I'm not making an argument I'm telling you how the NCAA operates. Whether you think it's stupid or not is irrelevant.
No. You are telling me how you WISH the NCAA operated. In the context you are using there is no difference between the words "acknowledge" and "recognize." Your implication is that by listing every limp dick Harry that awarded Alabama some baseless retroactive national title that the NCAA gives any of them credence. Simply put, they do not.
What the NCAA is saying by listing those unofficial titles is that the NCAA does NOT recognize (nor acknowledge) any to be legitimate and you are free to make your own determinations or reject the lists entirely. None are officially sanctioned, therefore none are acknowledged (or recognized).
The fact is that 12 is a farce. A fabrication. By the same flimsy standards Auburn has 7. Three to Bama's one since 1980.