National Championship Foundation
{{Short description|American college football history organization}}
The National Championship Foundation (NCF) was established by Mike Riter of Hudson, New York. The NCF retroactively selected{{Citation needed|reason=When were these selections published?|date=April 2022}} college football national champions for each year from 1869 to 1979, and its selections are among the historic national champions recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in its Football Bowl Subdivision record book.{{cite book|title=Who's #1?: 100-Plus Years of Controversial National Champions in College Football |last=Walsh |first=Christopher J. |publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=978-1461734765 |url=https://archive.org/details/whos1100plusyear0000wals/page/20/ |page=20 |quote=National Championship Foundation (1980-2001): Established by Mike Riter of Hudson, New York, the foundation has more than 120 chapters in 47 states, with a membership base of more than 12,000. It issued an annual report, and predated Division I-A national champions from 1869-1979.}}
Champions
The following list identifies the college football national champions as selected by the National Championship Foundation.{{cite book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf |title=Football Bowl Subdivision Records |pages=112–119 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |date=2020 |access-date=March 1, 2021 |quote=National Championship Foundation (1980-2000), established by Mike Riter of Hudson, New York. Issued annual report. Predated national champions from 1869 to 1979, with the exception of 1871.}}
See also
References
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{{cite news |last=Korb |first=Dan |date=May 9, 1988 |title=Bicknell man publishes grid book |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press-gary-alan-t/170704208/ |work=The Evansville Courier |quote=He's a charter member of the College Football Researchers Association and the National Championship Foundation. The latter, he said, annually comes up with a consensus national champion from all the polls — that's every poll the organization can find on the subject — and every individual who publishes what school he or she believes to be the national champion.}}
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