Athlete of the Month - May, 2012

April and the winners of each month so far in 2012 can be found here.



Josh Hamilton

Runners-up: Floyd Mayweather, Justin Verlander, Martin Brodeur

5 months down, 7 to go in the race for Athlete of the Year.

Every College Football National Champion (1901-) Ranked by Pythagorean Record+Strength of Schedule

Using the same formula as discussed here.

Every College Football National Champion Ranked.  Through 2018.

1.1943 Notre Dame 34.77
2.1945 Army 33.35
3.1949 Notre Dame 32.35
4.1946 Notre Dame 32.91
5.1944 Army 32.17
6.1971 Nebraska 31.49
7.1972 USC 30.33
8.1930 Notre Dame 29.23
9. 2018 Clemson 28.78
10.1917 Georgia Tech 28.62

11.1948 Michigan 28.49
12.1947 Notre Dame 28.31
13.1970 Texas 28.29
14.1931 USC 28.05
15.1974 Oklahoma 27.80
16.1940 Minnesota 27.66
17.1970 Nebraska 27.63
18.1964 Notre Dame 27.32
19.1954 Ohio St 27.08
20.1965 Michigan St. 26.75

21.1995 Nebraska 26.86
22.1932 USC 26.25
23.1991 Washington 26.22
24.1977 Notre Dame 26.18
25.2001 Miami 26.17
26.1973 Alabama 26.10
27.2004 USC 26.06
28.1966 Notre Dame 26.01
29.1978 Alabama 25.99
30.1973 Notre Dame 25.67

31.1952 Michigan St 25.65
32.1941 Minnesota 25.57
33.1978 USC 25.51
34.2008 Florida 25.37
35.1905 Chicago 25.19
36.1934 Minnesota 25.15
37.2005 Texas 24.98
38.1958 Iowa 24.78
39.1993 Florida St 24.68
40.1936 Minnesota 24.61

41.2011 Alabama 24.44
42.1933 Michigan 24.49
43.1965 Alabama 24.39
44.1988 Notre Dame 24.35
45.1975 Oklahoma 24.15
46.1970 Ohio St. 24.04
47.1961 Alabama 24.03
48.1991 Miami 23.75
49. 2015 Alabama 23.72
50. 2009 Alabama 23.69

51.1996 Florida St 23.61
52.1999 Florida St. 23.50
53.2013 Florida St 23.36
54.1959 Syracuse 23.36
55.1969 Texas 23.32
56.1903 Princeton 23.32
57.1962 USC 23.29
58.1963 Texas 23.25
59.1924 Notre Dame 23.21
60.2003 USC 23.14

61.1982 Penn St. 23.10
62.1976 Pitt 23.06
63.1987 Miami 22.73
64.1979 Alabama 22.70
65.1997 Nebraska 22.30
66. 2017 Alabama 21.25
67.1986 Penn St. 22.16
68.1964 Alabama 22.05
69.1925 Alabama 21.87
70.1968 Ohio St 21.84

71.1918 Michigan 21.71
72.1960 Mississippi 21.64
73.1955 Oklahoma 21.62
74.2000 Oklahoma 21.55
75.1958 LSU 21.50
76.1960 Minnesota 21.49
77.1966 Michigan St. 21.45
78.1981 Clemson 21.34
79.1904 Penn 21.31
80.1953 Maryland 21.30

81.1942 Ohio St 21.22
82.1956 Oklahoma 21.08
83.1902 Michigan 21.06
84.1939 Texas A&M 20.96
85.1985 Oklahoma 20.94
86.1974 USC 20.90
87.2003 LSU 20.85
88.1901 Michigan 20.82
89.1935 Minnesota 20.79
90.2010 Auburn 20.65

91.1994 Nebraska 20.65
92.1938 TCU 20.65
93.1957 Ohio St. 20.61
94. 2014 Ohio St. 20.43
95.1951 Tennessee 20.39
96.1967 USC 20.33
97.1989 Miami 20.29
98.1904 Michigan 20.25
99.1983 Miami 20.18
100.1997 Michigan 20.13

101. 2016 Clemson 20.1
102.1964 Arkansas 20.05
103.1937 Pitt 20.05
104.1916 Pitt 20
105.1998 Tennessee 19.95
106.1954 UCLA 19.95
107.1926 Alabama 19.76
108.1928 Georgia Tech 19.74
109.1929 Notre Dame 19.73
110.2006 Florida 19.66

111.1980 Georgia 19.48
112.1990 Colorado 19.45
113.1990 Georgia Tech 19.28
114.1950 Oklahoma 19.21
115.1961 Ohio St. 19.20
116.1992 Alabama 18.97
117.1906 Princeton 18.95
118.1918 Pitt 18.88
119.1922 Cornell 18.58
120.2007 LSU 18.41

121.1923 Illinois 18.28
122.2002 Ohio St 18.13
123.1922 California 17.73
124.1957 Auburn 17.63
125.1922 Princeton 17.61
126.1912 Penn St 17.61
127.1903 Michigan 17.60
128.1908 LSU 17.33
129.1915 Cornell 17.22
130.1920 California 17.18

131.1909 Yale 17.01
132.1921 Cornell 16.91
133.1907 Yale 16.68
134.1923 Michigan 16.53
135.1927 Illinois 15.77
136.1913 Harvard 15.76
137.1910 Pitt 15.65
138.1912 Harvard 15.48
139.1910 Harvard 15.34
140.1984 BYU 14.68

141.1919 Harvard 13.98
142.1926 Stanford 13.88
143.1914 Army 13.53
144.1908 Penn 12.70
145.1911 Penn St 11.18
146.1919 Texas A&M 10.51
147.1911 Princeton 10.14
148.1919 Notre Dame 9.78