Winning is always the ultimate goal in college football — that is true for any sport. But while the wins all look the same in the record books, there are always some that are more impressive than others.

It is not uncommon to see college football teams face opponents with inferior talent during the regular season. But it is impossible to win a national championship without taking down Top 25-level competition. According to The Athletic's Matt Brown, only eight Power-Five programs over the past decade have winning records against nationally-ranked competition. Of those schools, four have won a national championship.

Most recently, the LSU Tigers won the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship with a 15-0 record by beating seven Top 25 teams, all of whom were ranked inside the top 10 at the time of their matchup against LSU. Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron explained what it took for his team to perform well against top competition following a national title victory over Clemson.

"Character, integrity, great players, great coaching stiff, will to win," Orgeron said. "You know, I talked to the team about the focus all week was just beat Clemson, not think of the magnitude, or hey, we're going to win the national championship, all that, what was going to happen. Our guys just followed it, and our focus has been one game at a time, one day at a time, and our guys did a tremendous job."

Scroll up to get a look at college football's most successful programs against Top 25 competition during the 2010s in ascending order.