Alabama claims a “college football-best” 15 national championships. The Central Michigan Chippewas are a college football program in Division I FBS, representing Central Michigan University (CMU). A variety of organizations and individuals have named national champions over the years, each with its own system for determining who is champion. Frank Beckmann, the radio voice of Michigan football who began calling play-by-play for the Wolverines in 1981, is retiring at the end of this season. Michigan State has been awarded 6 national championships by major selectors.

In many years this has resulted in rival claimants to the title. The Chippewas have played in five bowl games in the last seven years, drawing 60,624 fans in the 2007 Motor City Bowl. Even … Determining a college football cational champion has never been an exact science.

Winning percentages when a team was not in Division I are reduced by 10%. University of Michigan Football National Championships. Unclaimed Glory: The Notre Dame Football Championship That Wasn’t - 1993 Unclaimed Glory: The 1953 National Champion Notre Dame Fighting Irish View all 10 stories Two of these (AP and UPI) are widely recognized. Then they both lost. Here’s a look at the claimed national titles by college football program.
College Football; On the same night, Michigan and Nebraska honored 1997 teams that split the national title. National championships before the poll era (1936) count at 50%. CMU currently has the 30th highest overall winning percentage of programs currently playing in NCAA Division I. The NCAA also lists Michigan and Penn as national champions for 1904, and the debate between them comes down to, you guessed it, scheduling.