NCAA Division I Football Champions

Last Updated: February 5, 2023

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See a complete list of Division I NCAA Football Champions. The 2022-23 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Champions are the Georgia Bulldogs. The Bulldogs beat the TCU Horned Frogs, 65–7 in the championship game to earn their third National Football title.

Fast Facts:

The 2019 Heisman Trophy winner was Quarterback Joe Burrow of LSU.

The NCAA Division I Football Champions are determined by a series of postseason college football bowl games.

The most popular bowl games are the Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl.

The annual NCAA College Football Champions are chosen by a group of selected organizations.

NCAA Division I Football Champions

Year	Champion	Selecting Organization
2022	Georgia	CFP
2021	Georgia	CFP
2020	Alabama	CFP
2019	LSU	CFP
2018	Clemsen	CFP
2017	Alabama	CFP
2016	Clemsen	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, Pittsburg	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	NCF

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