Some more notes from the Top 200 All-time....
Here are the SEC appearances on the list. The first team, Alabama, is annoying in that they have 16 teams on the list (11 are Bryant teams)...but the rest of the list is interesting.
1. Alabama - 16
2. Auburn - 7
3. Florida - 6
3. Tennessee - 6
5. Georgia - 5
6. LSU - 3
7. Ole Miss - 3
8. Arkansas - 2
9. Kentucky - 1
12. Miss St. - 0
12. S Carolina - 0
12. Vanderbilt - 0
Of Tennessee's 6, only 1 is in the top 110, and only 2 are in the top 175. I was kind of surprised by that.
Also, LSU has only one higher than 140, and that one is #95.
Interesting note is that Georgia's 1980 title team is their 4th highest ranked team, with 1946, 1982, and 1983 all ranked higher. Again, the overall strength of a year has a lot to do with it. That Georgia team, ranked #131 on the list, was the highest rated 1980 team on the list....in fact, it was the ONLY team from 1980 on the list. The fact that there were no other Top 200 teams playing in the 1980 season, no doubt hurts that Georgia teams overall ranking.
The opposite is true for years like 1972, 1983, 1994, and 2009. They all had 5 or 6 teams on this list, which all boosted the other teams rankings when they happened to play each other (or even play common opponents).
Take 1983. Auburn, Miami, Nebraska, Texas, and Georgia are all on this list. Texas beat Auburn. Auburn beat Georgia. Georgia beat Texas. Miami beat Nebraska. Auburn and Georgia both beat Florida (who isn't on this list, but is the one team that beat Miami). So by all of these teams playing all of these other great teams, their ratings are boosted.
This is one reason Alabama sits on top after 2009.