re: What's the next sport that Ole Miss wins a national championship in?

^ Awesome avatar. Go Reds!

I'm trying to think of a wise arse threas response, but seriously...what sport could it actually be? Baseball is all I can think of.

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NCAA has nothing to do with crowning major college football champions. FCS has its own playoff administered by the association. But since 1936, things have been largely subjective at the highest level.

The NCAA's web page listing national champions is just that -- a web page. It is the regurgitation of a list gleaned from somewhere else.

It's also something different than what is listed in the association's football records book.

If you're confused, don't even look at 2004. That year the NCAA website lists a title vacated by the BCS and ignored by the coaches' poll.

In fact, the NCAA had every reason to snub USC.

But in that records book, Auburn was one of four "champions" from 1993. That despite being ineligible for the SEC championship and a bowl because of NCAA improprieties.

Yes, much of this discussion is selective recall. Given the long, sordid infractions history of Auburn, it's strange to see some Tigers referencing the NCAA for championship credibility.

There are 39 polls/indexes on that NCAA website naming champions all the way back to 1869. It's silly enough to believe that Princeton is recognized as a "champion" for beating Rutgers in that first game 144 years ago (so says the National Championship Foundation).

It's another to argue about it. Former Lafayette coach Parke H. Davis retroactively proclaimed (in 1933) that Rutgers and Princeton shared the title.

And you thought split national champions was a thing in 2003 (LSU and USC)?

Arkansas' off-the-books 1964 claim has more legitimacy than most.

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The NCAA doesn't offically recognize NCs for the Football Subdivision