Factoid 60 - Bear Bryant’s National Championships Explained
Date:
2/5/14
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Bear Bryant won ten national championships during his career. We have used every major selector that is officially listed in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records1. Not all of his championships are considered Consensus National Champions2; he has six of those.
Since there was no BCS championship game or playoffs during his 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!
| # | Team | Year | Wins | Losses | Ties | Consensus National Champions2 | Selector (s)
Selector Glossary | Comments |
| 1 | Kentucky Wildcats | 1950 | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | SR (Sagarin Ratings) | This was a retroactive selection. |
| 2 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1961 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, SR, UPI, WS |
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| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1964 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | AP, B(QPRS), L, UPI | |
| 4 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1965 | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | AP, CFRA, FWAA, NCF |
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| 5 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1966 | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | B(QPRS), SR | These were retroactive selections. |
| 6 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1973 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | B(QPRS), UPI | B(QPRS) is a retroactive selection. |
| 7 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1975 | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | MGR |
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| 8 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1977 | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | MGR | This was a retroactive selection. |
| 9 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1978 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | AP, CFRA, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, R(FACT) |
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| 10 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1979 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | AP, B(QPRS), BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI |
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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.| Related Tags: , University of Alabama,University of Kentucky |
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