10-0, Knute Rockne's final and second straight unbeaten team. Named champion by Billingsley, Boand, Dickinson, Dunkel, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, and Poling, plus a co-champion nod from Parke Davis; not a College Football Researchers Association selection.
Notre Dame’s 1930 schedule1930: 2 Champions, Zero Agreement
SPLITMULTIPLENotre Dame took Helms and the National Championship Foundation, while the College Football Researchers Association's retroactive pick went the other way to Alabama, splitting the three major retroactive selectors rather than doubling up on either team.
The case for each side
10-0, won the Rose Bowl over Washington State. Named champion by Berryman, the College Football Researchers Association (Football Research), Sagarin, and Sagarin (ELO-Chess), plus a co-champion nod from Parke Davis; not a Helms or NCF selection.
Alabama’s 1930 scheduleNo national title game was played after the 1930 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.