King of the Polls

Nebraska, with its three national championships, in 1994, '95 and
'97, has to be included in any debate about which school fielded
the college football team of the 1990s. So, too, must Florida
State, which won two national titles, eight of 10 bowl games,
didn't lose more than two games in a season and finished in the
Top 4 of the final AP poll each year. The Seminoles' streak of 13
straight final Top 5 finishes is the longest--by six years--of any
school since the inception of the AP poll in '36.

--David Sabino

CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL TITLES BOWL RECORD
SCHOOL YEARS TOP 5 FINISHES DURING STREAK DURING STREAK

Florida
State 1987 to present 13 2 11-2
Miami 1986 to '92 7 3 5-2
Oklahoma 1953 to '58 6 2 4-0
Oklahoma 1971 to '76 6 2 4-0
Notre Dame 1966 to '70 5 1 1-1
Notre Dame 1946 to '49 4 3 0-0*
Texas 1961 to '64 4 1 3-1
Florida 1995 to '98 4 1 3-1
Ole Miss 1959 to '62 4 0 3-1

*Notre Dame chose not to play in bowl games between 1925 and '69.