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1979
College Football National Championship
Alas,
I've only written one National Championship article in the last 6
years. Just been too busy! I would still like to write full articles
about each season like I have for 1901-1969, but for now, what I am
going to do instead is write partial articles that do nothing more than
explain my reasoning for my Mythical National Championship selections.
Full profiles of the teams and their seasons will have to wait until I
have time to write those up.
Here
is how
all of the organizations listed in the NCAA Records Book see the 1979
mythical
national championship (omitting selections made by a single magazine or
by math/computer
ratings, which are not generally accepted as MNCs):
12-0 Alabama:
AP
Poll, UPI Poll
(coaches),
Football
Writers Association of America, National Football
Foundation, Helms, National Championship
Foundation
11-0-1 Southern Cal:
CFB Researchers
Lookie there, the College Football Researchers Association is wrong again, and for the 3rd time in 4 years, they are the only
organization going against an otherwise unanimous choice. This one is
more inexplicable than the others, and the CFRA doesn't even share the
title with the only legit MNC team.
There is very little to say here, so I'm not going to bother with
showing the teams' schedules or comparing them in any real detail.
Frankly, I'm wondering if it's worth addressing these incredibly stupid
CFRA MNC selections at all.
11-0-1 Southern Cal played 3 rated opponents (fixed AP poll),
and they were tied by unranked 5-5-1 Stanford at home. Alabama played 4
rated opponents and won every game. Even in the original, unfixed AP
poll, USC played 2 ranked opponents and Alabama played 3. Alabama
posted 2 close wins (touchdown or less), USC 3.
The CFRA was absolutely inept.