OT: Mandel Divides P5 Schools into Tiers

More off-season discussion fodder. Starting in 2007, Mandel has separated Power 5 schools (or BCS, as it were) into tiers of college football royalty every 5 years. This is interesting because we actually have some sense of progression over time. We can see schools like Nebraska fall from grace as each year we get further from their mid-nineties reign of dominance. We can see WVU fall from a tier 2 "Baron" to a tier 3 with their dubious move to the Big 12.

While I am a little untrusting of any ranking system that puts LOLUVa anywhere short of dead last, I suppose we can fill the time discussing this it anyway.

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Results tabulated below. Formatting is from Mandel so asterix means he wasn't sure about putting them in that category (either they may belong below or above where they ended up) and strike through means they fell out of that category since the last list. Any errors are his, I think.

Kings

2017 2012 2007
Alabama Alabama Alabama
Clemson Florida Florida
Florida Florida State Florida State
Florida State LSU Miami
LSU Miami Michigan
Miami Michigan Nebraska
Michigan Nebraska Notre Dame
Nebraska Notre Dame Ohio State
Notre Dame Ohio State Oklahoma
Ohio State Oklahoma Penn State
Oklahoma Penn State Tennessee
Penn State Tennessee Texas
Texas Texas USC
USC USC

Barons

2017 2012 2007
Auburn Auburn Auburn
Georgia Clemson Clemson
Michigan State Colorado Colorado
Nebraska Georgia Georgia
Oregon Oregon LSU*
Stanford Tennessee Texas A&M
Tennessee Texas A&M UCLA
Texas A&M UCLA Virginia Tech
UCLA Virginia Tech Washington
Virginia Tech Washington Wisconsin
West Virginia West Virginia  
Wisconsin Wisconsin.

Knights

2017 2012 2007
Arizona State Arizona State Arizona State
Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas
Baylor Boise State Boston College
Boise State Boston College California
Boston College BYU Georgia Tech
BYU Cal Illinois
Cal Colorado Iowa
Colorado Georgia Tech Kansas State
Georgia Tech Illinois Maryland
Illinois Iowa Michigan State
Iowa Kansas State Missouri
Kansas State Maryland N.C. State
Louisville Michigan State Oklahoma State
Maryland Missouri Ole Miss
Missouri NC State Oregon
North Carolina Oklahoma State Oregon State
NC State Ole Miss Pittsburgh
Northwestern Oregon State Purdue
Oklahoma State Pittsburgh Stanford
Ole Miss Purdue Syracuse*
Oregon State Stanford South Carolina
Pittsburgh Syracuse Texas Tech
Purdue South Carolina Virginia
Syracuse TCU West Virginia
South Carolina Texas Tech Washington State
TCU Utah  
Texas Tech Virginia  
Utah Washington  
West Virginia Washington State  
Virginia    
Washington  

Peasants

2017 2012 2007
Arizona Arizona Arizona
Boston College Baylor Baylor
Duke Cincinnati Cincinnati
Minnesota Connecticut Connecticut
Indiana Duke Duke
Iowa State Minnesota Minnesota
Kansas Indiana Indiana
Kentucky Iowa State Iowa State
Mississippi State Kansas Kansas
Oregon State Kentucky Kentucky
Purdue Louisville Mississippi State
Rutgers Mississippi State North Carolina
Wake Forest North Carolina Northwestern
Washington State Northwestern Rutgers*
Vanderbilt Rutgers South Florida*
  Temple Wake Forest
  USF Vanderbilt
  Wake Forest  
  Washington State  
  Vanderbilt
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