The sport of football is a sensation in the United States. Football is widely popular in the United States and across many parts of the world, too. Various college teams in the United States are widely popular in the football world. Regular matches and championships are held among these intercollegiate teams. Here, we have compiled a list of the top 10 college football teams that are popular across the country and ranked in the top 10 various times by several rank benchmarks.
Oregon
The Oregon Ducks college football team is a college team for the University Of Oregon, located in the United States of Oregon. The team has football matches at the NCAA Division I( D-I). NCAA Division I is the highest level of intercollege athletics in the United States. The National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) accepts players globally into their intercollegiate American State teams.
The Oregon Ducks football team is also a Big Ten Conference( B1G) member. Presently known as the Oregon Ducks, the team was previously called the Webfoots until the middle of the 1960s. The team first performed in 1894. The team plays its matches at the Autzen Stadium in Eugene. The stadium can seat 54 thousand people. The Ducks have been known in recent years for their unique playing style. The team also has a partnership with Nike company.
Ohio State
Under the college football teams category, the team for the state of Ohio is currently known as the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. The team competes in the NCAA Division I. It also plays its matches under the Football Bowl Subdivision, representing Ohio State in the Big Ten Conference. The team plays its matches at its home ground, Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The first match that the team played was in 1922.
The Buckeyes have won eight national championships. As of 2017, this team’s program is valued at $1.5 to $2 billion.
Texas
In the list of top ten college football teams, the Texas Longhorns football program or team represents the American state of Texas. The team represents the Univesity of Texas at Austin in the sport of American Football. The Longhorns matches compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team’s home matches are played at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.
With almost 900 wins, the team ranks 4th and 12th in the all-time wins and win-loss ratios, respectively. The team has won two Heisman Trophies. Additionally, the team has four national championships and 33 conference championships.
Penn State
Under the college football teams, the team representing the Pennsylvania State University is the Penn State Nittany Lions team. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a Big Ten Conference member. They became a member in 1993 after playing independently from 1892 to 1992.
The team was officially made in 1887. Since then, the team has achieved numerous accolades, including two national championships in 1982 and 1986. The team has won four Big Ten Conference Championships in 1994, 2005, 2008, and 2016. The team ranks seventh in the NCAA Division I college football programs in the category of all-time wins. The team plays its matches at the Beaver Stadium. The stadium is located on the campus of University Park, Pennsylvania.
Indiana
The Indiana Hoosiers football program is the team representing Indiana University Bloomington in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision under the college football teams category and the Big Ten Conference. The team has played their home games at the Memorial Stadium since its inception in 1960. The Big Ten Championship title was won by the team twice, in 1945 and 1967.
Notre Dame
Under the top ten list of college football teams comes another team representing the University of Notre Dame, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. This team plays its home matches at the campus’s Notre Dame Stadium, which has a whopping capacity of almost 78 thousand people. Notre Dame University is one of the three universities that compete as an independent at the National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. Notre Dame University is one of the most prestigious and popular college football teams of all time. The team was officially made in the year 1887. Notre Dame has won 11 national championships and the Heisman Trophy, too.
Alabama
The Alabama Crimson Tide football team represents the University of Alabama in the sport of American college football teams. The team competes in its matches under the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was officially made in the year 1892. The team has 18 national championships.
The team plays its home matches at Bryant–Denny Stadium, located on the campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. With a capacity of almost 100,077 people, Bryant Denny is the eighth-largest stadium in the United States.
Georgia
The Georgia Bulldogs football program represents the University of Georgia in the sport of American college football teams. The Bulldogs team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team plays its home matches at the historic Sanford Stadium, which is located on the university’s Athens, Georgia, campus.
The team has four national championships. Other accomplishments of the team are 16 conference championships, out of which fourteen are SEC championships.
Ole Miss
The Ole Miss Rebels football team represents the University of Mississippi. The team is also known as Ole Miss. The team plays its matches in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team plays its matches at its home stadium, the Vaught–Hemingway Stadium on the university’s campus in Oxford, Mississippi.
Tennessee
Under the top 10 college football teams, the Tennessee Volunteers football program represents the University of Tennessee. The team was officially made in 1891 and has played for almost 132 seasons. The team has won 16 conference championships and six national titles. The team plays at Neyland Stadium on the university’s campus in Knoxville.
