12-0 Huskies to a share of the 1991 national championship but was ruled ineligible during the 1992 season because of a $50,000 loan. The only collateral was his future earning ability in the NFL, an NCAA no-no. The school wasn't penalized, but then more serious violations surfaced regarding giving athletes and recruits excessive meal and entertainment money, and alleged overpaying of players by boosters. When Washington was hit with two years of probation longtime coach James resigned.

16. Wisconsin loses 26 players (7): When a shoe-giveaway scandal hit in 2000, hardest thing for the Badgers was to figure out how to space out all the suspensions so they'd still have enough bodies.

17. Bidding war f17. Bidding war for Albert Means takes down Alabama(5): Means was shopped around by hishigh school coach and Alabama booster Logan Young was convicted in 2005 of paying $150,000 to bring him to the Crimson Tide. That put Alabama on probation for five years, in a case that some thought might draw the death penalty.or Albert Means takes down Alabama(5): Means was shopped around by his high school coach and Alabama booster Logan Young was convicted in 2005 of paying $150,000 to bring him to the Crimson Tide. That put Alabama on probation for five years, in a case that some thought might draw the death penalty.

The Hurricanes reportedly had dozens of past and former players spend a stretch from 2002 to 2010 receiving illegal gifts and other things from Nevin Shapiro, a convicted Ponzi schemer and Miami booster. Yahoo Sports broke