College Football National Champions and Seasons

151 Years

151 Years Table
Year National Champion Heisman Trophy
2020
2019LSU (AP, CFP)Joe Burrow
2018Clemson (AP, CFP)Kyler Murray
2017Alabama (AP, CFP)Baker Mayfield
2016Clemson (AP, CFP)Lamar Jackson
2015Alabama (AP, CFP)Derrick Henry
2014Ohio State (AP, CFP)Marcus Mariota
2013Florida State (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)Jameis Winston
2012Alabama (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)Johnny Manziel
2011Alabama (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)Robert Griffin III
2010Auburn (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)Cam Newton
2009Alabama (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)Mark Ingram
2008Florida (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)Sam Bradford
2007LSU (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)Tim Tebow
2006Florida (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)Troy Smith
2005Texas (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA)Reggie Bush
2004USC (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA-ESPN)Matt Leinart
2003LSU (BCS, NFF, USA-ESPN), USC (AP, FWAA)Jason White
2002Ohio State (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA-ESPN)Carson Palmer
2001Miami (FL) (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA-ESPN)Eric Crouch
2000Oklahoma (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA-ESPN)Chris Weinke
1999Florida State (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA-ESPN)Ron Dayne
1998Tennessee (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA-ESPN)Ricky Williams
1997Michigan (AP, FWAA, NFF), Nebraska (USA-ESPN)Charles Woodson
1996Florida (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA-CNN)Danny Wuerffel
1995Nebraska (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)Eddie George
1994Nebraska (AP, FWAA, UPI, USA-CNN, USA-NFF)Rashaan Salaam
1993Florida State (AP, FWAA, UPI, USA-CNN, USA-NFF)Charlie Ward
1992Alabama (AP, FWAA, UPI-NFF, USA-CNN)Gino Torretta
1991Washington (FWAA, UPI-NFF, USA-CNN), Miami (FL) (AP)Desmond Howard
1990Colorado (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA-CNN), Georgia Tech (UPI)Ty Detmer
1989Miami (FL) (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)Andre Ware
1988Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)Barry Sanders
1987Miami (FL) (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)Tim Brown
1986Penn State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)Vinny Testaverde
1985Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)Bo Jackson
1984Brigham Young (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)Doug Flutie
1983Miami (FL) (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)Mike Rozier
1982Penn State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN)Herschel Walker
1981Clemson (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Marcus Allen
1980Georgia (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)George Rogers
1979Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Charles White
1978Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF), USC (UPI)Billy Sims
1977Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Earl Campbell
1976Pitt (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Tony Dorsett
1975Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Archie Griffin
1974USC (FWAA, NFF, UPI), Oklahoma (AP)Archie Griffin
1973Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF), Alabama (UPI)John Cappelletti
1972USC (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Johnny Rodgers
1971Nebraska (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Pat Sullivan
1970Texas (NFF, UPI), Nebraska (AP, FWAA), Ohio State (NFF)Jim Plunkett
1969Texas (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Steve Owens
1968Ohio State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)O.J. Simpson
1967USC (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Gary Beban
1966Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI), Michigan State (NFF)Steve Spurrier
1965Michigan State (FWAA, NFF, UPI), Alabama (AP, FWAA)Mike Garrett
1964Alabama (AP, UPI), Arkansas (FWAA), Notre Dame (NFF)John Huarte
1963Texas (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Roger Staubach
1962USC (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Terry Baker
1961Alabama (AP, NFF, UPI), Ohio State (FWAA)Ernie Davis
1960Minnesota (AP, NFF, UPI), Ole Miss (FWAA)Joe Bellino
1959Syracuse (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)Billy Cannon
1958LSU (AP, UPI), Iowa (FWAA)Pete Dawkins
1957Ohio State (FWAA, UPI), Auburn (AP)John David Crow
1956Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, UPI)Paul Hornung
1955Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, UPI)Howard Cassady
1954UCLA (FWAA, UPI), Ohio State (AP)Alan Ameche
1953Maryland (AP, UPI)Johnny Lattner
1952Michigan State (AP, UPI)Billy Vessels
1951Tennessee (AP, UPI)Dick Kazmaier
1950Oklahoma (AP, UPI)Vic Janowicz
1949Notre Dame (AP)Leon Hart
1948Michigan (AP)Doak Walker
1947Notre Dame (AP)Johnny Lujack
1946Notre Dame (AP)Glenn Davis
1945Army (AP)Doc Blanchard
1944Army (AP)Les Horvath
1943Notre Dame (AP)Angelo Bertelli
1942Ohio State (AP)Frank Sinkwich
1941Minnesota (AP)Bruce Smith
1940Minnesota (AP)Tom Harmon
1939Texas A&M (AP)Nile Kinnick
1938Texas Christian (AP)Davey O'Brien
1937Pitt (AP)Clint Frank
1936Minnesota (AP)Larry Kelley
1935Minnesota (HELMS, NCF)Jay Berwanger
1934Minnesota (HELMS, NCF)
1933Michigan (HELMS, NCF)
1932USC (HELMS, NCF)
1931USC (HELMS, NCF)
1930Notre Dame (HELMS, NCF)
1929Notre Dame (HELMS, NCF)
1928Georgia Tech (HELMS, NCF)
1927Illinois (HELMS, NCF)
1926Alabama (HELMS, NCF), Stanford (HELMS, NCF)
1925Alabama (HELMS, NCF)
1924Notre Dame (HELMS, NCF)
1923Illinois (HELMS, NCF), Michigan (NCF)
1922Princeton (NCF), California (NCF), Cornell (HELMS)
1921Cornell (HELMS, NCF)
1920California (HELMS, NCF)
1919Harvard (HELMS, NCF), Texas A&M (NCF), Notre Dame (NCF)
1918Pitt (HELMS, NCF), Michigan (NCF)
1917Georgia Tech (HELMS, NCF)
1916Pitt (HELMS, NCF)
1915Cornell (HELMS, NCF)
1914Army (HELMS, NCF)
1913Harvard (HELMS, NCF)
1912Harvard (HELMS, NCF), Penn State (NCF)
1911Princeton (HELMS, NCF), Penn State (NCF)
1910Harvard (HELMS, NCF), Pitt (NCF)
1909Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1908Pennsylvania (HELMS, NCF), LSU (NCF)
1907Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1906Princeton (HELMS, NCF)
1905Chicago (HELMS, NCF)
1904Pennsylvania (HELMS, NCF), Michigan (NCF)
1903Princeton (HELMS, NCF), Michigan (NCF)
1902Michigan (HELMS, NCF)
1901Michigan (HELMS, NCF)
1900Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1899Harvard (HELMS, NCF)
1898Harvard (HELMS, NCF)
1897Pennsylvania (HELMS, NCF)
1896Princeton (HELMS, NCF), Lafayette (NCF)
1895Pennsylvania (HELMS, NCF)
1894Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1893Princeton (HELMS, NCF)
1892Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1891Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1890Harvard (HELMS, NCF)
1889Princeton (HELMS, NCF)
1888Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1887Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1886Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1885Princeton (HELMS, NCF)
1884Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1883Yale (HELMS, NCF)
1882Yale (NCF)
1881Yale (NCF)
1880Princeton (NCF), Yale (NCF)
1879Princeton (NCF)
1878Princeton (NCF)
1877Yale (NCF)
1876Yale (NCF)
1875Harvard (NCF)
1874Yale (NCF)
1873Princeton (NCF)
1872Princeton (NCF)
1870Princeton (NCF)
1869Princeton (NCF)