This encyclopedia serves as a comprehensive chronicle of American college football, detailing its evolution and impact. It offers a definitive resource for understanding the sport's history, presenting year-by-year schedules and scores for every school, alongside capsule histories of participating colleges and universities. The book also includes fight-song lyrics, box scores for all bowl games, and essays by prominent sportswriters, weaving together traditions, lore, and records.

This comprehensive encyclopedia is regarded as an authoritative reference for college football history. Its detailed year-by-year accounts, historical capsules, and inclusion of ancillary material like fight songs and essays by sportswriters provide a rich resource for fans and historians alike. The book's scope ensures it covers a vast array of information, making it a go-to source for understanding the sport's development and cultural significance.