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Season	Date	Champion	Coach	Record	Result (voted #1 by)
2025	Jan. 19, 2026	Indiana	Curt Cignetti	16-0-0	won CFP Championship, 27-21 vs Miami	Watch game highlights
2024	Jan. 20, 2025	Ohio State	Ryan Day	14-2-0	won CFP Championship, 34-23 vs Notre Dame	Watch game highlights
2023	Jan. 8, 2024	Michigan	Jim Harbaugh	15-0-0	won CFP Championship, 34-13 vs Washington	Watch game highlights
2022	Jan. 9, 2023	Georgia	Kirby Smart	15-0-0	won CFP Championship, 65-7 vs Texas Christian	Watch game highlights
2021	Jan. 10, 2022	Georgia	Kirby Smart	13-1-0	won CFP Championship, 33-18 vs Alabama	Watch game highlights
2020	Jan. 11, 2021	Alabama	Nick Saban	13-0-0	won CFP Championship, 52-24 vs Ohio State	Watch game highlights
2019	Jan. 13, 2020	Louisiana State	Ed Orgeron	15-0-0	won CFP Championship, 42-25 vs Clemson	Watch game highlights
2018	Jan. 7, 2019	Clemson	Dabo Swinney	15-0-0	won CFP Championship, 56-44 vs Alabama	Watch game highlights
2017	Jan. 8, 2018	Alabama	Nick Saban	13-1-0	won CFP Championship, 26-23 vs Georgia	Watch game highlights
2016	Jan. 9, 2017	Clemson	Dabo Swinney	14-1-0	won CFP Championship, 35-31 vs Alabama	Watch game highlights
2015	Jan. 11, 2016	Alabama	Nick Saban	14-1-0	won CFP Championship, 45-40 vs Clemson	Watch game highlights
2014	Jan. 12, 2015	Ohio State	Urban Meyer	14-1-0	won CFP Championship, 42-20 vs Oregon	Watch game highlights
2013	Jan. 16, 2014	Florida State	Jimbo Fisher	14-0-0	won BCS Championship, 34-31 vs Auburn	Watch game highlights
2012	Jan. 7, 2013	Alabama	Nick Saban	13-1-0	won BCS Championship, 42-14 vs Notre Dame
2011	Jan. 9, 2012	Alabama	Nick Saban	12-1-0	won BCS Championship, 21-0 vs Louisiana State
2010	Jan. 10, 2011	Auburn	Gene Chizik	14-0-0	won BCS Championship, 22-19 vs Oregon
2009	Jan. 7, 2010	Alabama	Nick Saban	14-0-0	won BCS Championship, 37-21 vs Texas
2008	Jan. 8, 2009	Florida	Urban Meyer	13-1-0	won BCS Championship, 24-14 vs Oklahoma
2007	Jan. 7, 2008	Louisiana State	Les Miles	12-2-0	won BCS Championship, 38-24 vs Ohio State
2006	Jan. 8, 2007	Florida	Urban Meyer	13-1-0	won BCS Championship, 41-14 vs Ohio State
2005	Jan. 4, 2006	Texas	Mack Brown	13-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 41-38 vs Southern Cal (AP/USA)	Watch game highlights
2004	Jan. 4, 2005	Southern Cal	Pete Carroll	13-0-0	won Orange Bowl, 55-19 vs Oklahoma (AP/USA)**	Watch game highlights
2003	Jan. 1, 2004	Southern Cal	Pete Carroll	12-1-0	won Rose Bowl, 28-14 vs Michigan (AP)
2003	Jan. 4, 2004	Louisiana State	Nick Saban	13-1-0	won Sugar Bowl, 21-14 vs Oklahoma (USA)
2002	Jan. 3, 2003	Ohio State	Jim Tressel	14-0-0	won Fiesta Bowl, 31-24 vs Ohio State (AP/USA)
2001	Jan. 3, 2002	Miami FL	Larry Coker	12-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 37-14 vs Nebraska (AP/USA)
2000	Jan. 3, 2001	Oklahoma	Bob Stoops	13-0-0	won Orange Bowl, 13-2 vs Florida State (AP/USA)
1999	Jan. 4, 2000	Florida State	Bobby Bowden	12-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 46-29 vs Virginia Tech (AP/USA)
1998	Jan. 4, 1999	Tennessee	Phillip Fulmer	13-0-0	won Fiesta Bowl, 23-16 vs Florida State (AP/USA)
1997	Jan. 2, 1998	Nebraska	Tom Osborne	13-0-0	won Orange Bowl, 42-17 vs Tennessee (USA)
1997	Jan. 1, 1998	Michigan	Lloyd Carr	12-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 21-16 vs Washington State (AP)
1996	Jan. 2, 1997	Florida	Steve Spurrier	12-1-0	won Sugar Bowl, 52-20 vs Florida State (AP/USA)
1995	Jan. 2, 1996	Nebraska	Tom Osborne	12-0-0	won Fiesta Bowl, 62-24 vs Florida (AP/USA)
1994	Jan. 1, 1995	Nebraska	Tom Osborne	13-0-0	won Orange Bowl, 24-17 vs Miami (AP/USA)
1993	Jan. 1, 1994	Florida State	Bobby Bowden	12-1-0	won Orange Bowl, 18-16 vs Nebraska (AP/USA)
1992	Jan. 1, 1993	Alabama	Gene Stallings	13-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 34-13 vs Miami (AP/USA)
1991	Jan. 1, 1992	Miami FL	Dennis Erickson	12-0-0	won Orange Bowl, 22-0 vs Nebraska (AP)
1991	Jan. 1, 1992	Washington	Don James	12-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 34-14 vs Michigan (USA)
1990	Jan. 1, 1991	Colorado	Bill McCartney	11-1-1	won Orange Bowl, 10-9 vs Notre Dame (AP)
1990	Jan. 1, 1991	Georgia Tech	Bobby Ross	11-0-1	won Citrus Bowl, 45-21 vs Nebraska (UPI)
1989	Jan. 1, 1990	Miami FL	Dennis Erickson	11-1-0	won Sugar Bowl, 33-25 vs Alabama (AP/UPI)
1988	Jan. 2, 1989	Notre Dame	Lou Holtz	12-0-0	won Fiesta Bowl, 34-21 vs West Virginia (AP/UPI)
1987	Jan. 1, 1988	Miami FL	Jimmy Johnson	12-0-0	won Orange Bowl, 20-14 vs Oklahoma (AP/UPI)
1986	Jan. 2, 1987	Penn State	Joe Paterno	12-0-0	won Fiesta Bowl, 14-10 vs Miami (AP/UPI)
1985	Jan. 1, 1986	Oklahoma	Barry Switzer	11-1-0	won Orange Bowl, 25-10 vs Penn State (AP/UPI)
1984	Dec. 21, 1984	Brigham Young	LaVell Edwards	13-0-0	won Holiday Bowl, 24-17 vs Michigan (AP/UPI)
1983	Jan. 2, 1984	Miami FL	Howard Schnellenberger	11-1-0	won Orange Bowl, 31-30 vs Nebraska (AP/UPI)
1982	Jan. 1, 1983	Penn State	Joe Paterno	11-1-0	won Sugar Bowl, 27-23 vs Georgia (AP/UPI)
1981	Jan. 1, 1982	Clemson	Danny Ford	12-0-0	won Orange Bowl, 22-15 vs Nebraska (AP/UPI)
1980	Jan. 1, 1981	Georgia	Vince Dooley	12-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 17-10 vs Notre Dame (AP/UPI)
1979	Jan. 1, 1980	Alabama	Paul "Bear" Bryant	12-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 24-9 vs Arkansas (AP/UPI)
1978	Jan. 1, 1979	Alabama	Paul "Bear" Bryant	11-1-0	won Sugar Bowl, 47-7 vs Penn State (AP)
1978	Jan. 1, 1979	Southern Cal	John Robinson	12-1-0	won Rose Bowl, 17-10 vs Michigan (UPI)
1977	Jan. 2, 1978	Notre Dame	Dan Devine	11-1-0	won Cotton Bowl, 38-10 vs Texas (AP/UPI)
1976	Jan. 1, 1977	Pittsburgh	Johnny Majors	12-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 27-3 vs Georgia (AP/UPI)
1975	Jan. 1, 1976	Oklahoma	Barry Switzer	11-1-0	won Orange Bowl, 14-6 va Michigan (AP/UPI)
1974		Oklahoma	Barry Switzer	11-0-0	no bowl (AP)
1974	Jan. 1, 1975	Southern Cal	John McKay	10-1-1	won Rose Bowl, 18-17 vs Ohio State (UPI)
1973	Dec. 31, 1973	Notre Dame	Ara Parseghian	11-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 24-23 vs Alabama (AP)
1973	Dec. 31, 1973	Alabama	Paul "Bear" Bryant	11-1-0	lost Sugar Bowl, 23-24 vs Notre Dame (UPI)
1972	Jan. 1, 1973	Southern Cal	John McKay	12-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 42-17 vs Ohio State (AP/UPI)
1971	Jan. 1, 1972	Nebraska	Bob Devaney	13-0-0	won Orange Bowl, 38-6 vs Alabama (AP/UPI)
1970	Jan. 1, 1971	Nebraska	Bob Devaney	11-0-1	won Orange Bowl, 17-12 vs Louisiana State (AP)
1970	Jan. 1, 1971	Texas	Darrell Royal	10-1-0	lost Cotton Bowl, 11-24 vs Notre Dame (UPI)
1969	Jan. 1, 1970	Texas	Darrell Royal	11-0-0	won Cotton Bowl, 21-17 vs Notre Dame (AP/UPI)
1968	Jan. 1, 1969	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	10-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 27-16 vs Southern Cal (AP/UPI)
1967	Jan. 1, 1968	Southern Cal	John McKay	10-1-0	won Rose Bowl, 14-3 vs Indiana (AP/UPI)
1966		Notre Dame	Ara Parseghian	9-0-1	no bowl (AP/UPI)
1965	Jan. 1, 1966	Alabama	Paul "Bear" Bryant	9-1-1	won Orange Bowl, 39-28 vs Nebraska (AP)
1965	Jan. 1, 1966	Michigan State	Duffy Daughtery	10-1-0	lost Rose Bowl, 12-14 vs UCLA (UPI)
1964	Jan. 1, 1965	Alabama	Paul "Bear" Bryant	10-1-0	lost Orange Bowl, 17-21 vs Texas (AP/UPI)
1963	Jan. 1, 1964	Texas	Darrell Royal	11-0-0	won Cotton Bowl, 28-6 vs Navy (AP/UPI)
1962	Jan. 1, 1963	Southern Cal	John McKay	11-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 42-37 vs Wisconsin (AP/UPI)
1961	Jan. 1, 1962	Alabama	Paul "Bear" Bryant	11-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 10-3 vs Arkansas (AP/UPI)
1960	Jan. 2, 1961	Minnesota	Murray Warmath	8-2-0	lost Rose Bowl, 7-17 vs Washington (AP/UPI)
1959	Jan. 1, 1960	Syracuse	Ben Schwartzwalder	11-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 23-14 vs Texas (AP/UPI)
1958	Jan. 1, 1959	Louisiana State	Paul Dietzel	11-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 7-0 vs Clemson (AP/UPI)
1957		Auburn	Shug Jordan	10-0-0	no bowl (AP)
1957	Jan. 1, 1958	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	9-1-0	won Rose Bowl, 10-7 vs Oregon (UPI)
1956		Oklahoma	Bud Wilkinson	10-0-0	no bowl (AP/UPI)
1955	Jan. 2, 1956	Oklahoma	Bud Wilkinson	11-0-0	won Orange Bowl, 20-6 vs Maryland (AP/UPI)
1954	Jan. 1, 1955	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	10-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 20-7 vs Southern Cal (AP)
1954		UCLA	Red Sanders	9-0-0	no bowl (UPI)
1953	Jan. 1, 1954	Maryland	Jim Tatum	10-1-0	lost Orange Bowl, 0-7 vs Oklahoma (AP)
1952		Michigan State	Biggie Munn	9-0-0	no bowl (AP)
1951	Jan. 1, 1952	Tennessee	Bob Neyland	10-1-0	lost Sugar Bowl, 13-28 vs Maryland (AP)
1950	Jan. 1, 1951	Oklahoma	Bud Wilkinson	10-1-0	lost Sugar Bowl, 7-13 vs Kentucky (AP)
1949		Notre Dame	Frank Leahy	10-0-0	no bowl (AP)
1948		Michigan	Bennie Oosterbaan	9-0-0	no bowl (AP)
1947		Notre Dame	Frank Leahy	9-0-0	no bowl (AP)
1947	Jan. 1, 1948	Michigan	Fritz Crisler	10-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 49-0 vs Southern Cal (AP)
1946		Notre Dame	Frank Leahy	8-0-1	no bowl (AP) *
1945		Army	Red Blaik	9-0-0	no bowl (AP)
1944		Army	Red Blaik	9-0-0	no bowl (AP)
1943		Notre Dame	Frank Leahy	9-1-0	no bowl (AP)
1942		Ohio State	Paul Brown	9-1-0	no bowl (AP)
1941		Minnesota	Bernie Bierman	8-0-0	no bowl (AP)
1940		Minnesota	Bernie Bierman	8-0-0	no bowl (AP/DS)
1939	Jan. 1, 1940	Texas A&M	Homer Norton	11-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 14-13 vs Tulane (AP)
1939	Jan. 1, 1940	Southern Cal	Howard Jones	8-0-2	won Rose Bowl, 14-0 vs Tennessee (DS)
1938	Jan. 2, 1939	Texas Christian	Dutch Meyer	11-0-0	won Sugar Bowl, 15-7 vs Carnegie Tech (AP)
1938		Notre Dame	Elmer Layden	8-1-0	no bowl (DS)
1937		Pittsburgh	Jock Sutherland	9-0-1	no bowl (AP/DS)
1936		Minnesota	Bernie Bierman	7-1-0	no bowl (AP/DS)
1935	Jan. 1, 1936	Southern Methodist	Matty Bell	12-1-0	lost Rose Bowl, 0-7 vs Stanford (DS)
1935		Minnesota	Bernie Bierman	8-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1934		Minnesota	Bernie Bierman	8-0-0	no bowl (DS/HAF)
1933		Michigan	Harry Kipke	7-0-1	no bowl (DS/HAF)
1932		Michigan	Harry Kipke	8-0-0	no bowl (DS)
1932	Jan. 2, 1933	Southern Cal	Howard Jones	10-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 35-0 vs Pittsburgh (HAF)
1931	Jan. 1, 1932	Southern Cal	Howard Jones	10-1-0	won Rose Bowl, 21-14 vs Tulane (DS/HAF)
1930		Notre Dame	Knute Rockne	10-0-0	no bowl (DS/HAF)
1929		Notre Dame	Knute Rockne	9-0-0	no bowl (DS/HAF)
1928		Southern Cal	Howard Jones	9-0-1	no bowl (DS)
1928	Jan. 1, 1929	Georgia Tech	Bill Alexander	10-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 8-7 vs California (HAF)
1927		Illinois	Bob Zuppke	7-0-1	no bowl (DS/HAF)
1926	Jan. 1, 1927	Stanford	Pop Warner	10-0-1	tied Rose Bowl, 7-7 vs Alabama (DS/HAF)
1926	Jan. 1, 1927	Alabama	Wallace Wade	9-0-1	tied Rose Bowl, 7-7 vs Stanford (HAF)
1925		Dartmouth	Jesse Hawley	8-0-0	no bowl (DS)
1925	Jan. 1, 1926	Alabama	Wallace Wade	10-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 20-19 vs Washington (HAF)
1924	Jan. 1, 1925	Notre Dame	Knute Rockne	10-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 27-10 vs Stanford (DS/HAF)
1923		Illinois	Bob Zuppke	8-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1922		Cornell	Gil Dobie	8-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1921		Cornell	Gil Dobie	8-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1920	Jan. 1, 1921	California	Andy Smith	9-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 28-0 vs Ohio State (HAF)
1919	Jan. 1, 1973	Harvard	Bob Fisher	9-0-1	won Rose Bowl, 7-6 vs Oregon (HAF)
1918		Pittsburgh	Pop Warner	4-1-0	no bowl (HAF)
1917		Georgia Tech	John Heisman	9-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1916		Pittsburgh	Pop Warner	8-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1915		Cornell	Al Sharpe	9-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1914		Army	Charley Daly	9-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1913		Harvard	Percy Houghton	9-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1912		Harvard	Percy Houghton	9-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1911		Princeton	Bill Roper	8-0-2	no bowl (HAF)
1910		Harvard	Percy Houghton	8-0-1	no bowl (HAF)
1909		Yale	Howard Jones	10-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1908		Pennsylvania	Sol Metzger	11-0-1	no bowl (HAF)
1907		Yale	Bill Knox	9-0-1	no bowl (HAF)
1906		Princeton	Bill Roper	9-0-1	no bowl (HAF)
1905		Chicago	Amos Alonzo Stagg	11-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1904		Pennsylvania	Carl Williams	12-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1903		Princeton	Art Hillenbrand	11-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1902		Michigan	Fielding Yost	11-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1901	Jan. 1, 1902	Michigan	Fielding Yost	11-0-0	won Rose Bowl, 49-0 vs Stanford (HAF)
1900		Yale	Malcolm McBride	12-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1899		Harvard	Benjamin H. Dibblee	10-0-1	no bowl (HAF)
1898		Harvard	W. Cameron Forbes	11-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1897		Pennsylvania	George Woodruff	15-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1896		Princeton	Garrett Cochran	10-0-1	no bowl (HAF)
1895		Pennsylvania	George Woodruff	14-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1894		Yale	William C. Rhodes	16-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1893		Princeton	Tom Trenchard (Capt.)	11-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1892		Yale	Walter Camp	13-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1891		Yale	Walter Camp	13-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1890		Harvard	G. Stewart and G. Adams	11-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1889		Princeton	Edgar Poe (Capt.)	10-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1888		Yale	Walter Camp	13-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1887		Yale	Harry W. Beecher (Capt.)	9-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1886		Yale	Robert N. Corwin (Capt.)	9-0-1	no bowl (HAF)
1885		Princeton	Chas. DeCamp (Capt.)	9-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1884		Yale	Eugene L. Richards (Capt.)	9-0-0	no bowl (HAF)
1883		Yale	Ray Tompkins (Capt.)	8-0-0	no bowl (HAF)

key
AP   Associated Press
BCS  Bowl Championship Series
CFP  College Football Playoff
DS   Dickinson System
HAF  Helms Athletic Foundation
UPI  United Press International
USA  USA Today

*selected as AP champion on a second vote after Rose Bowl 
**vacated as a result of NCAA sanctions