UCF football and its fans have not been shy when declaring themselves college football National Champions.

The college football playoff system has treated Nick Saban well. He’s won two national titles in the playoff era at Alabama. His team made the playoff this past season without even winning the SEC. There’s no reason for him to want change. But for a school like UCF change is their only chance.

The Knights have told anyone that will listen that they are the true National Champs. They finished as the nation’s only undefeated team and beat Auburn in the Peach Bowl, a team that beat both Alabama and Georgia, the two teams that played in the playoff system’s National Championship game.

Saban has praised UCF’s accomplishments, but he’s also been critical of their claim as National Champs. At Wednesday’s SEC Media Days press conference, News 13’s Pat Welter asked Saban if UCF’s situation is a sign that the playoff system is broken:

“I don’t think that the system is broken,” Saban said. “You’re entitled to your opinion I’m entitled to mine. We played a very difficult schedule and lost one game. We played against a great Clemson team and great Georgia team and no one else beat both of those teams to get where we got.”

No one denies what Alabama accomplished. After watching them against Clemson and Georgia few would deny that they were the best team. But the point for a school like UCF is they never got a chance. And under the current system, it looks like they never will. Saban thinks those issues need to be decided by people other than himself.

“I’m not responsible for the system that we are in and I don’t think it’s broken and I think they got the best teams in the playoff and we were happy to be a part of it,” Saban continued. “So that’s my opinion, you’re entitled to yours; I’m not going to get into an argument about it. So if you have a solution maybe you ought to give it to somebody who can do something about it like conference commissioners and NCAA leadership and people like that. I’m not in a position to do that.”