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and ultimately true, USC didn't win the national championship that year and therefore can not be national champions.
National Championships have always been counted by AP titles. USC won the AP National Championship trophy that year.
No, they haven't. AP has been used along with the Coaches Poll since like the 70s. Since the advent of the BCS, the National Champion is determined by the BCS Championship Game which LSU won in 2003.
You dont know ****** about college football then. The first AP poll was in 1936. The AP has been giving a championship award ever since, and will continue to do so even when the BCS is defunct.
The AP can award all the trophies it wants to.
Since the implementation of the BCS there is only one recognized national champion period. The main purpose of the BCS was to have the two best teams face off at the end of the year in a national championship game. The BCS doesn't always work perfectly but teams that are left out of the NC game even with an unblemished record are left out for a reason. Usually it's strength of schedule which includes wins over quality opponents as well as opponents records. The SOS determining factors aren't perfect either, but until there is a playoff system it's the best we have. USC won the 2004 national championship. They were left out in 2003 because of their weak schedule. They can only blame themselves even though scheduling is done usually several years in advance.
Not correct. The BCS determines the BCS champion, which still comes through the polls. At the formation of the BCS, the coaches agreed that the BCS champion would automatically be the number 1 team in the coaches' poll. On the other hand, the AP never agreed to this. Therefore, there were co-national champions in 2003. Even the coaches had USC rated number 1 before the bowls, but had to switch their votes.
Note that I am not a USC fan, and I also think that most college football national championships are mythical. It should be decided on the field...a playoff is needed! Whose to say that Auburn wasn't the best team last year, or Utah for that matter?