Season |
Champion(s) |
Record |
Coach |
Ref.
|
---|
1869 |
Princeton |
1–1 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1870 |
Princeton |
1–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1871 |
None |
No games played |
|
1872 |
Princeton |
1–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1873 |
Princeton |
2–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1874 |
Yale |
3–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1875 |
Harvard |
4–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1876 |
Yale |
3–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1877 |
Yale |
3–0–1 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1878 |
Princeton |
6–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1879 |
Princeton |
4–0–1 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1880 |
Princeton Yale |
4–0–1 4–0–1 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1881 |
Yale |
5–0–1 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1882 |
Yale |
8–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1883 |
Yale |
9–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1884 |
Yale |
8–0–1 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1885 |
Princeton |
9–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1886 |
Yale |
9–0–1 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1887 |
Yale |
9–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1888 |
Yale |
13–0 |
Walter Camp |
[4]: 118 |
1889 |
Princeton |
10–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1890 |
Harvard |
11–0 |
George C. Adams, George A. Stewart |
[4]: 118 |
1891 |
Yale |
13–0 |
Walter Camp |
[4]: 118 |
1892 |
Yale |
13–0 |
Walter Camp |
[4]: 118 |
1893 |
Princeton |
11–0 |
|
[4]: 118 |
1894 |
Yale |
16–0 |
William Rhodes |
[4]: 118 |
1895 |
Penn |
14–0 |
George Washington Woodruff |
[4]: 118 |
1896 |
Lafayette Princeton |
11–0–1 10–0–1 |
Parke H. Davis
|
[4]: 118 |
1897 |
Penn
|
15–0 |
George Washington Woodruff |
[4]: 118 |
1898 |
Harvard |
11–0 |
William Cameron Forbes |
[4]: 118 |
1899 |
Harvard |
10–0–1 |
Benjamin Dibblee |
[4]: 119 |
1900 |
Yale |
12–0 |
Malcolm McBride |
[4]: 119 |
1901 |
Michigan |
11–0 |
Fielding H. Yost |
[4]: 119 |
1902 |
Michigan |
11–0 |
Fielding H. Yost |
[4]: 119 |
1903 |
Michigan Princeton |
11–0–1 11–0 |
Fielding H. Yost Art Hillebrand |
[4]: 119 |
1904 |
Michigan Penn |
10–0 12–0 |
Fielding H. Yost Carl S. Williams |
[4]: 119 |
1905 |
Chicago |
10–0 |
Amos Alonzo Stagg |
[4]: 119 |
1906 |
Princeton |
9–0–1 |
William Roper |
[4]: 119 |
1907 |
Yale |
9–0–1 |
William F. Knox |
[4]: 119 |
1908 |
LSU Penn |
10–0 11–0–1 |
Edgar Wingard Sol Metzger |
[4]: 119 |
1909 |
Yale |
10–0 |
Howard Jones |
[4]: 119 |
1910 |
Harvard Pittsburgh |
8–0–1 9–0 |
Percy Haughton Joseph H. Thompson |
[4]: 119 |
1911 |
Penn State Princeton |
8–0–1 8–0–2 |
Bill Hollenback William Roper |
[4]: 119 |
1912 |
Harvard Penn State |
9–0 8–0 |
Percy Haughton Bill Hollenback |
[4]: 119 |
1913 |
Harvard |
9–0 |
Percy Haughton |
[4]: 119 |
1914 |
Army |
9–0 |
Charles Daly |
[4]: 119 |
1915 |
Cornell |
9–0 |
Albert Sharpe |
[4]: 119 |
1916 |
Pittsburgh |
8–0 |
Glenn "Pop" Warner |
[4]: 119 |
1917 |
Georgia Tech |
9–0 |
John Heisman |
[4]: 119 |
1918 |
Michigan Pittsburgh |
5–0 4–1 |
Fielding H. Yost Glenn "Pop" Warner |
[4]: 119 |
1919 |
Harvard Notre Dame Texas A&M |
9–0–1 9–0 10–0 |
Bob Fisher Knute Rockne Dana X. Bible |
[4]: 119 |
1920 |
California |
9–0 |
Andy Smith |
[4]: 119 |
1921 |
Cornell |
8–0 |
Gil Dobie |
[4]: 119 |
1922 |
California Princeton |
9–0 8–0 |
Andy Smith William Roper |
[4]: 119 |
1923 |
Illinois Michigan |
8–0 8–0 |
Robert Zuppke Fielding H. Yost |
[4]: 119 |
1924 |
Notre Dame |
10–0 |
Knute Rockne |
[4]: 119 |
1925 |
Alabama |
10–0 |
Wallace Wade |
[4]: 119 |
1926 |
Alabama Stanford |
9–0–1 10–0–1 |
Wallace Wade Glenn "Pop" Warner |
[4]: 119 |
1927 |
Illinois |
7–0–1 |
Robert Zuppke |
[4]: 116 |
1928 |
Georgia Tech |
10–0 |
William Alexander |
[4]: 116 |
1929 |
Notre Dame |
9–0 |
Knute Rockne |
[4]: 116 |
1930 |
Notre Dame |
10–0 |
Knute Rockne |
[4]: 116 |
1931 |
USC |
10–1 |
Howard Jones |
[4]: 116 |
1932 |
USC |
10–0 |
Howard Jones |
[4]: 116 |
1933 |
Michigan |
7–0–1 |
Harry Kipke |
[4]: 116 |
1934 |
Minnesota |
8–0 |
Bernie Bierman |
[4]: 116 |
1935 |
Minnesota |
8–0 |
Bernie Bierman |
[4]: 116 |
1936 |
Minnesota |
7–1 |
Bernie Bierman |
[4]: 116 |
1937 |
Pittsburgh |
9–0–1 |
Jock Sutherland |
[4]: 116 |
1938 |
TCU |
11–0 |
Dutch Meyer |
[4]: 116 |
1939 |
Texas A&M |
11–0 |
Homer Norton |
[4]: 116 |
1940 |
Minnesota |
8–0 |
Bernie Bierman |
[4]: 116 |
1941 |
Minnesota |
8–0 |
Bernie Bierman |
[4]: 116 |
1942 |
Ohio State |
9–1 |
Paul Brown |
[4]: 116 |
1943 |
Notre Dame |
9–1 |
Frank Leahy |
[4]: 116 |
1944 |
Army Ohio State |
9–0 9–0 |
Earl Blaik Carroll Widdoes |
[4]: 116 |
1945 |
Alabama Army |
10–0 9–0 |
Frank Thomas Earl Blaik |
[4]: 116 |
1946 |
Notre Dame |
8–0–1 |
Frank Leahy |
[4]: 116 |
1947 |
Michigan |
10–0 |
Fritz Crisler |
[4]: 116 |
1948 |
Michigan |
9–0 |
Bennie Oosterbaan |
[4]: 116 |
1949 |
Notre Dame |
10–0 |
Frank Leahy |
[4]: 116 |
1950 |
Tennessee |
11–1 |
Robert Neyland |
[4]: 117 |
1951 |
Maryland |
10–0 |
Jim Tatum |
[4]: 117 |
1952 |
Michigan State |
9–0 |
Biggie Munn |
[4]: 117 |
1953 |
Notre Dame |
9–0–1 |
Frank Leahy |
[4]: 117 |
1954 |
Ohio State UCLA |
10–0 9–0 |
Woody Hayes Henry Sanders |
[4]: 117 |
1955 |
Oklahoma |
11–0 |
Bud Wilkinson |
[4]: 117 |
1956 |
Oklahoma |
10–0 |
Bud Wilkinson |
[4]: 117 |
1957 |
Auburn |
10–0 |
Ralph Jordan |
[4]: 117 |
1958 |
LSU |
11–0 |
Paul Dietzel |
[4]: 117 |
1959 |
Syracuse |
11–0 |
Ben Schwartzwalder |
[4]: 117 |
1960 |
Ole Miss |
10–0–1 |
Johnny Vaught |
[4]: 117 |
1961 |
Alabama |
11–0 |
Paul "Bear" Bryant |
[4]: 117 |
1962 |
USC |
11–0 |
John McKay |
[4]: 117 |
1963 |
Texas |
11–0 |
Darrell Royal |
[4]: 117 |
1964 |
Arkansas |
11–0 |
Frank Broyles |
[4]: 117 |
1965 |
Alabama |
9–1–1 |
Paul "Bear" Bryant |
[4]: 117 |
1966 |
Notre Dame |
9–0–1 |
Ara Parseghian |
[4]: 117 |
1967 |
USC |
10–1 |
John McKay |
[4]: 117 |
1968 |
Ohio State |
10–0 |
Woody Hayes |
[4]: 117 |
1969 |
Texas |
11–0 |
Darrell Royal |
[4]: 117 |
1970 |
Nebraska |
11–0–1 |
Bob Devaney |
[4]: 117 |
1971 |
Nebraska |
13–0 |
Bob Devaney |
[4]: 117 |
1972 |
USC |
12–0 |
John McKay |
[4]: 117 |
1973 |
Michigan Notre Dame Ohio State |
10–0–1 11–0 10–0–1 |
Bo Schembechler Ara Parseghian Woody Hayes |
[4]: 117 |
1974 |
Oklahoma USC |
11–0 10–1–1 |
Barry Switzer John McKay |
[4]: 118 |
1975 |
Arizona State Oklahoma |
12–0 11–1 |
Frank Kush Barry Switzer |
[4]: 118 |
1976 |
Pittsburgh |
12–0 |
Johnny Majors |
[4]: 118 |
1977 |
Notre Dame |
11–1 |
Dan Devine |
[4]: 118 |
1978 |
Alabama USC |
11–1 12–1 |
Paul "Bear" Bryant John Robinson |
[4]: 118 |
1979 |
Alabama |
12–0 |
Paul "Bear" Bryant |
[4]: 118 |
1980 |
Georgia |
12–0 |
Vince Dooley |
[4]: 118 |
1981 |
Clemson Nebraska Pittsburgh SMU Texas |
12-0 9–3 11–1 10–1 10–1–1 |
Danny Ford Tom Osborne Jackie Sherrill Ron Meyer Fred Akers |
[4]: 118 |
1982 |
Penn State |
11–1 |
Joe Paterno |
[4]: 118 |
1983 |
Miami (FL) |
11–1 |
Howard Schnellenberger |
[4]: 118 |
1984 |
BYU Washington |
13–0 11–1 |
LaVell Edwards Don James |
[4]: 118 |
1985 |
Oklahoma |
11–1 |
Barry Switzer |
[4]: 118 |
1986 |
Penn State |
12–0 |
Joe Paterno |
[4]: 118 |
1987 |
Miami (FL) |
12–0 |
Jimmy Johnson |
[4]: 118 |
1988 |
Notre Dame |
12–0 |
Lou Holtz |
[4]: 118 |
1989 |
Miami (FL) |
11–1 |
Dennis Erickson |
[4]: 118 |
1990 |
Colorado Georgia Tech |
11–1–1 11–0–1 |
Bill McCartney Bobby Ross |
[4]: 118 |
1991 |
Miami (FL) Washington |
12–0 12–0 |
Dennis Erickson Don James |
[4]: 118 |
1992 |
Alabama |
13–0 |
Gene Stallings |
[4]: 118 |
1993 |
Auburn Florida State Nebraska Notre Dame |
11–0 12–1 11–1 11–1 |
Terry Bowden Bobby Bowden Tom Osborne Lou Holtz |
[4]: 118 |
1994 |
Nebraska Penn State |
13–0 12–0 |
Tom Osborne Joe Paterno |
[4]: 118–119 |
1995 |
Nebraska |
12–0 |
Tom Osborne |
[4]: 119 |
1996 |
Florida |
12–1 |
Steve Spurrier |
[4]: 119 |
1997 |
Michigan Nebraska |
12–0 13–0 |
Lloyd Carr Tom Osborne |
[4]: 119 |
1998 |
Tennessee |
13–0 |
Phillip Fulmer |
[4]: 119 |
1999 |
Florida State |
12–0 |
Bobby Bowden |
[4]: 119 |
2000 |
Oklahoma |
13–0 |
Bob Stoops |
[4]: 119 |