A mythical national championship (sometimes abbreviated MNC) is a colloquial term used to question the validity of national championship recognition that is not explicitly competitive. The term is commonly used in reference to American college football because the NCAA does not sponsor a playoff-style tournament or recognize official national champions for the Football Bowl Subdivision. The term is typically applied to recognition from various entities, including coach polls and media ballots, which have attempted to recognize their own national champions for decades.
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