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Ranking the 75 best college football helmets in the nation


Over the course of four weeks in December, your votes determined the top college football helmets in America in our Ultimate College Football Helmet bracket.

We started with 130 FBS teams, and in total, more than 300,000 votes were cast during the tournament, and the Texas Longhorns edged the Michigan Wolverines in the championship round.

The rest of the bracket was filled with surprise upsets and Cinderella runs from small programs. You can see the full results below.

How did we determine the full order from 1 to 130? Each team is placed in order of the number of votes it received in the round in which it was eliminated. A team that advanced to the Sweet 16 and received 2,000 votes will be ahead of a team that reached the same round and received 1,500 votes.

Here are the best and worst college football helmets in the nation, from No. 1 to No. 130:

1. Texas

Brendan Maloney-USA TODAY Sports

Round of 128: Defeated New Mexico State

Round of 64: Defeated Oklahoma State

Round of 32: Defeated SMU

Sweet 16: Defeated Colorado

Elite Eight: Defeated Utah

Final Four: Defeated LSU

Championship final: Defeated Michigan

2. Michigan

Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Texas

3. Florida State

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Lost to Michigan in the semifinals, defeated LSU in the third-place game.

4. LSU

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

Lost to Texas in the semifinals, lost to Florida State in the third-place game.

5. Arkansas

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: LSU

6. Utah

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Texas

7. Iowa

Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Michigan

8. North Carolina

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Florida State

9. Ohio State

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Iowa

10. Notre Dame

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Florida State

11. Georgia

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Arkansas

12. Ole Miss

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: LSU

13. Clemson

Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: North Carolina

14. TCU

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Utah

15. Colorado

James Snook-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Texas

16. Michigan State

Mansfield News Journal

Eliminated by: Michigan

17. SMU

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Texas

18. Oklahoma

Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Colorado

19. Nebraska

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Ohio State

20. Tennessee

Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Arkansas

21. USC

James Snook-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: North Carolina

22. Wisconsin

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Michigan State

23. Penn State

Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: TCU

24. Florida

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Georgia

25. Texas Tech

Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Utah

26. Western Michigan

Kimberly Moss-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Iowa

27. Auburn

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: LSU

28. Pittsburgh

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Michigan

29. Miami (FL)

Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Notre Dame

30. Cal

Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Clemson

31. Alabama

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Ole Miss

32. Virginia

Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Florida State

33. Iowa State

Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Ohio State

34. Indiana

Dale Young-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Pittsburgh

35. Illinois

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Nebraska

36. Minnesota

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Michigan State

37. Purdue

Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Wisconsin

38. West Virginia

Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Western Michigan

39. Boise State

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: SMU

40. UTSA

The Daily News Journal

Eliminated by: Alabama

41. Oregon

John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Utah

42. Wyoming

Troy Babbitt-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Texas Tech

43. Washington State

James Snook-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Oklahoma

44. Oregon State

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Penn State

45. Kansas

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Tennessee

46. Kentucky

Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Auburn

47. Kansas State

Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Ole Miss

48. Coastal Carolina

David Yeazell-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Arkansas

49. UCLA

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Clemson

50. Maryland

Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Iowa

51. Wake Forest

Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Virginia

52. Air Force

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Miami (FL)

53. Texas A&M

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Colorado

54. Arizona State

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: TCU

55. Vanderbilt

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Florida

56. Syracuse

Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Cal

57. UAB

Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: LSU

58. Cincinnati

The Enquirer

Eliminated by: Notre Dame

59. Oklahoma State

The Oklahoman

Eliminated by: Texas

60. UCF

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Georgia

61. South Caroina

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: USC Trojans

62. Stanford

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: North Carolina

63. Army

Danny Wild-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Florida State

64. Central Michigan

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Michigan

65. Louisville

Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Air Force

66. NC State

Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Wake Forest

67. East Carolina

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Clemson

68. San Diego State

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Oklahoma State

69. Colorado State

Troy Babbitt-UW Media-Athletics

Eliminated by: Colorado

70. Washington

Jennifer Buchanan-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Washington State

71. Tulsa

Peter Thomas-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Texas A&M

72. Navy

Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Army

73. Ball State

Troy Babbitt-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Indiana

74. Ohio

The Ames Tribune

Eliminated by: Ohio State

75. Arizona

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Eliminated by: Penn State

76-100:

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

76. Duke

77. Rutgers

78. Memphis

79. Houston

80. Missouri

81. Louisiana-Lafayette

82. Virginia Tech

83. Tulane

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

84. Northern Illinois

85. Kent State

86. Mississippi State

87. Buffalo

88. Toledo

89. New Mexico

90. Temple

91. Marshall

92. Northwestern

93. Western Kentucky

Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports

94. South Florida

95. Hawaii

96. Georgia Tech

97. UNLV

98. UTEP

99. Bowling Green

100. Arkansas State

101-130:

Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

101. Middle Tennessee

102. Louisiana Tech

103. Nevada

104. San Jose State

105. Baylor

106. Liberty

107. Rice

108. FIU

109. Old Dominion

110. BYU

111. Florida Atlantic

112. Troy

113. Fresno State

Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports

114. UConn

115. UNC-Charlotte

116. Eastern Michigan

117. Georgia State

118. Appalachian State

119. Miami (OH)

120. North Texas

121. Boston College

122. Texas State

123. Utah State

124. New Mexico State

125. South Alabama

126. Southern Miss

127. UL-Monroe

128. Akron

129. Georgia Southern

130. UMass

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