Alabama actually should have 16 national championships not 13

1945- finished the season undefeated and untied and blew out USC in the Rose Bowl, should have gotten a share of the national title

1966- Alabama finished the year undefeated and untied but the pollsters decided to give cowardly Notre Dame the national title after they decided to take a knee and intentionally tie Michigan State instead of going for the win. Furthermore Alabama was 2x defending national champions. In any other sport if an active champion was never knocked off, you don't take that title and give it to someone else. Somebody has to beat the champs and nobody ever did. Alabama was robbed that year.

1977- Alabama came into the bowl season ranked #3 in the country. Both the #1 team in the country (Texas) and the #2 team in the country (Oklahoma) lost their bowl games. Alabama demolished a very good Ohio State team in the Sugar Bowl. However #5 Notre Dame jumped over Alabama to win the national championship. Notre Dame's only loss that year was to a 5-6 Ole Miss team. Alabama beat that same Ole Miss team by a score of 34-13. Alabama's only loss that year was a narrow 31-24 loss to a 9-3 Nebraska in Lincoln.

It's really unfortunate that Alabama was robbed so many times by the pollsters. This is what the national championship leaderboard should really look like.

Recognized national champions (all-time)

Alabama 16 (1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1945, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009)
Notre Dame 11 (1919, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1964, 1973, 1988)
Michigan 11 (1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997)
USC 10 (1928, 1931, 1932, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004)
Pittsburgh 9 (1910, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1976)
Ohio State 7 (1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002)
Oklahoma 7 (1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000)

Recognized national champions Poll era (1936–present)

Alabama (11) 1945, 1961, 1964, 1965 (AP), 1966, 1973 (Coaches), 1977, 1978 (AP), 1979, 1992, 2009
Oklahoma (7) 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974 (AP), 1975, 1985, 2000
USC (7) 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974 (Coaches), 1978 (Coaches), 2003 (AP), 2004 (AP)*
Notre Dame (6) 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1973 (AP), 1988
Miami (5) 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991 (AP), 2001
Nebraska (5) 1970 (AP), 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997 (Coaches)
Ohio State (5) 1942, 1954 (AP), 1957 (Coaches), 1968, 2002
Minnesota (4) 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
Texas (4) 1963, 1969, 1970 (Coaches), 2005
Florida (3) 1996, 2006, 2008
LSU (3) 1958, 2003 (Coaches), 2007