Expert: Thom Brooks - 11/30/2007

Question
QUESTION: I was wondering who has the most wins in college football, and who has the most national championships. Could you help?

ANSWER: On January 4, the University of Southern California beat the University of Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl to become college football's undefeated national champs. Here are the universities in Division 1-A, the most competitive division in college football, whose teams have won the most games in history.

1. Michigan: 842 victories
2. Notre Dame: 802
3. Texas: 787
4. Nebraska: 786
5. Alabama and Ohio State: 764 (Tie)

Source: NCAA



Please take a look at this and let me know if it sufficiently answers
your question:

http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/rankings/all_time_conf_nchamps_rankings.php


   
Take care,

Thom Brooks
Savannah, Georgia


---------- FOLLOW-UP ----------

QUESTION: I have one a bet, but it is a two part bet. Who has won the most national championships, Michigan or Notre Dame?

Answer
the NCAA does not award a consensus national champion for Division I-A football. The NCAA guide[1] lists 340 national championship selections in 137 seasons, an average of between two and three selections every year ever. On that list, Notre Dame is credited with 21 championships, Oklahoma and USC with 17, Alabama and Michigan with 16, Ohio State with 13, Nebraska and Pittsburgh with 11--an amount exceeding claims by almost any university.


Take care,

Thom Brooks