Belt / Decades / The 1980s

Decade by decade

The belt in the 1980s

120 belt games, 43 title changes, 28 programs with the belt in hand at some point. The longest reign to begin in the decade was Florida State’s, 350 days.

Most days with the belt

Who owned the 1980s

Penn State363 days

USC361 days

Florida State350 days

UCLA336 days

Alabama315 days

Ohio State308 days

Auburn303 days

Washington State294 days

Reigns that began this decade

43 reigns

Washington · November 15, 198047 days · 1 def.Michigan · January 1, 1981254 days · 0 def.Wisconsin · September 12, 19817 days · 0 def.UCLA · September 19, 19817 days · 0 def.Iowa · September 26, 198128 days · 3 def.Minnesota · October 24, 19817 days · 0 def.Michigan · October 31, 198121 days · 2 def.Ohio State · November 21, 1981308 days · 3 def.Stanford · September 25, 198214 days · 1 def.Arizona State · October 9, 198235 days · 3 def.Washington · November 13, 19827 days · 0 def.Washington State · November 20, 1982294 days · 1 def.Michigan · September 10, 19837 days · 0 def.Washington · September 17, 19837 days · 0 def.LSU · September 24, 19837 days · 0 def.Florida · October 1, 198328 days · 2 def.Auburn · October 29, 1983303 days · 4 def.Miami · August 27, 198412 days · 1 def.Michigan · September 8, 19847 days · 0 def.Washington · September 15, 198456 days · 7 def.USC · November 10, 19847 days · 0 def.UCLA · November 17, 1984315 days · 4 def.Washington · September 28, 198521 days · 2 def.Oregon State · October 19, 198514 days · 0 def.Arizona · November 2, 19857 days · 0 def.UCLA · November 9, 198514 days · 1 def.USC · November 23, 198535 days · 1 def.Alabama · December 28, 1985301 days · 7 def.Penn State · October 25, 1986322 days · 6 def.Alabama · September 12, 19877 days · 0 def.Florida · September 19, 198714 days · 1 def.LSU · October 3, 198735 days · 3 def.Alabama · November 7, 19877 days · 0 def.Notre Dame · November 14, 19877 days · 0 def.Penn State · November 21, 198741 days · 0 def.Clemson · January 1, 1988260 days · 2 def.Florida State · September 17, 1988350 days · 9 def.Southern Miss · September 2, 19897 days · 0 def.Mississippi State · September 9, 198914 days · 0 def.Georgia · September 23, 19897 days · 0 def.South Carolina · September 30, 198928 days · 2 def.NC State · October 28, 19897 days · 0 def.Virginia · November 4, 198958 days · 2 def.

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