re: Last time LSU went undefeated and won the natty was against Clemson, in New Orleans

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And other lists had named Iowa #1. Almost every sports mag had their own list.

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True but I think what he is saying is the AP was who the media and public recognized as NC. And they had their last vote before the Bowl games. You can go look at other seasons and see that LSU was recognized by other services/mag's as NC. Until the BCS the NCAA did not have an official NC. There was one other poll that was widely accepted as determining the NC, that was the UPI (United Press International, basically college football coaches) It wasn't until the early 1970's they waited until after the bowls to crown their champ. It wasn't until 1968 that the AP waited until after bowl games to crown their champ. So basically before then the bowl games didn't factor into the accepted services to crown the NC.