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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5204491, member: 289"]
1923 
ILLINOIS 8-0-0 recognized by Berryman, Boand, College Football Research, Dolphin, Doktor, Helms, Leckie, Libby, National Football Foundation, Parke Davis, Sagarin, Taylor and Wilson (13) 470 ranking points
MICHIGAN 8-0-0 recognized by Billingsley, National Championship Foundation, Sorenson and Taylor (4) 284 ranking points
YALE 8-0-0 recognized by Berryman and Hatch (2) 239 ranking points 
CALIFORNIA 9-0-1 recognized by Houlgate (1) 132 ranking points 
CORNELL 8-0-0 recognized by Sagarin (1) 214 ranking points
SYRACUSE 8-1-0 recognized by Howell (1) 8-1-0 (1) 168 ranking points

Other teams that beat them or tied them:. Colgate (6-2-1) beat Syracuse 16-7. Nevada 2-3-3 tied California 0-0.

Top Ten teams with similar records: Chicago 7-1-0, Colorado 9-0-0, Dartmouth 8-1-0, Notre Dame 9-1-0, Southern Methodist 9-0-0, Texas 8-0-1, Virginia Military 9-1-0
Cornell beat Dartmouth 23-0. Illinois beat Chicago 7-0.

Consensus National Champion: ILLINOIS coached by Bob Zuppke

[URL="http://www.tiptop25.com/champ1923.html"]1923 College Football National Championship[/URL]

The Illini didn't win the 1924 national championship because they were later tied by Chicago and upset by Minnesota
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