Auburn new titles.

FILE - Auburn footballs sit in a bag prior to an NCAA football game against Georgia, Sept. 30, 2023, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

Auburn claims 4 additional ‘national championships’ on its football resume

Auburn is claiming four additional football national titles and will call itself a nine-time champion moving forward. The Tigers boasted titles in 1957 and 2010 for decades. They also claimed the 1913, 1983 and 1993 seasons as meeting national championship qualifications. Now, though, athletic director John Cohen is adding titles from 1910, 1914, 1958 and 2004 to the program’s resume. It’s laudable by some and laughable by others. Cohen says “our visible national championship recognitions now align with the well-established standard used by the NCAA’s official record book and our peers across the nation.”

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