College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS

A national championship in the highest level of college football in the United States, currently the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), is a designation awarded annually by various organizations to their selection of the best college football team. Division I FBS football is the only National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sport for which the NCAA does not sanction a yearly championship event. As such, it is sometimes unofficially referred to as a "mythical national championship".[1][2][3][4]

National championships in NCAA Division I FBS
National championship trophies	AP (since 1936) Grantland Rice (1954–2013) MacArthur (since 1959) AFCA (since 1986) College Football Playoff (since 2014)
Longest continuous selector	Associated Press (1936–present)
First season awarded	1869
Last completed season	2019

Due to the lack of an official NCAA title, determining the nation's top college football team has often engendered controversy.[5] A championship team is independently declared by multiple individuals and organizations, often referred to as "selectors".[6]^:107–109 These choices are not always unanimous.[5] In 1969 even the President of the United States Richard Nixon declared a national champion by announcing, ahead of the season-ending game between No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Arkansas, that the winner of that game would receive a plaque from the President himself, commemorating that team as the year's national champion. Texas went on to win that game, 15–14.[7]

While the NCAA has never officially endorsed a championship team, it has documented the choices of some selectors in its official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records publication.[6]^:107–119 In addition, various analysts have independently published their own choices for each season. These opinions can often diverge with others as well as individual schools' claims to national titles, which may or may not correlate to the selections published elsewhere. Currently, two of the most widely recognized national champion selectors are the Associated Press, which conducts a poll of sportswriters, and the Coaches Poll, a survey of active members of the American Football Coaches Association.

Since 1992, various consortia of major bowl games have aimed to invite the top two teams at the end of the regular season (as determined by internal rankings, or aggregates of the major polls and other statistics) to compete in what is intended to be the de facto national championship game. The current iteration of this practice, the College Football Playoff, selects four teams to participate in national semi-finals hosted by two of six partner bowl games, with their winners advancing to the College Football Playoff National Championship.

History

The Sun was among the first to publish a year-end college football ranking, in 1901.

The concept of a national championship in college football dates to the early years of the sport in the late 19th century,[8] and the earliest contemporaneous polls can be traced to Caspar Whitney, Charles Patterson, and The Sun in 1901.[9] Therefore, the concept of polls and national champions predated mathematical ranking systems, but it was Frank Dickinson's math system that was one of the first to be widely popularized. His system named 10–0 Stanford the national champion of 1926, prior to their tie with Alabama in the Rose Bowl. A curious Knute Rockne, then coach of Notre Dame, had Dickinson backdate two seasons, which produced Notre Dame as the 1924 national champion and Dartmouth in 1925.[10]

A number of other mathematical systems were born in the 1920s and 1930s and were the only organized methods selecting national champions until the Associated Press began polling sportswriters in 1936 to obtain rankings. Alan J. Gould, the creator of the AP Poll, named Minnesota, Princeton, and SMU co-champions in 1935, and polled writers the following year, which resulted in a national championship for Minnesota.[10] The AP's main competition, United Press, created the first Coaches Poll in 1950. For that year and the next three, the AP and UP agreed on the national champion. The first "split" championship occurred in 1954, when the writers selected Ohio State and the coaches chose UCLA.[10] The two polls also disagreed in 1957, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1997, and 2003. The Coaches Poll would stay with United Press (UP) when they merged with International News Service (INS) to form United Press International (UPI) but was acquired by USA Today and CNN in 1991. The poll was in the hands of USA Today and ESPN from 1997 to 2005 before moving to sole ownership by USA Today. Beginning in 2014, Amway became a joint sponsor with USA Today.[11]

Though some of the math systems selected champions after the bowl games, both of the major polls released their rankings after the end of the regular season until the AP polled writers after the bowls in 1965, resulting in what was perceived at the time as a better championship selection (Alabama) than UPI's (Michigan State).[10] After 1965, the AP again voted before the bowls for two years, before permanently returning to a post-bowl vote in 1968. The coaches did not conduct a vote after the bowls until 1974, in the wake of awarding their 1973 championship to Alabama, who lost to the AP champion, undefeated Notre Dame, in the Sugar Bowl.[10] The AP and Coaches polls remain the major rankings to this day.

From the 1930s to the advent of the College Football Playoff, each top team played a single postseason bowl game per season. The process of selecting a national champion during this period was complicated by the fact that the champions of major conferences were tied to specific bowls (for example, the Big 8 champion was tied to the Orange Bowl), and the top two teams in the nation often played in different bowls. A few bowls over the years featured a #1 vs. #2 matchup; one example was the 1987 Fiesta Bowl, played January 2 following the 1986 season.

Two attempts to annually crown a champion on the field were the Bowl Coalition (1992–1994) and Bowl Alliance (1995–1997). However, their effort to host a national championship was hampered by the lack of participation of the Pac-10 and Big Ten champions, who instead opted to play in the Rose Bowl.

The Bowl Championship Series, famous for its use of math, was the successor of the Coalition and Alliance.[12] Besides the many adjustments it underwent during its tenure, including a large overhaul following the 2004 season that included the replacement of the AP Poll with the Harris poll, the BCS remained a mixture of math and human polls since its inception in 1998, with the goal of matching the best two teams in the nation in a national championship bowl game which rotated yearly between the Sugar, Fiesta, Rose, and Orange Bowls from 1998 to 2005, and later a standalone game titled the BCS National Championship Game (2006 to 2013).[10] The winner of the BCS Championship Game was awarded the national championship of the Coaches Poll thus winning the AFCA National Championship Trophy. The BCS winner also received the MacArthur Bowl from the National Football Foundation.[13] Neither the AP Poll, nor other current selectors, had contractual obligations to select the BCS champion as their national champion.[14] The BCS resulted in a number of controversies, most notably after the 2003 season, when the BCS championship game did not include eventual AP champion USC, the only time the two championships have diverged since the advent of the BCS. After many seasons of controversy, the BCS was replaced with the College Football Playoff, a Plus-One system aimed at reducing the controversy involved in which teams get to play in a championship game through use of a tournament.

National championships in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision records

The NCAA maintains an official records book of historical statistics and records for football. In the records book, with consultation from various college football historians, it has created and maintains a list of "major selectors" of national championships throughout the history of college football along with their championship picks for each season.[6]^:107–116

Major selectors

A variety of selectors have named national champions throughout the years. They generally can be divided into four categories: those determined by mathematical formula, human polls, historical research, and recently, playoffs. The selectors below are listed in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records as having been deemed to be "major selectors" for which the criteria is that the poll or selector be "national in scope either through distribution in newspaper, television, radio and/or computer online".[6]^:107–109 The former selectors, deemed instrumental in the sport of college football, and selectors that were included for the calculation of the BCS standing, are listed together.[6]^{:107–116,119}

Math

The mathematical system is the oldest systematic selector of college football national champions. Many of the math selectors were created during the "championship rush" of the 1920s and 1930s, beginning with Frank Dickinson's system, or during the dawn of the computer age in the 1990s. Selectors are listed below with years selected retroactively in italics.

Selector	Name	Seasons
A&H	Anderson & Hester	1997–present
AS	Alderson System	1994–1998
B(QPRS)	Berryman (QPRS)	1920–1989, 1990–2011
BR	Billingsley Report^a	1869–1870, 1872–1969, 1970–present
BS	Boand System	1919–1929, 1930–1960
CCR	Congrove Computer Rankings	1993–present
CM	Colley Matrix	1992–present
CW	Caspar Whitney	1905–1907
DeS	DeVold System	1939–1944, 1945–2006
DiS	Dickinson System	1924–1925, 1926–1940
DuS	Dunkel System	1929–present
ERS	Eck Ratings System	1987–2005
HS	Houlgate System	1885, 1887–1905, 1907–1926, 1927–1949
L	Litkenhous	1934–1972, 1974, 1978, 1981–1984
MCFR	Massey College Football Ratings	1995–present
MGR	Matthews Grid Ratings	1966–1972, 1974–2006
NYT	The New York Times	1979–2004
PS	Poling System	1924–1934, 1935–1955, 1957–1984
R(FACT)	Rothman (FACT)	1968–2006
SR	Sagarin Ratings	1919–1977, 1978–present
W	Wolfe	2001–present
WS	Williamson System	1931, 1932–1963

^aThe Billingsley Report also provides an alternate selection that uses margin-of-victory in its calculation. The NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records book notes both selections in years where they disagree.[6]^:107–116

Poll

The poll has been the dominant national champion selector since the inception of the AP Poll in 1936. It is notable that the NFF merged its poll with UPI from 1991 to 1992, with USA Today from 1993 to 1996, and with the FWAA from 2014 forward. Selectors are listed below with years selected retroactively in italics.

For many years, the national champion of various polls were selected prior to the bowl games. The national champion was selected before bowl games as follows: AP (1936–1964 and 1966–1967), Coaches Poll (1950–1973), FWAA (1954), and NFF (1959–1970). In all other latter-day polls, champions were selected after bowl games.[6]^:107–119

During the BCS era, the winner of the BCS Championship Game was automatically awarded the national championship of the Coaches Poll and the National Football Foundation.

Selector	Name	Seasons
AP	Associated Press	1936–present
Coaches   BRC   UP   UPI   USAT/CNN   USAT/ESPN   USAT   USAT/AMWAY	American Football Coaches Association   AFCA Blue Ribbon Commission   United Press   United Press International   USA Today/CNN   USA Today/ESPN   USA Today   USA Today/Amway	1922–present   1922–1949^a   1950–1957   1958–1990^b   1991–1996^b c   1997–2004   2005–2013^b   2014–present
CFRA	College Football Researchers Association	1919–1935, 1936–1981, 1982–1992, 2010–present
FN	Football News	1958–2002
FWAA	Football Writers Association of America	1954–2013^c
FWAA/NFF	FWAA-NFF Grantland Rice Super 16	2014–present^c
HAF	Helms Athletic Foundation	1883–1935, 1936–1940, 1941–1982
INS	International News Service	1952–1957
NCF	National Championship Foundation	1869–1870, 1872–1935, 1936–1979, 1980–2000
NFF	National Football Foundation	1959–1990, 1997–2013^c d e
SN	Sporting News	1975–2006
UPI	United Press International	1993–1995^f
UPI/NFF	United Press International/National Football Foundation	1991–1992^e
USAT	USA Today	1982^g
USAT/CNN	USA Today/CNN	1983–1990^g
USAT/NFF	USA Today/National Football Foundation	1993–1996^d

^aAt the request of several schools, the AFCA established a "Blue Ribbon Commission" in 2016 to begin retroactively selecting Coaches' Trophy winners from 1922 through 1949.[15]

^bServed as the Coaches Poll during the designated years, but also conducted their own poll at different times.

^cThe Football Writers Association of America merged its poll with that of the National Football Foundation members beginning in 2014; as a result, the Grantland Trophy was retired and the FWAA/NFF national champion now receives the MacArthur Bowl.[6]^:116

^dUSA Today took over, from the UPI, the poll of the National Football Foundation's members in 1993, and its winner was designated by the NFF as its national champion and received the MacArthur Bowl. The poll was conducted by USA Today through the 1996 season, although national championship selections in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records do not distinguish the NFF from the USAT/NFF poll in 1995 and 1996. Not to be confused with the USA Today/CNN Coaches Poll, which USA Today conducted separately.

^eUPI conducted the Coaches Poll through the 1990 season, which was subsequently taken over by CNN/USA Today. UPI then conducted a poll of National Football Foundation members in 1991 and 1992, the winner of which was designated by the NFF as its national champion and received the MacArthur Bowl.

^fUPI conducted its own poll from 1993 to 1995, after the National Football Foundation Poll was taken over by USA Today.

^gUSA Today conducted its own poll of college football sportswriters in 1982, then joined with CNN to do their own joint poll until they took over the Coaches Poll starting with the 1991 season.

Research

College football historian Parke H. Davis is the only selector considered by the NCAA to have primarily used research in his selections.[6]^:107–109 Davis did all of his work in 1933, naming retroactive national champions for most of the years from 1869 to 1932 while naming Michigan and Princeton (his alma mater) co-champions at the end of the 1933 season.

Selector	Name	Seasons
PD	Parke H. Davis	1869–1870, 1872–1909, 1911–1916, 1919–1932, 1933

Hybrid

Main article: Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series used a mathematical system that combined polls (Coaches and AP/Harris) and multiple computer rankings (including some individual selectors listed above) to determine a season ending matchup between its top two ranked teams in the BCS Championship Game. The champion of that game was contractually awarded the Coaches Poll and National Football Foundation championships.

Selector	Name	Seasons
BCS	Bowl Championship Series	1998–2013

Playoff

Main article: College Football Playoff

Unlike all selectors prior to 2014, the College Football Playoff does not use math, polls or research to select the participants. Rather, a 13-member committee selects and seeds the teams.[16] The playoff system marked the first time any championship selector arranged a bracket competition to determine whom it would declare to be its champion.

Selector	Name	Seasons
CFP	College Football Playoff	2014–present

Yearly national championship selections from major selectors

Below is a list of the national champions of college football from 1869 to present (with the exception of 1871, in which no games were played) deemed to be chosen by "major selectors" as listed in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records.[6]^:107–109 Many teams did not have coaches as late as 1899. "Consensus" selectors in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records correspond to the period from 1950 to present which began with the introduction of the two poll system upon the appearance of the Coaches Poll in 1950. Selectors used to determine teams listed as "Consensus National Champions" in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records include the AP Poll, Coaches Poll, Football Writers Association of America, and the National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame.[6]^:119

The first contemporaneous poll to include teams across the country and selection of a national champions can be traced to Caspar Whitney in 1901.[9] The last retroactive selection was made by Clyde Berryman in 1989 (Notre Dame). The tie was removed from college football in 1995 and the last consensus champion with a tie in its record was Georgia Tech in 1990. The 1947 Michigan Wolverines are often credited with a national championship on the basis of a "free poll" conducted by an AP sportswriter after the 1948 Rose Bowl, though that poll was unofficial and it is not recognized in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records.[6]^:107–109

Note that the Harris Interactive Poll (2005–2013) was contracted by the BCS to help formulate its standings, and although its final ranking which occurs prior to the bowl games is listed in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records, it does not conduct a final poll or award or name a national champion on its own.[17]

As designated by the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records, the table below shows:

• Teams listed in italics indicate retroactively-applied championships.
• Teams listed in bold reflect the NCAA's designation as "Consensus National Champions" by virtue of their selection from 1950 onward by one or more selectors from Associated Press, United Press/UPI, Football Writers Association of America, National Football Foundation / College Football Hall of Fame, and USA Today.

A letter next to any season, team, record, coach or selector indicates a footnote that appears at the bottom of the table.

Season	Champion(s)	Record	Coach	Selector(s)	Source
1869	Princeton	1–1		BR, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
	Rutgers	1–1		PD	[6]^:110
1870	Princeton	1–0		BR, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1871	None	No games played
1872	Princeton	1–0		BR, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
	Yale	1–0		PD	[6]^:110
1873	Princeton	2–0		BR, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1874	Harvard	1–1		PD	[6]^:110
	Princeton	2–0		BR, PD	[6]^:110
	Yale	3–0		NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1875	Columbia	3–1–1		PD	[6]^:110
	Harvard	4–0		NCF, PD	[6]^:110
	Princeton	2–0		BR, PD	[6]^:110
1876	Yale	3–0		BR, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1877	Princeton	2–0–1		BR, PD	[6]^:110
	Yale	3–0–1		NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1878	Princeton	6–0		BR, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1879	Princeton	4–0–1		BR, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
	Yale	3–0–2		PD	[6]^:110
1880	Princeton	4–0–1		NCF, PD	[6]^:110
	Yale	4–0–1		BR, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1881	Princeton	7–0–2		BR, PD	[6]^:110
	Yale	5–0–1		NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1882	Yale	8–0		BR, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1883	Yale	9–0		BR, HAF, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1884	Princeton	9–0–1		BR, PD	[6]^:110
	Yale	8–0–1		HAF, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1885	Princeton	9–0		BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1886	Princeton	7–0–1		BR, PD	[6]^:110
	Yale	9–0–1		HAF, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1887	Yale	9–0		BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1888	Yale	13–0	Walter Camp	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1889	Princeton	10–0		BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1890	Harvard	11–0	George C. Adams, George A. Stewart	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1891	Yale	13–0	Walter Camp	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1892	Yale	13–0	Walter Camp	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1893	Princeton	11–0		BR, HAF, HS, NCF	[6]^:110
	Yale	10–1	William Rhodes	PD	[6]^:110
1894	Penn	12–0	George Washington Woodruff	PD	[6]^:110
	Princeton	8–2		HS	[6]^:110
	Yale	16–0	William Rhodes	BR, HAF, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1895	Penn	14–0	George Washington Woodruff	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
	Yale	13–0–2	John A. Hartwell	PD	[6]^:110
1896	Lafayette	11–0–1	Parke H. Davis	NCF, PD	[6]^:110
	Princeton	10–0–1	Franklin Morse	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
1897	Penn	15–0	George Washington Woodruff	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:110
	Yale	9–0–2	Frank Butterworth	PD	[6]^:110
1898	Harvard	11–0	William Cameron Forbes	BR, HAF, HS, NCF	[6]^:110
	Princeton	11–0–1		PD	[6]^:110
1899	Harvard	10–0–1	Benjamin Dibblee	HAF, HS, NCF	[6]^:111
	Princeton	12–1		BR, PD	[6]^:111
1900	Yale	12–0	Malcolm McBride	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
1901	Harvard	12–0	Bill Reid	BR, PD^a	[6]^:111[18]^:206[19]^:233
	Michigan	11–0	Fielding H. Yost	HAF, HS, NCF	[6]^:111
1902	Michigan	11–0	Fielding H. Yost	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
	Yale	11–0–1	Joseph R. Swan	PD	[6]^:111
1903	Michigan	11–0–1	Fielding H. Yost	NCF	[6]^:111
	Princeton	11–0	Art Hillebrand	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
1904	Michigan	10–0	Fielding H. Yost	NCF	[6]^:111
	Minnesota	13–0	Henry Williams	BR	[6]^:111
	Penn	12–0	Carl S. Williams	HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
1905	Chicago	10–0	Amos Alonzo Stagg	BR, HAF, HS, NCF	[6]^:111
	Yale	10–0	Jack Owsley	CW, PD	[6]^:111
1906	Princeton	9–0–1	William Roper	HAF, NCF	[6]^:111
	Yale	9–0–1	Foster Rockwell	BR, CW, PD	[6]^:111
1907	Yale	9–0–1	William F. Knox	BR, CW, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
1908	Harvard	9–0–1	Percy Haughton	BR	[6]^:111
	LSU	10–0	Edgar Wingard	NCF	[6]^:111
	Penn	11–0–1	Sol Metzger	HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
1909	Yale	10–0	Howard Jones	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
1910	Harvard	8–0–1	Percy Haughton	BR, HAF, HS, NCF	[6]^:111
	Pittsburgh	9–0	Joseph H. Thompson	NCF	[6]^:111
1911	Minnesota	6–0–1	Henry L. Williams	BR	[6]^:111
	Penn State	8–0–1	Bill Hollenback	NCF	[6]^:111
	Princeton	8–0–2	William Roper	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
1912	Harvard	9–0	Percy Haughton	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
	Penn State	8–0	Bill Hollenback	NCF	[6]^:111
1913	Auburn	8–0	Mike Donahue	BR	[6]^:111
	Chicago	7–0	Amos Alonzo Stagg	BR, PD	[6]^:111
	Harvard	9–0	Percy Haughton	HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
1914	Army	9–0	Charles Daly	HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
	Illinois	7–0	Robert Zuppke	BR, PD	[6]^:111
	Texas	8–0	Dave Allerdice	BR	[6]^:111
1915	Cornell	9–0	Albert Sharpe	HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
	Minnesota	6–0–1	Henry L. Williams	BR	[6]^:111
	Oklahoma	10–0	Bennie Owen	BR	[6]^:111
	Pittsburgh	8–0	Glenn "Pop" Warner	PD	[6]^:111
1916	Army	9–0	Charles Daly	PD	[6]^:111
	Georgia Tech	8–0-1	John Heisman	BR	[6]^:111
	Pittsburgh	8–0	Glenn "Pop" Warner	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
1917	Georgia Tech	9–0	John Heisman	BR, HAF, HS, NCF	[6]^:111
1918	Michigan	5–0	Fielding H. Yost	BR, NCF	[6]^:111
	Pittsburgh	4–1	Glenn "Pop" Warner	HAF, HS, NCF	[6]^:111
1919	Centre	9–0	Charley Moran	SR	[6]^:111
	Harvard	9–0–1	Bob Fisher	CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
	Illinois	6–1	Robert Zuppke	BR, BS, CFRA, PD, SR	[6]^:111
	Notre Dame	9–0	Knute Rockne	NCF, PD	[6]^:111
	Texas A&M	10–0	Dana X. Bible	BR, NCF	[6]^:111
1920	California	9–0	Andy Smith	CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, SR	[6]^:111
	Georgia	8–0–1	Herman Stegeman	B(QPRS)	[6]^:111
	Harvard	8–0–1	Bob Fisher	BS	[6]^:111
	Notre Dame	9–0	Knute Rockne	BR, PD	[6]^:111
	Princeton	6–0–1	William Roper	BS, PD	[6]^:111
1921	California	9–0–1	Andy Smith	BR, BS, CFRA, SR	[6]^:111
	Cornell	8–0	Gil Dobie	HAF, HS, NCF, PD	[6]^:111
	Iowa	7–0	Howard Jones	BR, PD	[6]^:111
	Lafayette	9–0	Jock Sutherland	BS, PD	[6]^:111
	Vanderbilt	7–0–1	Dan McGugin	B(QPRS)	[6]^:111
	Washington & Jefferson	10–0–1	Greasy Neale	BS	[6]^:111
1922	California	9–0	Andy Smith	BR, HS, NCF, SR	[6]^:111
	Cornell	8–0	Gil Dobie	HAF, PD	[6]^:111
	Iowa	7–0	Howard Jones	BR	[6]^:111
	Princeton	8–0	William Roper	BS, CFRA, NCF, PD, SR	[6]^:111
	Vanderbilt	8–0–1	Dan McGugin	B(QPRS)	[6]^:111
1923	California	9–0–1	Andy Smith	HS	[6]^:111
	Cornell	8–0	Gil Dobie	SR	[6]^:111
	Illinois	8–0	Robert Zuppke	BS, CFRA, HAF, NCF, PD, SR, B(QPRS)	[6]^:111
	Michigan	8–0	Fielding H. Yost	BR, NCF	[6]^:111
	Yale	8–0	Tad Jones	B(QPRS)	[6]^:111
1924	Notre Dame	10–0	Knute Rockne	BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR, B(QPRS)	[6]^:111
	Penn	9–1–1	Lou Young	PD	[6]^:111
1925	Alabama	10–0	Wallace Wade	BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR, B(QPRS)	[6]^:111
	Dartmouth	8–0	Jesse Hawley	DiS, PD	[6]^:111
	Michigan	7–1	Fielding H. Yost	SR	[6]^:111
1926	Alabama	9–0–1	Wallace Wade	BR, CFRA, HAF, NCF, PS, B(QPRS)	[6]^:111
	Lafayette	9–0	Herb McCracken	PD	[6]^:111
	Michigan	7–1	Fielding H. Yost	SR	[6]^:111
	Navy	9–0–1	Bill Ingram	BS, HS	[6]^:111
	Stanford	10–0–1	Glenn "Pop" Warner	DiS, HAF, NCF, SR	[6]^:111
1927	Georgia	9–1	George Cecil Woodruff	BS, PS, B(QPRS)	[6]^:111–112
	Illinois	7–0–1	Robert Zuppke	BR, DiS, HAF, NCF, PD	[6]^:112
	Notre Dame	7–1–1	Knute Rockne	HS	[6]^:112
	Texas A&M	8–0–1	Dana X. Bible	SR	[6]^:112
	Yale	7–1	Thomas Jones	CFRA	[6]^:112
1928	Detroit	9–0	Gus Dorais	PD	[6]^:112
	Georgia Tech	10–0	William Alexander	BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS, SR, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
	USC	9–0–1	Howard Jones	DiS, SR	[6]^:112
1929	Notre Dame	9–0	Knute Rockne	BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, DuS, HAF, NCF, PS, SR	[6]^:112
	Pittsburgh	9–1	Jock Sutherland	PD	[6]^:112
	USC	10–2	Howard Jones	HS, SR, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
1930	Alabama	10–0	Wallace Wade	CFRA, PD, SR, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
	Notre Dame	10–0	Knute Rockne	BR, BS, DiS, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS	[6]^:112
1931	Pittsburgh	8–1	Jock Sutherland	PD	[6]^:112
	Purdue	9–1	Noble Kizer	PD	[6]^:112
	USC	10–1	Howard Jones	BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR, WS, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
1932	Colgate	9–0	Andrew Kerr	PD	[6]^:112
	Michigan	8–0	Harry Kipke	DiS, PD, SR	[6]^:112
	USC	10–0	Howard Jones	BR, BS, CFRA, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS, SR, WS, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
1933	Michigan	7–0–1	Harry Kipke	BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS, SR, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
	Ohio State	7–1	Sam Willaman	DuS	[6]^:112
	Princeton	9–0	Fritz Crisler	PD	[6]^:112
	USC	10–1–1	Howard Jones	WS	[6]^:112
1934	Alabama	10–0	Frank Thomas	DuS, HS, PS, WS, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
	Minnesota	8–0	Bernie Bierman	BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HAF, L, NCF, SR	[6]^:112
1935	LSU	9–2	Bernie Moore	WS	[6]^:112
	Minnesota	8–0	Bernie Bierman	BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, L, NCF, PS	[6]^:112
	Princeton	9–0	Fritz Crisler	DuS	[6]^:112
	SMU	12–1	Matty Bell	DiS, HS, SR, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
	TCU	12–1	Dutch Meyer	WS	[6]^:112
1936	Duke	9–1	Wallace Wade	B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
	LSU	9–1–1	Bernie Moore	SR, WS	[6]^:112
	Minnesota	7–1	Bernie Bierman	AP, BR, DiS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS	[6]^:112
	Pittsburgh	8–1–1	Jock Sutherland	BS, CFRA, HS	[6]^:112
1937	California	10–0–1	Stub Allison	DuS, HAF	[6]^:112
	Pittsburgh	9–0–1	Jock Sutherland	AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
1938	Notre Dame	8–1	Elmer Layden	DiS	[6]^:112
	TCU	11–0	Dutch Meyer	AP, HAF, NCF, WS	[6]^:112
	Tennessee	11–0	Robert Neyland	BR, BS, CFRA, DuS, HS, L, PS, SR, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
1939	Cornell	8–0	Carl Snavely	L, SR	[6]^:112
	Texas A&M	11–0	Homer Norton	AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR, WS, B(QPRS)	[6]^:112
	USC	8–0–2	Howard Jones	DiS	[6]^:112
1940	Minnesota	8–0	Bernie Bierman	AP, B(QPRS), BS, CFRA, DeS, DiS, HS, L, NCF, SR	[6]^:112
	Stanford	10–0	Clark Shaughnessy	BR, HAF, PS	[6]^:112
	Tennessee	10–1	Robert Neyland	DuS, WS	[6]^:112
1941	Alabama	9–2	Frank Thomas	HS	[6]^:112
	Minnesota	8–0	Bernie Bierman	AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR	[6]^:112
	Texas	8–1–1	Dana X. Bible	B(QPRS), WS	[6]^:112
1942	Georgia	11–1	Wally Butts	B(QPRS), BR, DeS, HS, L, PS, SR, WS	[6]^:112
	Ohio State	9–1	Paul Brown	AP, BS, DuS, CFRA, NCF	[6]^:112
	Wisconsin	8–1–1	Harry Stuhldreher	HAF	[6]^:112
1943	Notre Dame	9–1	Frank Leahy	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS	[6]^:112
1944	Army	9–0	Earl Blaik	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS	[6]^:112
	Ohio State	9–0	Carroll Widdoes	NCF, SR	[6]^:112
1945	Alabama	10–0	Frank Thomas	NCF	[6]^:112
	Army	9–0	Earl Blaik	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS	[6]^:112
	Ohio State	7–2	Carroll Widdoes	BR	[6]^:112
	Oklahoma A&M	9–0	Jim Lookabaugh	BRC	[6]^:112
1946	Army	9–0–1	Earl Blaik	BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, HS, PS	[6]^:112
	Georgia	11–0	Wally Butts	WS	[6]^:112
	Notre Dame	8–0–1	Frank Leahy	AP, B(QPRS), BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR	[6]^:112
1947	Michigan	10–0	Fritz Crisler	B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR	[6]^:112
	Notre Dame	9–0	Frank Leahy	AP, HAF, WS	[6]^:112
1948	Michigan	9–0	Bennie Oosterbaan	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS	[6]^:112
1949	Notre Dame	10–0	Frank Leahy	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS	[6]^:112
	Oklahoma	11–0	Bud Wilkinson	CFRA	[6]^:112
1950	Kentucky	11–1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	SR	[6]^:112
	Oklahoma	10–1	Bud Wilkinson	AP, B(QPRS), HAF, L, UP, WS	[6]^:112
	Princeton	9–0	Charley Caldwell	BS, PS	[6]^:112
	Tennessee	11–1	Robert Neyland	BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, NCF, SR	[6]^:113
1951	Georgia Tech	11–0–1	Bobby Dodd	B(QPRS), BS	[6]^:113
	Illinois	9–0–1	Ray Eliot	BS	[6]^:113
	Maryland	10–0	Jim Tatum	CFRA, DeS, DuS, NCF, SR	[6]^:113
	Michigan State	9–0	Biggie Munn	BR, HAF, PS	[6]^:113
	Tennessee	10–1	Robert Neyland	AP, L, UP, WS	[6]^:113
1952	Georgia Tech	12–0	Bobby Dodd	B(QPRS), BR, INS, PS, SR	[6]^:113
	Michigan State	9–0	Biggie Munn	AP, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, SR, UP, WS	[6]^:113
1953	Maryland	10–1	Jim Tatum	AP, INS, UP	[6]^:113
	Notre Dame	9–0–1	Frank Leahy	BR, BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS	[6]^:113
	Oklahoma	9–1–1	Bud Wilkinson	B(QPRS), CFRA	[6]^:113
1954	Ohio State	10–0	Woody Hayes	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, HAF, INS, NCF, PS, SR, WS	[6]^:113
	UCLA	9–0	Henry Sanders	CFRA, DuS, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, UP	[6]^:113
1955	Michigan State	9–1	Duffy Daugherty	BS	[6]^:113
	Oklahoma	11–0	Bud Wilkinson	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FWAA, HAF, INS, L, NCF, PS, SR, UP, WS	[6]^:113
1956	Georgia Tech	10–1	Bobby Dodd	B(QPRS), SR	[6]^:113
	Iowa	9–1	Forest Evashevski	CFRA	[6]^:113
	Oklahoma	10–0	Bud Wilkinson	AP, BR, BS, DeS, DuS, FWAA, HAF, INS, L, NCF, SR, UP, WS	[6]^:113
	Tennessee	10–1	Bowden Wyatt	SR	[6]^:113
1957	Auburn	10–0	Ralph Jordan	AP, BR, CFRA, HAF, NCF, PS, SR, WS	[6]^:113
	Michigan State	8–1	Duffy Daugherty	DuS	[6]^:113
	Ohio State	9–1	Woody Hayes	BS, DeS, FWAA, INS, L, UP	[6]^:113
	Oklahoma	10–1	Bud Wilkinson	B(QPRS)	[6]^:113
1958	Iowa	8–1–1	Forest Evashevski	FWAA	[6]^:113
	LSU	11–0	Paul Dietzel	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR, UPI, WS	[6]^:113
1959	Ole Miss	10–1	Johnny Vaught	B(QPRS), DuS, SR	[6]^:113
	Syracuse	11–0	Ben Schwartzwalder	AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI, WS	[6]^:113
1960	Iowa	8–1	Forest Evashevski	B(QPRS), BS, L, SR	[6]^:113
	Minnesota	8–2	Murray Warmath	AP, FN, NFF, UPI	[6]^:113
	Ole Miss	10–0–1	Johnny Vaught	BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FWAA, NCF, WS	[6]^:113
	Missouri	11–0*	Dan Devine	PS	[6]^:113
	Washington	10–1	Jim Owens	HAF	[6]^:113
1961	Alabama	11–0	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, SR, UPI, WS	[6]^:113
	Ohio State	8–0–1	Woody Hayes	FWAA, PS	[6]^:113
1962	LSU	9–1–1	Charles McClendon	B(QPRS)	[6]^:113
	Ole Miss	10–0	Johnny Vaught	BR, L, SR	[6]^:113
	USC	11–0	John McKay	AP, B(QPRS), CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, UPI, WS	[6]^:113
1963	Texas	11–0	Darrell Royal	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI, WS	[6]^:113
1964	Alabama	10–1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP, B(QPRS), L, UPI	[6]^:113
	Arkansas	11–0	Frank Broyles	BR, CFRA, FWAA, HAF, NCF, PS, SR	[6]^:113
	Michigan	9–1	Bump Elliott	DuS	[6]^:113
	Notre Dame	9–1	Ara Parseghian	DeS, FN, NFF	[6]^:113
1965	Alabama	9–1–1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP, CFRA, FWAA, NCF	[6]^:113
	Michigan State	10–1	Duffy Daugherty	B(QPRS), BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NFF, PS, SR, UPI	[6]^:113
1966	Alabama	11–0	Paul "Bear" Bryant	B(QPRS), SR	[6]^:113
	Michigan State	9–0–1	Duffy Daugherty	CFRA, HAF, NFF, PS	[6]^:113
	Notre Dame	9–0–1	Ara Parseghian	AP, BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI	[6]^:113
1967	Notre Dame	8–2	Ara Parseghian	DuS	[6]^:113
	Oklahoma	10–1	Chuck Fairbanks	PS	[6]^:113
	USC	10–1	John McKay	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, HAF, MGR, NCF, NFF, SR, UPI	[6]^:113
	Tennessee	9–2	Doug Dickey	L	[6]^:113
1968	Georgia	8–1–2	Vince Dooley	L	[6]^:113
	Ohio State	10–0	Woody Hayes	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI	[6]^:113
	Texas	9–1–1	Darrell Royal	DeS, MGR, SR	[6]^:113
1969	Ohio State	8–1	Woody Hayes	MGR	[6]^:113
	Penn State	11–0	Joe Paterno	R(FACT), SR	[6]^:113
	Texas	11–0	Darrell Royal	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI	[6]^:113
1970	Arizona State	11–0	Frank Kush	PS	[6]^:113
	Nebraska	11–0–1	Bob Devaney	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:113
	Notre Dame	10–1	Ara Parseghian	MGR, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:113
	Ohio State	9–1	Woody Hayes	NFF	[6]^:113
	Texas	10–1	Darrell Royal	B(QPRS), L, NFF, R(FACT), UPI	[6]^:113
1971	Nebraska	13–0	Bob Devaney	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI	[6]^:113
1972	USC	12–0	John McKay	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI	[6]^:113
1973	Alabama	11–1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	B(QPRS), UPI	[6]^:113
	Michigan	10–0–1	Bo Schembechler	NCF, PS	[6]^:113
	Notre Dame	11–0	Ara Parseghian	AP, BR, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF	[6]^:113
	Ohio State	10–0–1	Woody Hayes	NCF, PS, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:114
	Oklahoma	10–0–1	Barry Switzer	CFRA, DeS, DuS, SR	[6]^:114
1974	Ohio State	10–2	Woody Hayes	MGR	[6]^:114
	Oklahoma	11–0	Barry Switzer	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, PS, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:114
	USC	10–1–1	John McKay	FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, UPI	[6]^:114
1975	Alabama	11–1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	MGR	[6]^:114
	Arizona State	12–0	Frank Kush	NCF, SN	[6]^:114
	Ohio State	11–1	Woody Hayes	B(QPRS), HAF, MGR, PS, R(FACT)	[6]^:114
	Oklahoma	11–1	Barry Switzer	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SR, UPI	[6]^:114
1976	Pittsburgh	12–0	Johnny Majors	AP, BR, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI	[6]^:114
	USC	11–1	John Robinson	B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, MGR	[6]^:114
1977	Alabama	11–1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	CFRA	[6]^:114
	Arkansas	11–1	Lou Holtz	R(FACT)	[6]^:114
	Notre Dame	11–1	Dan Devine	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, MGR, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI	[6]^:114
	Texas	11–1	Fred Akers	B(QPRS), R(FACT), SR	[6]^:114
1978	Alabama	11–1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP, CFRA, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, R(FACT)	[6]^:114
	Oklahoma	11–1	Barry Switzer	DeS, DuS, HAF, L, MGR, PS, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:114
	USC	12–1	John Robinson	B(QPRS), BR, FN, HAF, NCF, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI	[6]^:114
1979	Alabama	12–0	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP, B(QPRS), BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI	[6]^:114
	USC	11–0–1	John Robinson	CFRA	[6]^:114
1980	Florida State	10–2	Bobby Bowden	R(FACT)	[6]^:114
	Georgia	12–0	Vince Dooley	AP, B(QPRS), BR, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI	[6]^:114
	Nebraska	10–2	Tom Osborne	R(FACT)	[6]^:114
	Oklahoma	10–2	Barry Switzer	DuS, MGR	[6]^:114
	Pittsburgh	11–1	Jackie Sherrill	CFRA, DeS, NYT, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:114
1981	Clemson	12–0	Danny Ford	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI	[6]^:114
	Nebraska	9–3	Tom Osborne	NCF	[6]^:114
	Penn State	10–2	Joe Paterno	DuS	[6]^:114
	Pittsburgh	11–1	Jackie Sherrill	NCF	[6]^:114
	SMU	10–1	Ron Meyer	NCF	[6]^:114
	Texas	10–1–1	Fred Akers	NCF	[6]^:114
1982	Nebraska	12–1	Tom Osborne	B(QPRS)	[6]^:114
	Penn State	11–1	Joe Paterno	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT	[6]^:114
	SMU	11–0–1	Bobby Collins	HAF	[6]^:114
1983	Auburn	11–1	Pat Dye	BR, CFRA, NYT, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:114
	Miami (FL)	11–1	Howard Schnellenberger	AP, DuS, FN, FWAA, NCF, NFF, SN, UPI, USAT/CNN	[6]^:114
	Nebraska	12–1	Tom Osborne	B(QPRS), DeS, L, MGR, PS, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:114
1984	BYU	13–0	LaVell Edwards	AP, BR, CFRA, FWAA, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN	[6]^:114
	Florida	9–1–1	Galen Hall	DeS, DuS, MGR, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR	[6]^:114
	Nebraska	10–2	Tom Osborne	L	[6]^:114
	Washington	11–1	Don James	B(QPRS), FN, NCF	[6]^:114
1985	Florida	9–1–1	Galen Hall	SR	[6]^:114
	Michigan	10–1–1	Bo Schembechler	MGR	[6]^:114
	Oklahoma	11–1	Barry Switzer	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, UPI, USAT/CNN	[6]^:114
1986	Miami (FL)	11–1	Jimmy Johnson	R(FACT)	[6]^:114
	Oklahoma	11–1	Barry Switzer	B(QPRS), CFRA, DeS, DuS, NYT, SR	[6]^:114
	Penn State	12–0	Joe Paterno	AP, BR, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN	[6]^:114
1987	Florida State	11–1	Bobby Bowden	B(QPRS)	[6]^:114
	Miami (FL)	12–0	Jimmy Johnson	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN	[6]^:114
1988	Miami (FL)	11–1	Jimmy Johnson	B(QPRS)	[6]^:114
	Notre Dame	12–0	Lou Holtz	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN	[6]^:114
1989	Miami (FL)	11–1	Dennis Erickson	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, UPI, USAT/CNN	[6]^:114
	Notre Dame	12–1	Lou Holtz	B(QPRS), ERS, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:114
1990	Colorado	11–1–1	Bill McCartney	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SN, USAT/CNN	[6]^:114
	Georgia Tech	11–0–1	Bobby Ross	DuS, NCF, R(FACT), SR, UPI	[6]^:114
	Miami (FL)	10–2	Dennis Erickson	ERS, NYT, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:114
	Washington	10–2	Don James	R(FACT)	[6]^:114
1991	Miami (FL)	12–0	Dennis Erickson	AP, BR, CFRA, ERS, NCF, NYT, SN, SR	[6]^:114
	Washington	12–0	Don James	B(QPRS), DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, R(FACT), SR, UPI/NFF, USAT/CNN	[6]^:114
1992	Alabama	13–0	Gene Stallings	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI/NFF, USAT/CNN	[6]^:114
	Florida State	11–1	Bobby Bowden	SR	[6]^:114
1993	Auburn	11–0	Terry Bowden	NCF	[6]^:114
	Florida State	12–1	Bobby Bowden	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN, USAT/NFF	[6]^:114
	Nebraska	11–1	Tom Osborne	NCF	[6]^:114
	Notre Dame	11–1	Lou Holtz	MGR, NCF	[6]^:114
1994	Florida State	10–1–1	Bobby Bowden	DuS	[6]^:114
	Nebraska	13–0	Tom Osborne	AP, AS, B(QPRS), BR, FN, FWAA, NCF, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN, USAT/NFF	[6]^:114–115
	Penn State	12–0	Joe Paterno	CCR, DeS, ERS, MGR, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SR	[6]^:115
1995	Nebraska	12–0	Tom Osborne	AP, AS, B(QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN	[6]^:115
1996	Florida	12–1	Steve Spurrier	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/CNN	[6]^:115
	Florida State	11–1	Bobby Bowden	AS	[6]^:115
1997	Michigan	12–0	Lloyd Carr	AP, BR, FN, FWAA, NCF, NFF, SN	[6]^:115
	Nebraska	13–0	Tom Osborne	A&H, AS, B(QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, MGR, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SR, USAT/ESPN	[6]^:115
1998	Ohio State	11–1	John Cooper	SR^b	[6]^:115
	Tennessee	13–0	Phillip Fulmer	A&H, AP, AS, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, USAT/ESPN	[6]^:115
1999	Florida State	12–0	Bobby Bowden	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN	[6]^:115
2000	Miami (FL)	11–1	Butch Davis	NYT	[6]^:115
	Oklahoma	13–0	Bob Stoops	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN	[6]^:115
2001	Miami (FL)	12–0	Larry Coker	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN, W	[6]^:115
2002	Ohio State	14–0	Jim Tressel	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN, W	[6]^:115
	USC	11–2	Pete Carroll	DuS, MGR, SR	[6]^:115
2003	LSU	13–1	Nick Saban	A&H, BCS, BR, CM, DeS, DuS, MCFR, NFF, R(FACT), SR, USAT/ESPN, W	[6]^:115
	Oklahoma	12–2	Bob Stoops	B(QPRS)	[6]^:115
	USC	12–1	Pete Carroll	AP, CCR, ERS, FWAA, MGR, NYT, SN	[6]^:115
2004	USC^c	11–0^d	Pete Carroll	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BR, CCR, CM, DeS, DuS, ERS, MCFR, MGR, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, W	[6]^:115
	Vacated^c	–	–	BCS, FWAA, USAT/ESPN	[6]^:115
2005	Texas	13–0	Mack Brown	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, DuS, ERS, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NFF, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT, W	[6]^:115
2006	Florida	13–1	Urban Meyer	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, MGR, NFF, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT, W	[6]^:115
	Ohio State	12–1	Jim Tressel	DeS, R(FACT)	[6]^:115
2007	LSU	12–2	Les Miles	AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W	[6]^:115
	Missouri	12–2	Gary Pinkel	A&H	[20][21][22][23]^:108
	USC	11–2	Pete Carroll	DuS^e	[6]^:115
2008	Florida	13–1	Urban Meyer	AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DuS, FWAA, NFF, SR, USAT	[6]^:115
	Utah	13–0	Kyle Whittingham	A&H, MCFR, W	[6]^:115
2009	Alabama	14–0	Nick Saban	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W	[6]^:115
2010	Auburn	14–0	Gene Chizik	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W	[6]^:115
	TCU	13–0	Gary Patterson	CCR	[6]^:115
2011	Alabama	12–1	Nick Saban	AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CFRA, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W	[6]^:115
	LSU	13–1	Les Miles	A&H, CCR	[24][25]
	Oklahoma State	12–1	Mike Gundy	CM	[6]^:115
2012	Alabama	13–1	Nick Saban	A&H, AP, BCS, BR, CCR, CFRA, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W	[6]^:115
	Notre Dame	12–1	Brian Kelly	CM	[6]^:115
2013	Florida State	14–0	Jimbo Fisher	A&H, AP, BCS, BR, CCR, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W	[6]^:115
2014	Ohio State	14–1	Urban Meyer	A&H, AP, BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA/NFF, MCFR, SR, USAT/AMWAY, W	[6]^:115
2015	Alabama	14–1	Nick Saban	A&H, AP, BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA/NFF, MCFR, SR, USAT/AMWAY, W	[6]^:115
2016	Alabama	14–1	Nick Saban	CM	[6]^:115
	Clemson	14–1	Dabo Swinney	A&H, AP, BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, DuS, FWAA/NFF, MCFR, SR, USAT/AMWAY, W	[6]^:115
2017	Alabama	13–1	Nick Saban	A&H, AP, BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, DuS, FWAA/NFF, MCFR, SR, USAT/AMWAY, W	[23]^:115
	UCF	13–0	Scott Frost	CM	[26][27][23]^:115
2018	Clemson	15–0	Dabo Swinney	A&H, AP, BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA/NFF, MCFR, SR, USAT/AMWAY, W	[28]
2019	LSU	15–0	Ed Orgeron	A&H,[29] AP,[30] BR,[31] CCR,[32] CFP, CFRA,[33] CM,[34] FWAA/NFF,[35] MCFR,[36] SR,[37] USAT/AMWAY,[38] W[39]

^aParke Davis' selection for 1901, as published in the Spalding's Foot Ball Guide for 1934 and 1935 (to which he contributed until his death), was Harvard.[18]^:206[19]^:233 The NCAA Records Book states "Yale" for 1901, which is an error that has been perpetuated since the first appearance of Parke Davis' selections in the NCAA book about 1995.
^bThe NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records book lists Sagarin as having selected Tennessee,[6]^:114 while Sagarin's official website gives Ohio State as its 1998 selection.[40]
^cThe FWAA stripped USC of its 2004 Grantland Rice Trophy and vacated the selection of its national champion for 2004. The BCS also vacated USC's participation in the 2005 Orange Bowl and USC's 2004 BCS National Championship, and the AFCA Coaches Poll Trophy was returned.[41][42]
^dRecord does not count wins against UCLA, or against Oklahoma in the BCS Championship game on January 4, 2005, as they were vacated by the NCAA.[43]
^eThe NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records book lists Dunkel as having selected LSU,[6]^:114 while Dunkel's official website gives USC as its 2007 selection.[44]

Total championship selections from major selectors by school

The national title count listed below is a culmination of all championship awarded since 1869, regardless of consensus or non-consensus status, as listed in the table above according to the selectors deemed to be major as listed in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (minus the Harris Interactive poll, 2005–2013, that is listed but does not conduct a final poll or award a championship).[6]^:107–119

The totals can be said to be disputed. Individual schools may claim national championships not accounted for by the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records or may not claim national championship selections that do appear in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (see National championship claims by school below). For an alternative independent view of national championship totals for each team, please see the College Football Data Warehouse recognized national champions or Poll era (1936–present) selections in the tables below.

School	Championships
Princeton	28
Yale	27
Alabama	22
Notre Dame	22
Ohio State	17
Oklahoma	17
USC	17
Michigan	16
Harvard	12
Nebraska	11
Pittsburgh	11
LSU	9
Miami (FL)	9
Minnesota	9
Texas	9
Florida State	8
Georgia Tech	7
Penn State	7
Tennessee	7
Georgia	6
Michigan State	6
Penn	6
Iowa	5
Army	5
Auburn	5
California	5
Cornell	5
Florida	5
Illinois	5
Washington	4
Clemson	3
Lafayette	3
Ole Miss	3
SMU	3
TCU	3
Texas A&M	3
Arizona State	2
Arkansas	2
Chicago	2
Maryland	2
Missouri	2
Oklahoma State	2
Stanford	2
BYU	1
Centre	1
Colgate	1
Colorado	1
Columbia	1
Dartmouth	1
Detroit	1
Kentucky	1
Navy	1
Purdue	1
Rutgers	1
Syracuse	1
UCF	1
UCLA	1
Utah	1
Washington & Jefferson	1
Wisconsin	1

Poll era (1936–present)

The polling system first gained widespread consistency with the introduction of the AP poll in 1936, followed by the Coaches Poll in 1950. National championships are often popularly considered to be "consensus" when both of these polls are in agreement with their national championship selections, although other selectors exist and do make alternative selections. A more modern incarnation, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), was a consortium of college football conferences that uses a combination of various computer rankings and human polls to mathematically determine a post-season matchup between the two top teams as determined by its formula. The USA Today Coaches Poll was contractually obligated to name the BCS champion as its national champion.

AP Poll

Main article: AP Poll

The AP college football poll has a long history. The news media began running their own polls of sports writers to determine who was, by popular opinion, the best football team in the country at the end of the season. One of the earliest such polls was the AP College Football Poll, first run in 1934 (compiled and organized by Charles Woodroof, former SEC Assistant Director of Media Relations, but not recognized in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records) and then continuously from 1936. Due to the long-standing historical ties between individual college football conferences and high-paying bowl games like the Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl, the NCAA has never held a tournament or championship game to determine the champion of what is now the highest division, NCAA Division I, Football Bowl Subdivision (the Division I, Football Championship Subdivision and lower divisions do hold championship tournaments). As a result, the public and the media began to take the leading vote-getter in the final AP Poll as the national champion for that season.

While the AP Poll currently lists the Top 25 teams in the nation, from 1936 to 1961 the wire service only ranked 20 teams. And from 1962 to 1967 only 10 teams were recognized. From 1968 to 1988, the AP again resumed its Top 20 before expanding to 25 teams in 1989.

Until the 1968 college football season, the final AP Poll of the season was released following the end of the regular season, with the exception of the 1965 season. In 1964, Alabama was named the national champion in the final AP Poll following the completion of the regular season, but lost in the Orange Bowl to Texas, leaving Arkansas as the only undefeated, untied team after the Razorbacks defeated Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1965, the AP's decision to wait to crown its champion paid off, as top-ranked Michigan State lost to UCLA in the Rose Bowl, number two Arkansas lost to LSU in the Cotton Bowl Classic, and fourth-ranked Alabama defeated third-ranked Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, vaulting the Crimson Tide to the top of the AP's final poll. Michigan State was named national champion in the final United Press International poll of coaches, which did not conduct a post-bowl poll. At the end of the 1947 season, the AP released an unofficial post-bowl poll which differed from the regular season final poll. The AP national championship had been awarded before bowl games were played.

Beginning in the 1968 season, a post bowl game poll was released and the AP championship reflected the bowl game results. The UPI did not follow suit with the Coaches Poll until the 1974 season.[45]

Coaches Poll

Main article: Coaches Poll

The AFCA National Championship Trophy

The Coaches Poll began selecting the top 20 teams on a weekly basis during the 1950–1951 college football season. It is conducted among selected members of the American Football Coaches Association. In 1990 the poll expanded to a top 25, and it has retained this format since. The Coaches Poll took their final poll prior to the bowl games from 1950–1973, and since 1974, has taken their final poll after bowl games. The Coaches Poll does not include teams on either NCAA or conference-sanction probation, which also differentiates it from the AP poll.[46] The poll has been released through various media outlets and with differing sponsors over its history, and thus has taken a succession of different names, including United Press (UP) from 1950 thru 1957, the United Press International (UPI) from 1958 thru 1990, USA Today/CNN from 1991 thru 1996, USA Today/ESPN from 1997 to 2004, and USA Today from 2005 to present.

During the era of the BCS, the Coaches Poll was under contractual obligation to award its national championship selection to the winner of the BCS Championship Game or its predecessors—who was presented with the AFCA National Championship Trophy during a post-game presentation. The College Football Playoff is not tied to the Coaches Poll in this manner.[47]

Poll era national championships by school (1936–present)

The following table contains the national championships that have been recognized by the final AP or Coaches Poll. Originally both the AP and Coaches poll champions were crowned after the regular season, but since 1968 and 1974, respectively, both polls crown their champions after the bowl games are completed. The BCS champion was automatically awarded the Coaches Poll championship. Of the current 120+ Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS, formerly Division I-A) schools, only 30 have won at least a share of a national title by the AP or Coaches poll. Of these 30 teams, only 19 teams have won multiple titles. Of the 19 teams, only 7 have won five or more national titles: Alabama, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, USC, Miami (FL), Nebraska, and Ohio State. The years listed in the table below indicate a national championship selection by the AP or Coaches Poll. The selections are noted with (AP) or (Coaches) when a national champion selection differed between the two polls for that particular season, which has occurred in twelve different seasons (including 2004, for which the coaches selection was rescinded) since the polls first came to coexist in 1950.

School	Championships	Seasons
Alabama	12	1961, 1964, 1965 (AP), 1973 (Coaches), 1978 (AP), 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017
Notre Dame	8	1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973 (AP), 1977, 1988
Oklahoma	7	1950, 1955, 1956, 1974 (AP), 1975, 1985, 2000
USC	7	1962, 1967, 1972, 1974 (Coaches), 1978 (Coaches), 2003 (AP), 2004 (AP)†
Ohio State	6	1942, 1954 (AP), 1957 (Coaches), 1968, 2002, 2014
Miami (FL)	5	1983, 1987, 1989, 1991 (AP), 2001
Nebraska	5	1970 (AP), 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997 (Coaches)
LSU	4	1958, 2003 (Coaches), 2007, 2019
Texas	4	1963, 1969, 1970 (Coaches), 2005
Minnesota	4	1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
Florida	3	1996, 2006, 2008
Florida State	3	1993, 1999, 2013
Clemson	3	1981, 2016, 2018
Army	2	1944, 1945 (AP)
Auburn	2	1957 (AP), 2010
Michigan	2	1948, 1997 (AP)
Michigan State	2	1952, 1965 (Coaches)
Penn State	2	1982, 1986
Pittsburgh	2	1937, 1976
Tennessee	2	1951, 1998
BYU	1	1984
Colorado	1	1990 (AP)
Georgia	1	1980
Georgia Tech	1	1990 (Coaches)
Maryland	1	1953
Oklahoma State	1	1945 (Coaches)‡
Syracuse	1	1959
TCU	1	1938
Texas A&M	1	1939
UCLA	1	1954 (Coaches)
Washington	1	1991 (Coaches)

† USC's 2004–2005 BCS National Championship was vacated by the BCS and the AFCA Coaches' Trophy returned.[48]
‡ Retroactively awarded in 2016 by AFCA Blue Ribbon Panel[15]

BCS championships (1998–2013)

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system designed to give the top two teams in NCAA Division I-A (now known as the FBS) an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game". This championship was intended as a surrogate for a playoff system since the NCAA does not formally determine a champion in this category. It began during the 1998 season, but a number of controversial selections spurred changes to the format over the years. Prior to the 2006 season, eight teams competed in four BCS Bowls (the Orange, Sugar, Rose, and Fiesta). The BCS replaced the Bowl Alliance (in place from 1995–1997), which itself followed the Bowl Coalition (in place from 1992–1994). One of the main differences was that the Rose Bowl participated in the BCS; previously, the Big Ten and Pac-12 champions automatically played in the Rose Bowl regardless of their poll rankings. However, after the change, those teams played in the BCS National Championship Game if they finished #1 or #2 in the BCS standings.

The BCS formula varied over the years, with the final version relying on a combination of the Coaches' and Harris polls and an average of various computer rankings to determine relative team rankings, and to narrow the field to two teams to play in the BCS National Championship Game held after the other college bowl games. The winner of this game was crowned Coaches' Poll national champion winning the AFCA National Championship Trophy and was also awarded the MacArthur Bowl by the National Football Foundation.[13]

BCS National Championships by school

School	Championships	Seasons
Alabama	3	2009, 2011, 2012
Florida	2	2006, 2008
Florida State	2	1999, 2013
LSU	2	2003, 2007
Auburn	1	2010
Miami (FL)	1	2001
Ohio State	1	2002
Oklahoma	1	2000
Tennessee	1	1998
Texas	1	2005
USC	0†	2004

† USC's victory in the 2005 Orange Bowl and subsequent 2004–05 BCS National Championship was vacated by the BCS.[49][50]

College Football Playoff championships (2014–present)

The College Football Playoff (CFP) was designed as a replacement for the BCS. While the NCAA still does not officially sanction the event, organizers sought to bring a playoff system similar to all other levels of NCAA football to the Football Bowl Subdivision.

The College Football Playoff relies on a 13-member selection committee to choose the top four teams to play in a two-round single-elimination playoff bracket. The winner of the final game is awarded the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy.

CFP National Championships by school

School	Championships	Seasons
Alabama	2	2015, 2017
Clemson	2	2016, 2018
LSU	1	2019
Ohio State	1	2014

National championship claims by school

Tennessee's national championship claims, as posted in their Neyland Stadium

The following is a table of known schools' claims on national championships at the highest level of play in college football. Several of these schools no longer compete at the highest level, which is currently NCAA Division I FBS, but nonetheless maintain claims to titles from when they did compete at the highest level.

Because there is no one governing or official body that regulates, recognizes, or awards national championships in college football, and because many independent selectors of championships exist, many of the claims by the schools listed below are shared, contradict each other, or are controversial.[5][6]^:107–119 In addition, because there is no one body overseeing national championships, no standardized requirements exist in order for a school to make a claim on a national championship, as any particular institution is free to make any declaration it deems to be fit. However, all known national championship claims are for seasons in which a national championship, or share of a championship, was believed to be awarded to that particular school by at least one independent third-party selector.[51][52][53][54] The majority of these claims, but not all, are based on championships awarded from selectors listed as "major" in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records.[6]^:107–109 Not all championships awarded by third party selectors, nor those listed in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records, are necessarily claimed by each school.[note 1] Therefore, these claims represent how each individual school sees their own history on the subject of national championships.

This table below includes only national championship claims originating from each particular school and therefore represents the point-of-view of each individual institution. Each total number of championships, and the years for which they are claimed, are documented by the particular school on its official website, in its football media guide, or in other official publications or literature (see Source). If a championship is not mentioned by a school for any particular season, regardless of whether it was awarded by a selector or listed in a third-party publication such as the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records, it is not considered to be claimed by that institution.[note 2]

School	Claimed national championships	Seasons	Source
Princeton	28	1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1920, 1922, 1933, 1935, 1950	[55]
Yale	27	1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1927	[56][57]
Alabama	17	1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017	[58]
Michigan	11	1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997	[59]
Notre Dame	11	1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988	[60]
USC	11^a	1928, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004	[61]
Pittsburgh	9	1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1976	[62]
Ohio State	8	1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002, 2014	[63][64]
Harvard	7	1890, 1898, 1899, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919	[65]
Minnesota	7	1904, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960	[66]
Oklahoma	7	1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000	[67]
Penn	7	1894, 1895, 1897, 1904, 1907^d, 1908, 1924	[68]
Michigan State	6	1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965, 1966	[69]
Tennessee	6	1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967, 1998	[70][71]
California	5	1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937	[72]
Cornell	5	1915, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1939	[73]
Illinois	5	1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1951	[74]
Iowa	5	1921, 1922, 1956, 1958, 1960	[75]
Miami (FL)	5	1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001	[76]
Nebraska	5	1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997	[77]
Georgia Tech	4	1917, 1928, 1952, 1990	[78]
LSU	4	1958, 2003, 2007, 2019	[79]
Texas	4	1963, 1969, 1970, 2005	[80]
Washington	4	1960, 1984, 1990, 1991	[81]
Army	3	1944, 1945, 1946	[82]
Clemson	3	1981, 2016, 2018	[83][84][85]
Florida	3	1996, 2006, 2008	[86]
Florida State	3	1993, 1999, 2013	[87]
Lafayette	3	1896, 1921, 1926	[88]
Ole Miss	3	1959, 1960, 1962	[89]
SMU	3	1935, 1981, 1982	[90]
Texas A&M	3	1919, 1927, 1939	[91]
Auburn	2^b	1957, 2010	[92]
Chicago	2	1905, 1913	[93]
Columbia	2	1875, 1933^e	[94]
Georgia	2^c	1942, 1980	[95][96]
Penn State	2	1982, 1986	[97]
TCU	2	1935, 1938	[98]
Stanford	2	1926, 1940	[99][100]
Arkansas	1	1964	[101]
Boston College	1	1940	[102]
BYU	1	1984	[103]
Centre	1	1919	[104]
Colorado	1	1990	[105]
Dartmouth	1	1925	[106]
Detroit	1	1928	[107][108]
Kentucky	1	1950	[109]
Maryland	1	1953	[110]
Navy	1	1926	[111]
Oklahoma State	1	1945	[112][113]
Rutgers	1	1869	[114]
Syracuse	1	1959	[115]
UCF	1	2017	[116][117]
UCLA	1	1954	[118]
Wisconsin	1	1942	[119]

^aUSC's January 4, 2005 win over Oklahoma in the BCS Championship Game was vacated as mandated by the NCAA, its 2004 BCS National Championship vacated by the BCS, and its AFCA Coaches' Trophy returned. NCAA sanctions mandate that "any reference to the vacated results, including championships, shall be removed." USC still retains the 2004 Associated Press National Championship and has not abandoned its claim to a 2004 national championship.[49][120]
^bAuburn's 1913, 1983, and 1993 (Auburn was disqualified from post-season play in 1993 and did not play in a bowl game) championships are not recognized by the school.
^cGeorgia's website has multiple pages which list national championships by sport and only callout two seasons for football (1942 and 1980).[121][95][122] The Georgia football media guide contains a year-by-year results section in which five seasons (1927, 1942, 1946, 1968, 1980) have "National Champions#" headers paired with selector callouts,[96]^:159–161 but also a "Championship History" page which pairs 1942 and 1980 into a "The Consensus National Champions" section and groups 1927, 1946, and 1968 together without description as national champions beyond identification of those specific selectors.[96]^:192
dNo major selectors chose Penn in 1907.
^eNo major selectors chose Columbia in 1933. Columbia's media guide claims that the team was "referred to as national champions".[94]

College Football Data Warehouse recognized national champions (1869–2015)

College Football Data Warehouse (CFBDW) is an online resource and database that has collected and researched information on college football and national championship selections. It provides a comprehensive list of national championship selectors[52][53] and has itself recognized selectors that it has deemed to be the most acceptable throughout history. These include the National Championship Foundation (1869–1882), the Helms Athletic Foundation (1883–1935), the College Football Researchers Association (1919–1935), the Associated Press Poll (1936–2015), and the Coaches Poll (1950–2015).[123] From its research, it has compiled a list of Recognized National Championships for each season.[51] Some years include recognition of multiple teams for a particular season. Please note that the CFBDW list of Recognized Champions does not confer any additional legitimacy to the titles. In this regard, some universities claim championships not recognized by CFBDW or do not claim championships that are recognized by CFBDW. Please consult the above table of National championship claims by school or individual team articles and websites for possible additional or alternative national championship claims.

Below is a list of all of the CFBDW recognized national championships from 1869 to 2015.[124]

School	Championships	Seasons
Princeton	26	1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1920, 1922, 1933, 1935
Yale	18	1874, 1876, 1877, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1900, 1907, 1909, 1927
Alabama	15	1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
Notre Dame	13	1919, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
Michigan	11	1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997
USC	10	1928, 1931, 1932, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004
Pittsburgh	9	1910, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1976
Harvard	8	1875, 1890, 1898, 1899, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919
Ohio State	8	1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002, 2014
Oklahoma	7	1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000
Minnesota	6	1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
Penn	6	1894, 1895, 1897, 1904, 1907, 1908
Army	5	1914, 1916, 1944, 1945, 1946
Miami (FL)	5	1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001
Nebraska	5	1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997
California	4	1920, 1921, 1922, 1937
Georgia Tech	4	1917, 1928, 1952, 1990
Illinois	4	1914, 1919, 1923, 1927
LSU	4	1908, 1958, 2003, 2007
Michigan State	4	1951, 1952, 1965, 1966
Penn State	4	1911, 1912, 1982, 1986
Tennessee	4	1938, 1950, 1951, 1998
Texas	4	1963, 1969, 1970, 2005
Auburn	3	1913, 1957, 2010
Cornell	3	1915, 1921, 1922
Florida	3	1996, 2006, 2008
Florida State	3	1993, 1999, 2013
Lafayette	3	1896, 1921, 1926
Georgia	2	1942, 1980
Ole Miss	2	1960, 1962
Texas A&M	2	1919, 1939
TCU	2	1935, 1938
Arkansas	1	1964
Boston College	1	1940
BYU	1	1984
Chicago	1	1905
Clemson	1	1981
Colorado	1	1990
Dartmouth	1	1925
Iowa	1	1958
Maryland	1	1953
SMU	1	1935
Stanford	1	1926
Syracuse	1	1959
UCLA	1	1954
Washington	1	1991

See also

• List of NCAA college football rankings
• List of NCAA Division I FBS football programs

Notes

1. The following schools either make no apparent statement or claim regarding national championships, or clearly state no claims on a national championship, despite the listing of a national championship for that school in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records: Arizona State, Colgate, Detroit, Duke, Missouri, Purdue, Rutgers, Vanderbilt, Washington & Jefferson, and Wisconsin.
2. All National Championships listed in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records, as well as all additional selections compiled at College Football Data Warehouse, were checked for claims by the applicable schools. Although every care was taken to be thorough and accurate, it can not be assumed that there are no missing or misrepresented claims due to potential limitations of the available source material for any one institution.

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