In addition to the 12 “recognized” national championships owned by Alabama, the Official NCAA Football Records Book recognizes Alabama as producing national champions in 1945, 1962, 1966, 1975 and 1977. In 1945, the 10-0 Tide was recognized as champions with Army by the National Championship Foundation. The 1962 Crimson Tide, 10-1, was chosen by Billingsley and Sagarin, while the 1966 team, 11-0, was selected by Berryman. The 11-1 Tide team in 1975, along with Ohio State, was selected by Matthews. In 1977, Football Research picked Alabama, 11-1, and Notre Dame as co-national champions.
And I think that's fine. I have no problem with more than one team being recognized as the "strongest" team in college football. This is especially true when you have so many teams and relatively" so few games.
Even if you ran the whole of Div I-A as a knockout tournament, like the NCAA basketball tournament, it would take 7 weeks to obtain a champion. That would cut the season in half (or more) for most teams and cause their college sports programs financial ruin.
The SEC is a traditionally strong conference, that was off its peak this year. Next year might be different.
I read that same blurb on the Alabama link you provided.
You do realize that some of the titles were based on rankings provided by Dunkle, Litkenhous, and Sagarin - all of which use statistical methods. In other words, they are the computer rankings you think area joke!
Do you still stand by your boast that Alabama has won more "national titles" than all of the PAC-10 combined?