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alexzelada
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Big programs can go up and down.
In the 1990's, USC won just six more games than did Iowa, and the 1990's was not a great decade for Iowa football.
Iowa won more games in the 1990's than did Oklahoma. Texas A&M had the 9th best winning percentage in the 1990's and they are an afterthought right now. Same for ND (13th) and Washington (14th).
Clemson had the 5th best winning percentage in the 1980's and UCLA was 11th.
In the 2000's, Iowa had one fewer win than Michigan, more than Penn State (a 70's, 80's and 90's power and has beaten them 7 of 8 times), and 22 more wins than Alabama, an all time power.
Many of those 'power outages' you see stemmed from NCAA sanctions.
Ohio State has been in the top 11 or so in winning percentage in the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's...they however are not immune to a down cycle, respective to their past success.
Good points. Nebraska outpaced Iowa from the 60's thru 2000. But in the last 10 years I think Iowa has more wins, and I know they have more bowl wins and conference titles. I read somewhere Iowa has more wins that Tenn - Florida State - Notre Dame and Michigan in this century. Someone can check the stats if they like, I'm too busy reading the latest stories on OSU.