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I live in Orlando, I was listening to a radio show one night with a UCF guy explaining the argument behind their national championship claim (it involved this "selectors" nonsense, but whatever).
So I knew about a few of these, but I guess Wikipedia has a nice summary of it...
And by UCF (and Bama and Auburn) criteria, the University of Miami has won NINE (noine noine noine) national championships, including consecutive championships for every season from 1986 to 1991 (six in a row!).
By the way, some of these are not obscure. Two are NY Times national championships. Two are Sagarin. The only one that is a bit light on the support is 1986 (which we should get anyhow via a retroactive disallowance of Jerry Sandusky and his defense).
Time for Dyme Lyfe to make new t-shirts.
National championships[edit]
Miami has won nine national championships from NCAA-designated major selectors.[407][408] Miami claims the 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, and 2001 national championships.[409]
Year Coach Selectors Record Bowl Result
1. 1983Howard SchnellenbergerAP, Dunkel, FB News, FW, NCF, NFF, SN, UPI coaches, USA/CNN11–1OrangeW 31–30
2. 1986Jimmy JohnsonFACT11–1FiestaL 10–14
3. 1987Jimmy JohnsonAP, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, NCF, NFF, NY Times, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), SN, UPI coaches, USA/CNN12–0OrangeW 20–14
4. 1988Jimmy JohnsonBerryman, Sagarin11–1OrangeW 23–3
5. 1989Dennis EricksonAP, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, NCF, NFF, NY Times, SN, UPI, USA/CNN11–1SugarW 33–25
6. 1990Dennis EricksonEck, FACT, NY Times, Sagarin10–2CottonW 46–3
7. 1991Dennis EricksonAP, Billingsley, Eck, Football Research, NCF, NY Times, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), SN12–0OrangeW 22–0
8. 2000Butch DavisNY Times11–1SugarW 37–20
9. 2001Larry CokerA&H, AP, Berryman, BCS, Billingsley, Congrove, Colley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FB News, FW, Massey, Matthews, NFF, NY Times, FACT, SN, Sagarin, USA Today/ESPN, Wolfe12–0RoseW 37–14
Time to make the UCF fans suck it. If they can put "National Champs" in their stadium, then we can claim NINE for ourselves.
Same. Exact. Criteria.
So I knew about a few of these, but I guess Wikipedia has a nice summary of it...
And by UCF (and Bama and Auburn) criteria, the University of Miami has won NINE (noine noine noine) national championships, including consecutive championships for every season from 1986 to 1991 (six in a row!).
By the way, some of these are not obscure. Two are NY Times national championships. Two are Sagarin. The only one that is a bit light on the support is 1986 (which we should get anyhow via a retroactive disallowance of Jerry Sandusky and his defense).
Time for Dyme Lyfe to make new t-shirts.
National championships[edit]
Miami has won nine national championships from NCAA-designated major selectors.[407][408] Miami claims the 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, and 2001 national championships.[409]
Year Coach Selectors Record Bowl Result
1. 1983Howard SchnellenbergerAP, Dunkel, FB News, FW, NCF, NFF, SN, UPI coaches, USA/CNN11–1OrangeW 31–30
2. 1986Jimmy JohnsonFACT11–1FiestaL 10–14
3. 1987Jimmy JohnsonAP, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, NCF, NFF, NY Times, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), SN, UPI coaches, USA/CNN12–0OrangeW 20–14
4. 1988Jimmy JohnsonBerryman, Sagarin11–1OrangeW 23–3
5. 1989Dennis EricksonAP, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, NCF, NFF, NY Times, SN, UPI, USA/CNN11–1SugarW 33–25
6. 1990Dennis EricksonEck, FACT, NY Times, Sagarin10–2CottonW 46–3
7. 1991Dennis EricksonAP, Billingsley, Eck, Football Research, NCF, NY Times, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), SN12–0OrangeW 22–0
8. 2000Butch DavisNY Times11–1SugarW 37–20
9. 2001Larry CokerA&H, AP, Berryman, BCS, Billingsley, Congrove, Colley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FB News, FW, Massey, Matthews, NFF, NY Times, FACT, SN, Sagarin, USA Today/ESPN, Wolfe12–0RoseW 37–14
Time to make the UCF fans suck it. If they can put "National Champs" in their stadium, then we can claim NINE for ourselves.
Same. Exact. Criteria.