1919: 4 Champions, Zero Agreement

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1919 splits three ways: the National Championship Foundation names Harvard, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M co-champions, the CFRA pairs Harvard with Illinois, and Helms credits Harvard alone.

The case for each side

Harvard

9-0-1

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Harvard’s 1919 schedule

Illinois

6-1

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6-1, Big Ten champion; co-national champion per the CFRA (listed as 'Football Research' in the NCAA record book) only, not by Helms or the National Championship Foundation, which both named Harvard.

Illinois’s 1919 schedule

Notre Dame

9-0

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Notre Dame’s 1919 schedule

Texas A&M

13-0

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10-0; co-national champion per the National Championship Foundation only, not by Helms or the CFRA, which both credited Harvard.

Texas A&M’s 1919 schedule

No national title game was played after the 1919 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.