We should claim a 1940 NC instead of a 1941 one...

[QuaoarsKing]

In 1940, we were one of 4 undefeated teams (we did have a tie for what it's worth). I'm not sure if strength of schedule is really determinable for something that far back (sure, you could calculate it mathematically but there just weren't enough cross-sectional matchups for that to be useful...a 3-7 Big 10 team may have been better than a 9-1 Rocky Mountain team that mathematically had a better strength of schedule).

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Records:</span>
Boston College 11-0
MSU 10-0-1
Stanford 10-0
Minnesota 8-0

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Points Scored per Game:</span>
Boston College 30.82
MSU 22.27
Stanford 19.6
Minnesota 19.25

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Points Allowed per Game:
</span>MSU 5.23
Boston College 5.9
Stanford 8.5
Minnesota 8.88

As you can see, we and Boston College were statistically two of the best teams (though Minnesota probably played the hardest schedule with the future Big 10 having the best teams in general at the time). So why not claim a national title? Seems at least as legit as Ole Miss's claims other than 1960 and far more than Alabama's 1941 claim.

On the other hand in 1941, our one loss was to undefeated Duquesne, so I think we're SOL on that claim.

 

[RocketCityDawg]

Totally as legit as some of Bama's.

And Dew qwez ney does have a legit claim on 1941. Just as much as us or Bammer.

 

[MSUCostanza]

is that Alabama claims it as one of their 12 championships. We beat Alabama and won the SEC that year. I think that's where the claims are originating.