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Official: Split National Championship

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Officially recognized NCAA national championship selector Peter Wolfe's rankings have named Oregon #1 following the national title game, which results in Oregon officially having a claim to the 2024 National Championship.

Remember: the CFP isn't an NCAA National Championship - it's a collection of conferences and bowl games doing their own thing.

List of split titles, officially recognized by the NCAA, since the advent of the BCS:

2017: Alabama and UCF
2016: Clemson and Alabama
2012: Alabama and Notre Dame
2011: Alabama and Oklahoma State
2010: Auburn and TCU
2008: Florida and Utah
2003: LSU, Oklahoma, and USC
2002: Ohio St and USC
2000: Oklahoma and Miami

Prior to the BCS, unanimous titles were rare, and in the CFP era, they are more rare than in the BCS era, so one could say the playoffs are "working"

6 of 13 BCS titles were split. 3 of 11 CFP titles have been split. In the Bowl Coalition/Alliance era, 5 of 6 titles were split.
 
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