Championship archive
National Champions
Track national champions by year, dynasty leaders, conference share, and the season-by-season record of who claimed the sport's top prize.
92 title seasons30 champion programsLatest season 2025
92
Title seasons recorded
30
Champion programs
12 title seasons
Alabama Crimson Tide leads
Scope
Title seasons count one champion per team-year. Multiple selectors for the same team and season are grouped together so split titles and selector disagreements stay visible.
Program title seasons
Dynasty leaderboard
Compares the programs with the most recognized national-title seasons in the current dataset.
Historical conference share
Conference share
Shows how national-title seasons are distributed across each champion's conference affiliation in that championship year.
Cumulative conference timeline
Conference timeline
89 seasons in motion
Tracks the running national-title season total by each champion's conference at the time, so realignment does not rewrite earlier eras.
Animated through 2025
Archive
By Year
89 seasons grouped
Scroll the full championship timeline to see every winning program and which selectors awarded that season.
2025
Indiana HoosiersBig Ten ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2024
Ohio State BuckeyesBig Ten ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2023
Michigan WolverinesBig Ten ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2022
Georgia BulldogsSoutheastern ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2021
- Georgia BulldogsSoutheastern ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2020
Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2019
LSU TigersSoutheastern ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2018
Clemson TigersAtlantic Coast ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2017
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2016
- Clemson TigersAtlantic Coast ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2015
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2014
- Ohio State BuckeyesBig Ten ConferenceAPCFPCoaches
2013
Florida State SeminolesAtlantic Coast ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2012
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2011
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2010
Auburn TigersSoutheastern ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2009
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2008
Florida GatorsSoutheastern ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2007
- LSU TigersSoutheastern ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2006
- Florida GatorsSoutheastern ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2005
Texas LonghornsBig 12 ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2004
USC TrojansPacific-10 ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2003
- LSU TigersSoutheastern ConferenceBCSCoaches
- USC TrojansPacific-10 ConferenceAP
2002
- Ohio State BuckeyesBig Ten ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2001
Miami HurricanesBig East ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
2000
Oklahoma SoonersBig 12 ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
1999
- Florida State SeminolesAtlantic Coast ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
1998
Tennessee VolunteersSoutheastern ConferenceAPBCSCoaches
1997
- Michigan WolverinesBig Ten ConferenceAP
1996
- Florida GatorsSoutheastern ConferenceAPCoaches
1995
Nebraska CornhuskersBig Eight ConferenceAPCoaches
1994
- Nebraska CornhuskersBig Eight ConferenceAPCoaches
1993
- Florida State SeminolesAtlantic Coast ConferenceAPCoaches
1992
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPCoaches
1991
- Miami HurricanesBig East ConferenceAP
Washington HuskiesPac-12 ConferenceCoaches
1990
Colorado BuffaloesBig Eight ConferenceAP
Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsAtlantic Coast ConferenceCoaches
1989
- Miami HurricanesNCAA Division I FBS independent schoolsAPCoaches
1988
Notre Dame Fighting IrishNCAA Division I independent schoolsAPCoaches
1987
- Miami HurricanesNCAA Division I FBS independent schoolsAPCoaches
1986
Penn State Nittany LionsNCAA Division I FBS independent schoolsAPCoaches
1985
- Oklahoma SoonersBig Eight ConferenceAPCoaches
1984
BYU CougarsWestern Athletic ConferenceAPCoaches
1983
- Miami HurricanesNCAA Division I FBS independent schoolsAP
1982
- Penn State Nittany LionsNCAA Division I FBS independent schoolsAP
1981
- Clemson TigersAtlantic Coast ConferenceAPCoaches
1980
- Georgia BulldogsSoutheastern ConferenceAPCoaches
1979
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPCoaches
1978
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAP
1977
- Notre Dame Fighting IrishNCAA Division I independent schoolsAP
1976
Pittsburgh PanthersNCAA Division I FBS independent schoolsAPCoaches
1975
- Oklahoma SoonersBig Eight ConferenceAPCoaches
1974
- Oklahoma SoonersBig Eight ConferenceAP
1973
- Notre Dame Fighting IrishNCAA Division I independent schoolsAP
1972
- USC TrojansPacific-8 ConferenceAPCoaches
1971
- Nebraska CornhuskersBig Eight ConferenceAPCoaches
1970
- Nebraska CornhuskersBig Eight ConferenceAP
1969
- Texas LonghornsSouthwest ConferenceAPCoaches
1968
- Ohio State BuckeyesBig Ten ConferenceAPCoaches
1967
- USC TrojansAthletic Association of Western UniversitiesAPCoaches
1966
- Notre Dame Fighting IrishNCAA Division independent schoolsAPCoaches
1965
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPCoaches
1964
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPCoaches
1963
- Texas LonghornsSouthwest ConferenceAPCoaches
1962
- USC TrojansAthletic Association of Western UniversitiesAPCoaches
1961
- Alabama Crimson TideSoutheastern ConferenceAPCoaches
1960
Minnesota Golden GophersBig Ten ConferenceAP
1959
Syracuse OrangeNCAA Division I FBS independent schoolsAPCoaches
1958
- LSU TigersSoutheastern ConferenceAPCoaches
1956
- Oklahoma SoonersBig Eight ConferenceAPCoaches
1955
- Oklahoma SoonersBig Eight ConferenceAPCoaches
1954
- Ohio State BuckeyesBig Ten ConferenceAP
1953
Maryland TerrapinsAtlantic Coast ConferenceAPCoaches
1952
Michigan State SpartansNCAA Division I FBS independent schoolsAPCoaches
1951
- Tennessee VolunteersSoutheastern ConferenceAP
1950
- Oklahoma SoonersBig Eight ConferenceAP
1949
- Notre Dame Fighting IrishNCAA Division independent schoolsAP
1948
- Michigan WolverinesBig Ten ConferenceAP
1947
- Notre Dame Fighting IrishNCAA Division independent schoolsAP
1946
- Notre Dame Fighting IrishNCAA Division independent schoolsAP
1945
Army Black KnightsNCAA independent schools prior to divisionsAP
1944
- Army Black KnightsNCAA independent schools prior to divisionsAP
1943
- Notre Dame Fighting IrishNCAA Division independent schoolsAP
1942
- Ohio State BuckeyesBig Ten ConferenceAP
1941
- Minnesota Golden GophersBig Ten ConferenceAP
1940
- Minnesota Golden GophersBig Ten ConferenceAP
1939
Texas A&M AggiesSouthwest ConferenceAP
1938
TCU Horned FrogsSouthwest ConferenceAP
1937
- Pittsburgh PanthersNCAA Division I FBS independent schoolsAP
1936
- Minnesota Golden GophersBig Ten ConferenceAP