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NCAA Division 1A Football Champions
Each year since 1883 a college football champions has been declared. Although
the method has evolved overthe years the tradition is carried on today
with a NCAA Division 1A Football Champion being compiled by the BCS computers.
Below are some of the other selectors:
Helms Athletic Foundation (H) 1883–1935
The Dickinson System (D) 1924–40
The Associated Press (AP) 1936–present,
United Press International
(UPI) 1958–90,
USA Today/CNN (CNN) 1991–96,
USA Today/ESPN (ESPN)
1997–present
BCS selection process
Be sure to check out the previous NCAA Football Champions below.
Other college football pages on Rauzulu's Street:
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| Year |
Champion |
Record |
Bowl Game |
Head Coach |
| 1883 |
Yale |
8-0-0 |
No bowl |
Ray Tompkins (Captain) |
| 1884 |
Yale |
9-0-0 |
No bowl |
Eugene L. Richards (Captain) |
| 1885 |
Princeton |
9-0-0 |
No bowl |
Charles DeCamp (Captain) |
| 1886 |
Yale |
9-0-1 |
No bowl |
Robert N. Corwin (Captain) |
| 1887 |
Yale |
9-0-0 |
No bowl |
Harry W. Beecher (Captain) |
| 1888 |
Yale |
13-0-0 |
No bowl |
Walter Camp |
| 1889 |
Princeton |
10-0-0 |
No bowl |
Edgar Poe (Captain) |
| 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 (Captain) |
| 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 |
Garrett Cochran |
| 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 |
Won Rose |
Fielding Yost |
| 1902 |
Michigan |
11-0-0 |
No bowl |
Fielding Yost |
| 1903 |
Princeton |
11-0-0 |
No bowl |
Art 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 |
Pop Warner |
| 1917 |
Georgia Tech |
9-0-0 |
No bowl |
John Heisman |
| 1918 |
Pittsburgh |
4-1-0 |
No bowl |
Pop Warner |
| 1919 |
Harvard |
9-0-1 |
Won Rose |
Bob Fisher |
| 1920 |
California |
9-0-0 |
Won Rose |
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 |
Won Rose |
Knute Rockne |
| 1925 |
Alabama (H) |
10-0-0 |
Won Rose |
Wallace Wade |
| Dartmouth (D) |
8-0-0 |
No bowl |
Jesse Hawley |
|
| 1926 |
Alabama (H) |
9-0-1 |
Tied Rose |
Wallace Wade |
| Stanford (D)(H) |
10-0-1 |
Tied Rose |
Pop Warner |
|
| 1927 |
Illinois |
7-0-1 |
No bowl |
Bob Zuppke |
| 1928 |
Georgia Tech (H) |
10-0-0 |
Won Rose |
Bill Alexander |
| USC (D) |
9-0-1 |
No bowl |
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 |
Won Rose |
Howard Jones |
| 1932 |
USC (H) |
10-0-0 |
Won Rose |
Howard Jones |
| Michigan (D) |
8-0-0 |
No bowl |
Harry Kipke |
|
| 1933 |
Michigan |
7-0-1 |
No bowl |
Harry Kipke |
| 1934 |
Minnesota |
8-0-0 |
No bowl |
Bernie Bierman |
| 1935 |
Minnesota (H) |
8-0-0 |
No bowl |
Bernie Bierman |
| SMU (D) |
12-1-0 |
Lost Rose |
Matty Bell |
|
| 1936 |
Minnesota |
7-1-0 |
No bowl |
Bernie Bierman |
| 1937 |
Pittsburgh |
9-0-1 |
No bowl |
Jock Sutherland |
| 1938 |
TCU (AP) |
11-0-0 |
Won Sugar |
Dutch Meyer |
| Notre Dame (D) |
8-1-0 |
No bowl |
Elmer Layden |
|
| 1939 |
USC (D) |
8-0-2 |
Won Rose |
Howard Jones |
| Texas A&M (AP) |
11-0-0 |
Won Sugar |
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 |
| Michigan* |
10-0-0 |
Won Rose |
Fritz Crisler |
|
| 1948 |
Michigan |
9-0-0 |
No bowl |
Bennie Oosterbaan |
| 1949 |
Notre Dame |
10-0-0 |
No bowl |
Frank Leahy |
| 1950 |
Oklahoma |
10-1-0 |
Lost Sugar |
Bud Wilkinson |
| 1951 |
Tennessee |
10-1-0 |
Lost Sugar |
Bob Neyland |
| 1952 |
Michigan State |
9-0-0 |
No bowl |
Biggie Munn |
| 1953 |
Maryland |
10-1-0 |
Lost Orange |
Jim Tatum |
| 1954 |
Ohio State |
10-0-0 |
Won Rose |
Woody Hayes |
| UCLA (UPI) |
9-0-0 |
No bowl |
Red Sanders |
|
| 1955 |
Oklahoma |
11-0-0 |
Won Orange |
Bud Wilkinson |
| 1956 |
Oklahoma |
10-0-0 |
No bowl |
Bud Wilkinson |
| 1957 |
Auburn |
10-0-0 |
No bowl |
Shug Jordan |
| Ohio State (UPI) |
9-1-0 |
Won Rose |
Woody Hayes |
|
| 1958 |
LSU |
11-0-0 |
Won Sugar |
Paul Dietzel |
| 1959 |
Syracuse |
11-0-0 |
Won Cotton |
Ben Schwartzwalder |
| 1960 |
Minnesota |
8-2-0 |
Lost Rose |
Murray Warmath |
| 1961 |
Alabama |
11-0-0 |
Won Sugar |
Bear Bryant |
| 1962 |
USC |
11-0-0 |
Won Rose |
John McKay |
| 1963 |
Texas |
11-0-0 |
Won Cotton |
Darrell Royal |
| 1964 |
Alabama |
10-1-0 |
Lost Orange |
Bear Bryant |
| 1965 |
Alabama |
9-1-1 |
Won Orange |
Bear Bryant |
| Michigan State (UPI) |
10-1-0 |
Lost Rose |
Duffy Daugherty |
|
| 1966 |
Notre Dame |
9-0-1 |
No bowl |
Ara Parseghian |
| 1967 |
USC |
10-1-0 |
Won Rose |
John McKay |
| 1968 |
Ohio State |
10-0-0 |
Won Rose |
Woody Hayes |
| 1969 |
Texas |
11-0-0 |
Won Cotton |
Darrell Royal |
| 1970 |
Nebraska |
11-0-1 |
Won Orange |
Bob Devaney |
| Texas (UPI) |
10-1-0 |
Lost Cotton |
Darrell Royal |
|
| 1971 |
Nebraska |
13-0-0 |
Won Orange |
Bob Devaney |
| 1972 |
USC |
12-0-0 |
Won Rose |
John McKay |
| 1973 |
Notre Dame |
11-0-0 |
Won Sugar |
Ara Parseghian |
| Alabama (UPI) |
11-1-0 |
Lost Sugar |
Bear Bryant |
|
| 1974 |
Oklahoma |
11-0-0 |
No bowl |
Barry Switzer |
| USC (UPI) |
10-1-1 |
Won Rose |
John McKay |
|
| 1975 |
Oklahoma |
11-1-0 |
Won Orange |
Barry Switzer |
| 1976 |
Pittsburgh |
12-0-0 |
Won Sugar |
Johnny Majors |
| 1977 |
Notre Dame |
11-1-0 |
Won Cotton |
Dan Devine |
| 1978 |
Alabama |
11-1-0 |
Won Sugar |
Bear Bryant |
| USC (UPI) |
12-1-0 |
Won Rose |
John Robinson |
|
| 1979 |
Alabama |
12-0-0 |
Won Sugar |
Bear Bryant |
| 1980 |
Georgia |
12-0-0 |
Won Sugar |
Vince Dooley |
| 1981 |
Clemson |
12-0-0 |
Won Orange |
Danny Ford |
| 1982 |
Penn State |
11-1-0 |
Won Sugar |
Joe Paterno |
| 1983 |
Miami (FL) |
11-1-0 |
Won Orange |
Howard Schnellenberger |
| 1984 |
BYU |
13-0-0 |
Won Holiday |
LaVell Edwards |
| 1985 |
Oklahoma |
11-1-0 |
Won Orange |
Barry Switzer |
| 1986 |
Penn State |
12-0-0 |
Won Fiesta |
Joe Paterno |
| 1987 |
Miami (FL) |
12-0-0 |
Won Orange |
Jimmy Johnson |
| 1988 |
Notre Dame |
12-0-0 |
Won Fiesta |
Lou Holtz |
| 1989 |
Miami (FL) |
11-1-0 |
Won Sugar |
Dennis Erickson |
| 1990 |
Colorado |
11-1-1 |
Won Orange |
Bill McCartney |
| Georgia Tech (UPI) |
11-0-1 |
Won Citrus |
Bobby Ross |
|
| 1991 |
Miami (FL) |
12-0-0 |
Won Orange |
Dennis Erickson |
| Washington (CNN) |
12-0-0 |
Won Rose |
Don James |
|
| 1992 |
Alabama |
13-0-0 |
Won Sugar |
Gene Stallings |
| 1993 |
Florida State |
12-1-0 |
Won Orange |
Bobby Bowden |
| 1994 |
Nebraska |
13-0-0 |
Won Orange |
Tom Osborne |
| 1995 |
Nebraska |
12-0-0 |
Won Fiesta |
Tom Osborne |
| †1996 |
Florida |
12–1 |
Won Sugar |
Steve Spurrier |
| 1997 |
Michigan |
12–0 |
Won Rose |
Lloyd Carr |
| Nebraska (ESPN) |
13–0 |
Won Orange |
Tom Osborne |
|
| 1998 |
Tennessee |
13–0 |
Won Fiesta |
Phillip Fulmer |
| 1999 |
Florida State |
12-0 |
Won Sugar |
Bobby Bowden |
| 2000 |
Oklahoma |
13-0 |
Won Orange |
Bob Stoops |
| 2001 |
Miami (FL) |
12-0 |
Won Rose |
Larry Coker |
| 2002 |
Ohio State |
14-0 |
Won Fiesta |
Jim Tressel |
2003 |
LSU (BCS) |
13-1 |
Won Sugar |
Nick Saban |
|
USC (AP) |
12-1 |
Won Rose |
Pete Carroll |
2004 |
USC |
13-0 |
Won Orange |
Pete Carroll |
2005 |
Texas |
13-0 |
Won Rose |
Mack Brown |
2006** |
Florida defeated Ohio State |
41-14 |
Won BCS National Championship Game |
Urban Meyer |
2007 |
LSU defeated Ohio State |
38-24 |
Won BCS National Championship Game |
Les Miles |
2008 |
Florida defeated Oklahoma |
24-14 |
Won BCS National Championship Game |
Urban Meyer |
*The AP, which had voted Notre Dame No. 1,
took a second vote, giving the national title to Michigan
after its 49–0 win over USC in the Rose Bowl.
†In 1996 the NCAA introduced overtime to break ties.
**Beginning with the 2006 season, the National Championship Game became a separate event from the host bowl played at the same site as the host one week after New Year's Day. The game's location will rotate between the sites of the BCS bowls