College Football Belt

Sounds like an opportunity for TKP to generate some web traffic

I did a little bit of Excelling this morning, and here's the probabilities of who will own the Belt leading into the Big Ten Conference Championship Game (based on ESPN's current matchup predictions [based on their FPI]):

Ohio State: 21.2%
Michigan: 18.8%
Iowa: 17.5%
Wisconsin: 10.2%
Michigan State: 7.7%
Purdue: 6.1%
Northwestern: 6.0%
Penn State: 5.0%
Indiana: 2.3%
Nebraska: 2.1%
Minnesota: 1.5%
Illinois: 0.8%
Maryland: 0.5%
Rutgers: 0.2%

If Michigan can finally take care of Ohio State, the Belt may very well end up with the actual CFP Champion again.

Rutgers won the inaugural belt in 1868, losing it the following game to Princeton.
Princeton held on to the belt until 1876, losing it to Yale in a 2-0 barnburner.
Princeton stormed back to take the belt in 1878 winning 1-0.
Harvard won the belt in 1882 2-1, but coughed it up to Yale 1-0 later that year.
Princeton got the belt back in 1885, defeating Yale 6-5.
Harvard got it back in 1887 with a 12-0 win, but gave it back to Yale 17-8.
Princeton won the belt in 1889 10-0, then gave it back to Yale in 1890 32-0.
Princeton took it back in 1893 before losing it to Penn the following year.
Lafeyette took the belt in 1896, but got smacked down by Penn the following year 46-0
Harvard won it back in 1898, holding it until 1900 and a loss to Yale, but reclaimed it the following year.
Yale took it back in 1902, surrendering it to Princeton in 1903, who held onto it until losing to Navy in 1904, who lost it later that year to Swarthmore.
Pennsylvania took it back in 1905, before losing to Swarthmore in 1906, who lost it later that year to Navy (The 1906 Navy game was the first shot VT had at gaining the belt).
Navy lost to Harvard in 1907, who in turn lost to Carlisle.
Carlisle lost to Harvard in 1908, who lost to Yale in 1909.
Army won the belt in 1910, but lost it back to Harvard the same year.
Princeton won the belt back in 1911, gave it back to Harvard in 1912, who kept it until a 1915 loss to Cornell (VT got it's 2nd shot at the belt the following week)
Harvard took the belt back in 1916 before losing it to Brown, who immediately lost it to Colgate.
Brown reclaimed the belt in 1917, but lost it immediately to Syracuse.
Syracuse surrendered the belt to Michigan in 1918.
Ohio State won the belt in 1919 before losing to Illinois to close out the year.
Wisconsin took the belt in 1920 and lost it in 1921 to Chicago.
After a decade hiatus, Princeton reclaimed the belt in 1922 before losing it to Notre Dame in 1923, who later lost it to Nebraska the same year, who then lost it to Syracuse the same year.
In 1924, Syracuse lost to West Virginia Wesleyan who lost it the following year to West Virginia.
Missouri won the belt in 1926 and immediately lost it to Oklahoma, who lost it to Kansas, who gave it back to Missouri.
SMU took the belt in 1927, surrendering it to Texas A&M, who held on to the belt until a 1928 loss to Centenary (LA), who lost to Baylor, who lost to Texas, who held the belt until a 1929 loss to TCU.
TCU gave the belt back in 1930.
Texas then lost in 1931 to Rice, who lost to SMU, who lost to St. Mary's (CA).
In 1932 the belt transferred to Fordham, who then lost it to Boston College, but got it back the following year.
Later that year, St. Mary's (CA) won it back, before losing it to Oregon.
In 1934, Washington claimed the belt, but lost it to Stanford later that season, who lost the Rose Bowl to Alabama.
Mississippi State took the belt in 1935, before LSU took it, who subsequently lost it to TCU.
TCU lost the belt in 1936 to Texas Tech, before losing it to Wichita State, who immediately lost it to St. Louis, who lost it to Missouri.
Colorado won the belt in 1937, losing to Rice at the end of the year.
Rice lost the belt immediately in 1938 to Oklahoma, who lost to Tennessee to close out the year.
Tennessee had the belt all the way until the 1939 Rose Bowl, giving it up to USC.
USC lost to Stanford in 1940, who lost the belt in 1941 to Oregon State, who immediately lost to Washington State, who lost to Texas A&M the day before Pearl Harbor, who then lost the belt to Alabama.
Alabama lost to Georgia in 1942, who then lost to Auburn who kept the belt despite not fielding a team in 1943.
Georgia Tech won the belt in 1944, losing it later to Duke, who lost to Navy in 1945 (So did the Combined Fleet), who lost to Army to close out the year.
Army held the belt until 1947 and a loss to Columbia (one week after VT's 3rd shot at the belt)
Harvard took the belt back in 1948 before losing it to Cornell, who lost to Army, who kept the belt until the 1950 Army-Navy game.
In 1951, Navy lost to Princeton who lost in 1952 to Penn, who lost to Penn State, who in turn lost to Syracuse, who lost to Alabama.
Alabama opened up the 1953 season with a loss to Southern Missisippi, who lost to UTEP to end the season.
In 1954, UTEP lost to Arizona State, who lost to San Jose St, who then lost to Oregon, who lost to UCLA, who kept the belt until a 1955 loss to Maryland.
Maryland lost the Orange Bowl to Oklahoma, who held the belt until a 1957 loss to Notre Dame, who immediately lost to Iowa, who held it until a 1958 loss to Ohio State.
Ohio State lost the Belt in 1959 to USC, who lost it to UCLA, who lost it to Syracuse, who held it until a 1960 loss to Pittsburgh.
Pitt lost to Penn State, who lost it in 1961 to Miami, who lost it to Navy, who lost it to Pitt, who lost it to Syracuse, who lost it to Notre Dame, who lost it to Iowa, who held it until a 1962 loss to USC.
USC held the belt until a 1963 loss to Oklahoma, who lost to Texas, who lost to Arkansas in 1964.
Arkansas lost the 1965 Cotton Bowl to LSU, who lost the belt to Rice in 1966.
Rice immediately lost to Tennessee, who lost to Georgia Tech, who lost to Georgia, who lost to Ole Miss in 1967.
Ole Miss later lost to Tennessee, who lost the Orange Bowl to Oklahoma.
Oklahoma lost to Notre Dame in 1968, who lost to Purdue, who lost to Ohio State, who lost to Michigan in 1969, who lost to USC in the Rose Bowl.
Stanford won the belt in 1970, then lost it to Air Force, who lost it to Colorado, who lost it to Tulane.
Tulane lost to Georgia in 1971, who lost to Auburn, who lost to Alabama, who lost to Nebraska.
Nebraska lost in 1972 to UCLA, who lost to Michigan, who lost to Ohio State, who lost to USC.
USC lost the belt in 1973 to Notre Dame, who lost the belt in 1974 to Purdue, who lost it to Duke, who lost it to Clemson, who lost it to Tennessee, who lost the belt in 1975 to UCLA.
UCLA lost the belt to Ohio State, but lost it back to UCLA in the Rose Bowl (UCLA becomes 1st to hold belt twice in 1 season)
1976, USC wins the belt, losing it to Alabama in 1977, who gave it back to USC in 1978.
Arizona State won the belt in 1978, before losing it to Washington, gave it back to USC, who held the belt until a loss to Washington in 1980.
Washington lost to Michigan, who lost to Wisconsin to open up the 1981 season.
Wisconsin lost to UCLA, who lost to Iowa, who lost to Minnesota, who lost to Michigan, who lost to Ohio State, who lost to Stanford in 1982. (Michigan becoming the 1st to lose it twice in 1 year)
Stanford lost to Arizona State, who lost to Washington, who lost to Washington State, who lost to Michigan in 1983.
Michigan lost to Washinton, who lost to LSU, who lost to Florida, who lost to Auburn, who lost to Miami in 1984.
Miami lost to Michigan, who lost to Washington, who lost to USC, who lost to UCLA, who lost to Washington in 1985.
Washington lost to Oregon State, who lost to Arizona, who lost to UCLA, who lost to USC, who lost to Alabama.
Alabama lost the belt in 1986 to Penn State, before taking it back in 1987.
Alabama lost the belt to Florida, who lost to LSU, who lost to Alabama, who lost to Notre Dame, who lost it to Penn State, who lost it to Clemson. (Alabama both won and lost the belt twice in 1987)
Clemson lost the belt in 1988 to Florida State (After VT's fourth try), FSU beat VT for the 5th try later that year.
FSU lost the belt in 1989 to Southern Mississippi, who lost to Mississippi State, who lost to Georgia, who lost to South Carolina, who lost it to NC State, who lost to UVA (who beat VT for the 6th try), who lost to Illinois.
In 1990, Illinois lost to Arizona, who lost to Cal, who lost to Washington, who lost to UCLA, who lost to USC, who lost to Notre Dame, who lost to Colorado.
In 1991, Colorado lost to Baylor, who lost to Rice, who lost to TCU, who lost it back to Baylor, who lost it to Texas Tech, who lost it to Oklahoma in 1992.
Oklahoma lost it to USC, who lost to Washington, who lost to Arizona, who lost to USC, who lost to UCLA.
Cal won the belt in 1993, before losing it to Washington, who lost it to UCLA, who lost it to Arizona State, who lost it to Arizona.
Colorado State won the belt in 1994, before losing to Utah, who lost to New Mexico, who lost to Wyoming, who lost to Air Force in 1995.
Air Force lost to Colorado State, who lost the belt to BYU, who lost to Arizona State, who lost to Arizona.
Iowa won the belt in 1996, before losing to Tulsa, who lost to BYU, who lost to Washington to open up the 1997 season.
Nebraska won the belt, holding it until a 1998 loss to Texas A&M, who lost the belt to Texas, who lost the belt to NC State in 1999. who lost the belt to FSU (who beat VT for the 7th try), losing to Miami in 2000. (who beat VT for the 8th, 9th, and 10th tries), before losing to Ohio State in 2002.
Ohio State lost to Wisconsin in 2003, who lost to Purdue, who lost to Michigan, who lost to USC (who beat VT for the 11th try), who officially held the belt until 2005 when Texas took it.
Texas lost to Ohio State in 2006, who lost to Florida, who lost to Auburn in 2007, who lost to LSU, who lost to Arkansas, who lost to Missouri.
Oklahoma State won the belt in 2008, before losing to Texas, who lost to Texas Tech, who lost to Oklahoma, who lost to Florida.
Alabama won the belt in 2009, before losing to South Carolina in 2010, who lost to Kentucky, who lost to Georgia, who lost to Florida, who lost to South Carolina, who lost to Auburn, who lost to Clemson in 2011, (who beat VT for the 12th try), then lost it to Georgia Tech.

It is at this point that the CFB Belt came home to Blacksburg.

Before going back to Clemson, who lost to West Virginia, who lost to Texas Tech in 2012, who lost to Kansas State, who lost to Baylor, who lost to Oklahoma State in 2013.
Oklahoma won the belt thereafter, until a 2014 loss to TCU, who lost to Baylor, who lost to West Virginia, who lost to TCU, who held it until a 2015 loss to Oklahoma State, who lost it to Baylor, who lost it to TCU, who lost the belt in 2016 to Arkansas.
Texas A&M took it off of Arkansas, but gave it up to Alabama, who lost it to Clemson.
Clemson held the belt until a 2017 loss to Syracuse, who lost it to Miami, who lost it to Pitt, who lost it to Penn State in 2018.
Penn State lost it to Ohio State, who just last weekend got waxed by your new CFB Belt Holder, Purdue, who opens their title defense on the road against Michigan State.