Interesting analysis from today's Wall Street Journal (Weekend)

"... After poring over detailed summaries for hundreds of games in the NFL, we've devised a new yardstick for measuring the greatness of college football programs -- how well their alumni perform in the pros."

"To create these rankings, we copied down the official rosters for every NFL game played last season, giving each player a separate entry for each game -- about 27,000 in all. We grouped the players by college, and then gave each school points based on the role their alumni played. Starters earned more than substitutes or benchwarmers, and players involved in wins gained extra points. So under our system, Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning, who started every game for a team that won 14 of 16, earned 94 points for his alma mater, Tennessee -- while a decent bench player from an average team would earn about half that. We tallied each school's total points to arrive at an "alumni success score" for more than 250 schools from Notre Dame to Northern Arizona."

And Florida State came out on top -- by far.

The surprises: "Though they don't always crack the postseason polls, Virginia, Purdue, Texas A&M and California all made our Top 30, while North Carolina -- a team that hasn't ended a season ranked in the AP poll since 1997 -- finished ahead of powerhouses like Penn State, Texas and USC."

Here are the Top 25

The top ten are:
1. FSU
2. Gaytors
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. An Ohio State University
6. Michigan
7. Miami of Florida
8. The losing team of the Capitol One Bowl
9. LSU
10. unc

Link to the article: The Real #1 (usually a paid subscription is req. for WSJ.com articles, but I think you're all in luck and this one's free)

If Buffalo didn't make the top 30 then obviously this system is flawed.....

Bucky....you are spotting me a half a hundred when Buffalo comes to Camp Randall, right???