re: Best programs of the past 5 years

USC is clearly the best over the last 5 years.

The list is a good one.

I am ok with Texas where they are and ok with UGA over LSU.

Since you are only going back 5 years, you have a 2 loss LSU team that backed into a title in an incredibly lucky manner. Therefore I am fine with UGA>LSU with more quality wins and was just as good as LSU in 2007 with just as many quality wins. The MNC is often like flipping a coin and there is no true champion many years.