The Auburn Tigers made a big statement this week to bring their football program to the very upper echelon of the sport — at least in terms of claimed national titles.

It was confirmed by the school on Tuesday that they are recognizing seven national titles in addition to the two they already claimed, bringing their total of claimed titles to nine.

The new years include 1910, 1913, 1914, 1958, 1983, 1993 and 2004, all years in which at least one voting population picked Auburn as their national champion. Athletics director John Cohen released a statement on the decision and hopes that the history of the program will be bolstered by the new claims.

“For too long, Auburn has chosen a humble approach to our program’s storied history – choosing to recognize only Associated Press National Ch

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