The single "consensus" champ of every college football season, 1869-2021

Hello! This is a version of a post that’s now appeared on at least four different websites. This is probably where it’ll remain! Ideally, I’ll update it every year. It’s probably my favorite sports blog post I’ve ever written.

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For almost all of college football’s 152 years, there was no formal top-level ...