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      • How many national championships has Alabama won in football? Alabama has laid claim to 16 national championships in the history of its football program.
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  1. Jan 12, 2021 · Alabama claims they have won 18 national championships, including titles in 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934 and 1941 before legendary Alabama head coach Bear Bryant took over. The confusion and debate...

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    At the advent of college football (first played in a much different form in the 1860s at Rutgers and Princeton), the concept of a "national champion" was nonsensical. The sport only gradually became broad enough in geographical scope and its rules standardized enough to conceive of crowning a national champion. The proliferation of post-season bowl...

    Until 1982, Alabama claimed only one national championship prior to the tenure of Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. After his retirement, Alabama sports information director Wayne Atchesonadded four claimed championships to the team's official program notes. The NCAA does not itself recognize official national champions, but does provide a partial listing ...

    1925-- The 1925 team, coached by Wallace Wade, completed the regular season 9-0-0, winning the Southern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Washington in the January 1, 1926 R...
    1926-- The 1926 team, coached by Wallace Wade, completed the regular season 9-0-0, winning the Southern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Stanford in the January 1, 1927 Ros...
    1930-- The 1930 team, coached by Wallace Wade, completed the regular season 9-0-0, winning the Southern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Washington State in the January 1,...
    1934-- The 1934 team, coached by Frank W. Thomas, completed the regular season 9-0-0, winning the Southeastern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Stanford in the January 1, 1...
    1945: Alabama went 10-0-0 (including wins against Keesler Air Force Base and the Pensacola Naval Air Station) and overpowered 11th-ranked Southern California 34-14 in the Rose Bowl. The Cadets of t...
    1962: Alabama finished the season 10-1-0, second to Ole Miss in the SEC. The Tide went on to shut out the Big 8 champion Oklahoma Sooners 17-0 in the Orange Bowl. Alabama was ranked fifth in the fi...
    1966: Alabama finished the season 11-0-0 and defeated 6th-ranked Nebraska 34-7 in the Sugar Bowl. Notre Dame and Michigan State both went 9-0-1 in the regular season and were ranked #1 and #2 in th...
    1975: At 11-1-0, Alabama was crowned SEC champion and beat #7 Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. Ohio State was ranked #1 going into the postseason, but lost to UCLA 23-10 in the Rose Bowl. No. 2 11-1-0...
    Solomon, Jon (January 6, 2010) "Got 12? Here's how Alabama bumped up its claim to a dozen national titles". The Birmingham News
    "Alabama Crimson Tide football". (January 7, 2012) Wikipedia - accessed January 8, 2012
    Holiday, Pete (n.d.) "Alabama's National Championships"
    Solomon, Jon (January 5, 2016) "Alabama still claims most national titles (with some sketchy counting)". CBS Sports.com
    "National Championships" at bryantmuseum.org
    "Alabama's 13 National Championship Teams" at crimsontider.com
  2. Apr 20, 2021 · Each ring was designed by jewelry company Jostens with intent. Front and center is the Alabama script "A" and three CFP trophies the school has won since 2015. It contains 208 stones in total: 3 stones for their CFP National Championships, including the larger 2020 marquise stone.

  3. National championships in NCAA FBS college football are debated as the NCAA does not officially award the championship. Despite not naming an official National Champion , the NCAA provides lists of championships awarded by "major selectors."

  4. Jan 1, 2024 · Alabama has laid claim to 16 national championships in the history of its football program. While the first one dates back to nearly a hundred years ago, the last six have all come within the...

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  6. Mar 12, 2021 · Alabama is not alone in the weirdness of how many national championships it says it has won, but because it has won so many and the legitimacy of some claims varies, it stands out from the...

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