The National Championship Foundation (NCF) was established by Mike Riter of Hudson, New York. The NCF retroactively selected[citation needed] college football national champions for each year from 1869 to 1979,[1] and its selections are among the historic national champions recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in its Football Bowl Subdivision record book.[2][3][4]
Champions
editThe following list identifies the college football national champions as selected by the National Championship Foundation.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Vautravers, James. "National Championship Foundation". Retrieved June 2, 2022.
They retroactively selected national championships by member vote for every season through 1980, then named national champions every year thereafter through the year 2000. [...] More bothersome is the fact that for the 1901-1910 seasons, the NCF is easily the worst selector listed in the NCAA Records Book. They frequently select teams that have no business sharing the title, while dismissing truly powerful teams (such as Harvard 1901) completely. Their research for this time appears to be very shoddy, and probably in fact nonexistent. Conclusion: Not considered an authoritative selector.
[self-published source?] - ^ a b c Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2020. pp. 112–119. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
National Championship Foundation (1980-2000), established by Mike Riter of Hudson, New York. Issued annual report. Predated national champions from 1869 to 1979, with the exception of 1871.
- ^ Walsh, Christopher J. (2007). Who's #1?: 100-Plus Years of Controversial National Champions in College Football. Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1461734765.
National Championship Foundation (1980-2001): Established by Mike Riter of Hudson, New York, the foundation has more than 120 chapters in 47 states, with a membership base of more than 12,000. It issued an annual report, and predated Division I-A national champions from 1869-1979.
- ^ Korb, Dan (May 9, 1988). "Bicknell man publishes grid book". The Evansville Courier.
He's a charter member of the College Football Researchers Association and the National Championship Foundation. The latter, he said, annually comes up with a consensus national champion from all the polls — that's every poll the organization can find on the subject — and every individual who publishes what school he or she believes to be the national champion.