re: Why doesn't LSU claim the 1962 national title??

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The 1961 LSU Team can claim the NC but has not done it. The 1962 Team cannot claim it. The 1961 Team is listed as winning the NC.

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What the...? This is ridiculous, LSU had NO claim in 1961. LSU was 10-1 and lost to Rice. Alabama was 11-0, were the SEC champions, won both UPI and AP polls and were consensus national champions in 1961, Bryant was both wire service coach of the year, etc.

LSU had NO claim in 1961. Google is your freaking friend.

It really wasn't that confusing... UPI (coaches) and AP had polls that determined NC .. before the bowl games which were regarded as exhibitions and treated as such. There were a couple of small polls and ranking systems that were not highly followed by that time.

1961 was Coach Bryant's first NC. It was consensus both AP and UPI. Ohio State was consensus second in 1961. LSU had a great year but lost to Rice and finished second in the SEC and 4th in the national polls.

Closest in polls was Ohio State which ran up the score in their last season game against Michigan, throwing the ball with 35 seconds left and going for two with time expired. Woody Hayes later got his azz kicked by Alabama.

Here is final AP poll from 1961.

1 < 1 Alabama (26) SEC 10-0 452 W 34-0 N Auburn
2 < 2 Ohio State (20) Big Ten 8-0-1 436
3 < 4 Texas Southwest 9-1 348
4 < 3 LSU (1) SEC 9-1 335
5 < 5 Mississippi (1) SEC 9-1 284
6 < 7 Minnesota Big Ten 7-2 225
7 < 6 Colorado Big 8 9-1 171
8 < 8 Michigan State Big Ten 7-2 128
9 < 9 Arkansas Southwest 8-2 105
10 < NR Utah State MSAC 9-0-1 33 DNP
11 < 10 Missouri Big 8 7-2-1 18
12 < NR Purdue Big Ten 6-3 15
13 < NR Georgia Tech SEC 7-3 12
14 < NR Syracuse Ind 7-3 11
15 < NR Rutgers MID3 9-0 9
16 < NR UCLA Pac-10 7-3 7
17 < NR Arizona Ind 8-1-1 5 W 22-13 A #0 Arizona State
17 < NR Penn State Ind 6-3 5
17 < NR Rice Southwest 7-3 5
20 < NR Duke ACC 7-3 4

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Yet I see Michigan claiming championships in 1901

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Those "Point-a-minute' Teams were badass. They played Stanford in the first Rose Bowl and were leading 49-0 in the 3rd quarter when both teams agreed to stop the game.

Idk, that's great question. Everyone else seems to do it (ole miss, bama, etc...), so why not us? I saw it somewhere that we have 7 national titesx but we only claim 3 of them. Even on winsipedia it says we have 4 nattys. Idk what the deal is with that, but it's interesting.

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Yeah no telling how anyone thought we should have a 1961 NC title ??

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And you thought we should claim '62

Scroll down to Louisiana State section

Because we aren't full of shite like Bama

The correct answer is "because we're not Bama"

And yet Michigan never beat an East Coast powerhouse in that era. The point-a-minute thing is catchy, but they played weak competition in the Western conference (forerunner to the Big 10).

Michigan lost to Penn in 1907 and 1908--the first time they faced an Ivy League team.

1901 Michigan team would have been soundly beaten by the Ivies, who were fielding professional players at that time.