AP, UPI, and FWAA national champion; beat Maryland 20-6 in the Orange Bowl.
Oklahoma’s 1955 schedule1955 National Champion: And Who Else Claims It
MULTIPLEDISPUTEDOklahoma swept the AP, UPI, and FWAA selections for an undisputed 1955 national championship, sealed by an Orange Bowl win over Maryland.
The case for each side
Claimed by the program: no recognized selector picked them
Finished No. 2 in the final AP poll; no selector named the Spartans champion.
Michigan State’s 1955 scheduleNo national title game was played after the 1955 season: before 1998 there was no mechanism to play one, which is why so many of these seasons were settled by vote instead.