indent: 12.0px; line-height: 11.0px; font: 12.0px New Century Schoolbook;">It was a slow start for John Cooper and Ohio State in the decade. You can probably blame Kirk Herbstreit for that. The trio of Bobby Hoing, Eddie George and Terry Gleen jump-started the team in the mid-90s, but could not win a championship.

Losses to Michigan in 95 and 96 kept the Buckeyes from a title, while a loss to Michigan State in 98 gave the team a No. 2 finish.

OSU was known for what might have been under Cooper, and this ranking is a perfect example of that. It also didn’t help that the 1999 Buckeyes ended the season unranked.

9. tie: Alabama (117)

It was all about Roll Tide from 1992-94 behind quarterback Jay Barker. However, it took a couple years for the Tide to get to that stage and the late 90s didn’t help Bama’s cause.

Thanks to a strong year on 99, Bama was able to sneak into the top 10 and earn the honor of worst program to win a championship in the 90s. It is kind of ironic that a missed extra point in overtime against Michigan kept the Tide from finishing above OSU.

Like A&M, Bama was known for its suffocating defense throughout the 90s. The problem was finding a quarterback after Barker. Freddie Kitchens lasted most of three years, but was not the answer.

It was a shame for Tide fans as they had a great RB in Shaun Alexander and several other solid ones in the 90s. You can’t forget about David Palmer in the early 90’s as the game’s first slash.

7. Miami (137)

This probably surprises many people, but the Hurricanes were nothing great after 1992. It looked like they were going to be the team of the decade once again in the 90s after Craig Erickson and Gino Teretta started them off so well.

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