All-Time National Champions:
1869  Princeton  1-1-0  No bowl  William S. Gummere (Capt.)
1870  Princeton  1-0-0  No bowl  Alexander Van Rensselaer (Capt.)
1871  None  ------  ------  ------
1872  Princeton  1-0-0  No bowl  David T. Marvel (Capt.)
1873  Princeton  1-0-0  No bowl  Cyrus O. Dershimer (Capt.)
1874  Yale  3-0-0  No bowl  ?
1875  Harvard  4-0-0  No bowl  ?
1876  Yale  3-0-0  No bowl  ?
1877  Yale  3-0-1  No bowl  ?
1878  Princeton  6-0-0  No bowl  Bland Ballard (Capt.)
1879  Princeton  4-0-1  No bowl  Bland Ballard (Capt.)
1880  Princeton
Yale  4-0-1
4-0-1  No bowl
No bowl  Francis Loney (Capt.)
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1881  Yale  5-0-1  No bowl  ?
1882  Yale  8-0-0  No bowl  ?
1883  Yale  8-0-0  No bowl  Ray Tompkins (Capt.)
1884  Yale  9-0-0  No bowl  Eugene L. Richards (Capt.)
1885  Princeton  9-0-0  No bowl  Charles DeCamp (Capt.)
1886  Yale  9-0-1  No bowl  Robert N. Corwin (Capt.)
1887  Yale  9-0-0  No bowl  Harry W. Beecher (Capt.)
1888  Yale  13-0-0  No bowl  Walter Camp
1889  Princeton  10-0-0  No bowl  Edgar Poe (Capt.)
1890  Harvard  11-0-0  No bowl  George A. Stewart
George C. Adams
1891  Yale  13-0-0  No bowl  Walter Camp
1892  Yale  13-0-0  No bowl  Walter Camp
1893  Princeton  11-0-0  No bowl  Tom Trenchard (Capt.)
1894  Yale  16-0-0  No bowl  William C. Rhodes
1895  Pennsylvania  14-0-0  No bowl  George Woodruff
1896  Princeton  10-0-1  No bowl  Parke H. Davis
1897  Pennsylvania  15-0-0  No bowl  George Woodruff
1898  Harvard  11-0-0  No bowl  W. Cameron Forbes
1899  Harvard  10-0-1  No bowl  Benjamin H. Dibblee
1900  Yale  12-0-0  No bowl  Malcolm McBride
1901  Michigan  11-0-0  Rose: Beat Stanford 49-0
Season: Outscored opposition 550-0  Fielding Yost
1902  Michigan  11-0-0  No bowl  Fielding Yost
1903  Princeton  11-0-0  No bowl  Hart Hillebrand
1904  Pennsylvania  12-0-0  No bowl  Carl Williams
1905  Chicago  11-0-0  No bowl  Amos Alonzo Stagg
1906  Princeton  9-0-1  No bowl  Bill Roper
1907  Yale  9-0-1  No bowl  Bill Knox
1908  Pennsylvania  11-0-1  No bowl  Sol Metzger
1909  Yale  10-0-0  No bowl  Howard Jones
1910  Harvard  8-0-1  No bowl  Percy Houghton
1911  Princeton  8-0-2  No bowl  Bill Roper
1912  Harvard  9-0-0  No bowl  Percy Houghton
1913  Harvard  9-0-0  No bowl  Percy Houghton
1914  Army  9-0-0  No bowl  Charley Daly
1915  Cornell  9-0-0  No bowl  Al Sharpe
1916  Pittsburgh  8-0-0  No bowl  Glenn "Pop" Warner
1917  Georgia Tech  9-0-0  No bowl  John Heisman
1918  Pittsburgh  4-1-0  No bowl  Glenn "Pop" Warner
1919  Harvard  9-0-1  No bowl  Bob Fisher
1920  California  9-0-0  No bowl  Andy Smith
1921  Cornell  8-0-0  No bowl  Gil Dobie
1922  Cornell  8-0-0  No bowl  Gil Dobie
1923  Illinois  8-0-0  No bowl  Bob Zuppke
1924  Notre Dame  10-0-0  Rose: Beat Stanford 27-10  Knute Rockne
1925  Alabama (H)
Dartmouth (D)  10-0-0
8-0-0  Rose: Beat Washington 20-19
No bowl  Wallace Wade
Jesse Hawley
1926  Alabama (H)
Stanford (H, D)  9-0-1
10-0-1  Rose: Alabama and Stanford tied 7-7  Wallace Wade
Glenn "Pop" Warner
1927  Illinois  7-0-1  No bowl  Bob Zuppke
1928  Georgia Tech (H)
USC (D)  10-0-0
9-0-1  Rose: Beat Cal 8-7
No bowl  Bill Alexander
Howard Jones
1929  Notre Dame  9-0-0  No bowl  Knute Rockne
1930  Notre Dame  10-0-0  No bowl  Knute Rockne
1931  USC  10-1-0  Rose: Beat Tulane 21-12  Howard Jones
1932  USC (H)
Michigan (D)  10-0-0
8-0-0  Rose: Beat Pitt 35-0
No bowl  Howard Jones
Harry Kipke
1933  Michigan  7-0-1  No bowl  Harry Kipke
1934  Minnesota  8-0-0  No bowl  Bernie Bierman
1935  Minnesota (H)
SMU (D)  8-0-0
12-1-0  No bowl
Bowl: Lost Stanford 7-0  Bernie Bierman
Matty Bell
1936  Minnesota  7-1-0  No bowl  Bernie Bierman
1937  Pittsburgh  9-0-1  No bowl  Jock Sutherland
1938  TCU (AP)
Notre Dame (D)  11-0-0
8-1-0  Sugar: Beat Carnegie Tech 15-7
No bowl  Dutch Meyer
Elmer Layden
1939  USC (D)
Texas A&M (AP)  8-0-2
11-0-0  Rose: Beat Tennessee 14-0
Sugar: Beat Tulane 14-13  Howard Jones
Homer Norton
1940  Minnesota  8-0-0  No bowl  Bernie Bierman
1941  Minnesota  8-0-0  No bowl  Bernie Bierman
1942  Ohio State  9-1-0  No bowl  Paul Brown
1943  Notre Dame  9-1-0  No bowl  Frank Leahy
1944  Army  9-0-0  No bowl  Red Blaik
1945  Army  9-0-0  No bowl  Red Blaik
1946  Notre Dame  8-0-1  No bowl  Frank Leahy
*-1947  Notre Dame  9-0-0  No bowl  Frank Leahy
1948  Michigan  9-0-0  No bowl  Bennie Oosterbaan
1949  Notre Dame  10-0-0  No bowl  Frank Leahy
1950  Oklahoma  10-1-0  Sugar: Lost Kentucky 13-0  Bud Wilkinson
1951  Tennessee  10-1-0  Sugar: Lost Maryland 28-13  Bob Neyland
1952  Michigan State  9-0-0  No bowl  Biggie Munn
1953  Maryland  10-1-0  Orange: Lost Oklahoma 7-0  Jim Tatum
1954  Ohio State (AP)
UCLA (UPI)  10-0-0
9-0-0  Rose: Beat USC 20-7
No bowl  Woody Hayes
Red Sanders
1955  Oklahoma  11-0-0  Orange: Beat Maryland 20-6  Bud Wilkinson
1956  Oklahoma  10-0-0  No bowl  Bud Wilkinson
1957  Auburn (AP)
Ohio State (UPI)  10-0-0
9-1-0  No bowl
Rose: Beat Oregon 10-7  Shug Jordan
Woody Hayes
1958  LSU  11-0-0  Sugar: Beat Clemson 7-0  Paul Dietzel
1959  Syracuse  11-0-0  Cotton: Beat Texas 23-14  Ben Schwartzwalder
1960  Minnesota  8-2-0  Rose: Lost Washington 17-7  Murray Warmath
1961  Alabama  11-0-0  Sugar: Beat Arkansas 10-3  Bear Bryant
1962  USC  11-0-0  Rose: Beat Wisconsin 42-37  John McKay
1963  Texas  11-0-0  Cotton: Beat Navy 28-6  Darrell Royal
1964  Alabama  10-1-0  Orange: Lost Texas 21-17  Bear Bryant
1965  Alabama (AP)
Michigan State (UPI)  9-1-1
10-1-0  Orange: Beat Nebraska 39-28
Rose: Lost UCLA 14-12  Bear Bryant
Duffy Daugherty
1966  Notre Dame  9-0-1  No bowl  Ara Parseghian
1967  USC  10-1-0  Rose: Beat Indiana 14-3  John McKay
1968  Ohio State  10-0-0  Rose: Beat USC 27-16  Woody Hayes
1969
 Texas
 11-0-0
 Cotton: Beat Notre Dame 21-17
 Darrell Royal
1970  Nebraska (AP)
Texas (UPI)
 11-0-1
10-1-0
 Orange: Beat LSU 17-12
Cotton: Lost Notre Dame 24-11  Bob Devaney
Darrell Royal
1971  Nebraska  13-0-0  Orange: Beat Alabama 38-6  Bob Devaney
1972  USC  12-0-0  Rose: Beat Ohio State 42-17  John McKay
1973  Notre Dame (AP)
Alabama (UPI)  11-0-0
11-1-0  Sugar: Beat Alabama 24-23
Sugar: Lost Notre Dame 24-23  Ara Parseghian
Bear Bryant
1974  Oklahoma (AP)
USC (UPI)  11-0-0
10-1-1  No bowl
Rose: Beat Ohio State 18-17  Barry Switzer
John McKay
1975  Oklahoma  11-1-0  Orange: Beat Michigan 14-6  Barry Switzer
1976  Pittsburgh  12-0-0  Sugar: Beat Georgia 27-3  Johnny Majors
1977  Notre Dame  11-1-0  Cotton: Beat Texas 38-10  Dan Devine
1978  Alabama (AP)
USC (UPI)  11-1-0
12-1-0  Sugar: Beat Penn State 14-7
Rose: Beat Michigan 17-10  Bear Bryant
John Robinson
1979  Alabama  12-0-0  Sugar: Baylor 30-2  Bear Bryant
1980  Georgia  12-0-0  Sugar: Beat Notre Dame 17-10  Vince Dooley
1981  Clemson  12-0-0  Orange: Beat Nebraska 22-15  Danny Ford
1982  Penn State  11-1-0  Sugar: Beat Georgia 27-23  Joe Paterno
1983  Miami, Fla.  11-1-0  Orange: Beat Nebraska 31-30  Howard Schnellenberger
1984  Brigham Young  13-0-0  Holiday: Beat Michigan 24-17  LaVell Edwards
1985
 Oklahoma
 11-1-0
 Orange: Beat Penn State 25-10  Barry Switzer
1986  Penn State  12-0-0  Fiesta: Beat Miami 14-10  Joe Paterno
1987  Miami, Fla.  12-0-0  Orange: Beat Oklahoma 20-14  Jimmy Johnson
1988
 Notre Dame
 12-0-0
 Fiesta: Beat West Virginia 34-21  Lou Holtz
1989  Miami, Fla.  11-1-0  Sugar: Beat Alabama 33-25  Dennis Erickson
1990  Colorado (AP)
Georgia Tech (UPI)  11-1-1
11-0-1  Orange: Beat Notre Dame 10-9
Citrus: Beat Nebraska 45-21  Bill McCartney
Bobby Ross
1991  Miami, Fla. (AP)
Washington (Coaches)  12-0-0
12-0-0  Orange: Beat Nebraska 22-0
Rose: Beat Michigan 34-14
 Dennis Erickson
Don James
1992  Alabama  13-0-0  Sugar: Beat Miami 34-13  Gene Stallings
1993  Florida State  12-1-0  Orange: Beat Nebraska 18-16  Bobby Bowden
1994
 Nebraska
 13-0-0
 Orange: Beat Miami, Fla. 24-17  Tom Osborne
1995  Nebraska  12-0-0  Fiesta: Beat Florida 62-24  Tom Osborne
1996  Florida  12-1  Sugar: Beat Florida St. 52-20  Steve Spurrier
1997  Michigan (AP)
Nebraska (Coaches)  12-0
13-0  Rose: Beat Wash. St. 21-16
Orange: Beat Tennessee 42-17  Lloyd Carr
Tom Osborne
1998  Tennessee  13-0  Fiesta: Beat Florida St. 23-16  Phillip Fulmer
1999  Florida State  12-0  Sugar: Beat Va. Tech 46-29  Bobby Bowden
2000  Oklahoma  13-0  Orange: Beat Florida St. 13-2  Bob Stoops
2001  Miami, Fla.  12-0  Rose: Beat Nebraska 37-14  Larry Coker
2002  Ohio State  14-0  Fiesta: Beat Miami, Fla. 31-24 (2 ot)  Jim Tressel
2003  LSU (BCS National Champs)
USC (#1 in AP Poll)  13-1
12-1  Sugar: Beat Oklahoma 21-14
Rose: Beat Michigan 28-14  Nick Saban
Pete Carroll
2004  USC  13-0  Orange: Beat Oklahoma 55-19  Pete Carroll
2005  Texas  13-0  Rose: Beat USC 41-38  Mack Brown
2006  Florida  13-1  BCS Championship Game:
Beat Ohio State 41-14  Urban Meyer
2007  LSU  12-2  BCS Championship Game:
Beat Ohio State 38-24  Les Miles
2008  Florida  13-1  BCS Championship Game:
Beat Oklahoma 24-14  Urban Meyer
2009  Alabama (BCS National Champions)
Boise State 14-0 (The Sports Times Network Co-Champions with Alabama)
 14-0  BCS Championship Game:
Beat Texas 37-21
Fiesta: Beat TCU 17-10