1921: 3 Champions, Zero Agreement
SPLITMULTIPLEDISPUTEDCornell (8-0) sweeps Helms and the National Championship Foundation for 1921, while California's claim rests on the CFRA's rating alone.
The case for each side
9-0-1; 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 Cornell.
California’s 1921 schedule
Claimed by the program: no recognized selector picked them
7-0; not named by any of Helms, the National Championship Foundation, or the CFRA; credited only by Billingsley and Parke Davis.
Iowa’s 1921 scheduleNo national title game was played after the 1921 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.