8-0, Big Ten champion, Bierman's second straight national title team. Named champion by Billingsley, Boand, Football Research (CFRA), Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, and Poling.
Minnesota’s 1935 schedule1935 National Champion: And Who Else Claims It
MULTIPLEDISPUTEDMinnesota again swept Helms, the National Championship Foundation, and the College Football Researchers Association; SMU's and TCU's rival claims rest on selectors we don't carry picks for, including a Williamson co-championship split between TCU and LSU.
The case for each side
Claimed by the program: no recognized selector picked them
12-1, Southwest Conference champion, played in the Rose Bowl. Named champion by Berryman, Dickinson, Houlgate, Sagarin, and Sagarin (ELO-Chess); not a Helms, NCF, or CFRA selection.
SMU’s 1935 schedule
Claimed by the program: no recognized selector picked them
12-1. Named co-champion (with LSU) only by the Williamson System; not a Helms, NCF, or CFRA selection.
TCU’s 1935 scheduleNo national title game was played after the 1935 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.