10:00 AM ET What are the most important programs in the history of college football? It’s a thorny, fun, fascinating question that we posed to 12 of our writers. We asked them to rate every current FBS program on a scale of 1-10, based on each school’s overall impact on the history of college football. The rankings below list the school, then their average score. The top five finished with unanimous 10 scores, and we rounded up from 9.5 for those that just missed a perfect score. The end result? Eight schools qualify for what we’re calling blue bloods — the royalty of the game. ESPN.com IllustrationBLUE BLOODS T1. Alabama Crimson Tide | 10 The Tide own 11 national titles (including the most recent one). They play in the ever-competitive SEC, where they have won 25 conference titles, 12 more than the next closest team. Alabama also has more bowl wins (35) than any team in the country. T1. Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 10 It’s hard to argue with the highest all-time winning percentage in all of college football, which is the perch on which Notre Dame sits. At 892-313, the Irish have won more than 73 percent of…
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