[Roberton3]

Has there ever been a school ranked in the Top Ten of both lists other than Stanford?  Maybe Northwestern - did they ever get that highly ranked in football?  Not Duke or any Ivy school after about 1940, right?  It seems to me that this is a truly unique (or at least VERY rare) achievement.  Further, it is a large element of what Harbaugh/Shaw captured in their successful adjustments of our recruiting efforts.

The US News ranking only goes back to 1983, so no school could have been in the top 10 in the AP poll and US News ranking before that.

Michigan was top-10 in both a couple times during the 80s, most recently in 1988 (#8 in US News, #4 AP).  But I think they're the only school other than Stanford to have done it.  A few of the other top public universities made the US News top-10 during the 80s, but weren't top-10 in the AP in the same year.  And from the 90s on, the US News top 10 has been all private (counting Cornell as a private school). 

[Roberton3]

Has there ever been a school ranked in the Top Ten of both lists other than Stanford?  Maybe Northwestern - did they ever get that highly ranked in football?  Not Duke or any Ivy school after about 1940, right?  It seems to me that this is a truly unique (or at least VERY rare) achievement.  Further, it is a large element of what Harbaugh/Shaw captured in their successful adjustments of our recruiting efforts.

The US News ranking only goes back to 1983, so no school could have been in the top 10 in the AP poll and US News ranking before that.

Michigan was top-10 in both a couple times during the 80s, most recently in 1988 (#8 in US News, #4 AP).  But I think they're the only school other than Stanford to have done it.  A few of the other top public universities made the US News top-10 during the 80s, but weren't top-10 in the AP in the same year.  And from the 90s on, the US News top 10 has been all private (counting Cornell as a private school).