Vindication & at least now we know that even if any of us don’t make their playoffs invitational we can still be national champions.
Thank god for the Colley Matrix!
I don’t see how a true FBS national champ can be claimed if an undefeated fbs team doesn’t get a shot in the playoffs that (supposedly) determines a “NATIONAL” “CHAMPION”.
One could argue, “but who did they play in the regular season?”. Which is a short sided, hence irrelevant, question since that undefeated team has little REALISTIC say in who they play in the short, 12 game, regular season that college football is.
Can you imagine if an undefeated team in a weak nfl division was denied access to the nfl playoffs!? Hell, the afc east sucks every year and how many super bowls has the patriots been in and won? Apply college fb playoff consideration rules to the nba and no eastern conference team should have been in the nba playoffs the last several years!!!
At the very least, stay at 4 teams for the playoffs. Just have a “prove it!” game the saturday after the final cfp rankings are made, whereas, any undefeated team in the top 16 of the final rankings, plays a play-in/prove-it game at the #4 ranked’s house. The winner goes to the 4-team playoffs, the loser goes to a non-playoff NY6 bowl.
After an entire offseason of hearing “claimed” national champions, “fake national champions” “show me where the ncaa says you’re national champions” ..
Damn this feels good. Seeing UCFs name under national champions in the official record book.. just awesome. Vindication.
that's why i wanted bama to win, if georgia won we wouldn't have made it to the ncaa record book. they can call it self-proclaimed all they want, but they're wrong. have a ncaa recognized championship if you want to avoid "major selector" claim issues.
Congrats UCF fans on receiving much deserved accolades.
This should trigger all the SEC fans again.
Haha, that's all great stuff. WTG, Knights!
Well deserved recognition.
Congrats to UCF.
The AAC has national champions in football and basketball in just 5 years.
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BREAKING: UCF Football is recognized and listed in the official NCAA Record Book as a National Champion in 2017 with Alabama #UCFNationalChampions Page 115: fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/foo… pic.twitter.com/PmZEnDioHA
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by: UCFSportsInfo @UCFSportsInfo
NATIONAL POLL
CHAMPIONS
2017
Alabama: College Football Playoff, AP, FW-NFF,
USA Today
+UCF: Colley
^From 1998-2013, the BCS was used to
determine national champions in FBS. All
“major selectors” not otherwise listed also
selected the BCS champion as its higest
ranked team in those sesaons. In years where
a “major selector” had a team other than the
BCS champion as highest ranked team in its
final poll that team is listed below the BCS
Champion.
^Beginning in 2014, the College Football
Playoff was used to determine national champions
in FBS. All “major selectors” not otherwise
listed also selected the CFP champion
as its higest ranked team in those sesaons.
In years where a “major selector” had a team
other than the CFP champion as highest
ranked team in its final poll that team is listed
below the CFP Champion.
Note: The Associated Press has been the designated
media poll since 1936. United Press
International served as the coaches’ poll from
1950 to 1991 when it was taken over by USA
Today/Cable News Network and in 1997 became
USA Today/ESPN. In 1991-92, the No. 1 team in
the final UPI/NFF ratings received the MacArthur
Bowl as the national champion by the NFF. In
1993-94 and again in 1996, the No. 1 team in the
USA Today/NFF final poll received the MacArthur Bowl.
UCF was always my 2017 National Champ! Congratulations again and can’t wait to kick your asses this season!
Hope this means Aresco can stop tip toeing around it
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