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I have a hard time respecting football and all accolades associated with it when the players wore leather helmets.
I have a hard time respecting football and all accolades associated with it when the players wore leather helmets.
Why on earth would you say that? It was quite possibly a far rougher game then.
Do you have a hard time respecting the soldiers that fought in the Civil War or the Revolutionary War simply because they weren't carrying M-16s or Uzis?
I have a hard time respecting someone who shows no respect for history, and the hardships endured by the people that had to work their way through that history, and that includes something as unimportant as football history.
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I have a hard time respecting football and all accolades associated with it when the players wore leather helmets.
Why on earth would you say that? It was quite possibly a far rougher game then.
Do you have a hard time respecting the soldiers that fought in the Civil War or the Revolutionary War simply because they weren't carrying M-16s or Uzis?
I have a hard time respecting someone who shows no respect for history, and the hardships endured by the people that had to work their way through that history, and that includes something as unimportant as football history.
Why on earth would you say that? It was quite possibly a far rougher game then.
Do you have a hard time respecting the soldiers that fought in the Civil War or the Revolutionary War simply because they weren't carrying M-16s or Uzis?
I have a hard time respecting someone who shows no respect for history, and the hardships endured by the people that had to work their way through that history, and that includes something as unimportant as football history.
How can you associate war with a game?
I just responded to your post of facts by giving my view that I don't really care much for any accolades or championships won by teams who played football in a fashion that it would make it hard for some people to call the game played back in the day "football."
I didn't belittle your post that didn't have a point, so please don't belittle my response.
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You cant be serious. That was REAL FOOTBALL. Todays game is just a show. You must be a fan of pissburgh.
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You cant be serious. That was REAL FOOTBALL. Todays game is just a show. You must be a fan of pissburgh.
You cant be serious. That was REAL FOOTBALL. Todays game is just a show. You must be a fan of pissburgh.
You Got Me! I'm a Steelers fan, posting on a fan board of the Cleveland Browns, making a mockery of the importance of football titles BEFORE THE AUTOMOBILE WAS MASS PRODUCED.
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Gipper, I understand where you're coming from, but if you're going to take away titles from OSU for reasons such as that, you have to play fair and do it to everyone. The Wiki page I referenced lists several different measuring techniques. . . including all recognized titles, Championship claims by schools, College Football Data Warehouse Natl. Champs, and National Poll championships, and none of them seem to match the list you showed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division...laims_by_school
2009 prediction: 8-8, with a much more respectible looking team, and hopefully 3-3 in the division with at least 1 win over each team. -
You cant be serious. That was REAL FOOTBALL. Todays game is just a show. You must be a fan of pissburgh.
You Got Me! I'm a Steelers fan, posting on a fan board of the Cleveland Browns, making a mockery of the importance of football titles BEFORE THE AUTOMOBILE WAS MASS PRODUCED.
You Got Me! I'm a Steelers fan, posting on a fan board of the Cleveland Browns, making a mockery of the importance of football titles BEFORE THE AUTOMOBILE WAS MASS PRODUCED.
Correct- we MUUUUSSSSSSTTTTTTT follow Steeler logic. Only National Championships from the BCS Era count. Only counts if you got a Waterford Football.
PS I heard somewhere a bunch of Alabama's supposed "National Titles" are bogus- for real.
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Why on earth would you say that? It was quite possibly a far rougher game then.
Do you have a hard time respecting the soldiers that fought in the Civil War or the Revolutionary War simply because they weren't carrying M-16s or Uzis?
I have a hard time respecting someone who shows no respect for history, and the hardships endured by the people that had to work their way through that history, and that includes something as unimportant as football history.
How can you associate war with a game?
I just responded to your post of facts by giving my view that I don't really care much for any accolades or championships won by teams who played football in a fashion that it would make it hard for some people to call the game played back in the day "football."
I didn't belittle your post that didn't have a point, so please don't belittle my response.
How can you associate war with a game?
I just responded to your post of facts by giving my view that I don't really care much for any accolades or championships won by teams who played football in a fashion that it would make it hard for some people to call the game played back in the day "football."
I didn't belittle your post that didn't have a point, so please don't belittle my response.
The point is your assumption that is deadass wrong about about people years ago "playing football in a fashion that it would be hard to call it "football". That is an ignorant statement of the primary order, and if you are going to make such an ignorant statement, I am going to call you on it, and belittle that response
Did you really expect to saying something as foolish as that and not be called on it?
The analogy to war was simple: the game is the same basic game even if the technology is now advanced. (Here is where I go Samuel Jackson on you) If you are hit between the eyes by an M-16 shot or hit between the eyes by a musketball, the end result is the same: you are still dead as f***ing fried chicken. If you are tackled by a guy wearing a leather helmet vs. a guy wearing a fiberglass helmet, your ass is still on the ground. In fact you might be quite a bit sorer because you didn't have all the protective gear they have today. So to "have no respect" for the people that played the game back then is totally absurd.
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Gipper, I understand where you're coming from, but if you're going to take away titles from OSU for reasons such as that, you have to play fair and do it to everyone. The Wiki page I referenced lists several different measuring techniques. . . including all recognized titles, Championship claims by schools, College Football Data Warehouse Natl. Champs, and National Poll championships, and none of them seem to match the list you showed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division...laims_by_school
Gipper, I understand where you're coming from, but if you're going to take away titles from OSU for reasons such as that, you have to play fair and do it to everyone. The Wiki page I referenced lists several different measuring techniques. . . including all recognized titles, Championship claims by schools, College Football Data Warehouse Natl. Champs, and National Poll championships, and none of them seem to match the list you showed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division...laims_by_school
Well, of course, you may be right. It was difficult in the era of so many different polls awarding so many different championships. I mean, even a few years ago you had a championship awarded by the BCS to LSU, and the same year the AP named USC.
I still think though that a school cannot really claim a championship which was awarded to them after the regular season, but then they end up losing their bowl game.
(and you may all be right....I only did this analysis with OSU because I am an OSU fan, and am trying to be righteous and not claim something that they do not deserve. Many of the other schools titles may well have the same legitimacy issues that those two that are given to OSU have.)
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The Gipper, or any of you other guys who think football was legit before the 20's, you are off your rocker.
Here's the 1888 Yale schedule.
vs Wesleyan
76 - 0 W Sep 29, 1888
vs Rutgers
65 - 0 W Oct 6, 1888
at Pennsylvania
34 - 0 W Oct 13, 1888
at Wesleyan
46 - 0 W Oct 16, 1888
at Amherst
39 - 0 W Oct 19, 1888
at Williams
30 - 0 W Oct 20, 1888
vs MIT
68 - 0 W Oct 24, 1888
Stevens Tech
69 - 0 W Oct 27, 1888
vs Pennsylvania
54 - 0 W Nov 3, 1888
at Crescent AC
28 - 0 W Nov 6, 1888
vs Amherst
70 - 0 W Nov 10, 1888
vs Wesleyan
105 - 0 W Nov 17, 1888
vs Princeton
10 - 0 W Nov 24, 1888
I'm pretty sure they were the only ones who knew how to play the game. Sure, they won a National Title, but the game of football was A JOKE back in the day. Christ, how do you win a game 105-0?
Get real.
Oh, and The Gipper, if you think football was credible way back then, do you mind telling me Princeton and Yale's record record from 1872. They were both National Champions, mind you.
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The Gipper, or any of you other guys who think football was legit before the 20's, you are off your rocker.
Here's the 1888 Yale schedule.
vs Wesleyan
76 - 0 W Sep 29, 1888
vs Rutgers
65 - 0 W Oct 6, 1888
at Pennsylvania
34 - 0 W Oct 13, 1888
at Wesleyan
46 - 0 W Oct 16, 1888
at Amherst
39 - 0 W Oct 19, 1888
at Williams
30 - 0 W Oct 20, 1888
vs MIT
68 - 0 W Oct 24, 1888
Stevens Tech
69 - 0 W Oct 27, 1888
vs Pennsylvania
54 - 0 W Nov 3, 1888
at Crescent AC
28 - 0 W Nov 6, 1888
vs Amherst
70 - 0 W Nov 10, 1888
vs Wesleyan
105 - 0 W Nov 17, 1888
vs Princeton
10 - 0 W Nov 24, 1888
I'm pretty sure they were the only ones who knew how to play the game. Sure, they won a National Title, but the game of football was A JOKE back in the day. Christ, how do you win a game 105-0?
Get real.
Oh, and The Gipper, if you think football was credible way back then, do you mind telling me Princeton and Yale's record record from 1872. They were both National Champions, mind you.
The Gipper, or any of you other guys who think football was legit before the 20's, you are off your rocker.
Here's the 1888 Yale schedule.
vs Wesleyan
76 - 0 W Sep 29, 1888
vs Rutgers
65 - 0 W Oct 6, 1888
at Pennsylvania
34 - 0 W Oct 13, 1888
at Wesleyan
46 - 0 W Oct 16, 1888
at Amherst
39 - 0 W Oct 19, 1888
at Williams
30 - 0 W Oct 20, 1888
vs MIT
68 - 0 W Oct 24, 1888
Stevens Tech
69 - 0 W Oct 27, 1888
vs Pennsylvania
54 - 0 W Nov 3, 1888
at Crescent AC
28 - 0 W Nov 6, 1888
vs Amherst
70 - 0 W Nov 10, 1888
vs Wesleyan
105 - 0 W Nov 17, 1888
vs Princeton
10 - 0 W Nov 24, 1888
I'm pretty sure they were the only ones who knew how to play the game. Sure, they won a National Title, but the game of football was A JOKE back in the day. Christ, how do you win a game 105-0?
Get real.
Oh, and The Gipper, if you think football was credible way back then, do you mind telling me Princeton and Yale's record record from 1872. They were both National Champions, mind you.
The answer is simple: You play be the rules that are in place at the time. You just have to deal with the way things were then. You cannot judge them by today's standards. I mean, years from now some people may look back and say "what a joke football was back in the era around 2010" when they didn't decide college football's champion through a legitimate 16 team playoff tournament. How can any champion be considered legitimate who didn't go through the playoff process" Well, the fact is, right here, right now, we do NOT decide our college football champs through a playoff. But the championships awarded now are the way we do it. Just like those guys did it the way they did it back then.
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The Gipper, or any of you other guys who think football was legit before the 20's, you are off your rocker.
Here's the 1888 Yale schedule.
vs Wesleyan
76 - 0 W Sep 29, 1888
vs Rutgers
65 - 0 W Oct 6, 1888
at Pennsylvania
34 - 0 W Oct 13, 1888
at Wesleyan
46 - 0 W Oct 16, 1888
at Amherst
39 - 0 W Oct 19, 1888
at Williams
30 - 0 W Oct 20, 1888
vs MIT
68 - 0 W Oct 24, 1888
Stevens Tech
69 - 0 W Oct 27, 1888
vs Pennsylvania
54 - 0 W Nov 3, 1888
at Crescent AC
28 - 0 W Nov 6, 1888
vs Amherst
70 - 0 W Nov 10, 1888
vs Wesleyan
105 - 0 W Nov 17, 1888
vs Princeton
10 - 0 W Nov 24, 1888
I'm pretty sure they were the only ones who knew how to play the game. Sure, they won a National Title, but the game of football was A JOKE back in the day. Christ, how do you win a game 105-0?
Get real.
Oh, and The Gipper, if you think football was credible way back then, do you mind telling me Princeton and Yale's record record from 1872. They were both National Champions, mind you.
The answer is simple: You play be the rules that are in place at the time. You just have to deal with the way things were then. You cannot judge them by today's standards. I mean, years from now some people may look back and say "what a joke football was back in the era around 2010" when they didn't decide college football's champion through a legitimate 16 team playoff tournament. How can any champion be considered legitimate who didn't go through the playoff process" Well, the fact is, right here, right now, we do NOT decide our college football champs through a playoff. But the championships awarded now are the way we do it. Just like those guys did it the way they did it back then.
The answer is simple: You play be the rules that are in place at the time. You just have to deal with the way things were then. You cannot judge them by today's standards. I mean, years from now some people may look back and say "what a joke football was back in the era around 2010" when they didn't decide college football's champion through a legitimate 16 team playoff tournament. How can any champion be considered legitimate who didn't go through the playoff process" Well, the fact is, right here, right now, we do NOT decide our college football champs through a playoff. But the championships awarded now are the way we do it. Just like those guys did it the way they did it back then.
Thanks for side stepping my question.
In 1872, a year in which one poster considered this "REAL FOOTBALL," two National Champions were recognized.
You know what their records were?
1 Win
0 Losses
That's why my original response was:
I have a hard time respecting football and all accolades associated with it when the players wore leather helmets.
I don't get how some of you clowns can jump down my back for me considering a sport that awarded a one win team a NATIONAL TITLE was a huge joke.
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The answer is simple: You play be the rules that are in place at the time. You just have to deal with the way things were then. You cannot judge them by today's standards. I mean, years from now some people may look back and say "what a joke football was back in the era around 2010" when they didn't decide college football's champion through a legitimate 16 team playoff tournament. How can any champion be considered legitimate who didn't go through the playoff process" Well, the fact is, right here, right now, we do NOT decide our college football champs through a playoff. But the championships awarded now are the way we do it. Just like those guys did it the way they did it back then.
Thanks for side stepping my question.
In 1872, a year in which one poster considered this "REAL FOOTBALL," two National Champions were recognized.
You know what their records were?
1 Win
0 Losses
That's why my original response was:
I have a hard time respecting football and all accolades associated with it when the players wore leather helmets.
I don't get how some of you clowns can jump down my back for me considering a sport that awarded a one win team a NATIONAL TITLE was a huge joke.
Thanks for side stepping my question.
In 1872, a year in which one poster considered this "REAL FOOTBALL," two National Champions were recognized.
You know what their records were?
1 Win
0 Losses
That's why my original response was:
I don't get how some of you clowns can jump down my back for me considering a sport that awarded a one win team a NATIONAL TITLE was a huge joke.
You are free to try to break it down any way you want. I didn't do the compilation, I only reported it. As a generous person of eleomosynary character I generally come down on the side of exclusion. If you want to go KKK on the list that is up to you. I already got heat for not recognizing some OSU titles that some obscure organization had granted them.
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Season Champion(s) Record Coach Selector(s)
1869 Princeton 1-1 BR, NCF, PD
Rutgers 1-1 PD
1870 Princeton 1-0 BR, NCF, PD
1871 None
(no games) N/A N/A
1872 Princeton 1-0 BR, NCF, PD
Yale 1-0 PD
1873 Princeton 1-0 BR, NCF, PD
1874 Harvard 2-1-1 PD
Princeton 2-0 BR, PD
Yale 3-0 NCF, PD
1875 Columbia 3-1-1 PD
Harvard 4-0 NCF, PD
Princeton 2-0 BR, PD
1876 Yale 3-0 BR, NCF, PD
1877 Princeton 2-0-1 BR, PD
Yale 3-0-1 NCF, PD
1878 Princeton 6-0 BR, NCF, PD
1879 Princeton 4-0-1 BR, NCF, PD
Yale 3-0-2 PD
1880 Princeton 4-0-1 NCF, PD
Yale 4-0-1 BR, NCF, PD
1881 Princeton 7-0-2 BR, PD
Yale 5-0-1 NCF, PD
1882 Yale 8-0 BR, NCF, PD
1883 Yale 9-0 BR, HAF, NCF, PD
1884 Princeton 9-0-1 BR, PD
Yale 8-0-1 HAF, NCF, PD
1885 Princeton 9-0 BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1886 Princeton 7-0-1 BR, PD
Yale 9-0-1 HAF, NCF, PD
1887 Yale 9-0 BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1888 Yale 13-0 Walter Camp BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1889 Princeton 10-0 BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1890 Harvard 11-0 George Adams, George Stewart BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1891 Yale 13-0 Walter Camp BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1892 Yale 13-0 Walter Camp BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1893 Princeton 11-0 BR, HAF, HS, NCF
Yale 10-1 William Rhodes PD
1894 Pennsylvania 12-0 George Washington Woodruff PD
Princeton 8-2 HS
Yale 16-0 William Rhodes BR, HAF, NCF, PD
1895 Pennsylvania 14-0 George Washington Woodruff BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
Yale 13-0-2 John Hartwell PD
1896 Lafayette 11-0-1 Parke H. Davis NCF, PD
Princeton 10-0-1 BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1897 Pennsylvania 15-0 George Washington Woodruff BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
Yale 9-0-2 Frank Butterworth PD
1898 Harvard 11-0 William Forbes BR, HAF, HS, NCF
Princeton 11-0-1 PD
1899 Harvard 10-0-1 Benjamin Dibblee HAF, HS, NCF
Princeton 12-1 BR, PD
1900 Yale 12-0 Malcolm McBride BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1901 Harvard 12-0 William Reid BR
Michigan 11-0 Fielding Yost HAF, HS, NCF
Yale 11-1-1 George Stillman PD
1902 Michigan 11-0 Fielding Yost BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
Yale 11-0-1 Joseph Swan PD
1903 Michigan 11-0-1 Fielding Yost NCF
Princeton 11-0 Arthur Hillenbrand BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1904 Michigan 10-0 Fielding Yost NCF
Minnesota 13-0 Henry Williams BR
Pennsylvania 12-0 Carl Williams HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1905 Chicago 10-0 Amos Alonzo Stagg BR, HAF, HS, NCF
Yale 10-0 John Owsley CW, PD
1906 Princeton 9-0-1 William Roper HAF, NCF
Yale 9-0-1 Foster Rockwell BR, CW, PD
1907 Yale 9-0-1 William Knox BR, CW, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1908 Harvard 9-0-1 Percy Haughton BR
LSU 10-0 Edgar Wingard NCF
Pennsylvania 11-0-1 Sol Metzger HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1909 Yale 10-0 Howard Jones BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1910 Harvard 8-0-1 Percy Haughton BR, HAF, HS, NCF
Pittsburgh 9-0 Joseph Thompson NCF
1911 Penn State 8-0-1 Bill Hollenback NCF
Princeton 8-0-2 William Roper BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1912 Harvard 9-0 Percy Haughton BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
Penn State 8-0 Bill Hollenback NCF
1913 Auburn 8-0 Mike Donahue BR
Chicago 7-0 Amos Alonzo Stagg PD
Harvard 9-0 Percy Haughton HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1914 Army 9-0 Charles Daly HAF, HS, NCF, PD
Illinois 7-0 Robert Zuppke PD
Texas 8-0 Dave Allerdice BR
1915 Cornell 9-0 Albert Sharpe HAF, HS, NCF, PD
Oklahoma 10-0 Bennie Owen BR
Pittsburgh 8-0 Glenn Warner PD
1916 Army 9-0 Charles Daly PD
Pittsburgh 8-0 Glenn Warner BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1917 Georgia Tech 9-0 John Heisman BR, HAF, HS, NCF
1918 Michigan 5-0 Fielding Yost BR, NCF
Pittsburgh 4-1 Glenn Warner HAF, HS, NCF
1919 Centre 9-0 Charley Moran SR
Harvard 9-0-1 Robert Fisher CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
Illinois 6-1 Robert Zuppke BS, CFRA, PD, SR
Notre Dame 9-0 Knute Rockne NCF, PD
Texas A&M 10-0 Dana Bible BR, NCF
1920 California 9-0 Andy Smith CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, SR
Harvard 8-0-1 Robert Fisher BS
Notre Dame 9-0 Knute Rockne BR, PD
Princeton 6-0-1 William Roper BS, PD
1921 California 9-0-1 Andy Smith BR, BS, CFRA, SR
Cornell 8-0 Gil Dobie HAF, HS, NCF, PD
Iowa 7-0 Howard Jones PD
Lafayette 9-0 Jock Sutherland BS, PD
W&J 10-0-1 Robert Murphy BS
1922 California 9-0 Andy Smith BR, HS, NCF, SR
Cornell 8-0 Gil Dobie HAF, PD
Princeton 8-0 William Roper BS, CFRA, NCF, PD, SR
1923 California 9-0-1 Andy Smith HS
Cornell 8-0 Gil Dobie SR
Illinois 8-0 Robert Zuppke BS, CFRA, HAF, NCF, PD, SR
Michigan 8-0 Fielding Yost BR, NCF
1924 Notre Dame 10-0 Knute Rockne BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR
Pennsylvania 9-1-1 Louis Young PD
1925 Alabama 10-0 Wallace Wade BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR
Dartmouth 8-0 Jesse Hawley DiS, PD
Michigan 7-1 Fielding Yost SR
1926 Alabama 9-0-1 Wallace Wade BR, CFRA, HAF, NCF, PS
Lafayette 9-0 George McCracken PD
Michigan 7-1 Fielding Yost SR
Navy 9-0-1 Bill Ingram BS, HS
Stanford 10-0-1 Glenn Warner DiS, HAF, NCF, SR
1927 Georgia 9-1 George Cecil Woodruff BS, PS
Illinois 7-0-1 Robert Zuppke BR, DiS, HAF, NCF, PD
Notre Dame 7-1-1 Knute Rockne HS
Texas A&M 8-0-1 Dana Bible SR
Yale 7-1 Thomas Jones CFRA
1928 Detroit 9-0 Gus Dorais PD
Georgia Tech 10-0 William Alexander BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS, SR
USC 9-0-1 Howard Jones DiS, SR
1929 Notre Dame 9-0 Knute Rockne BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, DuS, HAF, NCF, PS, SR
Pittsburgh 9-1 Jock Sutherland PD
USC 10-2 Howard Jones HS, SR
1930 Alabama 10-0 Wallace Wade CFRA, PD, SR
Notre Dame 10-0 Knute Rockne BR, BS, DiS, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS
1931 Pittsburgh 8-1 Jock Sutherland PD
Purdue 9-1 Noble Kizer PD
USC 10-1 Howard Jones BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR, WS
1932 Colgate 9-0 Andrew Kerr PD
Michigan 8-0 Harry Kipke DiS, PD, SR
USC 10-0 Howard Jones BR, BS, CFRA, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS, SR, WS
1933 Michigan 7-0-1 Harry Kipke BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS, SR
Ohio State 7-1 Sam Willaman DuS
Princeton 9-0 Fritz Crisler PD
USC 10-1-1 Howard Jones WS
1934 Alabama 10-0 Frank Thomas DuS, HS, PS, WS
Minnesota 8-0 Bernie Bierman BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HAF, L, NCF, SR
1935 LSU 9-2 Bernie Moore WS
Minnesota 8-0 Bernie Bierman BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, L, NCF, PS
Princeton 9-0 Fritz Crisler DuS
SMU 12-1 Matty Bell DiS, HS, SR
TCU 12-1 Dutch Meyer WS
1936 LSU 9-1-1 Bernie Moore SR, WS
Minnesota 7-1 Bernie Bierman AP, BR, DiS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS
Pittsburgh 8-1-1 Jock Sutherland BS, CFRA, HS
1937 California 10-0-1 Leonard Allison DuS, HAF
Pittsburgh 9-0-1 Jock Sutherland AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
1938 Notre Dame 8-1 Elmer Layden DiS
TCU 11-0 Dutch Meyer AP, HAF, NCF, WS
Tennessee 11-0 Robert Neyland BR, BS, CFRA, DuS, HS, L, PS, SR
1939 Cornell 8-0 Carl Snavely L, SR
Texas A&M 11-0 Homer Norton AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR, WS
USC 8-0-2 Howard Jones DiS
1940 Minnesota 8-0 Bernie Bierman AP, B(QPRS), BS, CFRA, DeS, DiS, HS, L, NCF, SR
Stanford 10-0 Clark Shaughnessy BR, HAF, PS
Tennessee 10-1 Robert Neyland DuS, WS
1941 Alabama 9-2 Frank Thomas HS
Minnesota 8-0 Bernie Bierman AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR
Texas 8-1-1 Dana Bible B(QPRS), WS
1942 Georgia 11-1 Wally Butts B(QPRS), BR, DeS, HS, L, PS, SR, WS
Ohio State 9-1 Paul Brown AP, BS, DuS, CFRA, NCF
Wisconsin 8-1-1 Harry Stuhldreher HAF
1943 Notre Dame 9-1 Frank Leahy AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
1944 Army 9-0 Earl Blaik AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
Ohio State 9-0 Carroll Widdoes NCF, SR
1945 Alabama 10-0 Frank Thomas NCF
Army 9-0 Earl Blaik AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
1946 Army 9-0-1 Earl Blaik BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, HS, PS
Georgia 11-0 Wally Butts WS
Notre Dame 8-0-1 Frank Leahy AP, B(QPRS), BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR
1947 Michigan 10-0 Fritz Crisler B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR
Notre Dame 9-0 Frank Leahy AP, HAF, WS
1948 Michigan 9-0 Bennie Oosterbaan AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
1949 Notre Dame 10-0 Frank Leahy AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
Oklahoma 11-0 Bud Wilkinson CFRA
1950 Kentucky 11-1 Bear Bryant SR
Oklahoma 10-1 Bud Wilkinson AP, B(QPRS), HAF, L, UPI, WS
Princeton 9-0 Charley Caldwell BS, PS
Tennessee 11-1 Robert Neyland BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, NCF, SR
1951 Georgia Tech 11-0-1 Bobby Dodd B(QPRS), BS
Illinois 9-0-1 Ray Eliot BS
Maryland 10-0 Jim Tatum CFRA, DeS, DuS, NCF, SR
Michigan State 9-0 Biggie Munn BR, HAF, PS
Tennessee 10-1 Robert Neyland AP, L, UPI, WS
1952 Georgia Tech 12-0 Bobby Dodd B(QPRS), BR, INS, PS, SR
Michigan State 9-0 Biggie Munn AP, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, SR, UPI, WS
1953 Maryland 10-1 Jim Tatum AP, INS, UPI
Notre Dame 9-0-1 Frank Leahy BR, BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
Oklahoma 9-1-1 Bud Wilkinson B(QPRS), CFRA
1954 Ohio State 10-0 Woody Hayes AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, HAF, INS, NCF, PS, SR, WS
UCLA 9-0 Henry Sanders CFRA, DuS, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, UPI
1955 Michigan State 9-1 Duffy Daugherty BS
Oklahoma 11-0 Bud Wilkinson AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FWAA, HAF, INS, L, NCF, PS, SR, UPI, WS
1956 Georgia Tech 10-1 Bobby Dodd B(QPRS), SR
Iowa 9-1 Forest Evashevski CFRA
Oklahoma 10-0 Bud Wilkinson AP, BR, BS, DeS, DuS, FWAA, HAF, INS, L, NCF, SR, UPI, WS
Tennessee 10-1 Bowden Wyatt SR
1957 Auburn 10-0 Ralph Jordan AP, BR, CFRA, HAF, NCF, PS, SR, WS
Michigan State 8-1 Duffy Daugherty DuS
Ohio State 9-1 Woody Hayes BS, DeS, FWAA, INS, L, UPI
Oklahoma 10-1 Bud Wilkinson B(QPRS)
1958 Iowa 8-1-1 Forest Evashevski FWAA
LSU 11-0 Paul Dietzel AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR, UPI, WS
1959 Ole Miss 10-1 Johnny Vaught B(QPRS), DuS, SR
Syracuse 11-0 Ben Schwartzwalder AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI, WS
1960 Iowa 8-1 Forest Evashevski B(QPRS), BS, L, SR
Minnesota 8-2 Murray Warmath AP, FN, NFF, UPI
Ole Miss 10-0-1 Johnny Vaught BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FWAA, NCF, WS
Missouri 10-1 Dan Devine PS
Washington 10-1 Jim Owens HAF
1961 Alabama 11-0 Bear Bryant AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, SR, UPI, WS
Ohio State 8-0-1 Woody Hayes FWAA, PS
1962 LSU 9-1-1 Charles McClendon B(QPRS)
Ole Miss 10-0 Johnny Vaught BR, L, SR
USC 11-0 John McKay AP, B(QPRS), CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, UPI, WS
1963 Texas 11-0 Darrell Royal AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI, WS
1964 Alabama 10-1 Bear Bryant AP, B(QPRS), L, UPI
Arkansas 11-0 Frank Broyles BR, CFRA, FWAA, HAF, NCF, PS, SR
Michigan 9-1 Bump Elliott DuS
Notre Dame 9-1 Ara Parseghian DeS, FN, NFF
1965 Alabama 9-1-1 Bear Bryant AP, CFRA, FWAA, NCF
Michigan State 10-1 Duffy Daugherty B(QPRS), BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NFF, PS, SR, UPI
1966 Alabama 11-0 Bear Bryant B(QPRS), SR
Michigan State 9-0-1 Duffy Daugherty CFRA, HAF, NFF, PS
Notre Dame 9-0-1 Ara Parseghian AP, BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI
1967 Notre Dame 8-2 Ara Parseghian DuS
Oklahoma 10-1 Chuck Fairbanks PS
Tennessee 9-2 Doug Dickey L
USC 10-1 John McKay AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, HAF, MGR, NCF, NFF, SR, UPI
1968 Georgia 8-1-2 Vince Dooley L
Ohio State 10-0 Woody Hayes AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI
Texas 9-1-1 Darrell Royal DeS, MGR, SR
1969 Ohio State 8-1 Woody Hayes MGR
Penn State 11-0 Joe Paterno R(FACT), SR
Texas 11-0 Darrell Royal AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI
1970 Arizona State 11-0 Frank Kush PS
Nebraska 11-0-1 Bob Devaney AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, R(FACT), SR
Notre Dame 10-1 Ara Parseghian MGR, R(FACT), SR
Ohio State 9-1 Woody Hayes NFF
Texas 10-1 Darrell Royal B(QPRS), L, NFF, R(FACT), UPI
1971 Nebraska 13-0 Bob Devaney AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI
1972 USC 12-0 John McKay AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI
1973 Alabama 11-1 Bear Bryant B(QPRS), UPI
Michigan 10-0-1 Bo Schembechler NCF, PS
Notre Dame 11-0 Ara Parseghian AP, BR, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF
Ohio State 10-0-1 Woody Hayes NCF, PS, R(FACT), SR
Oklahoma 10-0-1 Barry Switzer CFRA, DeS, DuS, SR
1974 Ohio State 10-2 Woody Hayes MGR
Oklahoma 11-0 Barry Switzer AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, PS, R(FACT), SR
USC 10-1-1 John McKay FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, UPI
1975 Alabama 11-1 Bear Bryant MGR
Arizona State 12-0 Frank Kush NCF, SN
Ohio State 11-1 Woody Hayes B(QPRS), HAF, MGR, PS, R(FACT)
Oklahoma 11-1 Barry Switzer AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SR, UPI
1976 Pittsburgh 12-0 Johnny Majors AP, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
USC 11-1 John Robinson B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, MGR
1977 Alabama 11-1 Bear Bryant CFRA
Arkansas 11-1 Lou Holtz R(FACT)
Notre Dame 11-1 Dan Devine AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, MGR, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
Texas 11-1 Fred Akers B(QPRS), R(FACT), SR
1978 Alabama 11-1 Bear Bryant AP, CFRA, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, R(FACT)
Oklahoma 11-1 Barry Switzer DeS, DuS, HAF, L, MGR, PS, R(FACT), SR
USC 12-1 John Robinson B(QPRS), BR, FN, HAF, NCF, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
1979 Alabama 12-0 Bear Bryant AP, B(QPRS), BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
USC 11-0-1 John Robinson CFRA
1980 Florida State 10-2 Bobby Bowden R(FACT)
Georgia 12-0 Vince Dooley AP, B(QPRS), BR, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
Nebraska 10-2 Tom Osborne R(FACT)
Oklahoma 10-2 Barry Switzer DuS, MGR
Pittsburgh 11-1 Jackie Sherrill CFRA, DeS, NYT, R(FACT), SR
1981 Clemson 12-0 Danny Ford AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
Nebraska 9-3 Tom Osborne NCF
Penn State 10-2 Joe Paterno DuS
Pittsburgh 11-1 Jackie Sherrill NCF
SMU 10-1 Ron Meyer NCF
Texas 10-1-1 Fred Akers NCF
1982 Nebraska 12-1 Tom Osborne B(QPRS)
Penn State 11-1 Joe Paterno AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN
SMU 11-0-1 Bobby Collins HAF
1983 Auburn 11-1 Pat Dye BR, CFRA, NYT, R(FACT), SR
Miami 11-1 Howard Schnellenberger AP, DuS, FN, FWAA, NCF, NFF, SN, UPI, USAT/CNN
Nebraska 12-1 Tom Osborne B(QPRS), DeS, L, MGR, PS, R(FACT), SR
1984 BYU 13-0 LaVell Edwards AP, BR, CFRA, FWAA, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN
Florida 9-1-1 Galen Hall DeS, DuS, MGR, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR
Nebraska 10-2 Tom Osborne L
Washington 11-1 Don James B(QPRS), FN, NCF
1985 Florida 9-1-1 Galen Hall SR
Michigan 10-1-1 Bo Schembechler MGR
Oklahoma 11-1 Barry Switzer AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, UPI, USAT/CNN
1986 Miami 11-1 Jimmy Johnson R(FACT)
Oklahoma 11-1 Barry Switzer B(QPRS), CFRA, DeS, DuS, NYT, SR
Penn State 12-0 Joe Paterno AP, BR, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN
1987 Florida State 11-1 Bobby Bowden B(QPRS)
Miami 12-0 Jimmy Johnson AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN
1988 Miami 11-1 Jimmy Johnson B(QPRS)
Notre Dame 12-0 Lou Holtz AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN
1989 Miami 11-1 Dennis Erickson AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, UPI, USAT/CNN
Notre Dame 12-1 Lou Holtz B(QPRS), ERS, R(FACT), SR
1990 Colorado 11-1-1 Bill McCartney AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SN, USAT/CNN
Georgia Tech 11-0-1 Bobby Ross DuS, NCF, R(FACT), SR, UPI
Miami 10-2 Dennis Erickson ERS, NYT, R(FACT), SR
Washington 10-2 Don James R(FACT)
1991 Miami 12-0 Dennis Erickson AP, BR, CFRA, ERS, NCF, NYT, SN, SR
Washington 12-0 Don James B(QPRS), DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, R(FACT), SR, UPI/NFF, USAT/CNN
1992 Alabama 13-0 Gene Stallings AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI/NFF, USAT/CNN
Florida State 11-1 Bobby Bowden SR
1993 Auburn 11-0 Terry Bowden NCF
Florida State 12-1 Bobby Bowden AP, B(QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN, USAT/NFF
Nebraska 11-1 Tom Osborne NCF
Notre Dame 11-1 Lou Holtz MGR, NCF
1994 Florida State 10-1-1 Bobby Bowden DuS
Nebraska 13-0 Tom Osborne AP, AS, B(QPRS), BR, FN, FWAA, NCF, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN, USAT/NFF
Penn State 12-0 Joe Paterno CCR, DeS, ERS, MGR, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SR
1995 Nebraska 12-0 Tom Osborne AP, AS, B(QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN
1996 Florida 12-1 Steve Spurrier AP, B(QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/CNN
Florida State 11-1 Bobby Bowden AS
1997 Michigan 12-0 Lloyd Carr AP, FN, FWAA, NCF, NFF, SN
Nebraska 13-0 Tom Osborne A&H, AS, B(QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, MGR, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SR, USAT/ESPN
1998 Tennessee 13-0 Phillip Fulmer A&H, AP, AS, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, USAT/ESPN
1999 Florida State 12-0 Bobby Bowden A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN
2000 Miami 11-1 Butch Davis NYT
Oklahoma 13-0 Bob Stoops A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN
2001 Miami 12-0 Larry Coker A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN, W
2002 Ohio State 14-0 Jim Tressel A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN, W
USC 11-2 Pete Carroll DuS, MGR, SR
2003 LSU 13-1 Nick Saban A&H, BCS, BR, CM, DeS, DuS, MCFR, NFF, R(FACT), SR, USAT/ESPN, W
Oklahoma 12-2 Bob Stoops B(QPRS)
USC 12-1 Pete Carroll AP, CCR, ERS, FWAA, MGR, NYT, SN
2004 USC 13-0 Pete Carroll A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, DuS, ERS, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN, W
2005 Texas 13-0 Mack Brown A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, DuS, ERS, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NFF, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN, W
2006 Florida 13-1 Urban Meyer A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NFF, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT, W
2007 LSU 12-2 Les Miles AP, BCS, CCR, FWAA, NFF, USAT
Missouri 12-2 Gary Pinkel A&H
USC 11-2 Pete Carroll DuS
2008 Florida 13-1 Urban Meyer AP, BCS, BR, CCR, CM, R(FACT), FWAA, NFF, SR, USAT
Utah 13-0 Kyle Whittingham A&H, MCFR, W
2009 Alabama 14-0 Nick Saban A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, R(FACT), SR, USAT, W
Here is the whole list. Feel free to hack away at it if you must. It may contain data different from what I previously reported.
And the following is the guide to the various polling organizations that at some point awarded these titles:
Selector Name Seasons
A&H Anderson & Hester 1997–present
AS Alderson System 1994–1998
B(QPRS) Berryman (QPRS) 1940-1989, 1990–present
BCS *Bowl Championship Series 1998–present
BR Billingsley Report 1869-1870, 1872-1969, 1970–present
BS Boand System 1919-1929, 1930–1960
CCR Congrove Computer Rankings 1993–present
CM Colley Matrix 2001–present
CW Casper Whitney 1905–1907
DeS DeVold System 1939-1944, 1945–2006
DiS Dickinson System 1924-1925, 1926–1940
DuS Dunkel System 1929–present
ERS Eck Ratings System 1987–2005
HS Houlgate System 1885, 1887-1905, 1907-1926, 1927–1949
L Litkenhous 1934–1972, 1974, 1978, 1981–1984
MCFR Massey College Football Ratings 1999–present
MGR Matthews Grid Ratings 1966–1972, 1974–present
NYT New York Times 1979–2004
PS Poling System 1924-1934, 1935–1955, 1957–1984
R(FACT) Rothman (FACT) 1968–present
SR Sagarin Ratings 1919-1977, 1978–present
W Wolfe 2001–present
WS Williamson System 1931, 1932–1963
You are free to tell us which of these you consider legit or not.
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And here is the total that comes from that compilation, which, in fact IS different from my original posting:
School Claimed National Championships Seasons Source
Princeton 28 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1920, 1922, 1933, 1935, 1950 [24]
Yale 26a 1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1926 [25][26]
Alabama 13 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009 [27][28]
Michigan 11 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997 [29][30]
Notre Dame 11 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988 [31]
USC 11 1928, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004 [32]
Pittsburgh 9 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1976 [33]
Harvard 7 1890, 1898, 1899, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919 [34]
Ohio State 7 1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002 [35]
Oklahoma 7 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000 [36]
Pennsylvania 7 1894, 1895, 1897, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1924 [37]
Michigan St 6 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965, 1966 [38][39]
Minnesota 6 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960 [40]
Tennessee 6 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967, 1998 [41][42]
California 5 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937 [43][44]
Cornell 5 1915, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1939 [45]
Georgia 5b 1927, 1942, 1946, 1968, 1980 [46][47]
Illinois 5 1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1951 [48]
Miami 5 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001 [49]
Nebraska 5 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997 [50]
Georgia Tech 4 1917, 1928, 1952, 1990 [51]
Texas 4 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005 [52]
Army 3 1944, 1945, 1946 [53][54]
Florida 3 1996, 2006, 2008 [55]
Lafayette 3 1896, 1921, 1926 [56]
LSU 3 1958, 2003, 2007 [57]
Mississippi 3 1959, 1960, 1962 [58]
SMU 3 1935, 1981, 1982 [59][60]
Chicago 2 1905, 1913 [61]
FSU 2 1993, 1999 [62]
Penn State 2 1982, 1986 [63]
TCU 2 1935, 1938 [64]
Washington 2c 1960, 1991 [65]
Arkansas 1 1964 [66]
Auburn 1 1957 [67]
Boston College 1 1940 [68]
BYU 1 1984 [69]
Clemson 1 1981 [70]
Colorado 1 1990 [71]
Dartmouth 1 1925 [72]
Iowa 1d 1958 [73][74]
Kentucky 1 1950 [75][76]
Maryland 1 1953 [77]
Navy 1 1926 [78]
Stanford 1 1926 [79][80]
Syracuse 1 1959 [81]
Texas A&M 1 1939 [82]
UCLA 1
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The answer is simple: You play be the rules that are in place at the time. You just have to deal with the way things were then. You cannot judge them by today's standards. I mean, years from now some people may look back and say "what a joke football was back in the era around 2010" when they didn't decide college football's champion through a legitimate 16 team playoff tournament. How can any champion be considered legitimate who didn't go through the playoff process" Well, the fact is, right here, right now, we do NOT decide our college football champs through a playoff. But the championships awarded now are the way we do it. Just like those guys did it the way they did it back then.
Thanks for side stepping my question.
In 1872, a year in which one poster considered this "REAL FOOTBALL," two National Champions were recognized.
You know what their records were?
1 Win
0 Losses
That's why my original response was:
I have a hard time respecting football and all accolades associated with it when the players wore leather helmets.
I don't get how some of you clowns can jump down my back for me considering a sport that awarded a one win team a NATIONAL TITLE was a huge joke.
Thanks for side stepping my question.
In 1872, a year in which one poster considered this "REAL FOOTBALL," two National Champions were recognized.
You know what their records were?
1 Win
0 Losses
That's why my original response was:
I don't get how some of you clowns can jump down my back for me considering a sport that awarded a one win team a NATIONAL TITLE was a huge joke.
Having 2 National Championships in a single year has happened as recently as 2003, so the fact that 2 champs were named in a single year is no biggie. Again, I only reported the data. You are free to go racist on this list if you want (maybe we should exclude any team that won a title that didn't use black players? If so, erase any title won before about 1960, and any won by a Southern school before about 1972.
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