College football

Ohio State streaks towards the top,
but LSU now holds linear title

February 14, 2020 Louisiana State's history with the traveling college football championship isn't close to the glory of Ohio State, but LSU holds the title at the end of its 41st season.

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Under Helton, Trojans control Pac-12 traveling title	Ohio State bidding for 30th college football traveling victory
September 30, 2019 Southern Cal began winning the Pac-12 traveling football championship early, and they have won it often under head coach Clay Helton. The Trojans are the all-time leader with 16 victories.	September 27, 2019 Ohio State can move into a three-way tie for third place all-time in the 41-year-old college football traveling championship with a win Saturday at Nebraska. The Buckeyes and Cornhuskers are tied for fifth all-time with 29 victories.

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College football sub-major lineal, 2016-20: It's a stampede July 4, 2021
North Dakota State's national dominance in playoff-level major college football certainly impacted the first five years of this traveling championship. The Bison have won more than half of the games contesting the title.

College football lineal 1979: It started with Alabama. Why? July 4, 2021
The start of this lineal championship in college football in 1979 goes back to a conviction, one surmises, that it would be good to run a championship this way and it should start with Alabama. We've changed our mind about a few things since then, but not about Alabama as a worthy starting point. It just might not be the correct starting point.

Alabama, again, holds college football traveler ending 2020 July 4, 2021
Alabama regained the lineal college football championship for the first time in more than four years, extending its all-time lead in the all-time standings.

 
Football is big in the South, and the Sun Belt proves it September 28, 2020
If you don't care about football in the Sun Belt Conference, it's because you haven't heard of these teams. It's not because you have seen them play. The best league no one knows about has three top contenders for its lineal title five years into tracking.

Alabama blitzes SEC for league football traveling title September 28, 2020
Alabama, the dominant college football team of the 2010s, also has dominated the lineal football championship in the Southeastern Conference since we began tracking it in 2015. But Louisiana State wore the crown at the end of the 2019 season.

Ducks sneak up on USC in Pac-12 football traveler September 28, 2020
Southern Cal hasn't held the Pac-12 football lineal title since early in 2018. Since then, Oregon has moved up in the standings. USC still leads with 16 wins in five years of tracking, followed by Oregon with 11.

Aztecs parlay key win at Boise into mountainous lineal lead September 28, 2020
San Diego State won a key game at Boise State in 2018, and has gone on to build a seven-game lead on the Broncos for the traveling football championship in the Mountain West Conference since tracking began in 2015.

Western Michigan takes big lead for MAC traveling title September 28, 2020
Western Michigan built such a huge lead in the football lineal championship through the Mid-American Conference (MAC) that the Broncos still are unchallenged for the all-time league lead three years later.

Conference-USA grinds into 25th year with MTSU leading grid lineal September 28, 2020
Conference-USA is never the same as it ever was, and that's what makes it one of the more interesting college football conferences. Among the present group of teams, Middle Tennessee leads the league's lineal championship chase since tracking began in 2015.

Ohio State bucks Big Ten in all-time traveling title September 28, 2020
In recent seasons, Ohio State is dominating the Big Ten as never before, and that certainly holds true for the lineal football championship in the league. Five years into tracking, through 2019, Ohio State held 26 wins and the whole rest of the league held 23.

Sooner and later, Oklahoma dominates Big 12 grid traveler September 28, 2020
When tracking began for the lineal football championship in the Big 12 at the start of the 2015 season, Baylor was the league's top team. Since then, unquestionably, it's Oklahoma, at least in the traveler.

Clemson holds slim lead for ACC lineal grid crown September 28, 2020
Not surprisingly, Clemson is the leading team in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) lineal football championship in five years of tracking. What is surprising is that the Tigers' lead is so slim.

UCF leads close American lineal grid race September 28, 2020
The lineal football championship in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) has belonged to Central Florida more than any other team in the last five years, but South Florida and Cincinnati are close behind.

Ohio State streaks towards the top, but LSU now holds linear title February 14, 2020
Louisiana State's history with the traveling college football championship isn't close to the glory of Ohio State, but LSU holds the title at the end of its 41st season.

Under Helton, Trojans control Pac-12 traveling title September 30, 2019
Southern Cal began winning the Pac-12 traveling football championship early, and they have won it often under head coach Clay Helton. The Trojans are the all-time leader with 16 victories.

Ohio State bidding for 30th college football traveling victory September 27, 2019
Ohio State can move into a three-way tie for third place all-time in the 41-year-old college football traveling championship with a win Saturday at Nebraska. The Buckeyes and Cornhuskers are tied for fifth all-time with 29 victories.

Ohio State wins two travelers in 2018 July 29, 2019
The college football traveling championship returned to the Big Ten for the first time in 12 years in 2018, and it stayed there through the end due to a strong finish by Ohio State.

Clemson, Miami tell story of century in college grid chase March 19, 2019
Miami dominated college football's traveling championship during the early years of 21st century, while Clemson has been a power in more recent years. But both teams made big gains in 2017.

Clemson seeks school mark as grid traveler replays 2011 September 29, 2018
With wins in its first four games this season, Clemson is approaching the school record for the college football traveling championship as it climbs the national historic standings.

Bama leads Corn all-time, but Clemson has chance to move up March 26, 2017
With a six-game title run in 2016, Alabama solidified its hold as the best team historically for the Ear of Corn traveling championship in college football, which began in 1979. But the holder of the title now is Clemson.

All-time college football Ear of Corn results August 17, 2016
Following are the all-time results in the national competition for the Ear of Corn in college football, starting with the designation's inception in 1979. Alabama, the 1978 national champion, was designated as the first team to defend the prize.