Campeonatos nacionales de fútbol americano universitario en la NCAA División I FBS

Campeonatos nacionales de la NCAA División I FBS
Trofeos del campeonato nacional	AP (desde 1936 ) Grantland Rice ( 1954 - 2013 ) MacArthur (desde 1959 ) AFCA (desde 1986 ) Playoff de fútbol americano universitario (desde 2014 )
Selector continuo más largo	Associated Press (1936-presente)
Primera temporada premiada	1869
Última temporada completada	2020

Un campeonato nacional del más alto nivel de fútbol americano universitario en los Estados Unidos, actualmente la Subdivisión de fútbol americano de la División I de la NCAA (FBS), es una designación otorgada anualmente por varias organizaciones a su selección del mejor equipo de fútbol americano universitario. El fútbol americano de la División I FBS es el único deporte de la Asociación Atlética Universitaria Nacional (NCAA) para el cual la NCAA no autoriza un evento de campeonato anual. Como tal, a veces se le llama extraoficialmente un " campeonato nacional mítico ". ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Debido a la falta de un título oficial de la NCAA, la determinación del mejor equipo de fútbol americano universitario del país a menudo ha generado controversias. ^[5] Un equipo de campeonato es declarado independientemente por múltiples individuos y organizaciones, a menudo referidos como "selectores". ^[6]^{: 112–114} Estas opciones no siempre son unánimes. ^[5] En 1969, incluso el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Richard Nixon, se declaró campeón nacional al anunciar, antes del juego de final de temporada entre el No. 1 Texas y el No. 2 Arkansas , que el ganador de ese juego recibiría una placa de el propio presidente, conmemorando a ese equipo como campeón nacional del año. Texas pasó a ganar ese juego, 15-14.^[7]

Si bien la NCAA nunca ha respaldado oficialmente a un equipo de campeonato, ha documentado las elecciones de algunos selectores en su publicación oficial NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records . ^[6]^{: 114–121} Además, varios analistas han publicado de forma independiente sus propias elecciones para cada temporada. Estas opiniones a menudo pueden diferir con otras, así como con los reclamos de títulos nacionales de escuelas individuales, que pueden o no correlacionarse con las selecciones publicadas en otros lugares. Actualmente, dos de los selectores de campeones nacionales más reconocidos son Associated Press , que realiza una encuesta de periodistas deportivos , y Coaches Poll , una encuesta de miembros activos de laAsociación de Entrenadores de Fútbol Americano .

Desde 1992, varios consorcios de los principales juegos de bolos han tenido como objetivo invitar a los dos mejores equipos al final de la temporada regular (según lo determinado por las clasificaciones internas, o los agregados de las principales encuestas y otras estadísticas) para competir en lo que se pretende que sea el juego de campeonato nacional de facto . La iteración actual de esta práctica, el College Football Playoff , selecciona cuatro equipos para participar en las semifinales nacionales organizadas por dos de los seis juegos de bol con socios, y sus ganadores avanzan al College Football Playoff National Championship .

Historia

The Sun fue uno de los primeros en publicar un ranking de fútbol americano universitario de fin de año, en 1901.

El concepto de campeonato nacional de fútbol americano universitario se remonta a los primeros años del deporte a finales del siglo XIX, ^[8] y las primeras encuestas contemporáneas se remontan a Caspar Whitney , Charles Patterson y The Sun en 1901. ^[9] Por lo tanto, el concepto de encuestas y campeones nacionales es anterior a los sistemas de clasificación matemática, pero fue el sistema matemático de Frank Dickinson el que fue uno de los primeros en ser ampliamente popularizado. Su sistema nombró 10-0 a Stanford como el campeón nacional de 1926, antes de su empate con Alabama en el Rose Bowl . Un curioso Knute Rockne , entonces entrenador de Notre Dame, Dickinson retrocedió dos temporadas, lo que produjo a Notre Dame como campeona nacional de 1924 ya Dartmouth en 1925. ^[10]

Varios otros sistemas matemáticos nacieron en las décadas de 1920 y 1930 y fueron los únicos métodos organizados para seleccionar campeones nacionales hasta que Associated Press comenzó a encuestar a periodistas deportivos en 1936 para obtener clasificaciones. Alan J. Gould , el creador de AP Poll, nombró a Minnesota , Princeton y SMU co-campeones en 1935, y entrevistó a los escritores el año siguiente, lo que resultó en un campeonato nacional para Minnesota . ^[10] La principal competencia de AP, United Press , creó la primera encuesta de entrenadores.en 1950. Para ese año y los tres siguientes, AP y UP acordaron el campeón nacional. El primer campeonato "dividido" ocurrió en 1954, cuando los escritores seleccionaron Ohio State y los entrenadores eligieron UCLA . ^[10] Las dos encuestas también estuvieron en desacuerdo en 1957, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1997 y 2003. La encuesta de entrenadores permanecería con United Press (UP) cuando se fusionaron con International News Service (INS ) para formar United Press International (UPI), pero fue adquirida por USA Today y CNN en 1991. La encuesta estuvo en manos de USA Today y ESPN de 1997 a 2005 antes de pasar a ser propiedad exclusiva de USA Today.. A partir de 2014, Amway se convirtió en patrocinador conjunto con USA Today . ^[11]

Aunque algunos de los sistemas matemáticos seleccionaron campeones después de los juegos de bolos , las dos principales encuestas publicaron su clasificación después del final de la temporada regular hasta que AP encuestaron a los escritores después de los bolos en 1965, lo que resultó en lo que se percibió en ese momento como un mejor selección del campeonato ( Alabama ) que UPI ( Estado de Michigan ). ^[10] Después de 1965, la AP volvió a votar antes de los tazones durante dos años, antes de regresar permanentemente a una votación posterior al tazón en 1968. Los entrenadores no realizaron una votación después de los tazones hasta 1974, a raíz de la concesión de su campeonato de 1973. a Alabama , que perdió ante el campeón de AP, el invicto Notre Dame , en el Sugar Bowl . ^[10] Las encuestas de AP y Coaches siguen siendo las principales clasificaciones hasta el día de hoy.

Desde la década de 1930 hasta el advenimiento de la eliminatoria de fútbol americano universitario, cada equipo superior jugó un solo juego de tazón de postemporada por temporada. El proceso de selección de un campeón nacional durante este período se complicó por el hecho de que los campeones de las principales conferencias estaban vinculados a tazones específicos (por ejemplo, el campeón de los 8 grandes estaba vinculado al Orange Bowl) y los dos mejores equipos de la nación. a menudo se juega en diferentes cuencos. Algunos cuencos a lo largo de los años presentaron un enfrentamiento # 1 contra # 2; un ejemplo fue el Fiesta Bowl de 1987, jugado el 2 de enero después de la temporada de 1986.

Dos intentos de coronar anualmente a un campeón en el campo fueron la Bowl Coalition (1992-1994) y Bowl Alliance (1995-1997). Sin embargo, su esfuerzo por albergar un campeonato nacional se vio obstaculizado por la falta de participación de los campeones Pac-10 y Big Ten, que en cambio optaron por jugar en el Rose Bowl.

La Bowl Championship Series , famosa por su uso de las matemáticas, fue la sucesora de la Coalición y la Alianza. ^[12] Además de los muchos ajustes que sufrió durante su mandato, incluida una gran reforma después de la temporada 2004 que incluyó el reemplazo de la encuesta AP por la encuesta de Harris , el BCS siguió siendo una mezcla de encuestas matemáticas y humanas desde su inicio en 1998, con el objetivo de emparejar a los dos mejores equipos de la nación en un campeonato nacional de bolos que rotó anualmente entre los Sugar , Fiesta , Rose y Orange Bowls de 1998 a 2005, y más tarde un juego independiente titulado elJuego de Campeonato Nacional BCS (2006 a 2013). ^[10] El ganador del Juego de Campeonato BCS fue galardonado con el campeonato nacional de la Encuesta de Entrenadores y ganó así el Trofeo del Campeonato Nacional AFCA . El ganador de BCS también recibió el MacArthur Bowl de la National Football Foundation . ^[13] Ni AP Poll, ni otros selectores actuales, tenían obligaciones contractuales para seleccionar al campeón de BCS como su campeón nacional. ^[14] El BCS dio lugar a una serie de controversias , sobre todo después de la temporada 2003, cuando el juego de campeonato del BCS no incluyó al eventual campeón AP USC, la única vez que los dos campeonatos han divergido desde la llegada del BCS. Después de muchas temporadas de controversia, el BCS fue reemplazado por el College Football Playoff , un sistema Plus-One destinado a reducir la controversia involucrada en qué equipos pueden jugar en un juego de campeonato mediante el uso de un torneo.

Campeonatos nacionales en los registros oficiales de la subdivisión de fútbol de la NCAA

La NCAA mantiene un libro de registros oficiales de estadísticas históricas y registros de fútbol. En el libro de récords, con la consulta de varios historiadores del fútbol universitario, ha creado y mantiene una lista de "selectores principales" de campeonatos nacionales a lo largo de la historia del fútbol universitario junto con sus selecciones de campeonato para cada temporada. ^[6]^{: 112–119}

Selectores principales

Una variedad de selectores han nombrado campeones nacionales a lo largo de los años. Por lo general, se pueden dividir en cuatro categorías: las determinadas por fórmulas matemáticas, encuestas humanas, investigación histórica y, recientemente, playoffs. Los selectores a continuación se enumeran en los registros oficiales de la subdivisión de fútbol de la NCAA como "selectores principales" para los cuales el criterio es que la encuesta o el selector sea "de alcance nacional, ya sea a través de la distribución en periódicos, televisión, radio y / o computadora en línea ". ^[6]^{: 107–109} Los selectores anteriores, considerados fundamentales en el deporte del fútbol americano universitario, y los selectores que se incluyeron para el cálculo de la clasificación BCS, se enumeran juntos. ^[6]^{: 112–119}

Matemáticas

El sistema matemático es el selector sistemático más antiguo de campeones nacionales de fútbol universitario. Muchos de los selectores matemáticos se crearon durante la "fiebre del campeonato" de las décadas de 1920 y 1930, comenzando con el sistema de Frank Dickinson , o durante los albores de la era de las computadoras en la década de 1990. Los selectores se enumeran a continuación con los años seleccionados retroactivamente en cursiva .

Selector	Nombre	Estaciones
A&H	Anderson y Hester	1997-presente
COMO	Sistema Alderson	1994–1998
B (QPRS)	Berryman (QPRS)	1920–1989 , 1990–2011
BR	Informe Billingsley ^a	1869–1870 , 1872–1969 , 1970 hasta el presente
BS	Boand System	1919-1929 , 1930-1960
CCR	Clasificación por computadora de Congrove	1993-presente
CM	Matriz de Colley	1992-presente
CW	Caspar Whitney	1905-1907
DeS	Sistema DeVold	1939–1944 , 1945–2006
DiS	Sistema Dickinson	1924-1925 , 1926-1940
DuS	Sistema Dunkel	1929-presente
ERS	Sistema de calificaciones Eck	1987-2005
HS	Sistema Houlgate	1885 , 1887-1905 , 1907-1926 , 1927-1949
L	Litkenhous	1934-1972, 1974, 1978, 1981-1984
MCFR	Calificaciones de Massey College Football	1995-presente
MONSEÑOR	Calificaciones de la cuadrícula de Matthews	1966–1972, 1974–2006
NYT	Los New York Times	1979-2004
PD	Sistema de sondeo	1924-1934 , 1935-1955, 1957-1984
R (HECHO)	Rothman (HECHO)	1968-2006
SR	Valoraciones de Sagarin	1919-1977 , 1978-presente
W	Wolfe	2001-presente ^b
WS	Sistema Williamson	1931 , 1932–1963

^aEl Informe Billingsley también proporciona una selección alternativa que utiliza el margen de victoria en su cálculo. El libro NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records señala ambas selecciones en años en los que no están de acuerdo. ^[6]^{: 112-119}
^bWolfe no proporcionó clasificaciones para la temporada 2020, afirmando que no hubo "suficientes juegos jugados para permitir un análisis significativo", debido a la pandemia de COVID-19 . ^[15]

Encuesta

La encuesta ha sido el método de selección de campeones nacionales dominante desde el inicio de la AP Poll en 1936. La National Football Foundation fusionó su encuesta con UPI de 1991 a 1992, con USA Today de 1993 a 1996 y con la FWAA desde 2014.

Durante muchos años, AP (1936-1964 y 1966-1967), Coaches Poll (1950-1973), FWAA (1954) y NFF (1959-1967) seleccionaron a los campeones nacionales de varias encuestas antes de que se jugaran los juegos de bolos anuales. 1970). En todas las demás encuestas de los últimos días, los campeones fueron seleccionados después de los juegos de bolos. ^[6]^{: 112–119}

Durante la era BCS, el ganador del juego de campeonato BCS recibió automáticamente el campeonato nacional de la Encuesta de Entrenadores y la Fundación Nacional de Fútbol.

Los selectores se enumeran a continuación con los años seleccionados retroactivamente en cursiva .

Selector	Nombre	Estaciones
AP	Associated Press	1936-presente
Autocares BRC UP UPI USAT / CNN USAT / ESPN USAT USAT / AMWAY	Asociación de Entrenadores de Fútbol Americano AFCA Comisión Blue Ribbon United Press United Press International USA Today / CNN USA Today / ESPN USA Today USA Today / Amway	1922 – presente 1922–1949 ^a 1950–1957 1958–1990 ^b 1991–1996 ^{b c} 1997–2004 2005–2013 ^b 2014 – presente
CFRA	Asociación de investigadores de fútbol americano universitario	1919-1935 , 1936-1981 , 1982-1992, 2010-presente
FN	Noticias de futbol	1958-2002
FWAA	Asociación de Escritores de Fútbol de América	1954-2013 ^c
FWAA / NFF	FWAA-NFF Grantland Rice Super 16	2014-presente ^c
HAF	Fundación Atlética Helms	1883-1935 , 1936-1940 , 1941-1982
EN S	Servicio de Noticias Internacionales	1952-1957
NCF	Fundación Campeonato Nacional	1869–1870 , 1872–1935 , 1936–1979 , 1980–2000
NFF	Fundación Nacional de Fútbol	1959–1990, 1997–2013 ^{c de}
SN	Noticias deportivas	1975-2006
UPI	United Press International	1993–1995 ^f
UPI / NFF	United Press International / Fundación Nacional de Fútbol	1991–1992 ^e
NOSOTROS EN	EE.UU. Hoy en día	1982 ^g
USAT / CNN	USA Today / CNN	1983–1990 ^g
USAT / NFF	USA Today / Fundación Nacional de Fútbol	1993–1996 ^d

^aA pedido de varias escuelas, la AFCA estableció una "Comisión de Cinta Azul" en 2016 para comenzar a seleccionar retroactivamente a los ganadores del Trofeo de Entrenadores desde 1922 hasta 1949. ^[16]

^bSirvió como encuesta de entrenadores durante los años designados, pero también realizó su propia encuesta en diferentes momentos.

^cLa Asociación de Escritores de Fútbol de América fusionó su encuesta con la de los miembros de la Fundación Nacional de Fútbol a partir de 2014; como resultado, el Trofeo Grantland fue retirado y el campeón nacional FWAA / NFF ahora recibe el MacArthur Bowl. ^[6]^{: 113-114}

^dUSA Today se hizo cargo, de la UPI, de la encuesta de los miembros de la National Football Foundation en 1993, y su ganador fue designado por la NFF como su campeón nacional y recibió el MacArthur Bowl. La encuesta fue realizada por USA Today hasta la temporada de 1996, aunque las selecciones de campeonatos nacionales en los Registros de la Subdivisión de Fútbol Bowl de la NCAA no distinguen la NFF de la encuesta de USAT / NFF en 1995 y 1996. No debe confundirse con los entrenadores de USA Today / CNN. Encuesta, que USA Today realizó por separado.

^LaUPI llevó a cabo la Encuesta de Entrenadores durante la temporada de 1990, que posteriormente fue asumida por CNN / USA Today . Luego, la UPI llevó a cabo una encuesta entre los miembros de la National Football Foundation en 1991 y 1992, cuyo ganador fue designado por la NFF como su campeón nacional y recibió el MacArthur Bowl.

^fUPI llevó a cabo su propia encuesta de 1993 a 1995, después de que USA Today se hiciera cargo de la encuesta de la National Football Foundation.

^gUSA Today realizó su propia encuesta de redactores deportivos de fútbol americano universitario en 1982, luego se unió a CNN para hacer su propia encuesta conjunta hasta que se hicieron cargo de la Encuesta de Entrenadores a partir de la temporada de 1991.

Investigar

El historiador de fútbol americano universitario Parke H. Davis es el único seleccionador considerado por la NCAA que ha utilizado principalmente la investigación en sus selecciones. ^[6]^{: 117} Davis hizo todo su trabajo en 1933, nombrando campeones nacionales retroactivos durante la mayor parte de los años desde 1869 a 1932 mientras nombraba a Michigan y Princeton (su alma mater ) co-campeones al final de la temporada de 1933.

Selector	Nombre	Estaciones
PD	Parke H. Davis	1869–1870 , 1872–1909 , 1911–1916 , 1919–1932 , 1933

Híbrido

La Bowl Championship Series utilizó un sistema matemático que combinó encuestas (entrenadores y AP / Harris) y múltiples clasificaciones por computadora (incluidos algunos selectores individuales enumerados anteriormente) para determinar un enfrentamiento final de temporada entre sus dos equipos mejor clasificados en el BCS Championship Game. El campeón de ese juego se adjudicó por contrato los campeonatos de la Encuesta de Entrenadores y la Fundación Nacional de Fútbol.

Selector	Nombre	Estaciones
BCS	Serie de campeonatos de bolos	1998-2013

Eliminatoria

A diferencia de todos los selectores antes de 2014, el College Football Playoff no utiliza matemáticas, encuestas o investigación para seleccionar a los participantes. Más bien, un comité de 13 miembros selecciona y siembra los equipos. ^[17] El sistema de playoffs marcó la primera vez que un seleccionador de campeonatos organizó una competencia entre corchetes para determinar quién declararía ser su campeón.

Selector	Nombre	Estaciones
CFP	Eliminatorias de fútbol americano universitario	2014-presente

Selecciones anuales de campeonatos nacionales de los principales selectores

A continuación se muestra una lista de los campeones nacionales de fútbol americano universitario desde 1869 hasta el presente (con la excepción de 1871, en el que no se jugaron partidos) considerados elegidos por "selectores principales" según se enumeran en los registros oficiales de subdivisión de fútbol americano de la NCAA . ^[6]^{: 112-114}Muchos equipos no tenían entrenadores hasta 1899. Los selectores de "consenso" en los registros oficiales de la subdivisión de fútbol americano de la NCAA corresponden al período desde 1950 hasta el presente, que comenzó con la introducción del sistema de dos votaciones tras la aparición de la encuesta de entrenadores en 1950 Los selectores que se utilizan para determinar los equipos que figuran como "Campeones Nacionales de Consenso" en los Registros de la Subdivisión de Football Bowl de la NCAA incluyen la Encuesta AP, la Encuesta de Entrenadores, la Asociación de Escritores de Fútbol Americano y la Fundación Nacional de Fútbol / Salón de la Fama del Fútbol Americano Universitario. ^[6]^{: 125}

La primera encuesta contemporánea que incluyó equipos de todo el país y la selección de un campeón nacional se remonta a Caspar Whitney en 1901. ^[9] La última selección retroactiva fue realizada por Clyde Berryman en 1989 ( Notre Dame ). El empate se eliminó del fútbol universitario en 1995 y el último campeón consensuado con un empate en su récord fue Georgia Tech en 1990. A los Michigan Wolverines de 1947 a menudo se les atribuye un campeonato nacional sobre la base de una "encuesta gratuita" realizada por una AP. periodista deportivo después del Rose Bowl de 1948 , aunque esa encuesta no fue oficial y no está reconocida en los registros oficiales de la subdivisión de Football Bowl de la NCAA. ^[6]^{: 112–114}

Tenga en cuenta que la encuesta Harris Interactive Poll (2005-2013) fue contratada por el BCS para ayudar a formular su clasificación, y aunque su clasificación final, que se produce antes de los juegos de tazón, figura en los registros oficiales de la subdivisión de fútbol de la NCAA, no realiza una encuesta final o premiar o nombrar a un campeón nacional por sí solo. ^[18]

Según lo designado por los registros oficiales de la subdivisión de fútbol americano de la NCAA, la siguiente tabla muestra:

Los equipos enumerados en cursiva indican campeonatos aplicados retroactivamente.
Los equipos que aparecen en negrita reflejan la designación de la NCAA como "Campeones nacionales de consenso" en virtud de su selección desde 1950 en adelante por uno o más selectores de Associated Press , United Press / UPI , Football Writers Association of America , National Football Foundation / College Football Hall of Fama y USA Today . ^[6]^{: 125}

Una letra junto a cualquier temporada, equipo, récord, entrenador o selector indica una nota al pie que aparece en la parte inferior de la tabla.

Temporada	Campeón (es)	Registro	Entrenador	Selector (es)	Fuente
1869	Princeton	1–1		BR , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1869	Rutgers	1–1		PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1870	Princeton	1–0		BR , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1871	Ninguno	No se jugaron juegos
1872	Princeton	1–0		BR , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1872	Yale	1–0		PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1873	Princeton	2-0		BR , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1874	Harvard	1–1		PD	^[6]^{: 118}
	Princeton	2-0		BR , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
	Yale	3-0		NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1875	Columbia	3–1–1		PD	^[6]^{: 118}
	Harvard	4-0		NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
	Princeton	2-0		BR , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1876	Yale	3-0		BR , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1877	Princeton	2–0–1		BR , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1877	Yale	3–0–1		NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1878	Princeton	6-0		BR , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1879	Princeton	4–0–1		BR , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1879	Yale	3–0–2		PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1880	Princeton	4–0–1		NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1880	Yale	4–0–1		BR , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1881	Princeton	7–0–2		BR , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1881	Yale	5–0–1		NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1882	Yale	8-0		BR , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1883	Yale	9-0		BR , HAF , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1884	Princeton	9–0–1		BR , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1884	Yale	8–0–1		HAF , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1885	Princeton	9-0		BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1886	Princeton	7–0–1		BR , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1886	Yale	9–0–1		HAF , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1887	Yale	9-0		BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1888	Yale	13-0	Walter Camp	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1889	Princeton	10–0		BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1890	Harvard	11-0	George C. Adams , George A. Stewart	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1891	Yale	13-0	Walter Camp	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1892	Yale	13-0	Walter Camp	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1893	Princeton	11-0		BR , HAF , HS , NCF	^[6]^{: 118}
1893	Yale	10-1	William Rhodes	PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1894	Penn	12–0	George Washington Woodruff	PD	^[6]^{: 118}
	Princeton	8-2		HS	^[6]^{: 118}
	Yale	16-0	William Rhodes	BR , HAF , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1895	Penn	14-0	George Washington Woodruff	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1895	Yale	13–0–2	John A. Hartwell	PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1896	Lafayette	11–0–1	Parke H. Davis	NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1896	Princeton	10–0–1	Franklin Morse	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1897	Penn	15-0	George Washington Woodruff	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1897	Yale	9–0–2	Frank Butterworth	PD	^[6]^{: 118}
1898	Harvard	11-0	William Cameron Forbes	BR , HAF , HS , NCF	^[6]^{: 118}
1898	Princeton	11–0–1		PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1899	Harvard	10–0–1	Benjamin Dibblee	HAF , HS , NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1899	Princeton	12-1		BR , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1900	Yale	12–0	Malcolm McBride	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1901	Harvard	12–0	Bill Reid	BR , PD ^a	^[6]^{: 119}^[19]^{: 206}^[20]^{: 233}
1901	Michigan	11-0	Fielding H. Yost	HAF , HS , NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1902	Michigan	11-0	Fielding H. Yost	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1902	Yale	11–0–1	Joseph R. Swan	PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1903	Michigan	11–0–1	Fielding H. Yost	NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1903	Princeton	11-0	Art Hillebrand	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1904	Michigan	10–0	Fielding H. Yost	NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
	Minnesota	13-0	Henry Williams	BR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Penn	12–0	Carl S. Williams	HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1905	Chicago	10–0	Amos Alonzo Stagg	BR , HAF , HS , NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1905	Yale	10–0	Jack Owsley	CW, PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1906	Princeton	9–0–1	William Roper	HAF , NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1906	Yale	9–0–1	Foster Rockwell	BR , CW, PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1907	Yale	9–0–1	William F. Knox	BR , CW, HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1908	Harvard	9–0–1	Percy Haughton	BR	^[6]^{: 119}
	LSU	10–0	Edgar Wingard	NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
	Penn	11–0–1	Sol Metzger	HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1909	Yale	10–0	Howard Jones	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1910	Harvard	8–0–1	Percy Haughton	BR , HAF , HS , NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1910	Pittsburgh	9-0	Joseph H. Thompson	NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1911	Minnesota	6–0–1	Henry L. Williams	BR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Penn State	8–0–1	Bill Hollenback	NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
	Princeton	8–0–2	William Roper	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1912	Harvard	9-0	Percy Haughton	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1912	Penn State	8-0	Bill Hollenback	NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1913	Castaño	8-0	Mike Donahue	BR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Chicago	7-0	Amos Alonzo Stagg	BR , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Harvard	9-0	Percy Haughton	HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1914	Ejército	9-0	Charles Daly	HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Illinois	7-0	Robert Zuppke	BR , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Texas	8-0	Dave Allerdice	BR	^[6]^{: 119}
1915	Cornell	9-0	Albert Sharpe	HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Minnesota	6–0–1	Henry L. Williams	BR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Oklahoma	10–0	Bennie Owen	BR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Pittsburgh	8-0	Glenn "Pop" Warner	PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1916	Ejército	9-0	Charles Daly	PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Georgia Tech	8–0-1	John Heisman	BR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Pittsburgh	8-0	Glenn "Pop" Warner	BR , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1917	Georgia Tech	9-0	John Heisman	BR , HAF , HS , NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1918	Michigan	5-0	Fielding H. Yost	BR , NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1918	Pittsburgh	4–1	Glenn "Pop" Warner	HAF , HS , NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1919	Centrar	9-0	Charley Moran	SR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Harvard	9–0–1	Bob Fisher	CFRA , HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Illinois	6–1	Robert Zuppke	BR , BS , CFRA , PD , SR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Notre Dame	9-0	Knute Rockne	NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Texas A&M	10–0	Dana X. Biblia	BR , NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
1920	California	9-0	Andy Smith	CFRA , HAF , HS , NCF , SR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Georgia	8–0–1	Herman Stegeman	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 119}
	Harvard	8–0–1	Bob Fisher	BS	^[6]^{: 119}
	Notre Dame	9-0	Knute Rockne	BR , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Princeton	6–0–1	William Roper	BS , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1921	California	9–0–1	Andy Smith	BR , BS , CFRA , SR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Cornell	8-0	Gil Dobie	HAF , HS , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Iowa	7-0	Howard Jones	BR , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Lafayette	9-0	Jock Sutherland	BS , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Vanderbilt	7–0–1	Dan McGugin	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 119}
	Washington y Jefferson	10–0–1	Neale grasiento	BS	^[6]^{: 119}
1922	California	9-0	Andy Smith	BR , HS , NCF , SR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Cornell	8-0	Gil Dobie	HAF , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Iowa	7-0	Howard Jones	BR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Princeton	8-0	William Roper	BS , CFRA , NCF , PD , SR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Vanderbilt	8–0–1	Dan McGugin	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 119}
1923	California	9–0–1	Andy Smith	HS	^[6]^{: 119}
	Cornell	8-0	Gil Dobie	SR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Illinois	8-0	Robert Zuppke	BS , CFRA , HAF , NCF , PD , SR , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 119}
	Michigan	8-0	Fielding H. Yost	BR , NCF	^[6]^{: 119}
	Yale	8-0	Tad Jones	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 119}
1924	Notre Dame	10–0	Knute Rockne	BR , BS , CFRA , DiS , HAF , HS , NCF , PS , SR , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 119}
1924	Penn	9–1–1	Lou Young	PD	^[6]^{: 119}
1925	Alabama	10–0	Wallace Wade	BR , BS , CFRA , HAF , HS , NCF , PS , SR , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 119}
	Dartmouth	8-0	Jesse Hawley	DiS , PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Michigan	7–1	Fielding H. Yost	SR	^[6]^{: 119}
1926	Alabama	9–0–1	Wallace Wade	BR , CFRA , HAF , NCF , PS , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 119}
	Lafayette	9-0	Hierba McCracken	PD	^[6]^{: 119}
	Michigan	7–1	Fielding H. Yost	SR	^[6]^{: 119}
	Armada	9–0–1	Bill Ingram	BS , HS	^[6]^{: 119}
	Stanford	10–0–1	Glenn "Pop" Warner	DiS, HAF , NCF , SR	^[6]^{: 119}
1927	Georgia	9-1	George Cecil Woodruff	BS , PS , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 115-116}
	Illinois	7–0–1	Robert Zuppke	BR , DiS, HAF , NCF , PD	^[6]^{: 116}
	Notre Dame	7–1–1	Knute Rockne	HS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Texas A&M	8–0–1	Dana X. Biblia	SR	^[6]^{: 116}
	Yale	7–1	Thomas Jones	CFRA	^[6]^{: 116}
1928	Detroit	9-0	Gus Dorais	PD	^[6]^{: 116}
	Georgia Tech	10–0	William Alexander	BR , BS , CFRA , HAF , HS, NCF , PD , PS , SR , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
	USC	9–0–1	Howard Jones	DiS, SR	^[6]^{: 116}
1929	Notre Dame	9-0	Knute Rockne	BR , BS , CFRA , DiS, DuS, HAF , NCF , PS , SR	^[6]^{: 116}
	Pittsburgh	9-1	Jock Sutherland	PD	^[6]^{: 116}
	USC	10-2	Howard Jones	HS, SR , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
1930	Alabama	10–0	Wallace Wade	CFRA , PD , SR , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
1930	Notre Dame	10–0	Knute Rockne	BR , BS, DiS, DuS, HAF , HS, NCF , PD , PS	^[6]^{: 116}
1931	Pittsburgh	8-1	Jock Sutherland	PD	^[6]^{: 116}
	Purdue	9-1	Noble Kizer	PD	^[6]^{: 116}
	USC	10-1	Howard Jones	BR , BS, CFRA , DiS, DuS, HAF , HS, NCF , PS , SR , WS , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
1932	Colgate	9-0	Andrew Kerr	PD	^[6]^{: 116}
	Michigan	8-0	Harry Kipke	DiS, PD , SR	^[6]^{: 116}
	USC	10–0	Howard Jones	BR , BS, CFRA , DuS, HAF , HS, NCF , PD , PS , SR , WS, B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
1933	Michigan	7–0–1	Harry Kipke	BR , BS, CFRA , DiS, HAF , HS, NCF , PD, PS , SR , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
	Estado de Ohio	7–1	Sam Willaman	DuS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Princeton	9-0	Fritz Crisler	PD	^[6]^{: 116}
	USC	10–1–1	Howard Jones	WS	^[6]^{: 116}
1934	Alabama	10–0	Frank Thomas	DuS, HS, PS , WS, B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
1934	Minnesota	8-0	Bernie Bierman	BR , BS, CFRA , DiS, HAF , L, NCF , SR	^[6]^{: 116}
1935	LSU	9-2	Bernie Moore	WS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Minnesota	8-0	Bernie Bierman	BR , BS, CFRA , HAF , L, NCF , PS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Princeton	9-0	Fritz Crisler	DuS	^[6]^{: 116}
	SMU	12-1	Matty Bell	DiS, HS, SR , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
	TCU	12-1	Holandés Meyer	WS	^[6]^{: 116}
1936	Duque	9-1	Wallace Wade	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
	LSU	9–1–1	Bernie Moore	SR , WS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Minnesota	7–1	Bernie Bierman	AP, BR , DiS, DuS, HAF , L, NCF , PS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Pittsburgh	8–1–1	Jock Sutherland	BS, CFRA , HS	^[6]^{: 116}
1937	California	10–0–1	Stub Allison	DuS, HAF	^[6]^{: 116}
1937	Pittsburgh	9–0–1	Jock Sutherland	AP, BR , BS, CFRA , DiS, HS, L, NCF , PS, SR , WS, B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
1938	Notre Dame	8-1	Elmer Layden	DiS	^[6]^{: 116}
	TCU	11-0	Holandés Meyer	AP, HAF , NCF , WS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Tennesse	11-0	Robert Neyland	BR , BS, CFRA , DuS, HS, L, PS, SR , B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
1939	Cornell	8-0	Carl Snavely	L, SR	^[6]^{: 116}
	Texas A&M	11-0	Homer Norton	AP, BR , BS, CFRA , DeS , DuS, HAF , HS, NCF , PS, SR , WS, B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 116}
	USC	8–0–2	Howard Jones	DiS	^[6]^{: 116}
1940	Minnesota	8-0	Bernie Bierman	AP, B (QPRS) , BS, CFRA , DeS , DiS, HS, L, NCF , SR	^[6]^{: 116}
	Stanford	10–0	Clark Shaughnessy	BR , HAF , PS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Tennesse	10-1	Robert Neyland	DuS, WS	^[6]^{: 116}
1941	Alabama	9-2	Frank Thomas	HS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Minnesota	8-0	Bernie Bierman	AP, BR , BS, CFRA , DeS , DuS, HAF, L, NCF , PS, SR	^[6]^{: 116}
	Texas	8–1–1	Dana X. Biblia	B (QPRS) , WS	^[6]^{: 116}
1942	Georgia	11-1	Wally Butts	B (QPRS) , BR , DeS , HS, L, PS, SR , WS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Estado de Ohio	9-1	Paul Brown	AP, BS, DuS, CFRA , NCF	^[6]^{: 116}
	Wisconsin	8–1–1	Harry Stuhldreher	HAF	^[6]^{: 116}
1943	Notre Dame	9-1	Frank Leahy	AP, B (QPRS) , BR , BS, CFRA , DeS , DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF , PS, SR , WS	^[6]^{: 116}
1944	Ejército	9-0	Earl Blaik	AP, B (QPRS) , BR , BS, CFRA , DeS , DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF , PS, SR , WS	^[6]^{: 116}
1944	Estado de Ohio	9-0	Carroll Widdoes	NCF , SR	^[6]^{: 116}
1945	Alabama	10–0	Frank Thomas	NCF	^[6]^{: 116}
	Ejército	9-0	Earl Blaik	AP, B (QPRS) , BR , BS, CFRA , DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF , PS, SR , WS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Estado de Ohio	7-2	Carroll Widdoes	BR	^[6]^{: 116}
	Oklahoma A&M	9-0	Jim Lookabaugh	BRC	^[6]^{: 116}
1946	Ejército	9–0–1	Earl Blaik	BR , BS, CFRA , HAF, HS, PS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Georgia	11-0	Wally Butts	WS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Notre Dame	8–0–1	Frank Leahy	AP, B (QPRS) , BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF , PS, SR	^[6]^{: 116}
1947	Michigan	10–0	Fritz Crisler	B (QPRS) , BR , BS, CFRA , DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF , PS, SR	^[6]^{: 116}
1947	Notre Dame	9-0	Frank Leahy	AP, HAF, WS	^[6]^{: 116}
1948	Michigan	9-0	Bennie Oosterbaan	AP, B (QPRS) , BR , BS, CFRA , DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF , PS, SR , WS	^[6]^{: 116}
1949	Notre Dame	10–0	Frank Leahy	AP, B (QPRS) , BR , BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, HS, L, NCF , PS, SR , WS	^[6]^{: 116}
1949	Oklahoma	11-0	Bud Wilkinson	CFRA	^[6]^{: 116}
1950	Kentucky	11-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	SR	^[6]^{: 116}
	Oklahoma	10-1	Bud Wilkinson	AP , B (QPRS) , HAF, L, ARRIBA , WS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Princeton	9-0	Charley Caldwell	BS, PS	^[6]^{: 116}
	Tennesse	11-1	Robert Neyland	BR , CFRA , DeS, DuS, NCF , SR	^[6]^{: 117}
1951	Georgia Tech	11–0–1	Bobby Dodd	B (QPRS) , BS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Illinois	9–0–1	Ray Eliot	BS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Maryland	10–0	Jim Tatum	CFRA , DeS, DuS, NCF , SR	^[6]^{: 117}
	estado de Michigan	9-0	Biggie Munn	BR , HAF, PS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Tennesse	10-1	Robert Neyland	AP , L, ARRIBA , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
1952	Georgia Tech	12–0	Bobby Dodd	B (QPRS) , BR , INS, PS, SR	^[6]^{: 117}
1952	estado de Michigan	9-0	Biggie Munn	AP , BS, CFRA , DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF , SR , ARRIBA , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
1953	Maryland	10-1	Jim Tatum	AP , INS, ARRIBA	^[6]^{: 117}
	Notre Dame	9–0–1	Frank Leahy	BR , BS, DeS, DuS, HAF, L, NCF , PS, SR , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Oklahoma	9–1–1	Bud Wilkinson	B (QPRS) , CFRA	^[6]^{: 117}
1954	Estado de Ohio	10–0	Woody Hayes	AP , B (QPRS) , BR , BS, CFRA , DeS, HAF, INS, NCF , PS, SR , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
1954	UCLA	9-0	Henry Sanders	CFRA , DuS, FWAA , HAF, L, NCF , ARRIBA	^[6]^{: 117}
1955	estado de Michigan	9-1	Duffy Daugherty	BS	^[6]^{: 117}
1955	Oklahoma	11-0	Bud Wilkinson	AP , B (QPRS) , BR , CFRA , DeS, DuS, FWAA , HAF, INS, L, NCF , PS, SR , ARRIBA , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
1956	Georgia Tech	10-1	Bobby Dodd	B (QPRS) , SR	^[6]^{: 117}
	Iowa	9-1	Bosque Evashevski	CFRA	^[6]^{: 117}
	Oklahoma	10–0	Bud Wilkinson	AP , BR , BS, DeS, DuS, FWAA , HAF, INS, L, NCF , SR , ARRIBA , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Tennesse	10-1	Bowden Wyatt	SR	^[6]^{: 117}
1957	Castaño	10–0	Ralph Jordan	AP , BR , CFRA , HAF, NCF , PS, SR , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
	estado de Michigan	8-1	Duffy Daugherty	DuS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Estado de Ohio	9-1	Woody Hayes	BS, DeS, FWAA , INS, L, ARRIBA	^[6]^{: 117}
	Oklahoma	10-1	Bud Wilkinson	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 117}
1958	Iowa	8–1–1	Bosque Evashevski	FWAA	^[6]^{: 117}
1958	LSU	11-0	Paul Dietzel	AP , B (QPRS) , BR , BS, CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF , PS, SR , UPI , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
1959	Ole señorita	10-1	Johnny Vaught	B (QPRS) , DuS, SR	^[6]^{: 117}
1959	Siracusa	11-0	Ben Schwartzwalder	AP , BR , BS, CFRA , DeS, FN, FWAA , HAF, L, NCF , NFF , PS, SR , UPI , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
1960	Iowa	8-1	Bosque Evashevski	B (QPRS) , BS, L, SR	^[6]^{: 117}
	Minnesota	8-2	Murray Warmath	AP , FN, NFF , UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
	Ole señorita	10–0–1	Johnny Vaught	BR , CFRA , DeS, DuS, FWAA , NCF , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Misuri	11-0 *	Dan Devine	PD	^[6]^{: 117}
	Washington	10-1	Jim Owens	HAF	^[6]^{: 117}
1961	Alabama	11-0	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP , B (QPRS) , BR , CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF , NFF , SR , UPI , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
1961	Estado de Ohio	8–0–1	Woody Hayes	FWAA , PS	^[6]^{: 117}
1962	LSU	9–1–1	Charles McClendon	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 117}
	Ole señorita	10–0	Johnny Vaught	BR , L, SR	^[6]^{: 117}
	USC	11-0	John McKay	AP , B (QPRS) , CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, NCF , NFF , PS, UPI , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
1963	Texas	11-0	Darrell Royal	AP , B (QPRS) , BR , CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, L, NCF , NFF , PS, SR , UPI , WS	^[6]^{: 117}
1964	Alabama	10-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP , B (QPRS) , L, UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
	Arkansas	11-0	Frank Broyles	BR , CFRA , FWAA , HAF, NCF , PS, SR	^[6]^{: 117}
	Michigan	9-1	Bump Elliott	DuS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Notre Dame	9-1	Ara Parseghian	DeS, FN, NFF	^[6]^{: 117}
1965	Alabama	9–1–1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP , CFRA , FWAA , NCF	^[6]^{: 117}
1965	estado de Michigan	10-1	Duffy Daugherty	B (QPRS) , BR , DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, L, NFF , PS, SR , UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
1966	Alabama	11-0	Paul "Bear" Bryant	B (QPRS) , SR	^[6]^{: 117}
	estado de Michigan	9–0–1	Duffy Daugherty	CFRA , HAF, NFF , PS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Notre Dame	9–0–1	Ara Parseghian	AP , BR , DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, L, MGR, NCF , NFF , PS, SR , UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
1967	Notre Dame	8-2	Ara Parseghian	DuS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Oklahoma	10-1	Chuck Fairbanks	PD	^[6]^{: 117}
	USC	10-1	John McKay	AP , B (QPRS) , BR , CFRA , DeS, FN, FWAA , HAF, MGR, NCF , NFF , SR , UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
	Tennesse	9-2	Doug Dickey	L	^[6]^{: 117}
1968	Georgia	8–1–2	Vince Dooley	L	^[6]^{: 117}
	Estado de Ohio	10–0	Woody Hayes	AP , B (QPRS) , BR , CFRA , DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, NCF , NFF , PS, R (FACT), SR , UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
	Texas	9–1–1	Darrell Royal	DeS, MGR, SR	^[6]^{: 117}
1969	Estado de Ohio	8-1	Woody Hayes	MONSEÑOR	^[6]^{: 117}
	Penn State	11-0	Joe Paterno	R (HECHO), SR	^[6]^{: 117}
	Texas	11-0	Darrell Royal	AP , B (QPRS) , BR , CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, L, NCF , NFF , PS, R (FACT), SR , UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
1970	Estado de arizona	11-0	Frank Kush	PD	^[6]^{: 117}
	Nebraska	11–0–1	Bob Devaney	AP , BR, CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, NCF , R (FACT), SR	^[6]^{: 117}
	Notre Dame	10-1	Ara Parseghian	MGR, R (HECHO), SR	^[6]^{: 117}
	Estado de Ohio	9-1	Woody Hayes	NFF	^[6]^{: 117}
	Texas	10-1	Darrell Royal	B (QPRS) , L, NFF , R (HECHO), UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
1971	Nebraska	13-0	Bob Devaney	AP , B (QPRS) , BR, CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, L, MGR, NCF , NFF , PS, R (FACT), SR , UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
1972	USC	12–0	John McKay	AP , B (QPRS) , BR, CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, L, MGR, NCF , NFF , PS, R (FACT), SR , UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
1973	Alabama	11-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	B (QPRS) , UPI	^[6]^{: 117}
	Michigan	10–0–1	Bo Schembechler	NCF , PS	^[6]^{: 117}
	Notre Dame	11-0	Ara Parseghian	AP , BR, FN, FWAA , HAF, NCF , NFF	^[6]^{: 117}
	Estado de Ohio	10–0–1	Woody Hayes	NCF , PS, R (HECHO), SR	^[6]^{: 118}
	Oklahoma	10–0–1	Barry Switzer	CFRA , DeS, DuS, SR	^[6]^{: 118}
1974	Estado de Ohio	10-2	Woody Hayes	MONSEÑOR	^[6]^{: 118}
	Oklahoma	11-0	Barry Switzer	AP , B (QPRS) , BR, CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, HAF, L, NCF , PS, R (FACT), SR	^[6]^{: 118}
	USC	10–1–1	John McKay	FWAA , HAF, NCF , NFF , UPI	^[6]^{: 118}
1975	Alabama	11-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	MONSEÑOR	^[6]^{: 118}
	Estado de arizona	12–0	Frank Kush	NCF , SN	^[6]^{: 118}
	Estado de Ohio	11-1	Woody Hayes	B (QPRS) , HAF, MGR, PS, R (HECHO)	^[6]^{: 118}
	Oklahoma	11-1	Barry Switzer	AP , BR, CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, NCF , NFF , R (FACT), SR , UPI	^[6]^{: 118}
1976	Pittsburgh	12–0	Johnny Majors	AP , BR, FN, FWAA , HAF, NCF , NFF , PS, R (FACT), SN, SR , UPI	^[6]^{: 118}
1976	USC	11-1	John Robinson	B (QPRS) , BR, CFRA , DeS, DuS, MGR	^[6]^{: 118}
1977	Alabama	11-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	CFRA	^[6]^{: 118}
	Arkansas	11-1	Lou Holtz	R (HECHO)	^[6]^{: 118}
	Notre Dame	11-1	Dan Devine	AP , BR, CFRA , DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, MGR, NCF , NFF , PS, R (FACT), SN, SR , UPI	^[6]^{: 118}
	Texas	11-1	Fred Akers	B (QPRS) , R (HECHO), SR	^[6]^{: 118}
1978	Alabama	11-1	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP , CFRA , FWAA , HAF, NCF , NFF , R (HECHO)	^[6]^{: 118}
	Oklahoma	11-1	Barry Switzer	DeS, DuS, HAF, L, MGR, PS, R (FACT), SR	^[6]^{: 118}
	USC	12-1	John Robinson	B (QPRS) , BR, FN, HAF, NCF , R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI	^[6]^{: 118}
1979	Alabama	12–0	Paul "Bear" Bryant	AP , B (QPRS) , BR, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, MGR, NCF , NFF , NYT, PS, R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI	^[6]^{: 118}
1979	USC	11–0–1	John Robinson	CFRA	^[6]^{: 118}
1980	Estado de Florida	10-2	Bobby Bowden	R (HECHO)	^[6]^{: 118}
	Georgia	12–0	Vince Dooley	AP , B (QPRS) , BR, FN, FWAA , HAF, NCF, NFF , PS, R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI	^[6]^{: 118}
	Nebraska	10-2	Tom Osborne	R (HECHO)	^[6]^{: 118}
	Oklahoma	10-2	Barry Switzer	DuS, MGR	^[6]^{: 118}
	Pittsburgh	11-1	Jackie Sherrill	CFRA , DeS, NYT, R (FACT), SR	^[6]^{: 118}
1981	Clemson	12–0	Danny Ford	AP , B (QPRS) , BR, CFRA , DeS, FN, FWAA , HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF , NYT, PS, R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI	^[6]^{: 118}
	Nebraska	9-3	Tom Osborne	NCF	^[6]^{: 118}
	Penn State	10-2	Joe Paterno	DuS	^[6]^{: 118}
	Pittsburgh	11-1	Jackie Sherrill	NCF	^[6]^{: 118}
	SMU	10-1	Ron Meyer	NCF	^[6]^{: 118}
	Texas	10–1–1	Fred Akers	NCF	^[6]^{: 118}
mil novecientos ochenta y dos	Nebraska	12-1	Tom Osborne	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 118}
	Penn State	11-1	Joe Paterno	AP , BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , HAF, L, MGR, NCF, NFF , NYT, PS, R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI , USAT	^[6]^{: 118}
	SMU	11–0–1	Bobby Collins	HAF	^[6]^{: 118}
1983	Castaño	11-1	Pat Dye	BR, CFRA, NYT, R (HECHO), SR	^[6]^{: 118}
	Miami, Florida)	11-1	Howard Schnellenberger	AP , DuS, FN, FWAA , NCF, NFF , SN, UPI , USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 118}
	Nebraska	12-1	Tom Osborne	B (QPRS) , DeS, L, MGR, PS, R (FACT), SR	^[6]^{: 118}
1984	BYU	13-0	LaVell Edwards	AP , BR, CFRA, FWAA , NCF, NFF , PS, SR, UPI , USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 118}
	Florida	9–1–1	Galen Hall	DeS, DuS, MGR, NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR	^[6]^{: 118}
	Nebraska	10-2	Tom Osborne	L	^[6]^{: 118}
	Washington	11-1	Don James	B (QPRS) , FN, NCF	^[6]^{: 118}
1985	Florida	9–1–1	Galen Hall	SR	^[6]^{: 118}
	Michigan	10–1–1	Bo Schembechler	MONSEÑOR	^[6]^{: 118}
	Oklahoma	11-1	Barry Switzer	AP , B (QPRS) , BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , NCF, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, UPI , USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 118}
1986	Miami, Florida)	11-1	Jimmy Johnson	R (HECHO)	^[6]^{: 118}
	Oklahoma	11-1	Barry Switzer	B (QPRS) , CFRA, DeS, DuS, NYT, SR	^[6]^{: 118}
	Penn State	12–0	Joe Paterno	AP , BR, FN, FWAA , MGR, NCF, NFF , R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI , USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 118}
1987	Estado de Florida	11-1	Bobby Bowden	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 118}
1987	Miami, Florida)	12–0	Jimmy Johnson	AP , BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA , MGR, NCF, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI , USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 118}
1988	Miami, Florida)	11-1	Jimmy Johnson	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 118}
1988	Notre Dame	12–0	Lou Holtz	AP , BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA , MGR, NCF, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI , USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 118}
1989	Miami, Florida)	11-1	Dennis Erickson	AP , BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , MGR, NCF, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, UPI , USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 118}
1989	Notre Dame	12-1	Lou Holtz	B (QPRS) , ERS, R (HECHO), SR	^[6]^{: 118}
1990	Colorado	11–1–1	Bill McCartney	AP , B (QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, FN, FWAA , MGR, NCF, NFF , R (FACT), SN, USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 118}
	Georgia Tech	11–0–1	Bobby Ross	DuS, NCF, R (HECHO), SR, UPI	^[6]^{: 118}
	Miami, Florida)	10-2	Dennis Erickson	ERS, NYT, R (HECHO), SR	^[6]^{: 118}
	Washington	10-2	Don James	R (HECHO)	^[6]^{: 118}
1991	Miami, Florida)	12–0	Dennis Erickson	AP , BR, CFRA, ERS, NCF, NYT, SN, SR	^[6]^{: 118}
1991	Washington	12–0	Don James	B (QPRS), DeS, DuS, FN, FWAA , MGR, NCF, R (FACT), SR, UPI / NFF , USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 118}
1992	Alabama	13-0	Stallings genéticos	AP , B (QPRS), BR, CFRA, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA , MGR, NCF, NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI / NFF , USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 118}
1992	Estado de Florida	11-1	Bobby Bowden	SR	^[6]^{: 118}
1993	Castaño	11-0	Terry Bowden	NCF	^[6]^{: 118}
	Estado de Florida	12-1	Bobby Bowden	AP , B (QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA , NCF, NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI , USAT / CNN , USAT / NFF	^[6]^{: 118}
	Nebraska	11-1	Tom Osborne	NCF	^[6]^{: 118}
	Notre Dame	11-1	Lou Holtz	MGR, NCF	^[6]^{: 118}
1994	Estado de Florida	10–1–1	Bobby Bowden	DuS	^[6]^{: 118}
	Nebraska	13-0	Tom Osborne	AP , AS, B (QPRS), BR, FN, FWAA , NCF, R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI , USAT / CNN , USAT / NFF	^[6]^{: 118-119}
	Penn State	12–0	Joe Paterno	CCR, DeS, ERS, MGR, NCF, NYT, R (FACT), SR	^[6]^{: 119}
1995	Nebraska	12–0	Tom Osborne	AP , AS, B (QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA , MGR, NCF, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR, UPI , USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 119}
1996	Florida	12-1	Steve Spurrier	AP , B (QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA , MGR, NCF, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR, USAT / CNN	^[6]^{: 119}
1996	Estado de Florida	11-1	Bobby Bowden	COMO	^[6]^{: 119}
1997	Michigan	12–0	Lloyd Carr	AP , BR, FN, FWAA , NCF, NFF , SN	^[6]^{: 119}
1997	Nebraska	13-0	Tom Osborne	A&H, AS, B (QPRS), BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, MGR, NCF, NYT, R (FACT), SR, USAT / ESPN	^[6]^{: 119}
1998	Estado de Ohio	11-1	John Cooper	SR ^b	^[6]^{: 119}
1998	Tennesse	13-0	Phillip Fulmer	A&H, AP , AS, B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA , MGR, NCF, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, USAT / ESPN	^[6]^{: 119}
1999	Estado de Florida	12–0	Bobby Bowden	A&H, AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA , MCFR, MGR, NCF, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR, USAT / ESPN	^[6]^{: 119}
2000	Miami, Florida)	11-1	Butch Davis	NYT	^[6]^{: 119}
2000	Oklahoma	13-0	Bob se agacha	A&H, AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA , MCFR, MGR, NCF, NFF , R (FACT), SN, SR, USAT / ESPN	^[6]^{: 119}
2001	Miami, Florida)	12–0	Larry Coker	A&H, AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, DuS, ERS, FN, FWAA , MCFR, MGR, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR, USAT / ESPN , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2002	Estado de Ohio	14-0	Jim Tressel	A&H, AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, ERS, FN, FWAA , MCFR, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR, USAT / ESPN , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2002	USC	11-2	Pete Carroll	DuS, MGR, SR	^[6]^{: 119}
2003	LSU	13-1	Nick Saban	A&H, BCS, BR, CM, DeS, DuS, MCFR, NFF , R (FACT), SR, USAT / ESPN , W	^[6]^{: 119}
	Oklahoma	12-2	Bob se agacha	B (QPRS)	^[6]^{: 119}
	USC	12-1	Pete Carroll	AP , CCR, ERS, FWAA , MGR, NYT, SN	^[6]^{: 119}
2004	USC ^c	11 a ⁰ días	Pete Carroll	A&H, AP , B (QPRS), BR, CCR, CM, DeS, DuS, ERS, MCFR, MGR, NFF , NYT, R (FACT), SN, SR, W	^[6]^{: 119}
2004	Desocupado ^c	-	-	BCS, FWAA , USAT / ESPN	^[6]^{: 119}
2005	Texas	13-0	Mack Brown	A&H, AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, DuS, ERS, FWAA , MCFR, MGR, NFF , R (FACT), SN, SR, USAT , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2006	Florida	13-1	Urban Meyer	A&H, AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DuS, FWAA , MCFR, MGR, NFF , R (FACT), SN, SR, USAT , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2006	Estado de Ohio	12-1	Jim Tressel	DeS, R (HECHO)	^[6]^{: 119}
2007	LSU	12-2	Les Miles	AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, FWAA , MCFR, NFF , SR, USAT , W	^[6]^{: 119}
	Misuri	12-2	Gary Pinkel	A&H	^[21]^[22]^[23]
	USC	11-2	Pete Carroll	DuS ^e	^[6]^{: 119}
2008	Florida	13-1	Urban Meyer	AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DuS, FWAA , NFF , SR, USAT	^[6]^{: 119}
2008	Utah	13-0	Kyle Whittingham	A&H, MCFR, W	^[6]^{: 119}
2009	Alabama	14-0	Nick Saban	A&H, AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA , MCFR, NFF , SR, USAT , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2010	Castaño	14-0	Gene Chizik	A&H, AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA , MCFR, NFF , SR, USAT , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2010	TCU	13-0	Gary Patterson	CCR	^[6]^{: 119}
2011	Alabama	12-1	Nick Saban	AP , B (QPRS), BCS, BR, CFRA, DuS, FWAA , MCFR, NFF , SR, USAT , W	^[6]^{: 119}
	LSU	13-1	Les Miles	A&H, CCR	^[24]^[25]
	Estado de Oklahoma	12-1	Mike Gundy	CM	^[6]^{: 119}
2012	Alabama	13-1	Nick Saban	A&H, AP , BCS, BR, CCR, CFRA, DuS, FWAA , MCFR, NFF , SR, USAT , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2012	Notre Dame	12-1	Brian Kelly	CM	^[6]^{: 119}
2013	Estado de Florida	14-0	Jimbo Fisher	A&H, AP , BCS, BR, CCR, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA , MCFR, NFF , SR, USAT , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2014	Estado de Ohio	14-1	Urban Meyer	A&H, AP , BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA / NFF , MCFR, SR, USAT / AMWAY , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2015	Alabama	14-1	Nick Saban	A&H, AP , BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA / NFF , MCFR, SR, USAT / AMWAY , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2016	Alabama	14-1	Nick Saban	CM	^[6]^{: 119}
2016	Clemson	14-1	Dabo Swinney	A&H, AP , BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, DuS, FWAA / NFF , MCFR, SR, USAT / AMWAY , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2017	Alabama	13-1	Nick Saban	A&H, AP , BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, DuS, FWAA / NFF , MCFR, SR, USAT / AMWAY , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2017	UCF	13-0	Scott Frost	CM	^[26]^[27]^[6]^{: 119}
2018	Clemson	15-0	Dabo Swinney	A&H, AP , BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA / NFF , MCFR, SR, USAT / AMWAY , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2019	LSU	15-0	Ed Orgeron	A&H, AP , BR, CCR, CFP, CFRA, CM, DuS, FWAA / NFF , MCFR, SR, USAT / AMWAY , W	^[6]^{: 119}
2020	Alabama	13-0	Nick Saban	A&H, ^[28] AP , ^[29] BR, ^[30] CCR, ^[31] CFP, CFRA, ^[32] CM, ^[33] FWAA / NFF , ^[34] MCFR, ^[35] SR, ^[36] USAT / AMWAY ^[37]

^unaselección de Parke Davis para 1901, como se publicó en la Foot Ball Guide de Spalding para 1934 y 1935 (a la que contribuyó hasta su muerte), fue Harvard. ^[19]^{: 206}^[20]^{: 233} El Libro de Récords de la NCAA declara "Yale" para 1901, que es un error que se ha perpetuado desde la primera aparición de las selecciones de Parke Davis en el libro de la NCAA alrededor de 1995.
^bThe NCAA Football Bowl El libro Subdivision Records enumera a Sagarin por haber seleccionado Tennessee, ^[6]^{: 118} mientras que el sitio web oficial de Sagarin da a Ohio State como su selección de 1998. ^[38]
^cLa USC despojada de la FWAAde su Grantland Rice Trophy 2004 y dejó vacante la selección de su campeón nacional para 2004. El BCS también dejó vacante la participación de USC en el Orange Bowl 2005 y el Campeonato Nacional BCS 2004 de USC, y el AFCA Coaches Poll Trophy fue devuelto. ^[39]^[40]
^dRecord no cuenta victorias contra UCLA, o contra Oklahoma en el juego de campeonato BCS el 4 de enero de 2005, ya que fueron anuladas por la NCAA. ^[41]
^eEl libro NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records enumera a Dunkel por haber seleccionado LSU, ^[6]^{: 118} mientras que el sitio web oficial de Dunkel da a USC como su selección de 2007. ^[42]

Selecciones totales de campeonatos de los principales selectores por escuela

El recuento de títulos nacionales que se enumeran a continuación es la culminación de todos los campeonatos otorgados desde 1869, independientemente del estado de consenso o no consenso, como se enumera en la tabla anterior de acuerdo con los selectores considerados importantes según se enumeran en los registros oficiales de subdivisión de fútbol de la NCAA ( menos la encuesta de Harris Interactive, 2005-2013, que figura en la lista pero no realiza una encuesta final ni otorga un campeonato). ^[6]^{: 112–119}

Se puede decir que los totales están en disputa. Las escuelas individuales pueden reclamar campeonatos nacionales no contabilizados por los Registros de Subdivisión de Football Bowl de la NCAA o no pueden reclamar selecciones de campeonatos nacionales que aparecen en los Registros de Subdivisión de Football Bowl oficiales de la NCAA (ver reclamos de campeonatos nacionales por escuela a continuación). Para obtener una vista alternativa independiente de los totales de campeonatos nacionales de cada equipo, consulte las selecciones de campeones nacionales reconocidos de College Football Data Warehouse o de la era Poll (1936-presente) en las tablas a continuación.

Colegio	Campeonatos
Princeton	28
Yale	27
Alabama	23
Notre Dame	22
Estado de Ohio	17
Oklahoma	17
USC	17
Michigan	dieciséis
Harvard	12
Nebraska	11
Pittsburgh	11
LSU	9
Miami, Florida)	9
Minnesota	9
Texas	9
Estado de Florida	8
Georgia Tech	7
Penn State	7
Tennesse	7
Georgia	6
estado de Michigan	6
Penn	6
Iowa	5
Ejército	5
Castaño	5
California	5
Cornell	5
Florida	5
Illinois	5
Washington	4
Clemson	3
Lafayette	3
Ole señorita	3
SMU	3
TCU	3
Texas A&M	3
Estado de arizona	2
Arkansas	2
Chicago	2
Maryland	2
Misuri	2
Estado de Oklahoma	2
Stanford	2
Vanderbilt	2
BYU	1
Centrar	1
Colgate	1
Colorado	1
Columbia	1
Dartmouth	1
Detroit	1
Duque	1
Kentucky	1
Armada	1
Purdue	1
Rutgers	1
Siracusa	1
UCF	1
UCLA	1
Utah	1
Washington y Jefferson	1
Wisconsin	1

Era de las encuestas (1936-presente)

Mapa de campeones de fútbol americano universitario de EE. UU., 1936-2019

El sistema de votación obtuvo una coherencia generalizada por primera vez con la introducción de la encuesta de AP en 1936, seguida de la Encuesta de Entrenadores en 1950. Los campeonatos nacionales a menudo se consideran popularmente como "consenso" cuando ambas encuestas están de acuerdo con sus selecciones de campeonatos nacionales. aunque existen otros selectores y hacen selecciones alternativas. Una encarnación más moderna, la Bowl Championship Series (BCS), era un consorcio de conferencias de fútbol americano universitario que utilizaba una combinación de varias clasificaciones informáticas y encuestas humanas para determinar matemáticamente un enfrentamiento de postemporada entre los dos mejores equipos según lo determinado por su fórmula. La encuesta de entrenadores de USA Today estaba obligada por contrato a nombrar al campeón de BCS como su campeón nacional.

Encuesta AP

La encuesta de fútbol americano universitario de AP tiene una larga historia. Los medios de comunicación comenzaron a realizar sus propias encuestas de periodistas deportivos para determinar quién era, según la opinión popular, el mejor equipo de fútbol del país al final de la temporada. Una de las primeras encuestas de este tipo fue la AP College Football Poll, que se realizó por primera vez en 1934 (compilada y organizada por Charles Woodroof, exdirector asistente de relaciones con los medios de la SEC , pero no reconocida en los registros oficiales de la subdivisión de fútbol americano de la NCAA) y luego de forma continua desde 1936 . Debido a los lazos históricos de larga data entre las conferencias individuales de fútbol americano universitario y los juegos de bol de alto pago como el Rose Bowl y el Orange Bowl , elLa NCAA nunca ha celebrado un torneo o un juego de campeonato para determinar el campeón de lo que ahora es la división más alta, la División I de la NCAA , la Subdivisión de fútbol americano (la División I, la Subdivisión de campeonato de fútbol y las divisiones inferiores sí celebran torneos de campeonato). Como resultado, el público y los medios de comunicación comenzaron a tomar al principal votante en la encuesta AP final como el campeón nacional de esa temporada.

Si bien la encuesta AP actualmente enumera los 25 mejores equipos de la nación, de 1936 a 1961 el servicio de cable solo clasificó a 20 equipos. Y de 1962 a 1967 solo se reconocieron 10 equipos. De 1968 a 1988, AP reanudó nuevamente su Top 20 antes de expandirse a 25 equipos en 1989.

Hasta la temporada de fútbol americano de la División Universitaria de la NCAA de 1968 , la última encuesta AP de la temporada se publicó después del final de la temporada regular, con la excepción de la temporada de 1965 . En 1964, Alabama fue nombrado campeón nacional en la última encuesta AP luego de completar la temporada regular, pero perdió en el Orange Bowl ante Texas , dejando a Arkansas como el único equipo invicto y desatado después de que los Razorbacks derrotaran a Nebraska en el Cotton Bowl Classic. . En 1965, la decisión de AP de esperar a coronar a su campeón dio sus frutos, ya que Michigan State , el mejor clasificado , perdió ante UCLA en laRose Bowl , número dos de Arkansas perdió ante LSU en el Cotton Bowl Classic , y Alabama , cuarto clasificado, derrotó a Nebraska en el Orange Bowl , tercer clasificado , elevando al Crimson Tide a la cima de la encuesta final de la AP. Michigan State fue nombrada campeona nacional en la última encuesta de entrenadores de United Press International , que no realizó una encuesta posterior al tazón. Al final de la temporada de 1947 , AP publicó una encuesta no oficial posterior al tazón que difería de la encuesta final de la temporada regular. El campeonato nacional AP se había otorgado antes de que se jugaran los juegos de bolos.

Beginning in the 1968 season, a post bowl game poll was released and the AP championship reflected the bowl game results. The UPI did not follow suit with the Coaches Poll until the 1974 season.^[43]

Coaches Poll

The AFCA National Championship Trophy

The Coaches Poll began selecting the top 20 teams on a weekly basis during the 1950–1951 college football season. It is conducted among selected members of the American Football Coaches Association. In 1990 the poll expanded to a top 25, and it has retained this format since. The Coaches Poll took its final poll prior to the bowl games from 1950 to 1973 but since 1974 has taken its final poll after bowl games. The Coaches Poll does not include teams on either NCAA or conference-sanction probation, which also differentiates it from the AP poll.^[44] The poll has been released through various media outlets and with differing sponsors over its history and thus has taken a succession of different names, including United Press (UP) from 1950 thru 1957, the United Press International (UPI) from 1958 thru 1990, USA Today/CNN from 1991 thru 1996, USA Today/ESPN from 1997 to 2004, and USA Today from 2005 to present.

During the era of the BCS, the Coaches Poll was under contractual obligation to award its national championship selection to the winner of the BCS Championship Game or its predecessors—who was presented with the AFCA National Championship Trophy during a post-game presentation. The College Football Playoff is not tied to the Coaches Poll in this manner.^[45]

Poll era national championships by school (1936–present)

The following table contains the national championships that have been recognized by the final AP or Coaches Poll. Originally both the AP and Coaches poll champions were crowned after the regular season, but since 1968 and 1974, respectively, both polls crown their champions after the bowl games are completed. The BCS champion was automatically awarded the Coaches Poll championship. Of the current 120+ Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS, formerly Division I-A) schools, only 30 have won at least a share of a national title by the AP or Coaches poll. Of these 30 teams, only 19 teams have won multiple titles. Of the 19 teams, only 7 have won five or more national titles: Alabama, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, USC, Miami (FL), Nebraska, and Ohio State. The years listed in the table below indicate a national championship selection by the AP or Coaches Poll. The selections are noted with (AP) or (Coaches) when a national champion selection differed between the two polls for that particular season, which has occurred in twelve different seasons (including 2004, for which the coaches selection was rescinded) since the polls first came to coexist in 1950.

School	Championships	Seasons
Alabama	13	1961, 1964, 1965 (AP), 1973 (Coaches), 1978 (AP), 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020
Notre Dame	8	1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973 (AP), 1977, 1988
Oklahoma	7	1950, 1955, 1956, 1974 (AP), 1975, 1985, 2000
USC	7	1962, 1967, 1972, 1974 (Coaches), 1978 (Coaches), 2003 (AP), 2004 (AP)†
Ohio State	6	1942, 1954 (AP), 1957 (Coaches), 1968, 2002, 2014
Miami (FL)	5	1983, 1987, 1989, 1991 (AP), 2001
Nebraska	5	1970 (AP), 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997 (Coaches)
LSU	4	1958, 2003 (Coaches), 2007, 2019
Texas	4	1963, 1969, 1970 (Coaches), 2005
Minnesota	4	1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
Florida	3	1996, 2006, 2008
Florida State	3	1993, 1999, 2013
Clemson	3	1981, 2016, 2018
Army	2	1944, 1945 (AP)
Auburn	2	1957 (AP), 2010
Michigan	2	1948, 1997 (AP)
Michigan State	2	1952, 1965 (Coaches)
Penn State	2	1982, 1986
Pittsburgh	2	1937, 1976
Tennessee	2	1951, 1998
BYU	1	1984
Colorado	1	1990 (AP)
Georgia	1	1980
Georgia Tech	1	1990 (Coaches)
Maryland	1	1953
Oklahoma State	1	1945 (Coaches)‡
Syracuse	1	1959
TCU	1	1938
Texas A&M	1	1939
UCLA	1	1954 (Coaches)
Washington	1	1991 (Coaches)

† USC's 2004–2005 BCS National Championship was vacated by the BCS and the AFCA Coaches' Trophy returned.^[46]
‡ Retroactively awarded in 2016 by AFCA Blue Ribbon Panel^[16]

BCS championships (1998–2013)

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system designed to give the top two teams in NCAA Division I-A (now known as the FBS) an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game". This championship was intended as a surrogate for a playoff system since the NCAA does not formally determine a champion in this category. It began during the 1998 season, but a number of controversial selections spurred changes to the format over the years. Prior to the 2006 season, eight teams competed in four BCS Bowls (the Orange, Sugar, Rose, and Fiesta). The BCS replaced the Bowl Alliance (in place from 1995 to 1997), which itself followed the Bowl Coalition (in place from 1992 to 1994). One of the main differences was that the Rose Bowl participated in the BCS; previously, the Big Ten and Pac-12 champions automatically played in the Rose Bowl regardless of their poll rankings. However, after the change, those teams played in the BCS National Championship Game if they finished #1 or #2 in the BCS standings.

The BCS formula varied over the years, with the final version relying on a combination of the Coaches' and Harris polls and an average of various computer rankings to determine relative team rankings, and to narrow the field to two teams to play in the BCS National Championship Game held after the other college bowl games. The winner of this game was crowned Coaches' Poll national champion winning the AFCA National Championship Trophy and was also awarded the MacArthur Bowl by the National Football Foundation.^[13]

BCS National Championships by school

School	Championships	Seasons
Alabama	3	2009, 2011, 2012
Florida	2	2006, 2008
Florida State	2	1999, 2013
LSU	2	2003, 2007
Auburn	1	2010
Miami (FL)	1	2001
Ohio State	1	2002
Oklahoma	1	2000
Tennessee	1	1998
Texas	1	2005
USC	0†	2004

† USC's victory in the 2005 Orange Bowl and subsequent 2004–05 BCS National Championship was vacated by the BCS.^[47]^[48]

College Football Playoff championships (2014–present)

The College Football Playoff (CFP) was designed as a replacement for the BCS. While the NCAA still does not officially sanction the event, organizers sought to bring a playoff system similar to all other levels of NCAA football to the Football Bowl Subdivision.

The College Football Playoff relies on a 13-member selection committee to choose the top four teams to play in a two-round single-elimination playoff bracket. The winner of the final game is awarded the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy.

CFP National Championships by school

School	Championships	Seasons
Alabama	3	2015, 2017, 2020
Clemson	2	2016, 2018
LSU	1	2019
Ohio State	1	2014

National championship claims by school

Tennessee's national championship claims, as posted in their Neyland Stadium

The following is a table of known schools' claims on national championships at the highest level of play in college football. Several of these schools no longer compete at the highest level, which is currently NCAA Division I FBS, but nonetheless maintain claims to titles from when they did compete at the highest level.

Because there is no one governing or official body that regulates, recognizes, or awards national championships in college football, and because many independent selectors of championships exist, many of the claims by the schools listed below are shared, contradict each other, or are controversial.^[5]^[6]^{: 107–119} In addition, because there is no one body overseeing national championships, no standardized requirements exist in order for a school to make a claim on a national championship, as any particular institution is free to make any declaration it deems to be fit. However, all known national championship claims are for seasons in which a national championship, or share of a championship, was believed to be awarded to that particular school by at least one independent third-party selector.^[49]^[50]^[51]^[52] The majority of these claims, but not all, are based on championships awarded from selectors listed as "major" in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records.^[6]^{: 112–114} Not all championships awarded by third party selectors, nor those listed in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records, are necessarily claimed by each school.^{[note 1]} Therefore, these claims represent how each individual school sees their own history on the subject of national championships.

This table below includes only national championship claims originating from each particular school and therefore represents the point-of-view of each individual institution. Each total number of championships, and the years for which they are claimed, are documented by the particular school on its official website, in its football media guide, or in other official publications or literature (see Source). If a championship is not mentioned by a school for any particular season, regardless of whether it was awarded by a selector or listed in a third-party publication such as the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records, it is not considered to be claimed by that institution.^{[note 2]}

School	Claimed national championships	Seasons	Source
Princeton	28	1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1920, 1922, 1933, 1935, 1950	^[53]
Yale	27	1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1927	^[54]^[55]
Alabama	18	1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020	^[56]^[57]
Michigan	11	1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997	^[58]
Notre Dame	11	1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988	^[59]
USC	11^a	1928, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004	^[60]
Pittsburgh	9	1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1976	^[61]
Ohio State	8	1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002, 2014	^[62]^[63]
Harvard	7	1890, 1898, 1899, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919	^[64]
Minnesota	7	1904, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960	^[65]
Oklahoma	7	1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000	^[66]
Penn	7	1894, 1895, 1897, 1904, 1907^d, 1908, 1924	^[67]
Michigan State	6	1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965, 1966	^[68]
Tennessee	6	1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967, 1998	^[69]^[70]
California	5	1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937	^[71]
Cornell	5	1915, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1939	^[72]
Illinois	5	1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1951	^[73]
Iowa	5	1921, 1922, 1956, 1958, 1960	^[74]
Miami (FL)	5	1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001	^[75]
Nebraska	5	1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997	^[76]
Georgia Tech	4	1917, 1928, 1952, 1990	^[77]
LSU	4	1958, 2003, 2007, 2019	^[78]
Texas	4	1963, 1969, 1970, 2005	^[79]
Army	3	1944, 1945, 1946	^[80]
Clemson	3	1981, 2016, 2018	^[81]^[82]^[83]
Florida	3	1996, 2006, 2008	^[84]
Florida State	3	1993, 1999, 2013	^[85]
Lafayette	3	1896, 1921, 1926	^[86]
Ole Miss	3	1959, 1960, 1962	^[87]
SMU	3	1935, 1981, 1982	^[88]
Texas A&M	3	1919, 1927, 1939	^[89]
Auburn	2^b	1957, 2010	^[90]
Chicago	2	1905, 1913	^[91]
Columbia	2	1875, 1933^e	^[92]
Georgia	2^c	1942, 1980	^[93]^[94]
Penn State	2	1982, 1986	^[95]
Stanford	2	1926, 1940	^[96]^[97]
TCU	2	1935, 1938	^[98]
Washington	2	1960, 1991	^[99]
Arkansas	1	1964	^[100]
Boston College	1	1940	^[101]
BYU	1	1984	^[102]
Centre	1	1919	^[103]
Colorado	1	1990	^[104]
Dartmouth	1	1925	^[105]
Detroit	1	1928	^[106]^[107]
Kentucky	1	1950	^[108]
Maryland	1	1953	^[109]
Navy	1	1926	^[110]
Oklahoma State	1	1945	^[111]^[112]
Rutgers	1	1869	^[113]^{[disputed – discuss]}
Syracuse	1	1959	^[114]
UCF	1	2017	^[115]^[116]
UCLA	1	1954	^[117]
Wisconsin	1	1942	^[118]

^aUSC's January 4, 2005 win over Oklahoma in the BCS Championship Game was vacated as mandated by the NCAA, its 2004 BCS National Championship vacated by the BCS, and its AFCA Coaches' Trophy returned. NCAA sanctions mandate that "any reference to the vacated results, including championships, shall be removed." USC still retains the 2004 Associated Press National Championship and has not abandoned its claim to a 2004 national championship.^[47]^[119]
^bAuburn's 1913, 1983, and 1993 (Auburn was disqualified from post-season play in 1993 and did not play in a bowl game) championships are not recognized by the school.
^cGeorgia's website has multiple pages which list national championships by sport and only callout two seasons for football (1942 and 1980).^[120]^[93]^[121] The Georgia football media guide contains a year-by-year results section in which five seasons (1927, 1942, 1946, 1968, 1980) have "National Champions#" headers paired with selector callouts,^[94]^{: 159–161} but also a "Championship History" page which pairs 1942 and 1980 into a "The Consensus National Champions" section and groups 1927, 1946, and 1968 together without description as national champions beyond identification of those specific selectors.^[94]^: 192
^dNo major selectors chose Penn in 1907.
^eNo major selectors chose Columbia in 1933. Columbia's media guide claims that the team was "referred to as national champions".^[92]

College Football Data Warehouse recognized national champions (1869–2015)

College Football Data Warehouse (CFBDW) is an online resource and database that has collected and researched information on college football and national championship selections. It provides a comprehensive list of national championship selectors^[50]^[51] and has itself recognized selectors that it has deemed to be the most acceptable throughout history. These include the National Championship Foundation (1869–1882), the Helms Athletic Foundation (1883–1935), the College Football Researchers Association (1919–1935), the Associated Press Poll (1936–2015), and the Coaches Poll (1950–2015).^[122] From its research, it has compiled a list of Recognized National Championships for each season.^[49] Some years include recognition of multiple teams for a particular season. Please note that the CFBDW list of Recognized Champions does not confer any additional legitimacy to the titles. In this regard, some universities claim championships not recognized by CFBDW or do not claim championships that are recognized by CFBDW. Please consult the above table of National championship claims by school or individual team articles and websites for possible additional or alternative national championship claims.

Below is a list of all of the CFBDW recognized national championships from 1869 to 2015.^[123]

School	Championships	Seasons
Princeton	26	1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1920, 1922, 1933, 1935
Yale	18	1874, 1876, 1877, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1900, 1907, 1909, 1927
Alabama	15	1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
Notre Dame	13	1919, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
Michigan	11	1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997
USC	10	1928, 1931, 1932, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004
Pittsburgh	9	1910, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1976
Harvard	8	1875, 1890, 1898, 1899, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919
Ohio State	8	1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002, 2014
Oklahoma	7	1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000
Minnesota	6	1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
Penn	6	1894, 1895, 1897, 1904, 1907, 1908
Army	5	1914, 1916, 1944, 1945, 1946
Miami (FL)	5	1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001
Nebraska	5	1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997
California	4	1920, 1921, 1922, 1937
Georgia Tech	4	1917, 1928, 1952, 1990
Illinois	4	1914, 1919, 1923, 1927
LSU	4	1908, 1958, 2003, 2007
Michigan State	4	1951, 1952, 1965, 1966
Penn State	4	1911, 1912, 1982, 1986
Tennessee	4	1938, 1950, 1951, 1998
Texas	4	1963, 1969, 1970, 2005
Auburn	3	1913, 1957, 2010
Cornell	3	1915, 1921, 1922
Florida	3	1996, 2006, 2008
Florida State	3	1993, 1999, 2013
Lafayette	3	1896, 1921, 1926
Georgia	2	1942, 1980
Ole Miss	2	1960, 1962
Texas A&M	2	1919, 1939
TCU	2	1935, 1938
Arkansas	1	1964
Boston College	1	1940
BYU	1	1984
Chicago	1	1905
Clemson	1	1981
Colorado	1	1990
Dartmouth	1	1925
Iowa	1	1958
Maryland	1	1953
SMU	1	1935
Stanford	1	1926
Syracuse	1	1959
UCLA	1	1954
Washington	1	1991

Notes

^ The following schools either make no apparent statement or claim regarding national championships, or clearly state no claims on a national championship, despite the listing of a national championship for that school in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records: Arizona State, Colgate, Detroit, Duke, Missouri, Purdue, Rutgers, Vanderbilt, Washington & Jefferson, and Wisconsin.
^ All National Championships listed in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records, as well as all additional selections compiled at College Football Data Warehouse, were checked for claims by the applicable schools. Although every care was taken to be thorough and accurate, it can not be assumed that there are no missing or misrepresented claims due to potential limitations of the available source material for any one institution.

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[53] The following schools either make no apparent statement or claim regarding national championships, or clearly state no claims on a national championship, despite the listing of a national championship for that school in the official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records: Arizona State, Colgate, Detroit, Duke, Missouri, Purdue, Rutgers, Vanderbilt, Washington & Jefferson, and Wisconsin.

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