| rdfs:comment | - The 1926 college football season was the first to attempt recognition of a national champion. Stanford University, coached by Glenn "Pop" Warner, was the #1 team in the nation under the Dickinson System, and awarded the Rissman Trophy. Unbeaten Stanford (10-0-0) faced unbeaten Alabama (9-0-0) in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena and the two teams played to a 7-7 tie. Meanwhile, Parke H. Davis, a renowned football historian and football rules committee member, declared Lafayette College (9-0-0) national champions in Spalding's Football Guide. Subsequently, the Leopards are recognized as a co-national champion in the 1926 season.
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| abstract | - The 1926 college football season was the first to attempt recognition of a national champion. Stanford University, coached by Glenn "Pop" Warner, was the #1 team in the nation under the Dickinson System, and awarded the Rissman Trophy. Unbeaten Stanford (10-0-0) faced unbeaten Alabama (9-0-0) in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena and the two teams played to a 7-7 tie. Meanwhile, Parke H. Davis, a renowned football historian and football rules committee member, declared Lafayette College (9-0-0) national champions in Spalding's Football Guide. Subsequently, the Leopards are recognized as a co-national champion in the 1926 season. Major conferences that existed in 1926 were the Western Conference(today's Big Ten), the Pacific Coast Conference (now the Pac-10), the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA, forerunner of the Big 12), the Southwest Conference, and the Southern Conference (whose members later formed the SEC and the ACC). The Dickinson ratings considered strength of schedule, in that a win, loss or tie against a "strong" opponent was worth more than one against a lesser team, and the results were averaged.
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