Alabama’s National Championships Explained (Factoid 68)

Date: 2/22/14

The Alabama Crimson Tide has won 19 national championships in Division One and the Tide claims 15 of these titles. Five of the 19 titles are retroactive selections. We have used every major selector that is officially listed in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records¹. The Tide has won ten Consensus National Championships², which were awarded from 1950 onward.

Since there was no BCS championship game or playoffs during most of this time period, we are not going to judge which selectors are correct or not because no one knows; you would have to play the game. To get to a fairer method of selecting champions, put in your vote for your preferred playoff format: Vote!

#	Coach	Year	W	L	T	Consensus National Champions²	Retroactive	Claimed by School	Selector (s) Selector Glossary
1	Wallace Wade	1925	10	0	0	No	Yes	Yes	BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR
2	Wallace Wade	1926	9	0	1	No	Yes	Yes	BR, CFRA, HAF, NCF, PS
3	Wallace Wade	1930	10	0	0	No	Yes	Yes	CFRA, PD, SR
4	Frank Thomas	1934	10	0	0	No	No	Yes	DuS, HS, PS, WS
5	Frank Thomas	1941	9	2	0	No	No	Yes	HS
6	Frank Thomas	1945	10	0	0	No	Yes	No	NCF
7	Bear Bryant	1961	11	0	0	Yes	No	Yes	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, SR, UPI, WS
8	Bear Bryant	1964	10	1	0	Yes	No	Yes	AP, B(QPRS), L, UPI
9	Bear Bryant	1965	9	1	1	Yes	No	Yes	AP, CFRA, FWAA, NCF
10	Bear Bryant	1966	11	0	0	No	No	No	B(QPRS), SR
11	Bear Bryant	1973	11	1	0	Yes	No	Yes	B(QPRS), UPI
12	Bear Bryant	1975	11	1	0	No	No	No	MGR
13	Bear Bryant	1977	11	1	0	No	Yes	No	CFRA
14	Bear Bryant	1978	11	1	0	Yes	No	Yes	AP, CFRA, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, R(FACT)
15	Bear Bryant	1979	12	0	0	Yes	No	Yes	AP, B(QPRS), BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
16	Gene Stallings	1992	13	0	0	Yes	No	Yes	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI/NFF, USAT/CNN
17	Nick Saban	2009	14	0	0	Yes	No	Yes	A&H, AP, BCS, BR, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W
18	Nick Saban	2011	12	1	0	Yes	No	Yes	AP, BCS, BR, CFRA, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W
19	Nick Saban	2012	13	1	0	Yes	No	Yes	A&H, AP, BCS, BR, CFRA, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W

¹ 2013 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records. Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2013. pp. 74–83. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
² The NCAA's designation by virtue of their selection from 1950 onward by one or more selectors from Associated Press, UPI, Football Writers Association of America, NFF/College Football Hall of Fame, and USA Today.

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