COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECORDS

All Champions

Season	Champion(s)	Record	Coach	Selector(s)
1869	Princeton	1-1		BR, NCF, PD
	Rutgers	1-1		PD
1870	Princeton	1-0		BR, NCF, PD
1872	Princeton	1-0		BR, NCF, PD
	Yale	1-0		PD
1873	Princeton	2-0		BR, NCF, PD
1874	Harvard	1-1		PD
	Princeton	2-0		BR, PD
	Yale	3-0		NCF, PD
1875	Columbia	3-1-1		PD
	Harvard	4-0		NCF, PD
	Princeton	2-0		BR, PD
1876	Yale	3-0		BR, NCF, PD
1877	Princeton	2-0-1		BR, PD
	Yale	3-0-1		NCF, PD
1878	Princeton	6-0		BR, NCF, PD
1879	Princeton	4-0-1		BR, NCF, PD
	Yale	3-0-2		PD
1880	Princeton	4-0-1		NCF, PD
	Yale	4-0-1		BR, NCF, PD
1881	Princeton	7-0-2		BR, PD
	Yale	5-0-1		NCF, PD
1882	Yale	8-0		BR, NCF, PD
1883	Yale	9-0		BR, HAF, NCF, PD
1884	Princeton	9-0-1		BR, PD
	Yale	8-0-1		HAF, NCF, PD
1885	Princeton	9-0		BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1886	Princeton	7-0-1		BR, PD
	Yale	9-0-1		HAF, NCF, PD
1887	Yale	9-0		BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1888	Yale	13-0	Walter Camp	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1889	Princeton	10-0		BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1890	Harvard	11-0	George C. Adams, George A. Stewart	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1891	Yale	13-0	Walter Camp	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1892	Yale	13-0	Walter Camp	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1893	Princeton	11-0		BR, HAF, HS, NCF
	Yale	10-1	William Rhodes	PD
1894	Penn	12-0	George Washington Woodruff	PD
	Princeton	8-2		HS
	Yale	16-0	William Rhodes	BR, HAF, NCF, PD
1895	Penn	14-0	George Washington Woodruff	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
	Yale	13-0-2	John A. Hartwell	PD
1896	Lafayette	11-0-1	Parke H. Davis	NCF, PD
	Princeton	10-0-1	Franklin Morse	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1897	Penn	15-0	George Washington Woodruff	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
	Yale	9-0-2	Frank Butterworth	PD
1898	Harvard	11-0	William Forbes	BR, HAF, HS, NCF
	Princeton	11-0-1		PD
1899	Harvard	10-0-1	Benjamin Dibblee	HAF, HS, NCF
	Princeton	12-1		BR, PD
1900	Yale	12-0	Malcolm McBride	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1901	Harvard	12-0	Bill Reid	BR
	Michigan	11-0	Fielding H. Yost	HAF, HS, NCF
	Yale	11-1-1	George S. Stillman	PD^a
1902	Michigan	11-0	Fielding H. Yost	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
	Yale	11-0-1	Joseph R. Swan	PD
1903	Michigan	11-0-1	Fielding H. Yost	NCF
	Princeton	11-0	Art Hillebrand	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1904	Michigan	10-0	Fielding H. Yost	NCF
	Minnesota	13-0	Henry Williams	BR
	Penn	12-0	Carl S. Williams	HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1905	Chicago	10-0	Amos Alonzo Stagg	BR, HAF, HS, NCF
	Yale	10-0	Jack Owsley	CW, PD
1906	Princeton	9-0-1	William Roper	HAF, NCF
	Yale	9-0-1	Foster Rockwell	BR, CW, PD
1907	Yale	9-0-1	William F. Knox	BR, CW, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1908	Harvard	9-0-1	Percy Haughton	BR
	LSU	10-0	Edgar Wingard	NCF
	Penn	11-0-1	Sol Metzger	HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1909	Yale	10-0	Howard Jones	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1910	Harvard	8-0-1	Percy Haughton	BR, HAF, HS, NCF
	Pittsburgh	9-0	Joseph H. Thompson	NCF
1911	Minnesota	6-0-1	Henry L. Williams	BR
	Penn State	8-0-1	Bill Hollenback	NCF
	Princeton	8-0-2	William Roper	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1912	Harvard	9-0	Percy Haughton	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
	Penn State	8-0	Bill Hollenback	NCF
1913	Auburn	8-0	Mike Donahue	BR
	Chicago	7-0	Amos Alonzo Stagg	BR, PD
	Harvard	9-0	Percy Haughton	HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1914	Army	9-0	Charles Daly	HAF, HS, NCF, PD
	Illinois	7-0	Robert Zuppke	BR, PD
	Texas	8-0	Dave Allerdice	BR
1915	Cornell	9-0	Albert Sharpe	HAF, HS, NCF, PD
	Minnesota	6-0-1	Henry L. Williams	BR
	Oklahoma	10-0	Bennie Owen	BR
	Pittsburgh	8-0	Glenn "Pop" Warner	PD
1916	Army	9-0	Charles Daly	PD
	Georgia Tech	8-0-1	John Heisman	BR
	Pittsburgh	8-0	Glenn "Pop" Warner	BR, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
1917	Georgia Tech	9-0	John Heisman	BR, HAF, HS, NCF
1918	Michigan	5-0	Fielding H. Yost	BR, NCF
	Pittsburgh	4-1	Glenn "Pop" Warner	HAF, HS, NCF
1919	Centre	9-0	Charley Moran	SR
	Harvard	9-0-1	Bob Fisher	CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, PD
	Illinois	6-1	Robert Zuppke	BR, BS, CFRA, PD, SR
	Notre Dame	9-0	Knute Rockne	NCF, PD
	Texas A&M	10-0	Dana X. Bible	BR, NCF
1920	California	9-0	Andy Smith	CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, SR
	Georgia	8-0-1	Herman Stegeman	B(QPRS)
	Harvard	8-0-1	Bob Fisher	BS
	Notre Dame	9-0	Knute Rockne	BR, PD
	Princeton	6-0-1	William Roper	BS, PD
1921	California	9-0-1	Andy Smith	BR, BS, CFRA, SR
	Cornell	8-0	Gil Dobie	HAF, HS, NCF, PD
	Iowa	7-0	Howard Jones	BR, PD
	Lafayette	9-0	Jock Sutherland	BS, PD
	Vanderbilt	7-0-1	Dan McGugin	B(QPRS)
	Washington & Jefferson	10-0-1	Greasy Neale	BS
1922	California	9-0	Andy Smith	BR, HS, NCF, SR
	Cornell	8-0	Gil Dobie	HAF, PD
	Iowa	7-0	Howard Jones	BR
	Princeton	8-0	William Roper	BS, CFRA, NCF, PD, SR
	Vanderbilt	8-0-1	Dan McGugin	B(QPRS)
1923	California	9-0-1	Andy Smith	HS
	Cornell	8-0	Gil Dobie	SR
	Illinois	8-0	Robert Zuppke	BS, CFRA, HAF, NCF, PD, SR, B(QPRS)
	Michigan	8-0	Fielding H. Yost	BR, NCF
	Yale	8-0	Tad Jones	B(QPRS)
1924	Notre Dame	10-0	Knute Rockne	BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR, B(QPRS)
	Penn	9-1-1	Lou Young	PD
1925	Alabama	10-0	Wallace Wade	BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR, B(QPRS)
	Dartmouth	8-0	Jesse Hawley	DiS, PD
	Michigan	7-1	Fielding H. Yost	SR
1926	Alabama	9-0-1	Wallace Wade	BR, CFRA, HAF, NCF, PS, B(QPRS)
	Lafayette	9-0	Herb McCracken	PD
	Michigan	7-1	Fielding H. Yost	SR
	Navy	9-0-1	Bill Ingram	BS, HS
	Stanford	10-0-1	Glenn "Pop" Warner	DiS, HAF, NCF, SR
1927	Georgia	9-1	George Cecil Woodruff	BS, PS, B(QPRS)
	Illinois	7-0-1	Robert Zuppke	BR, DiS, HAF, NCF, PD
	Notre Dame	7-1-1	Knute Rockne	HS
	Texas A&M	8-0-1	Dana X. Bible	SR
	Yale	7-1	Thomas Jones	CFRA
1928	Detroit	9-0	Gus Dorais	PD
	Georgia Tech	10-0	William Alexander	BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS, SR, B(QPRS)
	USC	9-0-1	Howard Jones	DiS, SR
1929	Notre Dame	9-0	Knute Rockne	BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, DuS, HAF, NCF, PS, SR
	Pittsburgh	9-1	Jock Sutherland	PD
	USC	10-2	Howard Jones	HS, SR, B(QPRS)
1930	Alabama	10-0	Wallace Wade	CFRA, PD, SR, B(QPRS)
	Notre Dame	10-0	Knute Rockne	BR, BS, DiS, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS
1931	Pittsburgh	8-1	Jock Sutherland	PD
	Purdue	9-1	Noble Kizer	PD
	USC	10-1	Howard Jones	BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR, WS, B(QPRS)
1932	Colgate	9-0	Andrew Kerr	PD
	Michigan	8-0	Harry Kipke	DiS, PD, SR
	USC	10-0	Howard Jones	BR, BS, CFRA, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS, SR, WS, B(QPRS)
1933	Michigan	7-0-1	Harry Kipke	BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HAF, HS, NCF, PD, PS, SR, B(QPRS)
	Ohio State	7-1	Sam Willaman	DuS
	Princeton	9-0	Fritz Crisler	PD
	USC	10-1-1	Howard Jones	WS
1934	Alabama	10-0	Frank Thomas	DuS, HS, PS, WS, B(QPRS)
	Minnesota	8-0	Bernie Bierman	BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HAF, L, NCF, SR
1935	LSU	9-2	Bernie Moore	WS
	Minnesota	8-0	Bernie Bierman	BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, L, NCF, PS
	Princeton	9-0	Fritz Crisler	DuS
	SMU	12-1	Matty Bell	DiS, HS, SR, B(QPRS)
	TCU	12-1	Dutch Meyer	WS
1936	Duke	9-1	Wallace Wade	B(QPRS)
	LSU	9-1-1	Bernie Moore	SR, WS
	Minnesota	7-1	Bernie Bierman	AP, BR, DiS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS
	Pittsburgh	8-1-1	Jock Sutherland	BS, CFRA, HS
1937	California	10-0-1	Stub Allison	DuS, HAF
	Pittsburgh	9-0-1	Jock Sutherland	AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DiS, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS, B(QPRS)
1938	Notre Dame	8-1	Elmer Layden	DiS
	TCU	11-0	Dutch Meyer	AP, HAF, NCF, WS
	Tennessee	11-0	Robert Neyland	BR, BS, CFRA, DuS, HS, L, PS, SR, B(QPRS)
1939	Cornell	8-0	Carl Snavely	L, SR
	Texas A&M	11-0	Homer Norton	AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, NCF, PS, SR, WS, B(QPRS)
	USC	8-0-2	Howard Jones	DiS
1940	Minnesota	8-0	Bernie Bierman	AP, B(QPRS), BS, CFRA, DeS, DiS, HS, L, NCF, SR
	Stanford	10-0	Clark Shaughnessy	BR, HAF, PS
	Tennessee	10-1	Robert Neyland	DuS, WS
1941	Alabama	9-2	Frank Thomas	HS
	Minnesota	8-0	Bernie Bierman	AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR
	Texas	8-1-1	Dana X. Bible	B(QPRS), WS
1942	Georgia	11-1	Wally Butts	B(QPRS), BR, DeS, HS, L, PS, SR, WS
	Ohio State	9-1	Paul Brown	AP, BS, DuS, CFRA, NCF
	Wisconsin	8-1-1	Harry Stuhldreher	HAF
1943	Notre Dame	9-1	Frank Leahy	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
1944	Army	9-0	Earl Blaik	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
	Ohio State	9-0	Carroll Widdoes	NCF, SR
1945	Alabama	10-0	Frank Thomas	NCF
	Army	9-0	Earl Blaik	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
	Ohio State	7-2	Carroll Widdoes	BR
	Oklahoma A&M	9-0	Jim Lookabaugh	BRC
1946	Army	9-0-1	Earl Blaik	BR, BS, CFRA, HAF, HS, PS
	Georgia	11-0	Wally Butts	WS
	Notre Dame	8-0-1	Frank Leahy	AP, B(QPRS), BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR
1947	Michigan	10-0	Fritz Crisler	B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR
	Notre Dame	9-0	Frank Leahy	AP, HAF, WS
1948	Michigan	9-0	Bennie Oosterbaan	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
1949	Notre Dame	10-0	Frank Leahy	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
	Oklahoma	11-0	Bud Wilkinson	CFRA
1950	Kentucky	11-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	SR
	Oklahoma	10-1	Bud Wilkinson	AP, B(QPRS), HAF, L, UP, WS
	Princeton	9-0	Charley Caldwell	BS, PS
	Tennessee	11-1	Robert Neyland	BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, NCF, SR
1951	Georgia Tech	11-0-1	Bobby Dodd	B(QPRS), BS
	Illinois	9-0-1	Ray Eliot	BS
	Maryland	10-0	Jim Tatum	CFRA, DeS, DuS, NCF, SR
	Michigan State	9-0	Biggie Munn	BR, HAF, PS
	Tennessee	10-1	Robert Neyland	AP, L, UP, WS
1952	Georgia Tech	12-0	Bobby Dodd	B(QPRS), BR, INS, PS, SR
	Michigan State	9-0	Biggie Munn	AP, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, SR, UP, WS
1953	Maryland	10-1	Jim Tatum	AP, INS, UP
	Notre Dame	9-0-1	Frank Leahy	BR, BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR, WS
	Oklahoma	9-1-1	Bud Wilkinson	B(QPRS), CFRA
1954	Ohio State	10-0	Woody Hayes	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, HAF, INS, NCF, PS, SR, WS
	UCLA	9-0	Henry Sanders	CFRA, DuS, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, UP
1955	Michigan State	9-1	Duffy Daugherty	BS
	Oklahoma	11-0	Bud Wilkinson	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FWAA, HAF, INS, L, NCF, PS, SR, UP, WS
1956	Georgia Tech	10-1	Bobby Dodd	B(QPRS), SR
	Iowa	9-1	Forest Evashevski	CFRA
	Oklahoma	10-0	Bud Wilkinson	AP, BR, BS, DeS, DuS, FWAA, HAF, INS, L, NCF, SR, UP, WS
	Tennessee	10-1	Bowden Wyatt	SR
1957	Auburn	10-0	Ralph Jordan	AP, BR, CFRA, HAF, NCF, PS, SR, WS
	Michigan State	8-1	Duffy Daugherty	DuS
	Ohio State	9-1	Woody Hayes	BS, DeS, FWAA, INS, L, UP
	Oklahoma	10-1	Bud Wilkinson	B(QPRS)
1958	Iowa	8-1-1	Forest Evashevski	FWAA
	LSU	11-0	Paul Dietzel	AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, PS, SR, UPI, WS
1959	Ole Miss	10-1	Johnny Vaught	B(QPRS), DuS, SR
	Syracuse	11-0	Ben Schwartzwalder	AP, BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI, WS
1960	Iowa	8-1	Forest Evashevski	B(QPRS), BS, L, SR
	Minnesota	8-2	Murray Warmath	AP, FN, NFF, UPI
	Ole Miss	10-0-1	Johnny Vaught	BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FWAA, NCF, WS
	Missouri	11-0*	Dan Devine	PS
	Washington	10-1	Jim Owens	HAF
1961	Alabama	11-0	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, SR, UPI, WS
	Ohio State	8-0-1	Woody Hayes	FWAA, PS
1962	LSU	9-1-1	Charles McClendon	B(QPRS)
	Ole Miss	10-0	Johnny Vaught	BR, L, SR
	USC	11-0	John McKay	AP, B(QPRS), CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, UPI, WS
1963	Texas	11-0	Darrell Royal	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI, WS
1964	Alabama	10-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP, B(QPRS), L, UPI
	Arkansas	11-0	Frank Broyles	BR, CFRA, FWAA, HAF, NCF, PS, SR
	Michigan	9-1	Bump Elliott	DuS
	Notre Dame	9-1	Ara Parseghian	DeS, FN, NFF
1965	Alabama	9-1-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP, CFRA, FWAA, NCF
	Michigan State	10-1	Duffy Daugherty	B(QPRS), BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NFF, PS, SR, UPI
1966	Alabama	11-0	Paul "Bear" Bryant	B(QPRS), SR
	Michigan State	9-0-1	Duffy Daugherty	CFRA, HAF, NFF, PS
	Notre Dame	9-0-1	Ara Parseghian	AP, BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI
1967	Notre Dame	8-2	Ara Parseghian	DuS
	Oklahoma	10-1	Chuck Fairbanks	PS
	USC	10-1	John McKay	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, HAF, MGR, NCF, NFF, SR, UPI
	Tennessee	9-2	Doug Dickey	L
1968	Georgia	8-1-2	Vince Dooley	L
	Ohio State	10-0	Woody Hayes	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI
	Texas	9-1-1	Darrell Royal	DeS, MGR, SR
1969	Ohio State	8-1	Woody Hayes	MGR
	Penn State	11-0	Joe Paterno	R(FACT), SR
	Texas	11-0	Darrell Royal	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, L, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI
1970	Arizona State	11-0	Frank Kush	PS
	Nebraska	11-0-1	Bob Devaney	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, R(FACT), SR
	Notre Dame	10-1	Ara Parseghian	MGR, R(FACT), SR
	Ohio State	9-1	Woody Hayes	NFF
	Texas	10-1	Darrell Royal	B(QPRS), L, NFF, R(FACT), UPI
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
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
1973	Alabama	11-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	B(QPRS), UPI
	Michigan	10-0-1	Bo Schembechler	NCF, PS
	Notre Dame	11-0	Ara Parseghian	AP, BR, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF
	Ohio State	10-0-1	Woody Hayes	NCF, PS, R(FACT), SR
	Oklahoma	10-0-1	Barry Switzer	CFRA, DeS, DuS, SR
1974	Ohio State	10-2	Woody Hayes	MGR
	Oklahoma	11-0	Barry Switzer	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF, PS, R(FACT), SR
	USC	10-1-1	John McKay	FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, UPI
1975	Alabama	11-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	MGR
	Arizona State	12-0	Frank Kush	NCF, SN
	Ohio State	11-1	Woody Hayes	B(QPRS), HAF, MGR, PS, R(FACT)
	Oklahoma	11-1	Barry Switzer	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SR, UPI
1976	Pittsburgh	12-0	Johnny Majors	AP, BR, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
	USC	11-1	John Robinson	B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, MGR
1977	Alabama	11-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	CFRA
	Arkansas	11-1	Lou Holtz	R(FACT)
	Notre Dame	11-1	Dan Devine	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, MGR, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
	Texas	11-1	Fred Akers	B(QPRS), R(FACT), SR
1978	Alabama	11-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP, CFRA, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, R(FACT)
	Oklahoma	11-1	Barry Switzer	DeS, DuS, HAF, L, MGR, PS, R(FACT), SR
	USC	12-1	John Robinson	B(QPRS), BR, FN, HAF, NCF, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
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
	USC	11-0-1	John Robinson	CFRA
1980	Florida State	10-2	Bobby Bowden	R(FACT)
	Georgia	12-0	Vince Dooley	AP, B(QPRS), BR, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI
	Nebraska	10-2	Tom Osborne	R(FACT)
	Oklahoma	10-2	Barry Switzer	DuS, MGR
	Pittsburgh	11-1	Jackie Sherrill	CFRA, DeS, NYT, R(FACT), SR
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
	Nebraska	9-3	Tom Osborne	NCF
	Penn State	10-2	Joe Paterno	DuS
	Pittsburgh	11-1	Jackie Sherrill	NCF
	SMU	10-1	Ron Meyer	NCF
	Texas	10-1-1	Fred Akers	NCF
1982	Nebraska	12-1	Tom Osborne	B(QPRS)
	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
	SMU	11-0-1	Bobby Collins	HAF
1983	Auburn	11-1	Pat Dye	BR, CFRA, NYT, R(FACT), SR
	Miami (FL)	11-1	Howard Schnellenberger	AP, DuS, FN, FWAA, NCF, NFF, SN, UPI, USAT/CNN
	Nebraska	12-1	Tom Osborne	B(QPRS), DeS, L, MGR, PS, R(FACT), SR
1984	BYU	13-0	LaVell Edwards	AP, BR, CFRA, FWAA, NCF, NFF, PS, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN
	Florida	9-1-1	Galen Hall	DeS, DuS, MGR, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR
	Nebraska	10-2	Tom Osborne	L
	Washington	11-1	Don James	B(QPRS), FN, NCF
1985	Florida	9-1-1	Galen Hall	SR
	Michigan	10-1-1	Bo Schembechler	MGR
	Oklahoma	11-1	Barry Switzer	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, UPI, USAT/CNN
1986	Miami (FL)	11-1	Jimmy Johnson	R(FACT)
	Oklahoma	11-1	Barry Switzer	B(QPRS), CFRA, DeS, DuS, NYT, SR
	Penn State	12-0	Joe Paterno	AP, BR, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN
1987	Florida State	11-1	Bobby Bowden	B(QPRS)
	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
1988	Miami (FL)	11-1	Jimmy Johnson	B(QPRS)
	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
1989	Miami (FL)	11-1	Dennis Erickson	AP, BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, UPI, USAT/CNN
	Notre Dame	12-1	Lou Holtz	B(QPRS), ERS, R(FACT), SR
1990	Colorado	11-1-1	Bill McCartney	AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, NFF, R(FACT), SN, USAT/CNN
	Georgia Tech	11-0-1	Bobby Ross	DuS, NCF, R(FACT), SR, UPI
	Miami (FL)	10-2	Dennis Erickson	ERS, NYT, R(FACT), SR
	Washington	10-2	Don James	R(FACT)
1991	Miami (FL)	12-0	Dennis Erickson	AP, BR, CFRA, ERS, NCF, NYT, SN, SR
	Washington	12-0	Don James	B(QPRS), DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA, MGR, NCF, R(FACT), SR, UPI/NFF, USAT/CNN
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
	Florida State	11-1	Bobby Bowden	SR
1993	Auburn	11-0	Terry Bowden	NCF
	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
	Nebraska	11-1	Tom Osborne	NCF
	Notre Dame	11-1	Lou Holtz	MGR, NCF
1994	Florida State	10-1-1	Bobby Bowden	DuS
	Nebraska	13-0	Tom Osborne	AP, AS, B(QPRS), BR, FN, FWAA, NCF, R(FACT), SN, SR, UPI, USAT/CNN, USAT/NFF
	Penn State	12-0	Joe Paterno	CCR, DeS, ERS, MGR, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SR
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
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
	Florida State	11-1	Bobby Bowden	AS
1997	Michigan	12-0	Lloyd Carr	AP, BR, FN, FWAA, NCF, NFF, SN
	Nebraska	13-0	Tom Osborne	A&H, AS, B(QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, MGR, NCF, NYT, R(FACT), SR, USAT/ESPN
1998	Ohio State	11-1	John Cooper	SR^b
	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
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
2000	Miami (FL)	11-1	Butch Davis	NYT
	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
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
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
	USC	11-2	Pete Carroll	DuS, MGR, SR
2003	LSU	13-1	Nick Saban	A&H, BCS, BR, CM, DeS, DuS, MCFR, NFF, R(FACT), SR, USAT/ESPN, W
	Oklahoma	12-2	Bob Stoops	B(QPRS)
	USC	12-1	Pete Carroll	AP, CCR, ERS, FWAA, MGR, NYT, SN
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 Vacated: ^{c BCS, FWAA, USAT/ESPN}
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
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
	Ohio State	12-1	Jim Tressel	DeS, R(FACT)
2007	LSU	12-2	Les Miles	AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W
	Missouri	12-2	Gary Pinkel	A&H
	USC	11-2	Pete Carroll	DuS^e
2008	Florida	13-1	Urban Meyer	AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DuS, FWAA, NFF, SR, USAT
	Utah	13-0	Kyle Whittingham	A&H, MCFR, W
2009	Alabama	14-0	Nick Saban	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W
2010	Auburn	14-0	Gene Chizik	A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, SR, USAT, W
	TCU	13-0	Gary Patterson	CCR
2011	Alabama	12-1	Nick Saban	BCS, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
	LSU	13-1	Les Miles	A&H, CCR
	Oklahoma State	12-1	Mike Gundy	CM
2012	Alabama	13-1	Nick Saban	BCS, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
	Notre Dame	12-1	Brian Kelly	CM
2013	Florida State	14-0	Jimbo Fisher	BCS, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
2014	Ohio State	14-1	Urban Meyer	CFP, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
2015	Alabama	14-1	Nick Saban	CFP, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
	Clemson	14-1	Dabo Swinney	CFP, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
2016	Alabama	14-1	Nick Saban	CM
2017	Alabama	13-1	Nick Saban	CFP, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
	Central Florida	13-0	Scott Frost	CM
2018	Clemson	15-0	Dabo Swinney	CFP, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
2019	Louisiana State	15-0	Ed Orgeron	CFP, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
2020	Alabama	13-0	Nick Saban	CFP, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
2021	Georgia	13-1	Kirby Smart	CFP, AP, FW-NFF, USAT
2022	Georgia	15-0	Kirby Smart	won CFP Championship, 65-7 vs Texas Christian
2023	Michigan	15-0	Jim Harbaugh	won CFP Championship, 34-13 vs Washington
2024	Ohio State	14-2	Ryan Day	won CFP Championship, 34-23 vs Notre Dame
2025	Indiana	16-0	Curt Cignetti	won CFP Championship, 27-21 vs Miami FL

Selector	Name	Seasons
A&H	Anderson & Hester	1997-present
AS	Alderson System	1994-1998
B(QPRS)	Berryman (QPRS)	1920-1989, 1990-2011
BCS	Bowl Championship System	1998-2013
BR	Billingsley Report^a	1869-1870, 1872-1969, 1970-present
BS	Boand System	1919-1929, 1930-1960
CCR	Congrove Computer Rankings	1993-present
CFP	College Football Playoff	2014-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
USAT	USA Today	1982-present
W	Wolfe	2001-present
WS	Williamson System	1931, 1932-1963

>a - Parke Davis' selection for 1901, as published in the 1935 Spalding's Foot Ball Guide (which he himself edited until his death), was Harvard.
>b - The NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records book lists Sagarin as having selected Tennessee, 114 while Sagarin's official website gives Ohio State as its 1998 selection.
>c - The 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.
>d - Record 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.
>e - The NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records book lists Dunkel as having selected LSU, 114 while Dunkel's official website gives USC as its 2007 selection.