| 2023 | Jim Harbaugh | 15 | Michigan | |
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| 2022 | Kirby Smart | 15 | Georgia | |
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| 2021 | Kirby Smart | 14 | Georgia | |
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| 2020 | Nick Saban | 13 | Alabama | |
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| 2019 | Ed Orgeron | 15 | LSU | |
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| 2018 | Dabo Swinney | 15 | Clemson | |
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| 2017 | Paul Chryst | 13 | Wisconsin | |
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| Scott Frost | 13 | UCF | |
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| Nick Saban | 13 | Alabama | |
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| Kirby Smart | 13 | Georgia | |
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| 2016 | Nick Saban | 14 | Alabama | |
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| Dabo Swinney | 14 | Clemson | |
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| 2015 | Nick Saban | 14 | Alabama | |
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| Dabo Swinney | 14 | Clemson | |
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| 2014 | Urban Meyer | 14 | Ohio State | |
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| 2013 | Jimbo Fisher | 14 | Florida State | |
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| 2012 | Nick Saban | 13 | Alabama | |
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| 2011 | Les Miles | 13 | LSU | |
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| 2010 | Gene Chizik | 14 | Auburn | |
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| 2009 | Chris Petersen | 14 | Boise State | |
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| Nick Saban | 14 | Alabama | |
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| 2008 | Urban Meyer | 13 | Florida | |
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| Kyle Whittingham | 13 | Utah | |
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| 2007 | June Jones | 12 | Hawaii | |
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| Mark Mangino | 12 | Kansas | |
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| Les Miles | 12 | LSU | |
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| Gary Pinkel | 12 | Missouri | |
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| 2006 | Urban Meyer | 13 | Florida | |
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| Chris Petersen | 13 | Boise State | |
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| 2005 | Mack Brown | 13 | Texas | |
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| 2004 | Pete Carroll | 13 | USC | record adjusted to 11-0-0 by NCAA |
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| Tommy Tuberville | 13 | Auburn | |
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| 2003 | Dan Hawkins | 13 | Boise State | |
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| Terry Hoeppner | 13 | Miami (OH) | |
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| Nick Saban | 13 | LSU | |
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| 2002 | Jim Tressel | 14 | Ohio State | |
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| 2001 | Larry Coker | 12 | Miami (FL) | |
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| Gary Crowton | 12 | Brigham Young | |
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| 2000 | Bob Stoops | 13 | Oklahoma | |
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| 1999 | Bob Pruett | 13 | Marshall | |
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| 1998 | Phillip Fulmer | 13 | Tennessee | |
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| 1997 | Tom Osborne | 13 | Nebraska | |
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| 1996 | LaVell Edwards | 14 | Brigham Young | |
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| 1995 | Tom Osborne | 12 | Nebraska | |
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| Steve Spurrier | 12 | Florida | |
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| 1994 | Tom Osborne | 13 | Nebraska | |
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| 1993 | Bobby Bowden | 12 | Florida State | |
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| 1992 | Gene Stallings | 13 | Alabama | |
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| 1991 | Dennis Erickson | 12 | Miami (FL) | |
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| Don James | 12 | Washington | |
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| 1990 | Bill McCartney | 11 | Colorado | |
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| Bobby Ross | 11 | Georgia Tech | |
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| 1989 | Lou Holtz | 12 | Notre Dame | |
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| 1988 | Lou Holtz | 12 | Notre Dame | |
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| 1987 | Jimmy Johnson | 12 | Miami (FL) | |
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| 1986 | Joe Paterno | 12 | Penn State | |
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| 1985 | Fisher DeBerry | 12 | Air Force | |
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| 1984 | LaVell Edwards | 13 | Brigham Young | |
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| 1983 | Rey Dempsey | 13 | Southern Illinois | |
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| 1982 | Tom Osborne | 12 | Nebraska | |
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| 1981 | Danny Ford | 12 | Clemson | |
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| 1980 | Vince Dooley | 12 | Georgia | |
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| LaVell Edwards | 12 | Brigham Young | |
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| 1979 | Bear Bryant | 12 | Alabama | |
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| 1978 | John Robinson | 12 | USC | |
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| 1977 | Fred Akers | 11 | Texas | |
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| Bear Bryant | 11 | Alabama | |
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| Dan Devine | 11 | Notre Dame | |
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| Lou Holtz | 11 | Arkansas | |
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| Joe Paterno | 11 | Penn State | |
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| 1976 | Johnny Majors | 12 | Pitt | |
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| 1975 | Frank Kush | 12 | Arizona State | |
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| 1974 | Bear Bryant | 11 | Alabama | |
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| Barry Switzer | 11 | Oklahoma | |
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| 1973 | Joe Paterno | 12 | Penn State | |
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| 1972 | John McKay | 12 | USC | |
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| 1971 | Bob Devaney | 13 | Nebraska | |
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| 1970 | Frank Lauterbur | 12 | Toledo | |
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| 1969 | Don Coryell | 11 | San Diego State | |
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| Frank Lauterbur | 11 | Toledo | |
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| Joe Paterno | 11 | Penn State | |
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| Darrell Royal | 11 | Texas | |
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| 1968 | Joe Paterno | 11 | Penn State | |
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| 1967 | Lloyd Eaton | 10 | Wyoming | |
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| Chuck Fairbanks | 10 | Oklahoma | |
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| John McKay | 10 | USC | |
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| 1966 | Bear Bryant | 11 | Alabama | |
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| 1965 | Frank Broyles | 10 | Arkansas | |
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| Duffy Daugherty | 10 | Michigan State | |
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| Bob Devaney | 10 | Nebraska | |
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| 1964 | Frank Broyles | 11 | Arkansas | |
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| 1963 | Darrell Royal | 11 | Texas | |
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| 1962 | John McKay | 11 | USC | |
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| 1961 | Bear Bryant | 11 | Alabama | |
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| 1960 | Warren Woodson | 11 | New Mexico State | |
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| 1959 | Ben Schwartzwalder | 11 | Syracuse | |
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| 1958 | Paul Dietzel | 11 | LSU | |
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| 1957 | Dan Devine | 10 | Arizona State | |
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| Ralph Jordan | 10 | Auburn | |
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| Bud Wilkinson | 10 | Oklahoma | |
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| 1956 | Phil Dickens | 10 | Wyoming | |
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| Bobby Dodd | 10 | Georgia Tech | |
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| Bud Wilkinson | 10 | Oklahoma | |
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| Bowden Wyatt | 10 | Tennessee | |
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| 1955 | Bud Wilkinson | 11 | Oklahoma | |
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| 1954 | Woody Hayes | 10 | Ohio State | |
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| Bud Wilkinson | 10 | Oklahoma | |
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| 1953 | DeWitt Weaver | 11 | Texas Tech | |
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| 1952 | Bobby Dodd | 12 | Georgia Tech | |
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| 1951 | Bobby Dodd | 11 | Georgia Tech | |
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| 1950 | Bear Bryant | 11 | Kentucky | |
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| Bob Neyland | 11 | Tennessee | |
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| 1949 | Bud Wilkinson | 11 | Oklahoma | |
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| 1948 | Frank Howard | 11 | Clemson | |
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| 1947 | Blair Cherry | 10 | Texas | |
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| Fritz Crisler | 10 | Michigan | |
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| Bobby Dodd | 10 | Georgia Tech | |
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| 1946 | Wallace Butts | 11 | Georgia | |
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| Warren Woodson | 11 | Hardin-Simmons | |
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| 1945 | Dana Bible | 10 | Texas | |
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| Frank Thomas | 10 | Alabama | |
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| 1944 | Frank Tritico | 12 | Randolph Field | |
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| 1943 | Elmer Burnham | 9 | Purdue | |
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| Don Faurot | 9 | Iowa Pre-Flight | |
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| Frank Leahy | 9 | Notre Dame | |
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| 1942 | Wallace Butts | 11 | Georgia | |
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| 1941 | Wallace Butts | 9 | Georgia | |
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| Dell Morgan | 9 | Texas Tech | |
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| Homer Norton | 9 | Texas A&M | |
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| Frank Thomas | 9 | Alabama | |
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| Wallace Wade | 9 | Duke | |
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| 1940 | Frank Leahy | 11 | Boston College | |
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| 1939 | Homer Norton | 11 | Texas A&M | |
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| 1938 | Dutch Meyer | 11 | TCU | |
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| Bob Neyland | 11 | Tennessee | |
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| 1937 | Stub Allison | 10 | California | |
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| 1936 | Dutch Meyer | 9 | TCU | |
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| Bernie Moore | 9 | LSU | |
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| Wallace Wade | 9 | Duke | |
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| 1935 | Madison Bell | 12 | SMU | |
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| Dutch Meyer | 12 | TCU | |
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| 1934 | Ted Cox | 10 | Tulane | |
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| Curtis Parker | 10 | Centenary (LA) | |
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| Frank Thomas | 10 | Alabama | |
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| 1933 | Howard Jones | 10 | USC | |
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| Francis Schmidt | 10 | TCU | |
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| 1932 | Pete Cawthon | 10 | Texas Tech | |
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| Howard Jones | 10 | USC | |
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| Francis Schmidt | 10 | TCU | |
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| 1931 | Bernie Bierman | 11 | Tulane | |
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| 1930 | Knute Rockne | 10 | Notre Dame | |
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| Wallace Wade | 10 | Alabama | |
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| 1929 | O.E. Hollingbery | 10 | Washington State | |
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| Howard Jones | 10 | USC | |
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| 1928 | William Alexander | 10 | Georgia Tech | |
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| 1927 | Enoch Bagshaw | 9 | Washington | |
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| Biff Jones | 9 | Army | |
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| Gus Tebell | 9 | North Carolina State | |
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| George Cecil Woodruff Sr. | 9 | Georgia | |
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| 1926 | Pop Warner | 10 | Stanford | |
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| 1925 | Enoch Bagshaw | 11 | Washington | |
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| Howard Jones | 11 | USC | |
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| 1924 | Knute Rockne | 10 | Notre Dame | |
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| 1923 | Enoch Bagshaw | 10 | Washington | |
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| 1922 | Gus Henderson | 10 | USC | |
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| Clarence Spears | 10 | West Virginia | |
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| 1921 | Charley Moran | 10 | Centre | |
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| Greasy Neale | 10 | Washington & Jefferson | |
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| Knute Rockne | 10 | Notre Dame | |
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| 1920 | Xen Scott | 10 | Alabama | |
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| 1919 | Dana Bible | 10 | Texas A&M | |
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| 1918 | William Juneau | 9 | Texas | |
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| 1917 | Pop Warner | 10 | Pitt | |
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| 1916 | Charles Daly | 9 | Army | |
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| Bubs Mosley | 9 | Baylor | |
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| 1915 | Bennie Owen | 10 | Oklahoma | |
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| 1914 | Bob Folwell | 10 | Washington & Jefferson | |
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| T. G. Trenchard | 10 | North Carolina | |
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| 1913 | Bob Folwell | 10 | Washington & Jefferson | |
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| Pop Warner | 10 | Carlisle | |
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| 1912 | Pop Warner | 12 | Carlisle | |
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| 1911 | Pop Warner | 11 | Carlisle | |
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| 1910 | Joseph Thompson | 9 | Pitt | |
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| 1909 | Howard Jones | 10 | Yale | |
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| 1908 | Sol Metzger | 11 | Pennsylvania | |
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| 1907 | Pop Warner | 10 | Carlisle | |
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| 1906 | William Reid | 10 | Harvard | |
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| 1905 | Fielding Yost | 12 | Michigan | |
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| 1904 | Henry Williams | 13 | Minnesota | |
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| 1903 | Henry Williams | 14 | Minnesota | |
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| 1902 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 14 | Chicago | |
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| 1901 | William Reid | 12 | Harvard | |
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| 1900 | Malcolm McBride | 12 | Yale | |
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| George Washington Woodruff | 12 | Pennsylvania | |
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| 1899 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 16 | Chicago | |
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| 1898 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 14 | Chicago | |
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| 1897 | George Washington Woodruff | 15 | Pennsylvania | |
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| 1896 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 15 | Chicago | |
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| 1895 | George Washington Woodruff | 14 | Pennsylvania | |
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| 1894 | William Rhodes | 16 | Yale | |
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| 1893 | Everett Lake | 12 | Harvard | |
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| George Stewart | 12 | Harvard | |
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| George Washington Woodruff | 12 | Pennsylvania | |
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| 1892 | George Washington Woodruff | 15 | Pennsylvania | |
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| 1891 | George Adams | 13 | Harvard | |
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| Walter Camp | 13 | Yale | |
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| George Stewart | 13 | Harvard | |
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| 1890 | Walter Camp | 13 | Yale | |
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| 1889 | Walter Camp | 16 | Yale | |
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| 1888 | Walter Camp | 13 | Yale | |
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| 1887 | Frank Dole | 6 | Pennsylvania | |
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| 1886 | Frank Mason | 12 | Harvard | |
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| 1885 | Frank Dole | 8 | Pennsylvania | |
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| 1881 | Lucius Littauer | 6 | Harvard | |
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