Most Alumni In Super Bowl

NFL.com's CFB 24/7: Path to the Draft routinely has fun football stuff. This past week they posted a list of the 26 colleges that have sent the most players to the Super Bowl since the AFL-NFL merger.

Most alumni in Super Bowl since 1970

1t. Tennessee, 61
1t. Miami (Fla.), 61
3. USC, 59
4t. Michigan, 52
4t. Nebraska, 52
6t. Ohio State, 51
6t. Notre Dame, 51
8t. Penn State, 50
8t. Florida State, 50
10. UCLA, 49
11t. Colorado, 47
11t. Georgia, 47
13. California, 46
14. Florida, 43
15. Alabama, 40
16t. North Carolina, 37
16t. Washington, 37
16t. Texas, 37
16t. Oklahoma, 37
16t. Stanford, 37
21t. Pittsburgh, 36
21t. Texas A&M, 36
23t. Michigan State, 34
23t. LSU, 34
23t. Arizona State, 34
23t. Clemson, 34

California at 13 jumps out. Go Bears! For a school that hasn't been much of a college football factor since 1970, actually they haven't been much of a factor since the 1950s, 46 Super Bowl participants is impressive. All of the schools ahead of them have won at least one national title (or in the case of UCLA had realistic dreams of one) since 1970. The same can be said of many of the teams behind Cal on the list. Despite Cal's lack of wins they have had many very godd, some great, football players. This list shows that. Go Bears! The 13 ranking is nice. It's even nicer to be ranked several spots above Stanford.

Seeing Miami with the most alumni is no surprise. The Hurricane rosters from the late 1980s to early 2000s were loaded with difference-making football players. Some of those teams might have rivaled an NFL team or two for top football talent. It's bit of a surprise to see Tennessee tied with Miami. Without thinking too hard on the matter I would have guessed that Tennessee would place somewhere in the middle. Clearly I'm forgetting about some former Volunteers.

The colleges leading the way in Super Bowl LI are Alabama, LSU, Stanford, and Rutgers with four alumni each. Rutgers!
Cal has one. Atlanta Falcons center Alex Mack. Go Bears!