2009 Florida.
I can see the argument for 2011 LSU, but the Tigers were 28-11 in the three years preceding that game. 2009 Florida had won 2 national championships in blowouts, won 21 straight games, had a Heisman Trophy winner in the season they didn't win it WHO WAS STILL THE STARTING QUARTERBACK, and had a record of 47-7 across Tebow's career (including Leak as starter).
Although they had a lot of NFL future players, I think 1978 Penn State was a bit overrated (basically a Big East team with a soft schedule riding the fact they had won a bunch of games against a generally soft schedule).
I can also see the argument for 1982 Penn State.
1992 Miami was the conclusion of an overrated program on the downhill slide. They had scraped by a few times and nobody paid much attention to why that was. And let's admit it - Miami even in at their 80s peak was quite mortal against good teams outside the confines of the Orange Bowl.
1983 - 25-point blowout loss on the road to Florida (SEC)
1984 - Fiesta Bowl loss to UCLA
1985 - 28-point blowout loss in Sugar Bowl vs Tennessee (SEC)
1986 - Fiesta Bowl loss to UCLA
1988 - road loss to Notre Dame in Catholics vs Convicts
1989 - 14-point road loss to Florida State
1990 - 7-point loss to BYU in Provo
1990 - 9-point loss to #6 Notre Dame in South Bend
1992 - 21-point loss to #2 Alabama in Sugar Bowl
1993 - 18-point blowout loss to #1 FSU on the road
1993 - lost to #9 WVA in Morgantown
1993 - 29-0 blowout loss to Arizona St in Fiesta Bowl
They were a good home team that got a lot of pop for beating teams that were either:
a) big names who had done nothing for years (Notre Dame in 85/86/87)
b) Florida State in a 1 or 2 competitive game season
c) one-dimensional running teams (Oklahoma 85/86/87)
Put Miami in the fratricidal SEC of 1983-onward and they MIGHT have 2 national titles at best. Maybe. They might have zero since winning the title made recruiting easier.
