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Season
Champion
Selecting Organization
2024
Ohio State
CFP
2023
Michigan
CFP
2022
Georgia
CFP
2021
Georgia
CFP
2020
Alabama
CFP
2019
LSU
CFP
2018
Clemson
CFP
2017
Alabama
CFP
2016
Clemson
CFP
2015
Alabama
CFP
2014
Ohio State
CFP
2013
Florida State
BCS
2012
Alabama
BCS
2011
Alabama
BCS
2010
Auburn
BCS
2009
Alabama
BCS
2008
Florida
BCS
2007
LSU
BCS
2006
Florida
BCS
2005
Texas
BCS
2004
Southern California*
BCS
2003
LSU, Southern California
BCS, AP, FWAA
2002
Ohio State
BCS
2001
Miami (Fla.)
BCS
2000
Oklahoma
BCS
1999
Florida State
BCS
1998
Tennessee
BCS
1997
Michigan, Nebraska
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/ESPN
1996
Florida
AP, FWAA, NFF,USA/CNN
1995
Nebraska
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1994
Nebraska
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1993
Florida St.
AP, FWAA,NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1992
Alabama
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1991
Washington, Miami (Fla.)
FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI,AP
1990
Colorado, Georgia Tech
FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, AP, UPI
1989
Miami (Fla.)
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1988
Notre Dame
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1987
Miami (Fla.)
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1986
Penn St.
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1985
Oklahoma
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1984
Brigham Young
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1983
Miami (Fla.)
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1982
Penn St.
AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1981
Clemson
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1980
Georgia
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1979
Alabama
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1978
Alabama, Southern California
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1977
Notre Dame
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1976
Pittsburgh
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1975
Oklahoma
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1974
Southern California, Oklahoma
FWAA, NFF, UPI, AP
1973
Notre Dame, Alabama
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1972
Southern California
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1971
Nebraska
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1970
Nebraska, Texas, Ohio St.
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, NFF
1969
Texas
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1968
Ohio St.
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1967
Southern California
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1966
Notre Dame, Michigan St.
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, NFF
1965
Michigan St., Alabama
FWAA, NFF, UPI, AP
1964
Alabama, Arkansas, Notre Dame
AP, UPI, FWAA, NFF
1963
Texas
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1962
Southern California
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1961
Alabama, Ohio St.
AP, NFF, UPI, FWAA
1960
Minnesota, Mississippi
AP, NFF, UPI, FWAA
1959
Syracuse
AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1958
LSU, Iowa
AP, UPI, FWAA
1957
Ohio St., Auburn
FWAA, UPI, AP
1956
Oklahoma
AP, FWAA, UPI
1955
Oklahoma
AP, FWAA, UPI
1954
UCLA, Ohio St.
FWAA, UPI, AP
1953
Maryland
AP, UPI
1952
Michigan St.
AP, UPI
1951
Tennessee
AP, UPI
1950
Oklahoma
AP, UPI
1949
Notre Dame
AP
1948
Michigan
AP
1947
Notre Dame
AP
1946
Notre Dame
AP
1945
Army
AP
1944
Army
AP
1943
Notre Dame
AP
1942
Ohio St.
AP
1941
Minnesota
AP
1940
Minnesota
AP
1939
Texas A&M
AP
1938
Texas Christian
AP
1937
Pittsburgh
AP
1936
Minnesota
AP
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, Pittsburgh
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
NCF
1870
Princeton
NCF
1869
Princeton, Rutgers
NCF
* Southern California’s participation in the 2004 championship was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
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