On Monday Central Florida defeated Auburn in the Peach Bowl. That clinched an undefeated season for the Golden Knights, and since Auburn has a victory over both participants in this year’s playoff championship game, officials at Central Florida are claiming this year as a national championship.
This is not as audacious as it seems. For over a century there have been questionable at best claims to a national championship and the NCAA even recognizes many of them. This article here outlines it. Purdue has one, as college football historian Parke H. Davis awarded Purdue a national championship in 1931 under Noble Kizer.