The National Championship Foundation (NCF) was established by Mike Riter of Hudson, New York. The NCF retroactively selected [citation needed] college football national champions for each year from 1869 to 1979,[1] and its selections are among the historic national champions recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in its Football Bowl Subdivision record book.[2][3]
- ^ Vautravers, James. "National Championship Foundation". Retrieved 2022-06-02.
They retroactively selected national championships by member vote for every season through 1980, then named national champions every year thereafter through the year 2000. … More bothersome is the fact that for the 1901-1910 seasons, the NCF is easily the worst selector listed in the NCAA Records Book. They frequently select teams that have no business sharing the title, while dismissing truly powerful teams (such as Harvard 1901) completely. Their research for this time appears to be very shoddy, and probably in fact nonexistent. Conclusion: Not considered an authoritative selector.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. pp. 105–106. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Christopher J. Walsh (2007). Who's #1?: 100-Plus Years of Controversial National Champions in College Football. Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1461734765.