From Auburn Undercover. My copy/pasta skillz sucked. Not a bad ranking IMO. You've got to remember it's an all-time ranking and a lot of these teams back before scholarship limitations, used to be the same interchangeable top 10 teams, like Nebraska, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Penn State etc.
Where does Auburn rank all time among the college football elite?
The folks at College Football News took a stab at that question by developing a formula utilizing the Associated Press' rankings over the years.
Auburn comes in at No. 12, which is good enough for the fourth-best ranking among teams in the SEC.
Here's the top 15. You can check out the full set of rankings, along with teams and how they rated in each decade, at College Football News.
Rank Teams Points Last Year
1 Oklahoma 1116 1
2 Alabama 989 3
3 Ohio State 988 2
4 Michigan 957 4
5 Notre Dame 939 5
6 USC 795 6
7 Nebraska 783 7
8 Texas 772 8
9 Tennessee 682 9
10 Penn State 648 10
11 LSU 612 11
12 Auburn 554 12
13 Georgia 548 13
14 Florida State 544 14
15 Miami 511 15