The College Football Playoff National Championship takes place on Monday night in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ahead of latest national title game, it’s time to take a look back throughout college football history at all of the national champions that have come before.
Alabama holds the most national championships in the history of the poll era with 11 — three more than Notre Dame and Ohio State — but they still trail Yale, which hold 17, on the all-time list. The early years have been retroactively acknowledged by the NCAA.
When is the last time your favorite program lifted the championship trophy?
The full list of college football national championship winners can be seen below, via NCAA.com:
YEAR | CHAMPION | SELECTING ORGANIZATION |
---|---|---|
2017 | Alabama | CFP |
2016 | Clemson | CFP |
2015 | Alabama | CFP |
2014 | Ohio State | CFP |
2013 | Florida State | BCS |
2012 | Alabama | BCS |
2011 | Alabama | BCS |
2010 | Auburn | BCS |
2009 | Alabama | BCS |
2008 | Florida | BCS |
2007 | Louisiana State | BCS |
2006 | Florida | BCS |
2005 | Texas | BCS |
2004 | Southern California | BCS |
2003 | Louisiana State, Southern California | BCS, AP, FWAA |
2002 | Ohio State | BCS |
2001 | Miami (Fla.) | BCS |
2000 | Oklahoma | BCS |
1999 | Florida State | BCS |
1998 | Tennessee | BCS |
1997 | Michigan, Nebraska | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/ESPN |
1996 | Florida | AP, FWAA, NFF,USA/CNN |
1995 | Nebraska | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1994 | Nebraska | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1993 | Florida St. | AP, FWAA,NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1992 | Alabama | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1991 | Washington, Miami (Fla.) | FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI,AP |
1990 | Colorado, Georgia Tech | FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, AP, UPI |
1989 | Miami (Fla.) | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1988 | Notre Dame | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1987 | Miami (Fla.) | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1986 | Penn St. | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1985 | Oklahoma | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1984 | Brigham Young | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1983 | Miami (Fla.) | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1982 | Penn St. | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
1981 | Clemson | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1980 | Georgia | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1979 | Alabama | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1978 | Alabama, Southern California | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1977 | Notre Dame | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1976 | Pittsburgh | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1975 | Oklahoma | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1974 | Southern California, Oklahoma | FWAA, NFF, UPI, AP |
1973 | Notre Dame, Alabama | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1972 | Southern California | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1971 | Nebraska | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1970 | Nebraska, Texas, Ohio St. | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, NFF |
1969 | Texas | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1968 | Ohio St. | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1967 | Southern California | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1966 | Notre Dame, Michigan St. | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, NFF |
1965 | Michigan St., Alabama | FWAA, NFF, UPI, AP |
1964 | Alabama, Arkansas, Notre Dame | AP, UPI, FWAA, NFF |
1963 | Texas | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1962 | Southern California | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1961 | Alabama, Ohio St. | AP, NFF, UPI, FWAA |
1960 | Minnesota, Mississippi | AP, NFF, UPI, FWAA |
1959 | Syracuse | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
1958 | LSU, Iowa | AP, UPI, FWAA |
1957 | Ohio St., Auburn | FWAA, UPI, AP |
1956 | Oklahoma | AP, FWAA, UPI |
1955 | Oklahoma | AP, FWAA, UPI |
1954 | UCLA, Ohio St. | FWAA, UPI, AP |
1953 | Maryland | AP, UPI |
1952 | Michigan St. | AP, UPI |
1951 | Tennessee | AP, UPI |
1950 | Oklahoma | AP, UPI |
1949 | Notre Dame | AP |
1948 | Michigan | AP |
1947 | Notre Dame | AP |
1946 | Notre Dame | AP |
1945 | Army | AP |
1944 | Army | AP |
1943 | Notre Dame | AP |
1942 | Ohio St. | AP |
1941 | Minnesota | AP |
1940 | Minnesota | AP |
1939 | Texas A&M | AP |
1938 | Texas Christian | AP |
1937 | Pittsburgh | AP |
1936 | Minnesota | AP |
1935 | Minnesota | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1934 | Minnesota | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1933 | Michigan | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1932 | Southern California | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1931 | Southern California | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1930 | Alabama, Notre Dame | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1929 | Notre Dame | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1928 | Georgia Tech. | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1927 | Illinois, Yale | HAF, NCF, CFRA |
1926 | Alabama, Stanford | CFRA, HAF, NCF, HAF |
1925 | Alabama | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1924 | Notre Dame | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1923 | Illinois, Michigan | CFRA, HAF, NCF, NCF |
1922 | California, Cornell, Princeton | NCF, HAF, CFRA, NCF |
1921 | California, Cornell | CFRA, NCF, HAF |
1920 | California | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
1919 | Harvard, Illinois, Notre Dame, Texas A&M | CFRA, HAF, NCF, CFRA, NCF, NCF |
1918 | Michigan, Pittsburgh | NCF, HAF, NCF |
1917 | Georgia Tech. | HAF, NCF |
1916 | Pittsburgh | HAF, NCF |
1915 | Cornell | HAF, NCF |
1914 | Army | HAF, NCF |
1913 | Harvard | HAF, NCF |
1912 | Harvard, Penn St. | HAF, NCF, NCF |
1911 | Penn St., Princeton | NCF, HAF, NCF |
1910 | Harvard, Pittsburgh | HAF, NCF, NCF |
1909 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1908 | LSU, Pennsylvania | NCF, HAF, NCF |
1907 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1906 | Princeton | HAF, NCF |
1905 | Chicago | HAF, NCF |
1904 | Michigan, Pennsylvania | NCF, HAF, NCF |
1903 | Michigan, Princeton | NCF, HAF, NCF |
1902 | Michigan | HAF, NCF |
1901 | Michigan | HAF, NCF |
1900 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1899 | Harvard | HAF, NCF |
1898 | Harvard | HAF, NCF |
1897 | Pennsylvania | HAF, NCF |
1896 | Lafayette, Princeton | NCF, HAF, NCF |
1895 | Pennsylvania | HAF, NCF |
1894 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1893 | Princeton | HAF, NCF |
1892 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1891 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1890 | Harvard | HAF, NCF |
1889 | Princeton | HAF, NCF |
1888 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1887 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1886 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1885 | Princeton | HAF, NCF |
1884 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1883 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
1882 | Yale | NCF |
1881 | Yale | NCF |
1880 | Princeton, Yale | NCF, NCF |
1879 | Princeton | NCF |
1878 | Princeton | NCF |
1877 | Yale | NCF |
1876 | Yale | NCF |
1875 | Harvard | NCF |
1874 | Yale | NCF |
1873 | Princeton | NCF |
1872 | Princeton | NCF |
1871 | None selected | NCF |
1870 | Princeton | NCF |
1869 | Princeton, Rutgers | NCF |
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