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
