No Georgia football fan will ever want to admit this, but rival Auburn has a solid football program. They may not be so great right now, but the Tigers are the 14th winningest college football program in division one history and have had stretches of dominance over the history of their program.
Auburn however has always been a significant step below Georgia and their in-state rival Alabama. But Auburn is now trying to rewrite the history books by reportedly adding seven new National Championships to their programs history that they will now hang banners for.
Auburn just won seven additional national championships in football. In addition to 1957 and 2010, the Tigers will recognize the 1910, 1913, 1914, 1958, 1983, 1993 and 2004 teams as national champions.
— Pat Smith (@patsmithradio) August 19, 2025
Auburn is attempting to rewrite the history books
Before Tuesday the Tigers had just two National Championships that they claimed in 1957 and 2010. The Tigers were the rightful winners of those titles, so no one should ever argue against those championships. But Tuesday morning Auburn decided to wake up on the delusional side of the bed and claim seven new National Championships. This brings their "total" to nine, which is a lot more than the four Georgia claims.
Before making fun of Auburn too much, we should go back in time and see if any of these seven new claims have some validity to them. So here is how Auburn faired in these seven seasons and the reason that the Tigers are using to make their claim for these seven new championships.
7 new Auburn "National Championships"
1910: 6-1 record, Maxwell Ratings list Auburn No. 1, NCAA recognizes Harvard as the National Champion after going undefeated.
1913: 8-0 record, NCAA recognizes Auburn, Harvard and Chicago as the National Champions of this season.
1914: 8-0-1 record, James Howell's Power Ratings System names Auburn No. 1, NCAA recognizes Army, Illinois and Texas as their National Champions.
1958: 9-0-1 record, Montgomery Full Season Championship names Tigers No. 1, finished No. 4 in AP Poll, LSU is consensus National Champion.
1983: 11-1 record, various media rankings named Auburn No. 1, finished No. 3 in final AP Poll, Miami (FL) recognized as National Champion after beating powerhouse Nebraska in their bowl game.
1993: 11-0 record, only undefeated power conference team but were banned from the postseason this season, Florida State recognized as National Champion after beating Nebraska in their bowl game.
2004: 13-0 record, No. 2 in final AP Poll, did not earn a berth in the BCS National Championship game as USC beat Oklahoma to win the BCS National Championship.
Out of these seven seasons, 1913 is Auburn's best claim to another National Championship as they did go undefeated and the NCAA has always recognized them as a champion of that season. Other than that, 2004 is the only season Auburn fans have a good argument for as well. But even though they did go 13-0, they didn't earn the right to play in the National Championship game so it's strange to claim that title now.
Should Georgia follow Auburn's lead?
Georgia has four National Championships they do not claim, but what is stopping them from doing what Auburn did and take their total to eight? A sense of pride and not feeling the need to go back in time and prop up their program is why Georgia hopefully will never follow Auburn's lead and add more titles from the past.
But don't let these new "championships" change the perception of Auburn, because no one should recognize these new championships for Auburn. If they didn't want to claim them back in time at the end of these seasons then they can't just decide to claim them now. So Georgia is still the much better program than Auburn now matter what fake National Championships they try to claim.