahoma - #22 in '98, no top ten in the BCS era until #6 in 2001
2001: Miami (FL) - #9 in 2000, their 1999 class should have been but was criminally underrated
2002: Ohio State - #2 in '99, #7 in '00, #5 in '02
2003: LSU - #2 in '01, #1 in '03
2004: USC - top 10 in '00/'01, #3 in '03, #1 in '04 (greatest recruiting class on paper ever)
2005: Texas - #1 in '02
2006: Florida - #2 in '03, #2 in '06
2007: LSU - #2 in '04, #7 in '06 , #4 in '07
2008: Florida - #2 in '06, #1 in '07, #3 in '08
2009: Alabama - #10 in '07, #1 in '08, #1 in '09
2010: Auburn - #7 in '07, #4 in '10
2011: Alabama - #1 in '08/'09, #5 in '10
2012: Alabama - #1 in lol
2013: Florida State - #10 in '10, #2 in '11, #6 in '12, #10 in '13
Sources: Rivals, Sports Illustrated

 

[Ski U Master]

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1998: Tennessee - #8 in 1996/7
1999: Florida State - top 5 '96-'98
2000: Oklahoma - #22 in '98, no top ten in the BCS era until #6 in 2001
2001: Miami (FL) - #9 in 2000, their 1999 class should have been but was criminally underrated
2002: Ohio State - #2 in '99, #7 in '00, #5 in '02
2003: LSU - #2 in '01, #1 in '03
2004: USC - top 10 in '00/'01, #3 in '03, #1 in '04 (greatest recruiting class on paper ever)
2005: Texas - #1 in '02
2006: Florida - #2 in '03, #2 in '06
2007: LSU - #2 in '04, #7 in '06 , #4 in '07
2008: Florida - #2 in '06, #1 in '07, #3 in '08
2009: Alabama - #10 in '07, #1 in '08, #1 in '09
2010: Auburn - #7 in '07, #4 in '10
2011: Alabama - #1 in '08/'09, #5 in '10
2012: Alabama - #1 in lol
2013: Florida State - #10 in '10, #2 in '11, #6 in '12, #10 in '13
Sources: Rivals, Sports Illustrated

Stars don't matter though.

 

[SKOOKM]

Well then it's a good thing for us that the BCS era is over.

 

[mplsbadger]

Are you saying Oklahoma's highest class on their winning team was 22? Kind of a misleading headline if so.

 

[Winasota Gopher]

Are you saying Oklahoma's highest class on their winning team was 22? Kind of a misleading headline if so.

Understatement of the year.