College Football Rankings

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS BY YEAR

1869

Year	Team	Selector
1869	Princeton (NJ)	National Championship Foundation

1870-1879

Year	Team	Selector
1870	Princeton (NJ)	National Championship Foundation
1872	Princeton (NJ)	National Championship Foundation
1873	Princeton (NJ)	National Championship Foundation
1874	Yale (CT)	National Championship Foundation
1875	Harvard (MA)	National Championship Foundation
1876	Yale (CT)	National Championship Foundation
1877	Yale (CT)	National Championship Foundation
1878	Princeton (NJ)	National Championship Foundation
1879	Princeton (NJ)	National Championship Foundation

1880-1889

Year	Team	Selector
1880	Princeton (NJ)	National Championship Foundation
1880	Yale (CT)	National Championship Foundation
1881	Yale (CT)	National Championship Foundation
1882	Yale (CT)	National Championship Foundation
1883	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1884	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1885	Princeton (NJ)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1886	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1887	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1888	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1889	Princeton (NJ)	Helms Athletic Foundation

1890-1899

Year	Team	Selector
1890	Harvard (MA)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1891	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1892	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1893	Princeton (NJ)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1894	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1895	Pennsylvania	Helms Athletic Foundation
1896	Princeton (NJ)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1897	Pennsylvania	Helms Athletic Foundation
1898	Harvard (MA)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1899	Harvard (MA)	Helms Athletic Foundation

1900-1909

Year	Team	Selector
1900	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1901	Michigan	Helms Athletic Foundation
1902	Michigan	Helms Athletic Foundation
1903	Princeton (NJ)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1904	Pennsylvania	Helms Athletic Foundation
1905	Chicago (IL)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1906	Princeton (NJ)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1907	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1908	Pennsylvania	Helms Athletic Foundation
1909	Yale (CT)	Helms Athletic Foundation

1910-1919

Year	Team	Selector
1910	Harvard (MA)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1911	Princeton (NJ)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1912	Harvard (MA)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1913	Harvard (MA)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1914	Army (NY)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1915	Cornell (NY)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1916	Pittsburgh (PA)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1917	Georgia Tech	Helms Athletic Foundation
1918	Pittsburgh (PA)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1919	Harvard (MA)	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1919	Illinois	College Football Researchers Association

1920-1929

Year	Team	Selector
1920	California	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1921	California	College Football Researchers Association
1921	Cornell (NY)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1922	Cornell (NY)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1922	Princeton (NJ)	College Football Researchers Association
1923	Illinois	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1924	Notre Dame (IN)	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1925	Alabama	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1926	Alabama	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1926	Stanford (CA)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1927	Illinois	Helms Athletic Foundation
1927	Yale (CT)	College Football Researchers Association
1928	Georgia Tech	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1929	Notre Dame (IN)	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association

1930-1939

Year	Team	Selector
1930	Alabama	College Football Researchers Association
1930	Notre Dame (IN)	Helms Athletic Foundation
1931	Southern California	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1932	Southern California	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1933	Michigan	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1934	Minnesota	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1935	Minnesota	Helms Athletic Foundation College Football Researchers Association
1936	Minnesota	Associated Press
1937	Pittsburgh (PA)	Associated Press
1938	Texas Christian	Associated Press
1939	Texas A&M	Associated Press

1940-1949

Year	Team	Selector
1940	Minnesota	Associated Press
1941	Minnesota	Associated Press
1942	Ohio St.	Associated Press
1943	Notre Dame (IN)	Associated Press
1944	Army (NY)	Associated Press
1945	Army (NY)	Associated Press
1946	Notre Dame (IN)	Associated Press
1947	Notre Dame (IN)	Associated Press
1948	Michigan	Associated Press
1949	Notre Dame (IN)	Associated Press

1950-1959

Year	Team	Selector
1950	Oklahoma	Associated Press United Press (Coaches Poll)
1951	Tennessee	Associated Press United Press (Coaches Poll)
1952	Michigan St.	Associated Press United Press (Coaches Poll)
1953	Maryland	Associated Press United Press (Coaches Poll)
1954	Ohio St.	Associated Press
1954	UCLA	United Press (Coaches Poll)
1955	Oklahoma	Associated Press United Press (Coaches Poll)
1956	Oklahoma	Associated Press United Press (Coaches Poll)
1957	Auburn (AL)	Associated Press
1957	Ohio St.	United Press (Coaches Poll)
1958	Louisiana St.	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1959	Syracuse (NY)	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)

1960-1969

Year	Team	Selector
1960	Minnesota	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1961	Alabama	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1962	Southern California	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1963	Texas	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1964	Alabama	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1965	Alabama	Associated Press
1965	Michigan St.	United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1966	Notre Dame (IN)	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1967	Southern California	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1968	Ohio St.	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1969	Texas	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)

1970-1979

Year	Team	Selector
1970	Nebraska	Associated Press
1970	Texas	United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1971	Nebraska	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1972	Southern California	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1973	Alabama	United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1973	Notre Dame (IN)	Associated Press
1974	Oklahoma	Associated Press
1974	Southern California	United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1975	Oklahoma	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1976	Pittsburgh (PA)	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1977	Notre Dame (IN)	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1978	Alabama	Associated Press
1978	Southern California	United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1979	Alabama	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)

1980-1989

Year	Team	Selector
1980	Georgia	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1981	Clemson (SC)	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1982	Penn St.	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1983	Miami (FL)	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1984	Brigham Young (UT)	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1985	Oklahoma	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1986	Penn St.	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1987	Miami (FL)	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1988	Notre Dame (IN)	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1989	Miami (FL)	Associated Press United Press International (Coaches Poll)

1990-1999

Year	Team	Selector
1990	Colorado	Associated Press
1990	Georgia Tech	United Press International (Coaches Poll)
1991	Miami (FL)	Associated Press
1991	Washington	USA Today/CNN (Coaches Poll)
1992	Alabama	Associated Press USA Today/CNN (Coaches Poll)
1993	Florida St.	Associated Press USA Today/CNN (Coaches Poll)
1994	Nebraska	Associated Press USA Today/CNN (Coaches Poll)
1995	Nebraska	Associated Press USA Today/CNN (Coaches Poll)
1996	Florida	Associated Press USA Today/CNN (Coaches Poll)
1997	Michigan	Associated Press
1997	Nebraska	USA Today/ESPN (Coaches Poll)
1998	Tennessee	Associated Press USA Today/ESPN (Coaches Poll)
1999	Florida St.	Associated Press USA Today/ESPN (Coaches Poll)

2000-2002

Year	Team	Selector
2000	Oklahoma	Associated Press USA Today/ESPN (Coaches Poll)
2001	Miami (FL)	Associated Press USA Today/ESPN (Coaches Poll)
2002	Ohio St.	Associated Press USA Today/ESPN (Coaches Poll)

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