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Football Bowl Subdivision
Bowl Championship Series
Year School Selecting organization
2009 Alabama BCS
2008 Florida BCS
2007 Louisiana State BCS
2006 Florida BCS
2005 Texas BCS
2004 Southern California BCS
2003 Louisiana State BCS
2002 Ohio State BCS
2001 Miami (Fla.) BCS
2000 Oklahoma BCS
1999 Florida State BCS
1998 Tennessee BCS
Consensus National Champions
Year School Selecting organization
1950 Oklahoma AP, UPI
1951 Tennessee AP, UPI
1952 Michigan St. AP, UPI
1953 Maryland AP, UPI
1954 UCLA, Ohio St. FWAA, UPI, AP
1955 Oklahoma AP, FWAA, UPI
1956 Oklahoma AP, FWAA, UPI
1957 Ohio St., Auburn FWAA, UPI, AP
1958 LSU, Iowa AP, UPI, FWAA
1959 Syracuse AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1960 Minnesota, Mississippi AP, NFF, UPI, FWAA
1961 Alabama, Ohio St. AP, NFF, UPI, FWAA
1962 Southern California AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1963 Texas AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1964 Alabama, Arkansas, Notre Dame AP, UPI, FWAA, NFF
1965 Michigan St., Alabama FWAA, NFF, UPI, AP, FWAA
1966 Notre Dame, Michigan St. AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, NFF
1967 Southern California AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1968 Ohio St. AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1969 Texas AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1970 Nebraska, Texas, Ohio St. AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, NFF
1971 Nebraska AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1972 Southern California AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1973 Notre Dame, Alabama AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1974 Southern California, Oklahoma FWAA, NFF, UPI, AP
1975 Oklahoma AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1976 Pittsburgh AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1977 Notre Dame AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1978 Alabama, Southern California AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1979 Alabama AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1980 Georgia AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1981 Clemson AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
1982 Penn St. AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1983 Miami (Fla.) AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1984 Brigham Young AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1985 Oklahoma AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1986 Penn St. AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1987 Miami (Fla.) AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1988 Notre Dame AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1989 Miami (Fla.) AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1990 Colorado, Georgia Tech FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, AP, UPI
1991 Washington, Miami (Fla.) FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI,AP
1992 Alabama AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1993 Florida St. AP, FWAA,NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1994 Nebraska AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1995 Nebraska AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI
1996 Florida AP, FWAA, NFF,USA/CNN
1997 Michigan, Nebraska AP, FWAA,NFF, USA/ESPN
2003 Southern California AP, FWAA
AP National Champions
Year School Selecting organization
1936 Minnesota AP
1937 Pittsburgh AP
1938 Texas Christian AP
1939 Texas A&M AP
1940 Minnesota AP
1941 Minnesota AP
1942 Ohio St. AP
1943 Notre Dame AP
1944 Army AP
1945 Army AP
1946 Notre Dame AP
1947 Notre Dame AP
1948 Michigan AP
1949 Notre Dame AP
Retroactive Poll Champions
Year School Selecting organization
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  
1870 Princeton NCF
1869 Princeton NCF
AP - Associated Press
BCS - Bowl College Series
CFRA - College Football Researchers Association
FWAA - Football Writers Association of America
HAF - Helms Athletic Foundation
NCF - National Championship Foundation
NFF - National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame
UPI - United Press International
USA/CNN - USA Today/CNN
USA/ESPN - USA Today/ESPN
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