i say we go one better than aggy and invent the "helmet school win metric"
here's the list of wins for current P4, ancient ivy not included (number in brackets are AP/BCS+AP national titles)
1009 michigan (3)
973 alabama (12)
973 ohio state (5)
957 texas (3)
957 notre dame (8)
949 oklahoma (7)
939 penn state (2)
922 nebraska (4)
889 georgia (3)
880 usc (5)
873 tenneessee (2)
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812 lsu (3)
806 clemson (3)
803 auburn (2)
786 west virginia (0)
786 aggy (1)
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768 pitt (2)
763 florida (3)
750 syracuse (1)
739 minnesota (4)
736 army (2)
734 michigan state (1)
731 colorado (1)
691 tcu (1)
681 maryland (1)
672 miami (5)
617 byu (1)
588 florida state (3)
there is a clear gap between #11 and #12 on the all-time wins list
21st century fans of lsu & clemson will obviously consider themselves helmet schools & they each have an AP title from the 20th century so whether they are in or out can be debated
however auburn, west virginia and aggy are obviously not helmet schools
tennessee is an interesting case
not a helmet school to me but they are the cutoff based on all-time wins
the list is neither a clean top 10 nor a top 12
the final bucket is teams way down the list of total wins but with at least 1 title
since aggy are clearly not a helmet school, inclusion of those teams below them in wins becomes subjective: how many titles = helmet school?
i'm thinking 800 wins AND 2 AP/BCS titles OR 3 AP/BCS titles is the criteria but i'll have to see that that list looks like - minnesota a helmet school?
regardless, we have TWO (2) TOP TEN HELMET SCHOOL WINS this year, both away from home
put it on the wall