|
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS |
|
Year |
Team |
Record |
Game |
Coach |
|
1869 |
Princeton |
1-1-0 |
No bowl |
William S. Gummere |
|
1870 |
Princeton |
1-0-0 |
No bowl |
Alexander Van Rensselaer |
|
1871 |
None |
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|
1872 |
Princeton |
1-0-0 |
No bowl |
David T. Marvel |
|
1873 |
Princeton |
1-0-0 |
No bowl |
Cyrus O. Dershimer |
|
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 |
|
1879 |
Princeton |
4-0-1 |
No bowl |
Bland Ballard |
|
1880 |
Princeton
Yale |
4-0-1
4-0-1 |
No bowl
No bowl |
Francis Loney |
|
1881 |
Yale |
5-0-1 |
No bowl |
|
|
1882 |
Yale |
8-0-0 |
No bowl |
|
|
1883 |
Yale |
8-0-0 |
No bowl |
Ray Tompkins |
|
1884 |
Yale |
9-0-0 |
No bowl |
Eugene L. Richards |
|
1885 |
Princeton |
9-0-0 |
No bowl |
Charles DeCamp |
|
1886 |
Yale |
9-0-1 |
No bowl |
Robert N. Corwin |
|
1887 |
Yale |
9-0-0 |
No bowl |
Harry W. Beecher |
|
1888 |
Yale |
13-0-0 |
No bowl |
Walter Camp |
|
1889 |
Princeton |
10-0-0 |
No bowl |
Edgar Poe |
|
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 |
|
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: Arkansas 24-9 |
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 |
Jim Tressel |
|
2003 |
LSU (National Champs)
USC (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 |
14-0 |
BCS Championship Game:
Beat Texas 37-21 |
Nick Saban |
|
2010 |
Auburn |
14-0 |
BCS Championship Game:
Beat Oregon 22-19 |
Gene Chizik |
