re: There have been 22 SEC national titles in football in the poll era (1936)

quote:

---

Then why didn't he claim 45 or 66 instead?

---

Two reasons.

1. In 1941, the AP Poll conducted its final poll with two weeks left to go in the regular season.

2. In 1941, Houlgate awarded us his championship IN 1941. He had also been around since 1927 while the AP had only been around since 1936.

The few systems that have us #1 for 1945 were awarded retroactively. And, by 1966, just about everyone recognized the AP and the UPI as the gold standard.