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Best of the Best: Simulating a Season with the Greatest Modern Era Teams

In an effort to figure out how each program’s best modern team stacks up against each other, I’ll be simming the 2024 season schedule. But, instead of using next year’s rosters, I’m using each program’s best team since 1996. By the end of this, we’ll have determined the best team, QB, RB, WR, offensive line, you name it–of the modern era. And we’ll have a full 134-team ranking of where every program’s best team stacks up with each other.

If you missed the previous weeks/results, the Main hub thread link is here.

Stats

National Leaders and Team Stats:

Week Box Scores:

Week 3 Results

Winners in bold

Teams have (overall record, conference record)

Top 25

Folks…WE’VE. GOT. UPSETS. #5 Oklahoma State goes on the road for what they think is a cupcake game vs in-state Tulsa, but instead Gus Malzahn cooks up a master gameplan, never trailing and putting up 41 points to beat Mike Gundy’s finest ever team. And Texas, where do we begin? After beating 2023 Michigan 37-3, the Longhorns SWORE they were done with upsets, only to lose 27-26 to UTSA on a walk-off field goal. Despite some teams having worse records, Texas might be the biggest disappointment of the season thus far, having lost to both Colorado State and UTSA. They’ll basically need to be flawless the rest of the way to make the Playoff–at least they’re unbeaten in the SEC.

In addition to the upsets, some teams experienced near-catastrophe at the hands of the Group of 5. #4 Florida State went blow-for-blow with Memphis, who even led 41-31 at one point in the 4th quarter. Oklahoma and Tulane have a friendly history, with OU having let Tulane move their 2021 season opener to Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium due to Hurricane Ida. Tulane gave it their best shot against the Sooners, taking a 13-10 lead in the 4th, but OU prevailed, their second straight week with a too-close-for-comfort win.

#6 Florida hosted Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M for College GameDay, and the game arguably exceeded the larger-than-life hype that comes with a Tebow-Manziel matchup. Florida came in as a 6.5 point favorite and basically a consensus pick among bettors. With Florida leading 29-21 with just 7 seconds left, Manziel found Ben Malena in the end zone for a 10 yard TD, hit the 2 point conversion, and sent the game to OT. After the two traded blows for 2 possessions each, Florida won it in the 3rd overtime with a TD and 2 point conversion, as Texas A&M fell short on their own try. Manziel threw for nearly 350 yards with another 100 on the ground, almost pulling off the upset in the Swamp.

Rounding up the other games, 2007 West Virginia got revenge on Pitt, only this time against Pitt’s best team of the last 30 years instead of the 4-7 squad in '07. #11 Cincinnati survived a close one on the road against rival Miami (OH), with RB Isaiah Pead (who aimed to compete in the 2020 Paralympics post-playing career) scoring the winning TD after being down 33-34. 2000 Oregon State sticks it to 2014 Oregon for leaving them to die in the Pac-2, running up the score late for a 44-10 win in the Civil War.

  • #2 2020 Alabama (3-0, 0-0) [41-25] #17 2017 Wisconsin (2-1, 0-0)
  • 2019 Memphis (1-2, 0-0) [44-45] #3 2013 Florida State (3-0, 2-0)
  • 2022 Tulane (1-2, 0-0) [13-17] #4 2000 Oklahoma (3-0, 0-0)
  • #5 2011 Oklahoma State (2-1, 0-0) [34-41] 2008 Tulsa (3-0, 0-0)
  • 2012 Texas A&M (2-1, 0-1) [39-47] (OT) #6 2008 Florida (3-0, 1-0)
  • #7 2019 LSU (3-0, 1-0) [53-10] #13 2013 South Carolina (2-1, 1-1)
  • 2012 Kent State (1-2, 0-0) [14-45] #8 1998 Tennessee (3-0, 0-0)
  • #11 2009 Cincinnati (3-0, 0-0) [41-34] 2003 Miami (OH) (0-2, 0-0)
  • 2021 UTSA (2-1, 0-0) [27-26] #14 2005 Texas (1-2, 0-0)
  • Prairie View A&M [3-32] #16 2013 Michigan State (3-0, 1-0)
  • 1998 Air Force (1-2, 0-1) [6-41] #18 2013 Baylor (3-0, 1-0)
  • 2000 UNLV (1-2, 0-0) [23-44] #19 2007 Kansas (3-0, 0-0)
  • 2006 Boston College (1-2, 0-1) [26-31] #20 2007 Missouri (3-0, 0-0)
  • #22 2007 West Virginia (3-0, 0-0) [21-17] 2021 Pittsburgh (1-2, 0-0)
  • Northern Iowa [13-27] #23 1997 Nebraska (2-1, 0-0)
  • #24 2022 Georgia (2-1, 1-0) [44-30] 2018 Kentucky (1-2, 0-2)
  • 2014 Oregon (1-2, 0-0) [10-44] #25 2000 Oregon State (3-0, 0-0)
SEC :
  • 2007 New Mexico (1-2, 0-0) [13-34] 2010 Auburn (2-1, 0-0)
  • 2018 UAB (1-2, 0-0) [16-27] 2011 Arkansas (2-1, 0-0)
  • 2000 Toledo (3-0, 0-0) [38-7] 2014 Mississippi State (2-1, 0-0)
Big Ten :
  • 2018 Washington State (2-1, 0-0) [29-52] 2023 Washington (3-0, 0-0)
  • 2022 Troy (2-1, 0-0) [18-48] 2009 Iowa (3-0, 0-0)
  • 2010 Nevada (2-2, 0-0) [24-52] 2019 Minnesota (3-0, 0-0)
  • 2012 Arkansas State (1-2, 0-0) [7-37] 2023 Michigan (2-1, 0-0)
  • 2009 Central Michigan (2-1, 0-0) [22-42] 2001 Illinois (2-1, 0-0)
  • Eastern Illinois [19-45] 2017 Northwestern (2-1, 0-0)
  • 2020 Indiana (2-1, 0-1) [13-33] 1998 UCLA (1-1, 1-0)
  • 2018 Notre Dame (0-3, 0-0) [12-20] 1998 Purdue (2-0, 0-0)
Big 12 :
  • 2013 North Texas (1-2, 0-0) [40-49] 2008 Texas Tech (2-1, 0-0)
  • 1998 Arizona (2-1, 0-0) [0-36] 1997 Kansas State (3-0, 0-0)
  • 2008 Rice (3-0, 0-0) [19-14] 2015 Houston (1-2, 0-0)
  • 2017 UCF (3-0, 1-0) [27-17] 2010 TCU (1-2, 0-1)
ACC :
  • 2012 Louisiana Tech (1-1, 0-0) [10-40] 2002 NC State (2-1, 0-0)
  • 2007 UConn (3-0, 0-0) [28-24] 2013 Duke (2-1, 0-0)
  • 2021 San Diego State (1-2, 0-0) [14-21] 2004 California (3-0, 0-0)
  • 2020 Ball State (1-1, 0-0) [0-62] 2001 Miami (FL) (2-1, 0-0)
  • 2023 Ole Miss (1-2, 0-0) [19-24] 2006 Wake Forest (3-0, 1-0)
  • 2002 Maryland (1-2, 0-1) [30-27] (OT) 1998 Virginia (1-2, 0-1)
  • North Carolina Central [3-23] 1997 North Carolina (2-1, 0-0)
  • VMI [21-45] 2014 Georgia Tech (1-3, 0-2)
Pac-12 :
Independents :
American :
  • 2019 Appalachian State (2-1, 0-0) [44-14] 1996 East Carolina (1-2, 0-0)
  • 2018 FIU (0-3, 0-0) [6-62] 2017 FAU (2-1, 1-0)
  • 2020 Coastal Carolina (3-0, 0-0) [35-17] 2016 Temple (0-3, 0-1)
  • Gardner-Webb [13-20] 2019 Charlotte (1-2, 0-0)
Mountain West :
  • 1996 BYU (3-0, 0-0) [47-20] 1996 Wyoming (1-2, 0-0)
  • 2008 Utah (1-2, 0-1) [17-35] 2012 Utah State (2-1, 0-0)
  • 2023 Kennesaw State (0-3, 0-0) [21-51] 2020 San Jose State (3-0, 1-0)
  • 2023 New Mexico State (2-1, 1-0) [7-30] 2018 Fresno State (2-1, 0-0)
  • 1996 Colorado (2-1, 0-0) [35-28] 1997 Colorado State (2-1, 0-0)
Sun Belt :
  • 1996 Arizona State (1-2, 0-0) [31-44] 2023 Texas State (3-0, 0-0)
  • Northwestern State [3-36] 2022 South Alabama (3-0, 0-0)
  • South Carolina State [17-37] 2018 Georgia Southern (1-2, 0-0)
  • 2012 Vanderbilt (3-0, 0-0) [27-17] 2020 Georgia State (2-1, 0-0)
  • 2007 South Florida (2-1, 0-0) [28-14] 2011 Southern Miss (1-2, 0-0)
  • 2000 Virginia Tech (0-3, 0-0) [29-32] (OT) 2016 Old Dominion (2-1, 0-0)
MAC :
  • Bethune-Cookman [13-34] 2016 Western Michigan (1-2, 0-0)
  • 2023 Jacksonville State (0-3, 0-0) [10-31] 2022 Eastern Michigan (1-2, 0-0)
  • 2017 Massachusetts (1-2, 0-0) [23-52] 2020 Buffalo (2-1, 0-0)
  • Morgan State [13-33] 2017 Ohio (1-2, 0-0)
  • Colgate [27-36] 1999 Akron (1-2, 0-0)
Conference USA :
  • 2015 Western Kentucky (2-1, 1-0) [52-24] 2001 Middle Tennessee (2-1, 0-1)
  • 2007 Hawaii (3-0, 0-0) [29-24] 2023 Sam Houston (0-3, 0-0)
  • 2004 UTEP (2-1, 0-1) [13-37] 2023 Liberty (2-1, 1-1)