re: "If we counted championships like bammer does" - here's how many your team has

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Some of these, like 2007 for instance, I have no clue how or why ANY selector would have us there.

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Yeah, some of these are just weird. I mean you have multiple loss teams that didn't even finish in the top 15 and were 3rd or 4th in the SEC on the list for bama. UGA 2007 is another that makes no sense and so is UGA 1983 which lost twice while 4 teams finished ahead of them with 1 loss.

One thing about Auburn's 8, all could be argued as legit. And there could be others added that could be argued as legit such as 1908 which has already been discussed and had the best resume in football in 1908 under Donahue

Auburn - 8 (3)
1913 - Undefeated against a difficult schedule. Only played 2 homes games all year. Destroyed everyone. Combines 213-13. Very first Southern team to EVER be recognized as national champ.
1914 - 9 game schedule. Undefeated for the second year in a row. Even more dominant than 1913. No one scored on AU the entire season. Total destruction. Defeated 10-1 Carlisle at Carlisle after Carlisle rested its varsity team to prepare for AU (the Carlisle JV team smoked bama 20-3 the week before). Jim Thorpe had turned pro the year before, but Carlisle was a power that AU beat in the final game of the 1914 season - again, no one scored on AU all year.
1957 - NC.
1958 - Undefeated for second year in a row, played a tougher schedule than LSU but probation was a black cloud that many voters looked for a reason not to vote AU champ.
1983 - NC.
1993 - The weakest of the NINE potential championships. Only undefeated team in he country. Beat the SEC West and SEC champs, etc.
2004 - NC.
2010 - NC.

I mean every one of AU's 9 potential claims were all undefeated teams that actually have strong claims.