re: Alabama with only 8 NC's

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Oh, and if I remember correctly, every team that went undefeated and won the Rose Bowl pre-AP era claims a title for that year.

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Not even cose to accurate.

USC has half a dozen or so Rose Bowl wins from the 20's and 30's. Washington State, Oregon, Great Lakes, Mare Island, Cal, Stanford, Georgia Tech, etc all have Rose bowl wins from those decades they do not claim as well. Bama is more likely about the only team that does this.