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Running Backs? In 2017, Who Carries? In 1967 21 RB's went in the top 100. 2017? 5.

Which schools do the pros scout the most when looking for the best of the best college football players? I decided to compare the first one hundred draft picks taken in 1967 to the first one hundred picks taken fifty years later in 2017. In 1967 the top one hundred picks came from fifty-seven different schools, while in 2017 they came from fifty-four different schools. If you guessed which schools were included in both lists, you could probably come up with some of the names, but it is a surprising list. Twenty-one colleges saw at least one player taken among the first one hundred picks, but only two schools saw three or more players taken both years.

The biggest loser in the race to stay relevant was either Notre Dame, which went from seven picks among the top one hundred in 1967 to just one in 2017, or San Diego State, which went from five to zero. Two states saw players selected from three different schools in both years. The 1967 Big Ten saw three schools make both lists, but the 2017 Big Ten has four since Penn State started the whole conference-jumping square dance years ago. You might think that Nebraska would make five, but the Cornhuskers didn’t land anybody in the top one hundred this year.

I awarded points for each slot in the draft on a sliding scale. The first overall pick was worth one hundred points, and the one hundredth pick was worth one point. With that scoring system in mind, these were the schools that saw players drafted among the top one hundred picks in 1967, and in 2017. I will have to do more research on the subject, but Texas seems like the most overrated major football program in the nation. It keeps surprising me that Texas A&M seems to fare better on draft day that the Longhorns so.

School

Top 100 Slot

Points

Top 100 Score

School

Top 100 Slot

Points

Top 100 Score

1967

2017

Notre Dame

12

89

Alabama

79

22

Notre Dame

15

86

Alabama

78

23

Notre Dame

23

78

Alabama

55

46

Notre Dame

46

55

Alabama

49

52

Notre Dame

47

54

Alabama

34

67

Notre Dame

59

42

Alabama

31

70

Notre Dame

70

31

435

Alabama

19

82

Michigan State

1

100

0

Alabama

17

84

Michigan State

2

99

0

Alabama

16

85

531

Michigan State

5

96

0

Ohio State

70

31

Michigan State

8

93

388

Ohio State

54

47

San Diego State

25

76

Ohio State

40

61

San Diego State

31

70

Ohio State

24

77

San Diego State

35

66

Ohio State

15

86

San Diego State

36

65

Ohio State

11

90

392

San Diego State

48

53

330

LSU

75

26

Michigan

20

81

LSU

58

43

Michigan

45

56

LSU

27

74

Michigan

62

39

LSU

6

95

Michigan

78

23

LSU

4

97

335

Michigan

83

18

217

Washington

69

32

Purdue

21

80

Washington

43

58

Purdue

4

97

177

Washington

36

65

Arkansas

10

91

Washington

33

68

Arkansas

19

82

173

Washington

9

92

315

Houston

27

74

Florida

76

25

Houston

32

69

Florida

53

48

Houston

85

16

Florida

46

55

Houston

94

7

166

Florida

39

62

Utah State

42

59

0

Florida

21

80

270

Utah State

38

63

0

Michigan

95

6

Utah State

74

27

149

Michigan

92

9

Duke

18

83

Michigan

74

27

Duke

41

60

143

Michigan

28

73

Florida

3

98

Michigan

25

76

191

Florida

57

44

142

Stanford

8

93

Texas Southern

49

52

Stanford

3

98

191

Texas Southern

33

68

120

Clemson

97

4

Northwestern

11

90

Clemson

12

89

Northwestern

76

25

115

Clemson

7

94

187

Alabama

26

75

Temple

63

38

Alabama

82

19

Temple

13

88

126

Alabama

91

10

104

Texas A&M

77

24

Oregon State

73

28

Texas A&M

50

51

Oregon State

28

73

101

Texas A&M

1

100

175

Oklahoma State

66

35

Utah

42

59

Oklahoma State

67

34

Utah

20

81

140

Oklahoma State

71

30

99

Wisconsin

32

69

Oklahoma

29

72

Wisconsin

30

71

140

Oklahoma

80

21

Western Michigan

64

37

Oklahoma

96

5

98

Western Michigan

5

96

133

Syracuse

6

95

95

Tennessee

94

7

UCLA

7

94

94

Tennessee

67

34

Boston College

9

92

92

Tennessee

14

87

128

Washington

95

6

USC

62

39

Washington

16

85

91

USC

18

83

122

Idaho

13

88

88

Florida State

51

50

Wyoming

14

87

87

Florida State

41

60

110

Arizona State

22

79

UCLA

88

13

Arizona State

93

8

87

UCLA

81

20

Texas A & I

17

84

84

UCLA

26

75

108

Miami (FL)

24

77

77

North Carolina

2

99

99

Weber State

40

61

Western Kentucky

72

29

Weber State

88

13

74

Western Kentucky

38

63

92

Iowa State

56

45

Texas Tech

10

91

91

Iowa State

72

29

74

Missouri

22

79

79

Virginia

30

71

71

Mississippi

23

78

78

Jackson State

34

67

67

Colorado

66

35

76

Washington State

37

64

64

Colorado

60

41

Louisville

39

62

62

Miami

29

72

72

Tennessee

60

41

0

Michigan State

35

66

66

Tennessee

81

20

61

East Carolina

37

64

64

Kent State

44

57

57

South Alabama

44

57

57

Western Michigan

43

58

58

Ashland

45

56

56

Grambling

54

47

0

Houston

47

54

54

Grambling

92

9

56

Oklahoma

48

53

53

Morgan State

50

51

51

Notre Dame

52

49

49

Pittsburgh

51

50

50

Connecticutt

56

45

45

South Carolina State

52

49

49

Vanderbilt

57

44

44

Nebraska

68

33

0

Villanova

59

42

42

Nebraska

86

15

48

North Carolina State

61

40

40

Penn State

53

48

48

Charlotte

65

36

36

Adams State

55

46

46

Illinois

68

33

33

Ohio State

58

43

43

Indiana

71

30

30

Missouri

61

40

40

Kansas State

73

28

28

George Washington

63

38

38

Ohio

80

21

21

Brigham Young

64

37

37

Louisiana Tech

82

19

19

Tennessee State

65

36

36

Youngstown State

83

18

18

North Texas State

69

32

32

Penn State

84

17

17

Colorado

75

26

26

Troy

85

16

16

LSU

77

24

24

Toledo

86

15

15

Florida State

79

22

22

California

87

14

14

Yale

84

17

17

Texas

89

12

12

Tennessee A & I

87

14

14

Central Florida

90

11

11

USC

89

12

12

Boston College

91

10

10

Northwestern State (LA)

90

11

11

Auburn

93

8

8

Texas-Arlington

97

4

4

Northern Illinois

96

5

5

Tennessee-Martin

98

3

3

Grambling

98

3

3

Texas El Paso

99

2

2

West Virginia

99

2

2

Maryland-Eastern Shore

100

1

1

Florida International

100

1

1

5050

5050

5050

5050

5050

5050

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