The Archive

Oklahoma 37, Notre Dame 21 in Atlanta: Stew finishes 15-0, takes ring number three, and breaks the belt tie. Dre ended the champ’s defense in round one, TBO ran from the 10-seed to the semis through unbeaten Penn State, Tayne beat unbeaten Clemson and the Vols for his first final — and conceded the fourth quarter to the guru.

The final board of Season Five, all 24 chairs, and for the first time No. 1 needs no qualifier: Stew went 15-0 and took the belt alone. Tayne arrives at two, TBO’s Cinderella run lands at four, and the back-to-back champ drops to nine. The board now lives on the site as a living page.

Championship week delivers four crowns and a first: Clemson, Penn State and Oklahoma arrive in the bracket 13-0 apiece — while the back-to-back champ draws the ELEVEN seed, a road date with the Michigan vault, and Stew-Pat IV looming in the Fiesta. Atlanta only has room for one.

Nine forfeits, one overslept alarm clock, and elite ball from everyone who showed up: Stew hits 5-0 with a 52-27 statement, the champ rips off a 2-0 rebuttal week, KJ ends Silingi’s famous technicality, and Dre follows a 63-piece with a 7-6 nap.

The belt tied in Miami and Norman came to collect: Stew opens 4-0 with the Norman receipt and a 42-41 escape, States rides a 3-0 start built on the champ’s scalp, Tayne survives his own self-scout, and Purp buys LSU with Tennessee still on his calendar.

The first board of Season Five ranks all 24 chairs, and it opens with a repossession notice: Stew takes the throne back at 4-0, States rides the champ’s scalp to No. 2, and the back-to-back king holds third on two rings and one quiet month.

Ole Miss 31, Tennessee 10: all thirty-one before halftime, a 60-yard field goal at the horn, minus-2 Tennessee rushing yards, and a second straight ring — the belt race is tied 2-2 at the top with sixteen seasons to go.

The final board of Season Four ranks all 28 chairs: the back-to-back champ takes the throne the rule held all year, the giant-slayer lands at two, and the king sits third with two rings and one recurring January problem.

Two rounds, six results, zero chalk left: Pat survives Stew-Pat III, Purp ends the unbeaten Irish and cracks the Michigan vault, and the committee’s 7 and 8 seeds meet for the title in Miami — pending a tee time.

The unbeaten Frogs met the defending champ and lost by SEVENTY — a new league record — while Purp taught the giant-slayer a lesson and Dre filed a 27-7 business report. Stew-Pat III is officially on for the Cotton Bowl.

Stew survives Bawce by two for the SEC crown, Bowzer avenges 44-21 in a week, KJ goes back-to-back at 13-0 — and the bracket seeds the unbeaten Frogs NINTH, straight at the defending champ, with Stew-Pat III possible in the quarterfinal.

The king's answer: Stew takes the champ down 38-20 in Norman. Plus Rivalry Week's 103-point dawg fight, TCU alone atop the Big 12, and Dre shutting out The Game itself.

Held by rule, now held by receipts: Stew beats the champ by eighteen and removes the asterisk. Tayne stays perfect at No. 3, KJ and LT surge, and the top two are one apiece on the series that decides everything.

JT walks into Norman for his GOTW debut and beats the two-time champ by eighteen, Tayne makes it back-to-back spotlight road wins, and Purp holds Curt to single digits under the Neyland lights.

The chair holds — two rings still end every argument — but Tayne surges to No. 3, JT makes the biggest single-edition jump in board history, and for the first time No. 1 is held by rule rather than by fear.

Tayne opens with a GOTW statement over top-5 Alabama, TBO answers a 21-point loss with a win for the alma mater, and JT gets Nebraska in the win column.

For the first time in the accredited era, the season opens without Stew on the throne. The belt race is 2-1, the champ is going for broke, and the king wants it back.

Down 31-17 at the half, Pat's Rebels come all the way back to beat Bowzer's Oregon by one and win Season Three — the first champion in the accredited era not named Stew.

Swept by Pat, beaten in the bracket by Bowzer — and Stew still holds No. 1, because nobody has matched two rings. Pat closes to a coin flip, and Season Four decides how it lands.

Every score from four conference finals through the Final Four: Stew ends Michigan's perfect season 35-32, Bowzer answers 15-0 at half with 23 unanswered, and Oregon-Ole Miss will hand somebody a first ring in Tampa.

Pat takes the SEC crown out of Norman 33-26 — the first coach to ever beat Stew twice in a season — and three title games still stand between the league and the bracket.

Michigan erases 21 in The Shoe and wins a 4OT classic, Alabama rips off three straight, and Penn State drops 61.

One continuous board across every accredited season, and Pat's 49-10 win over Stew still doesn't touch No. 1.

Pat drops 49 on Stew in the Week 9 GOTW, Penn State answers a loss with a 42-14 blowout, and Michigan won't stop scoring.

Alabama makes Stew sweat, Curt drops 80 on UCLA, and Tayne answers an 0-2 start the loudest way there is.

Stew opens the three-peat bid with a 28-3 statement, Tayne falls to 0-2 on stream, and the redemption wing wakes up angry.

All 29 teams, one last time — the champ clears the field, and the risers rewrite the preseason board.

Down 13-0 in New Orleans, Oklahoma wins 28-20 to finish 16-0 and take the belt outright.

A 120-point semifinal, a rematch in New Orleans, and the belt on the line.

Notre Dame shuts out Oregon, Oklahoma stays unbeaten, and one quarterfinal is still to play.

Oklahoma finishes 13-0, four conference titles settled, and Kewan Lacy goes back-to-back.

Eighteen games, all finals confirmed. Two undefeateds fall, a 57-56 triple-OT, and Florida State sells for $175.

All 30 active teams ranked, with the poll's top 19 broken out.

Five weeks, two upsets, and the most argued-about finish of the year.

The LSU auction, a formation ban, and a rivalry rewritten in Provo.

Class rankings, the transfer portal top 100, and regular recruiting top 100 — all three boards, backdated to the archive.

Where all 28 teams finished after Oklahoma's title run.