SN 140: The top college football teams of each decade dating back to the 1800s

College football has been evolving in hyperspeed the last five years and shows no signs of slowing down. And yet, the more things change ... As part of Sporting News' year-long celebration of 140 years of publishing, we took a look back at a sport that loves its history and traditions perhaps more than any other in the U.S. Last week, SN named seven All-Decade All-America teams, starting in the 1960s. This week, we are going all the way back, to when we published our first newspaper, when touchdowns were four points and field goals were worth five. We are naming our top program of each decade -- with some being obvious and some being absolutely not obvious.But it is interesting to note, teams that were at the top of the sport in the '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s will be contending for Co