North Carolina State University Athletics
Street & Smith's Recognizes NC State As One Of Top 50 All-Time College Football Programs
9/27/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 27, 2005
RALEIGH, N.C. - The NC State football program has been recognized as the 50th greatest college football program of all time by Street & Smith's Specialty Publications.
Street & Smith's publishes preseason annual magazines for Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and college football and basketball, plus additional sports specialty magazines. Street & Smith's "50 Greatest College Football Programs of All Time," a 128-page keepsake, will be available on newsstands nationwide on Tuesday, October 4. The NC State spread encapsulates the football team's proud history and includes such football greats as: Chuck Amato, Philip Rivers and Torry Holt.
Notre Dame University tops the list, with Southern California, Oklahoma, Alabama and Nebraska rounding out the top five. Michigan, Yale, Ohio State, Texas and Princeton complete the top 10.
Street & Smith's graded each program's football history - reaching back to the game's origins in the 1860s - on a combination of national championships, undefeated seasons, major bowl wins and appearances, conference championships, all-time winning percentage, graduation rate, All-Americans, Heisman Trophy winners, No. 1 draft picks, NCAA infractions, and even mascot ferocity.
The eight ACC programs tied the Big Ten and the SEC for the most schools in the top 50. With Miami (11) and Florida State (14) and Georgia Tech (16) in the top 20, Clemson (29), Maryland (38), North Carolina (42), Boston College (49), North Carolina State (50) rounded out the top 50.
