Where LSU ranks this century and all-time based off final AP Polls

I was looking at an all-time college football AP poll this morning and noticed how outdated it was with the teams they had ranked in top 10. So this morning I went through the final AP polls of the last 25 seasons and made my own top 25 from this century, 2000-2022. I know you’d have to zoom in to see the full table so I’ll quote it as well.

21st Century:

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1 Ohio State 394
2 Oklahoma 373
3 Alabama 350
4 Georgia 280
5 LSU 276
6 Clemson 250
7 USC 243
8 Oregon 232
9 Florida 223
10 Texas 221

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Link to the all-time AP poll top 25 for those interested: collegefootballnews.com

LSU is one season away from passing Tennessee and landing in the top 10 all-time, Georgia hot on our tail now too.

All-Time:

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1 Oklahoma 1136
2 Alabama 1129
3 Ohio State 1119
4 Notre Dame 1028
5 Michigan 1016
6 USC 837
7 Nebraska 798
8 Texas 797
9 Penn State 702
10 Tennessee 686
11 LSU 678
12 Georgia 657
13 Auburn 584

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I used the same methodology the AP uses in their top 25 rankings. The AP poll national champion in each season gets 25 points, the No.2 team 24 points, No.3 23, and so on but applied it only to the 21st century to get a more up-to-date ranking of college football programs over the past quarter century or so. Some interesting tidbits, Georgia just passed us to take over #4 with the run they’ve been on, but we’re still easily top 5 from this century. Thought it was funny A&M wasn’t even a top 35 program from this century and they won’t admit the only reason they landed the top class was pay-to-play. After Bama, Georgia, LSU, SEC hasn’t been as dominant over the past 25 years or so as I thought big picture wise.