Which one-loss NON-national champion college football team was the best team ever?

[saturdaysarebetter]

Which one-loss NON-national champion college football team was the best ever?
'71 Oklahoma?
'69 Ohio State?
'02 Miami?
'86 Miami?
'87 Oklahoma?
'93 Notre Dame?
'83 Nebraska?
'23 Georgia?
'11 LSU?
'16 Alabama?
'Others?

 

[Boglodyte]

23 Georgia

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

23 Georgia

They were robbed in the SECCG.

 

[Xeliou66]

16 Bama was a great team, they were better than the Clemson team that beat them, Clemson just made a wild comeback in the second half of the title game. 23 Georgia was awesome as well, I think they would’ve had a good shot at beating Michigan in the playoff.

 

[foster4prez]

'00 Virginia Tech wins the title easy if there is a playoff.

Only lost to Miami in a game without Vick and our #1 WR.

 

[HuskerOC]

While I so badly want to go with my 1983 Huskers.....

Gotta go with the '02 Canes. Both lost in similar games in which they got stymied into playing to the other team's strengths.

And I had this on my wall as a kiddo. Probably still packed away in some box somewhere.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

While I so badly want to go with my 1983 Huskers.....

Gotta go with the '02 Canes. Both lost in similar games in which they got stymied into playing to the other team's strengths.

And I had this on my wall as a kiddo. Probably still packed away in some box somewhere.

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I remember an article in the USA Today that talked about Nebraska '83 being discussed s possibly the greatest team ever as they destroyed teams during the regular season.

 

[HuskerOC]

I remember an article in the USA Today that talked about Nebraska '83 being discussed s possibly the greatest team ever as they destroyed teams during the regular season.

It was crazy hype. And they lived up to it almost every weekend.

17 point favorites in that Orange Bowl against Miami. We win that game, the whole Hurricane/Florida State thing might not ever happen?

We convert that 2 point pass, and the Butterfly Effect... ha. Only took about 30 years to come to terms with that loss as a fan.