All-Time 12-Win Seasons

To be fair, college football teams began playing 12 or more games (many played 17 or more) in 1885, and most stopped in 1904.  Teams didn't resume playing 12 games (with a bowl game) un5il 1970.  For those first 26 years of the Modern Era, major college football didn't allow Boise State, so all of the other teams got a head start.  Teams only recently went to a 13-game season.

All that said, it is extremely humbling that Boise State has achieved more 12-win seasons than some of the historic programs of all-time.  Even Notre Dame, which got special consideration under the BCS system, is below Boise State.  This is not at all a knock on them, but rather it shows what the Broncos have accomplished in a relatively short time.  And of course, it would sure be interesting if the bigger conferences would accept the challenge to let Boise State play them week-in and week-out. 

1.    Pennsylvania (10)
2.    Yale (9)
3.    Alabama (8)
3.    Boise State (8)
5.    Nebraska (7)
6.    Chicago (6)
6.    Oklahoma (6)
6.    USC (6)
9.    Florida (5)
9.    Florida State (5)
9.    Harvard (5)
9.    Ohio State (5)
13.  BYU (4)
13.  Miami of Florida (4)
13.  Oregon (4)
16.  Auburn (3)
16.  Georgia (3)
16.  LSU (3)
16.  Notre Dame (3)
16.  Penn State (3)
16.  Princeton (3)
16.  TCU (3)
16.  Texas (3)
24.  Louisville (2)
24.  Marshall (2)
24.  Michigan (2)
24.  Minnesota (2)
24.  Missouri (2)
24.  Northern Illinois (2)
24.  Stanford (2)
24.  Toledo (2)
24.  Utah (2)
33.  Arizona State (1)
33.  Carlisle (1)
33.  Central Florida (1)
33.  Central Michigan (1)
33.  Cincinnati (1)
33.  Clemson (1)
33.  Hawai'i (1)
33.  Houston (1)
33.  Kansas (1)
33.  Lafayette (1)
33.  Miami of Ohio (1)
33.  Michigan State (1)
33.  Nevada (1)
33.  Oklahoma State (1)
33.  Pittsburgh (1)
33.  SMU (1)
33.  Southern Mississippi (1)
33.  Tennessee (1)
33.  Texas A&M (1)
33.  Tulane (1)
33.  Washington (1)
33.  Wisconsin (1)