The BCS is a joke so we'll move straight to the AP title. That's the one that crowned the real national champion back when the BCS went with Saban's LSU Tigers. This year there have been 5 different teams ranked number 1 in the AP poll. Every one of those teams was undefeated until Florida took over the spot in the last week of the season. The only reason there weren't 7 different number 1 teams is that Penn State and Texas Tech both lost before Alabama (both teams were ranked above all one loss teams at one point in the season).
There is no doubt that if Alabama or Penn State were left as the only undefeated teams in FBS they would be national champions. The argument goes something like Alabama and Penn State deserve it if they can make it through their grueling schedules, yet both teams have a worse Strength of Schedule than the Utes.
The Utes beat 6 bowl teams this year. They went 3-0 against BCS ranked teams. When looking at the big schools it's rarely a one year deal, we look at how dominant said team has been for the past few years and that factors into the equation. The Utes have now gone undefeated twice in 4 years. They have won 8 straight bowl games and own the nations longest winning streak at 14 games. When talking about the national title there is an argument against every team in the nation except the Utes.
As if you need any more support for the Utes they also beat Oregon State and from the look of things this bowl season it appears that the SEC and Big 12 may not have a stranglehold on the best BCS conference.
In the end they are undefeated and they finished the season by spanking the team that held the top spot in the AP poll and the BCS for 5 weeks this season. That's a recipe for a national title if I've ever seen one.
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