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Auburn is claiming four additional football national titles and will call itself a nine-time champion moving forward.
The Auburn Tigers have endured four consecutive losing seasons — their longest such skid in nearly eight decades.
Auburn football will recognize seven additional national championships after changing the program's criteria, bringing the Tigers' total to nine
Claiming national titles is a long-held tradition in major college football, where the NCAA has never held any authority to run a playoff.
Six Tigers earn All-SEC preseason recognition, with star receiver Cam Coleman collecting both conference and national honors ahead of the season.
John Michaels, co-host of The Locker Room on 680 the Fan in Atlanta, believes that Auburn's football program is inferior to Georgia Tech's at the moment, and does not understand why Singleton would bolt to the Plains.