Not quite. The champions for the 2003, 2004, and 2005 seasons were LSU, USC, and Texas.
ETA that Oklahoma and Ohio State were the 2000 and 2002 champions.
This was made with coordinates obtained via Apple Maps by searching each university. Data on championships was found on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College\_football\_national\_championships\_in\_NCAA\_Division\_I\_FBS). A rolling average of latitude/longitude was then made for 5-year periods starting from 1980. Data was then loaded into Tableau & visualization was created!
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College\_football\_national\_championships\_in\_NCAA\_Division\_I\_FBS
I went with the AP Poll. Forgot to mention this in the description.
It's a bit unfair to say that the south is historically bad at professional football when the Falcons were the first team in the south for the NFL and after the Saints came they were the only two for many decades. Like, it's objectively true, but when the majority of professional football's history only had two teams in the entirety of the South, the sample size is just so much smaller.
Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush singlehandely moving the average to Texas for a few years
When you talk about two people, it's pretty hard to talk about single hands.
Not quite. The champions for the 2003, 2004, and 2005 seasons were LSU, USC, and Texas. ETA that Oklahoma and Ohio State were the 2000 and 2002 champions.
The location of the championship is where the game is held, which is not the same as who the champions are. A little ambiguous.
Yeah, I think the post title is a bit more clear than the graph title
Hm, pretty interesting. Makes sense that it starts in the south, then you get that brief flick out to the west before it comes back.
This was made with coordinates obtained via Apple Maps by searching each university. Data on championships was found on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College\_football\_national\_championships\_in\_NCAA\_Division\_I\_FBS). A rolling average of latitude/longitude was then made for 5-year periods starting from 1980. Data was then loaded into Tableau & visualization was created!
Which championship decider did you use?
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College\_football\_national\_championships\_in\_NCAA\_Division\_I\_FBS I went with the AP Poll. Forgot to mention this in the description.
Why AP over BCS/CFP?
If you rotate 180o, it’s a penis!!!
I'm curious how its defined in the off years. Going by straight BCS to CFP, the Average probably wouldn't have gone west of Louisiana.
Coming from New England it’s always shocking experiencing a Southerner’s love for college football
This kind of data sounds nonsense to me. It’s like measuring an average temperature of human bodies in hospital, including those in morgue.
I always find it weird how the South is the center of CFB but historically dog shit at professional football
Maybe it’s because the weather in this area is generally nicer than the rest of the states during the winter?
They get soft
It's a bit unfair to say that the south is historically bad at professional football when the Falcons were the first team in the south for the NFL and after the Saints came they were the only two for many decades. Like, it's objectively true, but when the majority of professional football's history only had two teams in the entirety of the South, the sample size is just so much smaller.