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The NCAA can’t revoke national championships; it’s not the organization that awards said championships. The CFP Board of Managers would have to do such.

We all know it will be #3, with Matt Nagy as Head Coach, Kevin Patullo as Offensive Coordinator, Matt Eberflus as Defensive Coordinator, and a combination of Brian Schneider and Chase Blackburn as co-Special Teams Coordinators.

There’s only like 2 others that could be potentially claimed: 1931 from Bill Libby (a non-major/minor selector) and 1956 from the Sagarin Ratings (who also put Oklahoma in their top spot as a 2-team tie).

Out of all of the title awarding groups, no one awarded Tennessee a national title for the 1939 season. Someone (of at least some degree of reputability) has to at least award it to a school for said school to claim it, and all 18 major and minor selection organizations that did so awarded it to...

“Now put them back down because no you didn’t.”

Tennessee never reached #1 in the AP or Coaches Poll in 1967. The AP Poll (which only ranked the top 10 teams at that time) had Tennessee ranked: #9-unranked-unranked-unranked-unranked-#7-#4-#3-#2-#2-#2-#2. The Coaches Poll (which only released right before the bowl games back then) had...

Someone has to at least award it to a school for it to be claimed, and no one awarded it to Tennessee that year.

I agree. 1967 always feels like trying to inflate the numbers so they look better against some of the other SEC schools the team recruits against. A “keeping up with the Joneses” type of move.

Those were some bad numbers for a franchise QB on a playoff team. 20 completions just to reach less than 170 yards is just yikes.