re: Ranking FBS national champions since 1990

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Should be higher. They won the SEC when the 5th best SEC West team (Mississippi State) went 9-4 and destroyed Michigan in their bowl game. Alabama, Arkansas, and LSU were also top 10 teams for the most part, and that's just the SEC West

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The 2010 SEC W was arguably the best college division ever, but Auburn was not an all time great team. They did have a transcendent player that should rank higher on all time player list, but the team overall was not great. They were 8-5 in both 2009 and 2011, that speaks to the overall talent level. They also were not at all dominant, pulling out close wins over Miss St, Clemson and Kentucky. They spotted Bama 24 and were frankly lackluster in the title game. Their only dominant game was the SECCG over an 8-4 USCe. Flags fly forever and there is a champ every year, not all are all time teams.