This is unusual for me as this is a blog that I have not written, and it was not even meant to be a blog but I got this in my email last year and it was loaded with the same type of information and detail that I use. Therefore, a blog was the best way to get this fascinating information out there.

            I have been a FWAA member for 20+ years and I am very proud to be a member of the FWAA All American committee. Jim Gumm is also a member of the FWAA. He wrote the book Conference Pride in 2017 about the history of SEC Football from 1933-2016. He currently writes the newsletter The Blitz. His July 2024 newsletter landed in my email and when I clicked on it BANG, it was information on top of information!

            The Associated Press began ranking college football teams in 1936 and Jim went back and looked at every AP FINAL poll from 1936 until 2022. He assigned a point system of awarding 25 points for #1 and 1 point for #25. Jim compiled a team-by-team final ranking for each team and also compiled which teams led in the points totals for each decade since the beginning of the poll. The top teams from 1936-39 were 1. Notre Dame 69 2. Pitt 66 3. Minnesota 62 3. Duke 62 5. 5. Tennessee and Alabama 57.

            Michigan is #1 with 64 overall finishes in the Top 25 with Ohio State #2 with 63 and Oklahoma #3 with 62. Alabama wins the overall points with 1150 with Ohio State #2 with 1171.

            Remember if you are out an about this weekend do not waste your gas driving around looking for my magazine, it is EXCLUSIVLEY at Barnes and Nobles and Books-A-Million so those are the only two brick and mortar stores to get them. You can also order online at PhilSteele.com and get your choice of covers and when you purchase the hard copy you get the digital magazine for free and it is updated thru September.

            Here is Jim’s newsletter for this month for FREE and I will also post this on Phil Steele Plus so you can refer to it any time you like at the click of a button.