National Champions of The Past

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS OF THE PAST

Year	Champion
2024	Ohio State (14-2)
2023	Michigan (15-0)
2022	Georgia (15-0)
2021	Georgia (14-1)
2020	Alabama (13-0)
2019	Louisiana State (15-0)
2018	Clemson (15-0)
2017	Alabama (13-1)
2016	Clemson (14-1)
2015	Alabama (14-1)
2014	Ohio State (14-1)
2013	Florida State (14-0)
2012	Alabama (13-1)
2011	Alabama (12-1)
2010	Auburn (14-0)
2009	Alabama (14-0)
2008	Florida (13-1)
2007	Louisiana State (12-2)
2006	Florida (13-1)
2005	Texas (13-0)
2004	Southern California (13-0)
2003	Louisiana State (13-1) Southern California (12-1)
2002	Ohio State (14-0)
2001	Miami (12-0)
2000	Oklahoma (13-0)
1999	Florida State (12-0)
1998	Tennessee (13-0)
1997	Michigan (12-0) Nebraska (13-0)
1996	Florida (12-1)
1995	Nebraska (12-0)
1994	Nebraska (13-0)
1993	Florida State (12-1)
1992	Alabama (13-0)
1991	Washington (12-0) Miami (12-0)
1990	Colorado (11-1-1) Georgia Tech (11-0-1)
1989	Miami (11-1)
1988	Notre Dame (12-0)
1987	Miami (12-0)
1986	Penn State (12-0)
1985	Oklahoma (11-1)
1984	Brigham Young (13-0)
1983	Miami (11-1)
1982	Penn State (11-1)
1981	Clemson (12-0)
1980	Georgia (12-0)
1979	Alabama (12-0)
1978	Alabama (12-1) Southern Cal (12-1)
1977	Notre Dame (11-1)
1976	Pittsburgh (12-0)
1975	Oklahoma (11-1)
1974	Oklahoma (11-0) Southern Cal (10-1-1)
1973	Notre Dame (11-0) Alabama (11-1)
1972	Southern Cal (12-0)
1971	Nebraska (13-0)
1970	Nebraska (11-0-1) Texas (10-1)
1969	Texas (11-0)
1968	Ohio State (10-0)
1967	Southern Cal (10-1)
1966	Notre Dame (9-0-1)
1965	Alabama (9-1-1) Michigan St. (10-1)
1964	Alabama (10-1)
1963	Texas (11-0)
1962	Southern Cal (11-0)
1961	Alabama (11-0)
1960	Minnesota (8-2)
1959	Syracuse (11-0)
1958	LSU (11-0)
1957	Auburn (10-0) Ohio State (9-1)
1956	Oklahoma (10-0)
1955	Oklahoma (11-0)
1954	Ohio State (10-0) UCLA (9-0)
1953	Maryland (10-1)
1952	Michigan State (9-0)
1951	Tennessee (10-0)
1950	Oklahoma (10-1)
1949	Notre Dame (10-0)
1948	Michigan (9-0)
1947	Notre Dame (9-0)
1946	Notre Dame (8-0-1)
1945	Army (9-0)
1944	Army (9-0)
1943	Notre Dame (9-1)
1942	Ohio State (9-1)
1941	Minnesota (8-0)
1940	Minnesota (8-0)
1939	Texas A&M (11-0)
1938	Texas Christian (11-0)
1937	Pittsburgh (9-0-1)
1936	Minnesota (7-1)

Year	School	Selecting organization
1935	Minnesota	CFRA, HAF, NCF
1934	Minnesota	CFRA, HAF, NCF
1933	Michigan	CFRA, HAF, NCF
1932	Southern California	CFRA, HAF, NCF
1931	Southern California	CFRA, HAF, NCF
1930	Alabama Notre Dame	CFRA HAF, NCF
1929	Notre Dame	CFRA, HAF, NCF
1928	Georgia Tech.	CFRA, HAF, NCF
1927	Illinois Yale	HAF, NCF CFRA
1926	Alabama Stanford	CFRA, HAF, NCF HAF
1925	Alabama	CFRA, HAF, NCF
1924	Notre Dame	CFRA, HAF, NCF
1923	Illinois Michigan	CFRA, HAF, NCF NCF
1922	California Cornell Princeton	NCF HAF CFRA, NCF
1921	California Cornell	CFRA NCF, HAF
1920	California	CFRA, HAF, NCF
1919	Harvard Illinois Notre Dame Texas A&M	CFRA, HAF, NCF CFRA NCF NCF
1918	Michigan Pittsburg	NCF HAF, NCF
1917	Georgia Tech.	HAF, NCF
1916	Pittsburgh	HAF, NCF
1915	Cornell	HAF, NCF
1914	Army	HAF, NCF
1913	Harvard	HAF, NCF
1912	Harvard Penn St.	HAF, NCF NCF
1911	Penn St. Princeton	NCF HAF, NCF
1910	Harvard Pittsburgh	HAF, NCF NCF
1909	Yale	HAF, NCF
1908	LSU Pennsylvania	NCF HAF, NCF
1907	Yale	HAF, NCF
1906	Princeton	HAF, NCF
1905	Chicago	HAF, NCF
1904	Michigan Pennsylvania	NCF HAF, NCF
1903	Michigan Princeton	NCF HAF, NCF
1902	Michigan	HAF, NCF
1901	Michigan	HAF, NCF
1900	Yale	HAF, NCF
1899	Harvard	HAF, NCF
1898	Harvard	HAF, NCF
1897	Pennsylvania	HAF, NCF
1896	Lafayette Princeton	NCF HAF, NCF
1895	Pennsylvania	HAF, NCF
1894	Yale	HAF, NCF
1893	Princeton	HAF, NCF
1892	Yale	HAF, NCF
1891	Yale	HAF, NCF
1890	Harvard	HAF, NCF
1889	Princeton	HAF, NCF
1888	Yale	HAF, NCF
1887	Yale	HAF, NCF
1886	Yale	HAF, NCF
1885	Princeton	HAF, NCF
1884	Yale	HAF, NCF
1883	Yale	HAF, NCF
1882	Yale	NCF
1881	Yale	NCF
1880	Princeton Yale	NCF NCF
1879	Princeton	NCF
1878	Princeton	NCF
1877	Yale	NCF
1876	Yale	NCF
1875	Harvard	NCF
1874	Yale	NCF
1873	Princeton	NCF
1872	Princeton	NCF
1871	None selected
1870	Princeton	NCF
1869	Princeton	NCF