The story goes that Bama’s AD or SID in the 1980s wanted to claim more titles than Notre Dame had so they needed to get to 11 to do that. They actually only had six so they had to go retroactively claim 5 more.

1977 was too fresh so they picked 1941 along with 4 pre-AP era years because they knew their fans were too stupid to question anything.

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Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan

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Posted on 6/28/23 at 7:20 pm to AUTiger789

Problem is a bunch of other schools started retroactively claiming "titles" too (including Notre Dame). Michigan claims 11 but only 2 are AP or Coaches.

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Posted by cattus

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Posted on 6/28/23 at 7:20 pm to AUTiger789

I remember Sports Ilistrated coming out with an article after the bowls making a good case for Auburn. Wonder if it can be found online.

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Posted by Govt Tide

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Posted on 6/28/23 at 7:38 pm to AUTiger789

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1977 was too fresh so they picked 1941 along with 4 pre-AP era years because they knew their fans were too stupid to question anything.

If you look at those early claims objectively and look at how the 1925, 1926, and 1930 Alabama teams and how they absolutely dominated their opponents I don't see how you can say those are ridiculous claims while simultaneously making the claim that 1925 Dartmouth, 1926 Stanford, and 1930 Notre Dame were clearly better. That's not to say those other teams didn't have legitimate claims too but to argue one claim is clearly better than the other is disingenuous.

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