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Different National Polls show their opinions about the winner of college football team in the land. Before getting into the frenzy of the college football season, it can be a good time to get a step back and unemotionally explore the theme of which was the best college football team in history. The 1961 Alabama Crimson Tide was the best college football team during that period. The team was trained by the famous trainer Paul “Bear” Bryant. Among many actions, his teams won fifteen Southeastern Conference championships and six National Championships. In 1961 team was the first. Five more National Championship teams would follow in its footsteps.

The 1961 Alabama Crimson Tide went an unbeatable and was crowned the acknowledged National Champion. With the frequent national polls, at the time, it was very strange to finish the season as the “undoubted” National Champion. Except this, the really astonishing thing about that team was its defense. It lost the game with the score 297 – 25! Nobody expected the events would turn that way. The team was controlled by unpleasant lineman Billy Neighbors and linebacker Lee Roy Jordan.

Considering the legend of Bear Bryant; the unassailable record; the undoubted national championship; the amazing defense; the fact they were “the first” in a long line of Alabama champions, it is easy to see why the 1961 Alabama Crimson Tide was the best team in college football history. Everybody watched its games, victories and lost with interest. It was highlighted in the press and on TV. The lives of the members of the team were in the center of the attention. The status of the champion brought to Alabama states the glory and attention of worldwide publicity.