9-0, Southern Conference champion; tied Stanford 7-7 in the Rose Bowl. Named champion outright by Berryman, Billingsley, Poling, and College Football Researchers Association (Football Research), and as co-champion (with Stanford) by Helms and the National Championship Foundation.
Alabama’s 1926 schedule1926: 3 Champions, Zero Agreement
SPLITMULTIPLEDISPUTEDAlabama and Stanford played to a 7-7 Rose Bowl tie, and both the Helms Athletic Foundation and the National Championship Foundation named them co-champions; the College Football Researchers Association picked Alabama alone.
The case for each side
10-0-1 entering the Rose Bowl; named champion by the Dickinson System (contemporary Rissman Trophy) and Sagarin's retroactive ELO-Chess ranking, and as co-champion (with Alabama) by Helms and the National Championship Foundation.
Stanford’s 1926 schedule
Claimed by the program: no recognized selector picked them
9-0-1; named champion by the contemporary Boand and Houlgate systems, neither of which is among the major selectors we carry picks for. The school's claim stands on that basis, separate from the Helms, National Championship Foundation, and CFRA picks for the season.
Navy’s 1926 scheduleNo national title game was played after the 1926 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.