What is National Championship in college football?

Quick Answer

In college football, National Championship means: The recognized title or title game used to identify a season's champion. It keeps split titles, poll-era selectors, BCS titles, and CFP-era titles readable without turning multiple selector labels for one team-year into duplicate titles.

Definition

A national championship is the recognized title or title game used to identify a season's champion. On CFBTrack, national-title counts use title seasons: one champion per team-year, with selector labels shown separately.

Why It Matters

It keeps split titles, poll-era selectors, BCS titles, and CFP-era titles readable without turning multiple selector labels for one team-year into duplicate titles.

How CFB Track Uses It

CFBTrack uses National Championship context to connect glossary definitions with the stats, schedules, teams, players, and rankings that use the term.

Caveats

• Title counts can differ by source depending on which selectors or claimed titles are included.