(10-23-2019 08:16 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(10-22-2019 01:33 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  From https://americanrx.blogspot.com/2015/08/...hamps.html

there are three teams in the FBS with [recognized] national titles which are not in a P5 league; two of them are in the American Athletic Conference (AAC), the third is independent:

National Championships
SMU, 3 - 1935, 1981, 1982
Army, 3 - 1944, 1945, 1946
Navy, 1 - 1926

I remember 1982, and Penn State was the national champion that year.

I also remember 1981, and Clemson was the national champion that year.

SMU was the national champion neither of those years. The AP and UPI polls determined the national champions at that time, the only time anyone ever talked about a "split" championship was if they differed, e.g., in 1978, when the AP picked Alabama and the UPI picked USC.

Upon further review, the call is reversed - those SMU championship claims are pretty flimsy! I'd probably give more credence to UCF's recent claim - at least they were undefeated! (SMU was not)