national championship

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The Indiana Hoosiers won a football national championship!

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Now with a 2-0 lead in the finals, they need to win just two more games, out of a possible seven, to win the national championship for the first time since 1973.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The Crimson Tide went through seven different coaches over the next 27 years, winning only one national championship, before Coach Nick Saban restored its place as the dominant college football team in 2009.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

South Carolina beat Clark’s Hawkeyes in the 2024 national championship to cap off an undefeated season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

The nine freshman boys who had beaten California would go to Poughkeepsie to race for the national championship after all.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown