FBS Football

Championship Results by Year

Year	AP Poll (Media) Champion	Coaches Champion	Coaches Method
2023	Michigan	Michigan	College Football Playoff
2022	Georgia	Georgia	College Football Playoff
2021	Georgia	Georgia	College Football Playoff
2020	Alabama	Alabama	College Football Playoff
2019	LSU	LSU	College Football Playoff
2018	Clemson	Clemson	College Football Playoff
2017	Alabama	Alabama	College Football Playoff
2016	Clemson	Clemson	College Football Playoff
2015	Alabama	Alabama	College Football Playoff
2014	Ohio State	Ohio State	College Football Playoff
2013	Florida State	Florida State	Bowl Championship Series
2012	Alabama	Alabama	Bowl Championship Series
2011	Alabama	Alabama	Bowl Championship Series
2010	Auburn	Auburn	Bowl Championship Series
2009	Alabama	Alabama	Bowl Championship Series
2008	Florida	Florida	Bowl Championship Series
2007	LSU	LSU	Bowl Championship Series
2006	Florida	Florida	Bowl Championship Series
2005	Texas	Texas	Bowl Championship Series
2004	USC	vacated	Bowl Championship Series
2003	USC	LSU	Bowl Championship Series
2002	Ohio State	Ohio State	Bowl Championship Series
2001	Miami (FL)	Miami (FL)	Bowl Championship Series
2000	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Bowl Championship Series
1999	Florida State	Florida State	Bowl Championship Series
1998	Tennessee	Tennessee	Bowl Championship Series
1997	Michigan	Nebraska	Bowl Alliance
1996	Florida	Florida	Bowl Alliance
1995	Nebraska	Nebraska	Bowl Alliance
1994	Nebraska	Nebraska	Bowl Coalition
Year	AP Poll (Media) Champion	Coaches Champion	Coaches Method
1993	Florida State	Florida State	Bowl Coalition
1992	Alabama	Alabama	Bowl Coalition
1991	Miami (FL)	Washington	USA Today/CNN
1990	Colorado	Georgia Tech	UPI
1989	Miami (FL)	Miami (FL)	UPI
1988	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	UPI
1987	Miami (FL)	Miami (FL)	UPI
1986	Penn State	Penn State	UPI
1985	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	UPI
1984	BYU	BYU	UPI
1983	Miami (FL)	Miami (FL)	UPI
1982	Penn State	Penn State	UPI
1981	Clemson	Clemson	UPI
1980	Georgia	Georgia	UPI
1979	Alabama	Alabama	UPI
1978	Alabama	USC	UPI
1977	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	UPI
1976	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	UPI
1975	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	UPI
1974	Oklahoma	USC	UPI
1973	Notre Dame	Alabama	UPI
1972	USC	USC	UPI
1971	Nebraska	Nebraska	UPI
1970	Nebraska	Texas	UPI
1969	Texas	Texas	UPI
1968	Ohio State	Ohio State	UPI
1967	USC	USC	UPI
1966	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	UPI
1965	Alabama	Michigan State	UPI
Year	AP Poll (Media) Champion	Coaches Champion	Coaches Method
1964	Alabama	Alabama	UPI
1963	Texas	Texas	UPI
1962	USC	USC	UPI
1961	Alabama	Alabama	UPI
1960	Minnesota	Minnesota	UPI
1959	Syracuse	Syracuse	UPI
1958	LSU	LSU	UPI
1957	Auburn	Ohio State	UPI
1956	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	UPI
1955	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	UPI
1954	Ohio State	UCLA	UPI
1953	Maryland	Maryland	UPI
1952	Michigan State	Michigan State	UPI
1951	Tennessee	Tennessee	UPI
1950	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	UPI
1949	Notre Dame	N/A
1948	Michigan	N/A
1947	Notre Dame	N/A
1946	Notre Dame	N/A
1945	Army	N/A
1944	Army	N/A
1943	Notre Dame	N/A
1942	Ohio State	N/A
1941	Minnesota	N/A
1940	Minnesota	N/A
1939	Texas A&M	N/A
1938	TCU	N/A
1937	Pittsburgh	N/A
1936	Minnesota	N/A
Year	AP Poll (Media) Champion	Coaches Champion	Coaches Method