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College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS

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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. The term Division 1A was not used until 1978 before that major college champion was often used. Division 1A football is the only sport (including the other levels of football) sponsored by the NCAA that does not have an offical championship game. Below are some of the 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



  • Year
  • Champion
  • Record
  • Bowl Game if one
  • 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
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