Belt / Decades / The 1970s

Decade by decade

The belt in the 1970s

122 belt games, 27 title changes, 19 programs with the belt in hand at some point. The longest reign to begin in the decade was USC’s, 2 yrs, 4 days.

Most days with the belt

Who owned the 1970s

USC1,340 days

Alabama385 days

UCLA352 days

Notre Dame336 days

Tennessee329 days

Tulane280 days

Nebraska252 days

Ohio State126 days

Reigns that began this decade

27 reigns

USC · January 1, 1970282 days · 4 def.Stanford · October 10, 197035 days · 4 def.Air Force · November 14, 19707 days · 0 def.Colorado · November 21, 197021 days · 0 def.Tulane · December 12, 1970280 days · 1 def.Georgia · September 18, 197156 days · 7 def.Auburn · November 13, 197114 days · 0 def.Alabama · November 27, 197135 days · 0 def.Nebraska · January 1, 1972252 days · 0 def.UCLA · September 9, 197214 days · 1 def.Michigan · September 23, 197263 days · 8 def.Ohio State · November 25, 197237 days · 0 def.USC · January 1, 1973299 days · 6 def.Notre Dame · October 27, 1973336 days · 7 def.Purdue · September 28, 19747 days · 0 def.Duke · October 5, 197414 days · 1 def.Clemson · October 19, 19747 days · 0 def.Tennessee · October 26, 1974329 days · 6 def.UCLA · September 20, 197514 days · 1 def.Ohio State · October 4, 197589 days · 7 def.UCLA · January 1, 1976324 days · 10 def.USC · November 20, 1976322 days · 6 def.Alabama · October 8, 1977350 days · 9 def.USC · September 23, 197821 days · 1 def.Arizona State · October 14, 197814 days · 0 def.Washington · October 28, 197814 days · 1 def.USC · November 11, 19782 yrs, 4 days · 24 def.

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