The holiday bowl-game season got me to thinking about the best NCAA football programs over my lifetime. I was born in the very early '60s, but didn't really become interested in collegiate football in a meaningful way until about a decade later (so for the sake of this exercise, lets use 1970 as the starting point).
I created my personal Top 10 List (the 10 best collegiate football programs since 1970). I then did the same for basketball. Not sure if it is surprising or not, but no school appeared on both lists. **Number 11--just could not find a spot for these two schools in my Top 10**
Please weigh in however you like; and if you want to poke holes in my selections go right ahead--all for fun
. Anyway, here are my lists in alphabetical order:
FOOTBALL
Alabama
Georgia
LSU
Michigan
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Penn State
Texas
USC
**Florida State**
BASKETBALL
Duke
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisville
Michigan State
North Carolina
Syracuse
UCLA
UConn
Villanova
**Indiana**