Below is the tally of every season of Elite Programs since 1936. The teams at the top are the bluest of the bluebloods in college football history.
An Elite Program is a program that has had an Elite Season (aka Elite Team) once in the past 7 years AND has done any one of the following as well.
- played in the National Championship game within the past 2 years
- played in the NC game and had another elite season in the past 3 years
- won the National Championship twice in the past 5 years
- had an Elite Season the past 2 years.
- had an Elite Season 3 times in the past 5 years
- had an Elite Season 4 times in the past 10 years
- had an Elite Season 6 times in the past 20 years
- had an Elite Season 10 times in the past 30 years
