Season | Champion(s) | Record | Coach | Ref. |
1869 | Princeton | 1–1 | | [4]: 118 |
1870 | Princeton | 1–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1871 | None | No games played | |
1872 | Princeton | 1–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1873 | Princeton | 2–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1874 | Yale | 3–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1875 | Harvard | 4–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1876 | Yale | 3–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1877 | Yale | 3–0–1 | | [4]: 118 |
1878 | Princeton | 6–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1879 | Princeton | 4–0–1 | | [4]: 118 |
1880 | Princeton Yale | 4–0–1 4–0–1 | | [4]: 118 |
1881 | Yale | 5–0–1 | | [4]: 118 |
1882 | Yale | 8–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1883 | Yale | 9–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1884 | Yale | 8–0–1 | | [4]: 118 |
1885 | Princeton | 9–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1886 | Yale | 9–0–1 | | [4]: 118 |
1887 | Yale | 9–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1888 | Yale | 13–0 | Walter Camp | [4]: 118 |
1889 | Princeton | 10–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1890 | Harvard | 11–0 | George C. Adams, George A. Stewart | [4]: 118 |
1891 | Yale | 13–0 | Walter Camp | [4]: 118 |
1892 | Yale | 13–0 | Walter Camp | [4]: 118 |
1893 | Princeton | 11–0 | | [4]: 118 |
1894 | Yale | 16–0 | William Rhodes | [4]: 118 |
1895 | Penn | 14–0 | George Washington Woodruff | [4]: 118 |
1896 | Lafayette Princeton | 11–0–1 10–0–1 | Parke H. Davis
| [4]: 118 |
1897 | Penn
| 15–0 | George Washington Woodruff | [4]: 118 |
1898 | Harvard | 11–0 | William Cameron Forbes | [4]: 118 |
1899 | Harvard | 10–0–1 | Benjamin Dibblee | [4]: 119 |
1900 | Yale | 12–0 | Malcolm McBride | [4]: 119 |
1901 | Michigan | 11–0 | Fielding H. Yost | [4]: 119 |
1902 | Michigan | 11–0 | Fielding H. Yost | [4]: 119 |
1903 | Michigan Princeton | 11–0–1 11–0 | Fielding H. Yost Art Hillebrand | [4]: 119 |
1904 | Michigan Penn | 10–0 12–0 | Fielding H. Yost Carl S. Williams | [4]: 119 |
1905 | Chicago | 10–0 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | [4]: 119 |
1906 | Princeton | 9–0–1 | William Roper | [4]: 119 |
1907 | Yale | 9–0–1 | William F. Knox | [4]: 119 |
1908 | LSU Penn | 10–0 11–0–1 | Edgar Wingard Sol Metzger | [4]: 119 |
1909 | Yale | 10–0 | Howard Jones | [4]: 119 |
1910 | Harvard Pittsburgh | 8–0–1 9–0 | Percy Haughton Joseph H. Thompson | [4]: 119 |
1911 | Penn State Princeton | 8–0–1 8–0–2 | Bill Hollenback William Roper | [4]: 119 |
1912 | Harvard Penn State | 9–0 8–0 | Percy Haughton Bill Hollenback | [4]: 119 |
1913 | Harvard | 9–0 | Percy Haughton | [4]: 119 |
1914 | Army | 9–0 | Charles Daly | [4]: 119 |
1915 | Cornell | 9–0 | Albert Sharpe | [4]: 119 |
1916 | Pittsburgh | 8–0 | Glenn "Pop" Warner | [4]: 119 |
1917 | Georgia Tech | 9–0 | John Heisman | [4]: 119 |
1918 | Michigan Pittsburgh | 5–0 4–1 | Fielding H. Yost Glenn "Pop" Warner | [4]: 119 |
1919 | Harvard Notre Dame Texas A&M | 9–0–1 9–0 10–0 | Bob Fisher Knute Rockne Dana X. Bible | [4]: 119 |
1920 | California | 9–0 | Andy Smith | [4]: 119 |
1921 | Cornell | 8–0 | Gil Dobie | [4]: 119 |
1922 | California Princeton | 9–0 8–0 | Andy Smith William Roper | [4]: 119 |
1923 | Illinois Michigan | 8–0 8–0 | Robert Zuppke Fielding H. Yost | [4]: 119 |
1924 | Notre Dame | 10–0 | Knute Rockne | [4]: 119 |
1925 | Alabama | 10–0 | Wallace Wade | [4]: 119 |
1926 | Alabama Stanford | 9–0–1 10–0–1 | Wallace Wade Glenn "Pop" Warner | [4]: 119 |
1927 | Illinois | 7–0–1 | Robert Zuppke | [4]: 116 |
1928 | Georgia Tech | 10–0 | William Alexander | [4]: 116 |
1929 | Notre Dame | 9–0 | Knute Rockne | [4]: 116 |
1930 | Notre Dame | 10–0 | Knute Rockne | [4]: 116 |
1931 | USC | 10–1 | Howard Jones | [4]: 116 |
1932 | USC | 10–0 | Howard Jones | [4]: 116 |
1933 | Michigan | 7–0–1 | Harry Kipke | [4]: 116 |
1934 | Minnesota | 8–0 | Bernie Bierman | [4]: 116 |
1935 | Minnesota | 8–0 | Bernie Bierman | [4]: 116 |
1936 | Minnesota | 7–1 | Bernie Bierman | [4]: 116 |
1937 | Pittsburgh | 9–0–1 | Jock Sutherland | [4]: 116 |
1938 | TCU | 11–0 | Dutch Meyer | [4]: 116 |
1939 | Texas A&M | 11–0 | Homer Norton | [4]: 116 |
1940 | Minnesota | 8–0 | Bernie Bierman | [4]: 116 |
1941 | Minnesota | 8–0 | Bernie Bierman | [4]: 116 |
1942 | Ohio State | 9–1 | Paul Brown | [4]: 116 |
1943 | Notre Dame | 9–1 | Frank Leahy | [4]: 116 |
1944 | Army Ohio State | 9–0 9–0 | Earl Blaik Carroll Widdoes | [4]: 116 |
1945 | Alabama Army | 10–0 9–0 | Frank Thomas Earl Blaik | [4]: 116 |
1946 | Notre Dame | 8–0–1 | Frank Leahy | [4]: 116 |
1947 | Michigan | 10–0 | Fritz Crisler | [4]: 116 |
1948 | Michigan | 9–0 | Bennie Oosterbaan | [4]: 116 |
1949 | Notre Dame | 10–0 | Frank Leahy | [4]: 116 |
1950 | Tennessee | 11–1 | Robert Neyland | [4]: 117 |
1951 | Maryland | 10–0 | Jim Tatum | [4]: 117 |
1952 | Michigan State | 9–0 | Biggie Munn | [4]: 117 |
1953 | Notre Dame | 9–0–1 | Frank Leahy | [4]: 117 |
1954 | Ohio State UCLA | 10–0 9–0 | Woody Hayes Henry Sanders | [4]: 117 |
1955 | Oklahoma | 11–0 | Bud Wilkinson | [4]: 117 |
1956 | Oklahoma | 10–0 | Bud Wilkinson | [4]: 117 |
1957 | Auburn | 10–0 | Ralph Jordan | [4]: 117 |
1958 | LSU | 11–0 | Paul Dietzel | [4]: 117 |
1959 | Syracuse | 11–0 | Ben Schwartzwalder | [4]: 117 |
1960 | Ole Miss | 10–0–1 | Johnny Vaught | [4]: 117 |
1961 | Alabama | 11–0 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | [4]: 117 |
1962 | USC | 11–0 | John McKay | [4]: 117 |
1963 | Texas | 11–0 | Darrell Royal | [4]: 117 |
1964 | Arkansas | 11–0 | Frank Broyles | [4]: 117 |
1965 | Alabama | 9–1–1 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | [4]: 117 |
1966 | Notre Dame | 9–0–1 | Ara Parseghian | [4]: 117 |
1967 | USC | 10–1 | John McKay | [4]: 117 |
1968 | Ohio State | 10–0 | Woody Hayes | [4]: 117 |
1969 | Texas | 11–0 | Darrell Royal | [4]: 117 |
1970 | Nebraska | 11–0–1 | Bob Devaney | [4]: 117 |
1971 | Nebraska | 13–0 | Bob Devaney | [4]: 117 |
1972 | USC | 12–0 | John McKay | [4]: 117 |
1973 | Michigan Notre Dame Ohio State | 10–0–1 11–0 10–0–1 | Bo Schembechler Ara Parseghian Woody Hayes | [4]: 117 |
1974 | Oklahoma USC | 11–0 10–1–1 | Barry Switzer John McKay | [4]: 118 |
1975 | Arizona State Oklahoma | 12–0 11–1 | Frank Kush Barry Switzer | [4]: 118 |
1976 | Pittsburgh | 12–0 | Johnny Majors | [4]: 118 |
1977 | Notre Dame | 11–1 | Dan Devine | [4]: 118 |
1978 | Alabama USC | 11–1 12–1 | Paul "Bear" Bryant John Robinson | [4]: 118 |
1979 | Alabama | 12–0 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | [4]: 118 |
1980 | Georgia | 12–0 | Vince Dooley | [4]: 118 |
1981 | Clemson Nebraska Pittsburgh SMU Texas | 12-0 9–3 11–1 10–1 10–1–1 | Danny Ford Tom Osborne Jackie Sherrill Ron Meyer Fred Akers | [4]: 118 |
1982 | Penn State | 11–1 | Joe Paterno | [4]: 118 |
1983 | Miami (FL) | 11–1 | Howard Schnellenberger | [4]: 118 |
1984 | BYU Washington | 13–0 11–1 | LaVell Edwards Don James | [4]: 118 |
1985 | Oklahoma | 11–1 | Barry Switzer | [4]: 118 |
1986 | Penn State | 12–0 | Joe Paterno | [4]: 118 |
1987 | Miami (FL) | 12–0 | Jimmy Johnson | [4]: 118 |
1988 | Notre Dame | 12–0 | Lou Holtz | [4]: 118 |
1989 | Miami (FL) | 11–1 | Dennis Erickson | [4]: 118 |
1990 | Colorado Georgia Tech | 11–1–1 11–0–1 | Bill McCartney Bobby Ross | [4]: 118 |
1991 | Miami (FL) Washington | 12–0 12–0 | Dennis Erickson Don James | [4]: 118 |
1992 | Alabama | 13–0 | Gene Stallings | [4]: 118 |
1993 | Auburn Florida State Nebraska Notre Dame | 11–0 12–1 11–1 11–1 | Terry Bowden Bobby Bowden Tom Osborne Lou Holtz | [4]: 118 |
1994 | Nebraska Penn State | 13–0 12–0 | Tom Osborne Joe Paterno | [4]: 118–119 |
1995 | Nebraska | 12–0 | Tom Osborne | [4]: 119 |
1996 | Florida | 12–1 | Steve Spurrier | [4]: 119 |
1997 | Michigan Nebraska | 12–0 13–0 | Lloyd Carr Tom Osborne | [4]: 119 |
1998 | Tennessee | 13–0 | Phillip Fulmer | [4]: 119 |
1999 | Florida State | 12–0 | Bobby Bowden | [4]: 119 |
2000 | Oklahoma | 13–0 | Bob Stoops | [4]: 119 |