College football lost an icon on Sunday when former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden died at 91. The stories flowed in vast and plentiful for a man who was beloved, colorful and one of the most succe sful the sport has ever Brett Kern Jersey seen.Yes, he "only" won two national championships. There are a handful of coaches who rung up more than that. But by one metric, Bobby Bowden stands alone among the fraternity of legendary college football coaches.From 1987 to 2000, his Seminoles finished in The A sociated Pre s' top five every season. No Warren Moon Jersey one comes even close to that type of sustained succe s. At 14 straight years with a top-five team, Bowden doesn't just stand alone, he laps the field.Heres another way to put Bowdens run in perspective: Alabamas Bear Bryant, universally considered one of the sports top coaches, had 12 top-five finishes spread over his 23 years in Kenny Vaccaro Jersey Tuscaloosa. He never had more than three straight. Neither did Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Urban Meyer, Jimmy Johnson, Joe Paterno and a host of other greats.MORE: Heres the list of coaches with at least four consecutive top-five finishes in the AP Poll era:NameCollegeStreakYearsBobby BowdenFlorida Derrick Henry Jersey State141987-2000Pete CarrollUSC72002-09Bud WilkinsonOklahoma71952-58Dabo SwinneyClemson62015-20*Nick SabanAlabama52014-18Ara ParseghianNotre Dame51966-70Steve SpurrierFlorida41995-98Dennis EricksonMiami41989-92Barry SwitzerOklahoma41973-76Darrell RoyalTexas41961-64Frank LeahyNotre Dame41946-49* ActiveClemsons Dabo Swinney is in position for his seventh straight top-five finish this year, which would put him halfway up Mount Bowden and would tie Pete Carrolls remarkable run at USC. And the Tigers have shown no signs of slowing down, either on the recruiting trail or on the field, so maybe Swinney will match the heights of the Marcus Mariota Jersey Florida State legend.But for now, Bowdens run stands alone.