re: FBS Thesis: It was easier for "cinderellas" to win NC in the pre-BCS era

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4) Florida State 1993 (I know they were in the ACC by that point, but they won the NC in their 2nd year of membership - it was a meteoric rise).

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They finished in the top 4 every year from 1987-1992, they were #1 most of the 93 season.

The only real cinderalla's on list is Miami in 83 and maybe BYU since they are a non AQ, but they were a well know program at the time and that year was like 2007, every one else lost a couple of times. 83 Miami would not have won in the BCS era, Nebraska would have played Texas.