ESPN top 150 teams in 150 years of College Football

Minnesota is in the list twice. The 1904 team which was undefeated but did not win the title and the 1941 team where Smith won the Heisman.

There are two teams picked ahead of both these instances where that team failed to be selected National Champs where the Gophers were picked instead.

This just doesn't seem right.

More ridiculous is the 2013 Bison making the list. They'd get beaten by (almost?) every team in the current Top 25. But cool, they beat an unranked Kansas State team that year.

141. 1941 Minnesota (8-0)
Titles: AP
Coach: Bernie Bierman
Led by: B Bruce Smith, B Bill Daley, L Dick Wildung
What to know: The Gophers won their second consecutive national title and third in six years with Bierman's blend of power football: stifling defense and the running of Daley, Smith, and Bob Higgins. Since Smith also passed, he attracted the votes to win the Heisman. In consecutive weeks, Minnesota defeated No. 3 Michigan 7-0 and No. 9 Northwestern 8-7.

127. 1904 Minnesota (13-0)
Titles: None
Coach: Henry Williams
Led by: QB Sigmund Harris, guard Walton Thorpe
What to know: The Golden Gophers went undefeated in the Western (Big Ten) Conference, won 12 of their 13 games by shutout, and averaged 55.8 points. The eyebrow-raiser: Minnesota 146, Grinnell 0. The Gophs did beat four current Big Ten members by an average score of 18-3. However, they didn't play equally undefeated Michigan.

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...atest-teams-college-football-150-year-history

Go Gophers!!

ESPN top 150 list is for the pigeon poop floor.

WinLoseOrTy said:

More ridiculous is the 2013 Bison making the list. They'd get beaten by (almost?) every team in the current Top 25. But cool, they beat an unranked Kansas State team that year.

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Thats why it's called the 150 greatest college football teams, not the 150 best college football teams.

The 1888 Yale team probably wouldn't be able to beat any Division I team in todays game but that doesn't mean they can't be one of the greatest.

die hard gopher said:

Thats why it's called the 150 greatest college football teams, not the 150 best college football teams.

The 1888 Yale team probably wouldn't be able to beat any Division I team in todays game but that doesn't mean they can't be one of the greatest.

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Ok I'll reword it. The 2013 Bison would have lost to every team in the 2013 Top 25 poll.