It is the highest level of college football played in United States. There's some dispute over how many titles certain teams have won since the first national championship, naming a Division I national champ is complicated.
For many years, a selecting organization (such as the National Championship Foundation) would crown the champion. Some seasons, there wasn't a clear-cut champion, so multiple teams were deemed national champs by the selectors.
Some college claim for other titles. This list, we'll only count national championships that are recognized officialy by the NCAA.
NAME | WINNER |
Yale
| 18 |
Princeton
| 15 |
Alabama
| 15 |
Notre Dame
| 13 |
Michigan
| 10 |
Southern California
| 9 |
Harvard
| 8 |
Ohio State
| 8 |
Oklahoma
| 7 |
Minnesota
| 6 |
Pittsburgh
| 5 |
Nebraska
| 5 |
Miami
| 5 |
LSU
| 4 |
Penn State
| 4 |
Pennsylvania
| 4 |
Texas
| 4 |
Army
| 3 |
Florida
| 3 |
California
| 3 |
Georgia Tech
| 3 |
Florida State
| 3 |
Cornell
| 3 |
Illinois
| 3 |
Michigan State
| 3 |
Clemson
| 2 |
Georgia
| 2 |
Tennessee
| 2 |
Auburn
| 2 |
Texas A&M
| 2 |
Brigham Young
| 1 |
Texas Christian
| 1 |
UCLA
| 1 |
Arkansas
| 1 |
Chicago
| 1 |
Alabama
| 1 |
Clemson
| 1 |
Colorado
| 1 |
Syracuse
| 1 |
Maryland
| 1 |
LSU
| 1 |
Mississippi
| 1 |
Lafayette
| 1 |
Iowa
| 1 |
None
| 1 |
Rutgers
| 1 |
Georgia
| 1 |
Stanford
| 1 |
Washington
| 1 |
YEAR | WINNER | RUNNER UP | RESULT |
2024 | Ohio State | Notre Dame | 34 - 23 |
2023 | Michigan | Washington | 34 - 13 |
2022 | Georgia | TCU | 65 - 7 |
2021 | Georgia | Alabama | 33 - 18 |
2020 | Alabama | Ohio State | 52 - 24 |
2019 | LSU | Clemson | 42 - 25 |
2018 | Clemson | Alabama | 44 - 16 |
2017 | Alabama | Georgia | 26 - 23 |
2016 | Clemson | Alabama | 35 - 31 |
2015 | Alabama | Clemson | 45 - 40 |
2014 | Ohio State | Oregon | 42 - 20 |
2013 | Florida State | Auburn | 34 - 31 |
2012 | Alabama | Notre Dame | 42 - 14 |
2011 | Alabama | LSU | 21 - 0 |
2010 | Auburn | Oregon | 22 - 19 |
2009 | Alabama | Texas | 27 - 21 |
2008 | Florida | Oklahoma | 24 - 14 |
2007 | LSU | Ohio State | 38 - 24 |
2006 | Florida | Ohio State | 41 - 14 |
2005 | Texas | USC | 41 - 38 |
2004 | Southern California | Oklahoma | 55 - 19 |
2003 | LSU, Southern California | ||
2002 | Ohio State | Miami (FL) | 31 - 24 |
2001 | Miami | Nebraska | 37 - 14 |
2000 | Oklahoma | Florida State | 13 - 2 |
1999 | Florida State | Virginia Tech | 46 - 29 |
1998 | Tennessee | Florida State | 23 - 16 |
1997 | Michigan, Nebraska | ||
1996 | Florida | ||
1995 | Nebraska | ||
1994 | Nebraska | ||
1993 | Florida State | ||
1992 | Alabama | ||
1991 | Washington, Miami | ||
1990 | Colorado, Georgia Tech | ||
1989 | Miami | ||
1988 | Notre Dame | ||
1987 | Miami | ||
1986 | Penn State | ||
1985 | Oklahoma | ||
1984 | Brigham Young | ||
1983 | Miami | ||
1982 | Penn State | ||
1981 | Clemson | ||
1980 | Georgia | ||
1979 | Alabama | ||
1978 | Alabama, Southern California | ||
1977 | Notre Dame | ||
1976 | Pittsburgh | ||
1975 | Oklahoma | ||
1974 | Southern California, Oklahoma | ||
1973 | Notre Dame, Alabama | ||
1972 | Southern California | ||
1971 | Nebraska | ||
1970 | Nebraska, Texas, Ohio State | ||
1969 | Texas | ||
1968 | Ohio State | ||
1967 | Southern California | ||
1966 | Notre Dame, Michigan State | ||
1965 | Michigan State, Alabama | ||
1964 | Alabama, Arkansas, Notre Dame | ||
1963 | Texas | ||
1962 | Southern California | ||
1961 | Alabama, Ohio State | ||
1960 | Minnesota, Mississippi | ||
1959 | Syracuse | ||
1958 | LSU, Iowa | ||
1957 | Ohio State, Auburn | ||
1956 | Oklahoma | ||
1955 | Oklahoma | ||
1954 | UCLA, Ohio State | ||
1953 | Maryland | ||
1952 | Michigan State | ||
1951 | Tennessee | ||
1950 | Oklahoma | ||
1949 | Notre Dame | ||
1948 | Michigan | ||
1947 | Notre Dame | ||
1946 | Notre Dame | ||
1945 | Army | ||
1944 | Army | ||
1943 | Notre Dame | ||
1942 | Ohio State | ||
1941 | Minnesota | ||
1940 | Minnesota | ||
1939 | Texas A&M | ||
1938 | Texas Christian | ||
1937 | Pittsburgh | ||
1936 | Minnesota | ||
1935 | Minnesota | ||
1934 | Minnesota | ||
1933 | Michigan | ||
1932 | Southern California | ||
1931 | Southern California | ||
1930 | Alabama, Notre Dame | ||
1929 | Notre Dame | ||
1928 | Georgia Tech | ||
1927 | Illinois, Yale | ||
1926 | Alabama, Stanford | ||
1925 | Alabama | ||
1924 | Notre Dame | ||
1923 | Illinois, Michigan | ||
1922 | California, Cornell, Princeton | ||
1921 | California, Cornell | ||
1920 | California | ||
1919 | Harvard, Illinois, Notre Dame, Texas A&M | ||
1918 | Michigan, Pittsburgh | ||
1917 | Georgia Tech | ||
1916 | Pittsburgh | ||
1915 | Cornell | ||
1914 | Army | ||
1913 | Harvard | ||
1912 | Harvard, Penn State | ||
1911 | Penn State, Princeton | ||
1910 | Harvard, Pittsburgh | ||
1909 | Yale | ||
1908 | LSU, Pennsylvania | ||
1907 | Yale | ||
1906 | Princeton | ||
1905 | Chicago | ||
1904 | Michigan, Pennsylvania | ||
1903 | Michigan, Princeton | ||
1902 | Michigan | ||
1901 | Michigan | ||
1900 | Yale | ||
1899 | Harvard | ||
1898 | Harvard | ||
1897 | Pennsylvania | ||
1896 | Lafayette, Princeton | ||
1895 | Pennsylvania | ||
1894 | Yale | ||
1893 | Princeton | ||
1892 | Yale | ||
1891 | Yale | ||
1890 | Harvard | ||
1889 | Princeton | ||
1888 | Yale | ||
1887 | Yale | ||
1886 | Yale | ||
1885 | Princeton | ||
1884 | Yale | ||
1883 | Yale | ||
1882 | Yale | ||
1881 | Yale | ||
1880 | Princeton, Yale | ||
1879 | Princeton | ||
1878 | Princeton | ||
1877 | Yale | ||
1876 | Yale | ||
1875 | Harvard | ||
1874 | Yale | ||
1873 | Princeton | ||
1872 | Princeton | ||
1871 | None | ||
1870 | Princeton | ||
1869 | Princeton, Rutgers |