NCAA Division 1-A College
Football National Champions
1934-2005
Season |
Champion(s) |
Bowl
game score(s) |
|
2005 |
Texas (13-0) |
Rose Bowl
Texas 41, USC 38 |
|
2004 |
Southern California (12-0) |
Orange Bowl
USC 55, Oklahoma 19 |
|
2003 |
LSU (13-1) (USA/ESPN) Southern California (12-1) (AP) |
Sugar Bowl
LSU 21, Oklahoma 14 Rose Bowl
USC 28, Michigan 14 |
|
2002 |
Ohio State (13-0) |
Fiesta Bowl Ohio State 31, Miami 24 |
|
2001 |
Miami (12-0) |
Rose Bowl Miami 37, Nebraska 20 |
|
2000 |
Oklahoma (13-0) |
Orange Bowl Oklahoma 13, Florida St. 2 |
|
1999 |
Florida State (12-0) |
Sugar Bowl Florida St. 46, Virginia Tech 29 |
|
1998 |
Tennessee (13-0) |
Fiesta Bowl Tennessee 23, Florida St. 16 |
|
1997 |
Michigan (12-0) (AP) Nebraska (13-0) (USA/ESPN) |
Rose Bowl Michigan 21, Washington St. 16 Orange Bowl Nebraska 42, Tennessee 17 |
|
1996 |
Florida (12-1) |
Sugar Bowl Florida 52, Florida St. 20 |
|
1995 |
Nebraska (12-0) |
Fiesta Bowl Nebraska 62, Florida 24 |
|
1994 |
Nebraska (13-0) |
Orange Bowl Nebraska 24, Miami 17 |
|
1993 |
Florida State (12-1) |
Orange Bowl Florida St. 18, Nebraska 16 |
|
1992 |
Alabama (13-0) |
Sugar Bowl Alabama 34, Miami 13 |
|
1991 |
Miami (12-0) (AP) Washington (12-0) (USA/ESPN) |
Orange Bowl Miami 22, Nebraska 0 Rose Bowl Washington 34, Michigan 14 |
|
1990 |
Colorado (11-1-1) (AP) Georgia Tech (UPI) (11-0) |
Orange Bowl Colorado 10, Notre Dame 9 Citrus Bowl Georgia Tech 45, Nebraska 21 |
|
1989 |
Miami (11-1) |
Sugar Bowl Miami 33, Alabama 25 |
|
1988 |
Notre Dame (12-0) |
Fiesta Bowl Notre Dame 34, West Virginia 21 |
|
1987 |
Miami (12-0) |
Orange Bowl Miami 20, Oklahoma 14 |
|
1986 |
Penn State (12-0) |
Fiesta Bowl Penn State 14, Miami 10 |
|
1985 |
Oklahoma (11-1) |
Orange Bowl Oklahoma 25, Penn State 10 |
|
1984 |
Brigham Young (13-0) |
Holiday Bowl BYU 24, Michigan 17 |
|
1983 |
Miami (11-1) |
Orange Bowl Miami 31, Nebraska 30 |
|
1982 |
Penn State (11-1) |
Sugar Bowl Penn State 27, Georgia 23 |
|
1981 |
Clemson (12-0) |
Orange Bowl Clemson 22, Nebraska 15 |
|
1980 |
Georgia (12-0) |
Sugar Bowl Georgia 17, Notre Dame 10 |
|
1979 |
Alabama (12-0) |
Sugar Bowl Alabama 24, Arkansas 9 |
|
1978 |
Alabama (11-1) (AP) Southern California (12-1) (UPI) |
Sugar Bowl Alabama 14, Penn State 7 Rose Bowl Southern Cal 17, Michigan 10 |
|
1977 |
Notre Dame (11-1) |
Cotton Bowl Notre Dame 38, Texas 10 |
|
1976 |
Pittsburgh (12-0) |
Sugar Bowl Pittsburgh 27, Georgia 3 |
|
1975 |
Oklahoma (11-1) |
Orange Bowl Oklahoma 14, Michigan 6 |
|
1974 |
Oklahoma (11-0) (AP) Southern California (10-1-1) (UPI) |
No bowl Rose Bowl Southern Cal 18, Ohio St. 17 |
|
1973 |
Notre Dame (11-0) (AP) Alabama (11-1) (UPI) |
Sugar Bowl Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23 |
|
1972 |
Southern California (12-0) |
Rose Bowl Southern Cal 42, Ohio State 17 |
|
1971 |
Nebraska (13-0) |
Orange Bowl Nebraska 38, Alabama 6 |
|
1970 |
Nebraska (11-0-1) (AP) Texas (10-1) (NFF, UPI) Ohio State (9-1) (NFF) |
Orange Bowl Nebraska 17, LSU 12 Cotton Bowl Notre Dame 24, Texas 11 Rose Bowl Stanford 27, Ohio State 17 |
|
1969 |
Texas (11-0) |
Cotton Bowl Texas 21, Notre Dame 17 |
|
1968 |
Ohio State (10-0) |
Rose Bowl Ohio St. 27, Southern Cal 16 |
|
1967 |
Southern California (10-1) |
Rose Bowl Southern Cal 14, Indiana 3 |
|
1966 |
Notre Dame (9-0-1) (AP, UPI) Michigan State (9-0-1) (NFF) |
No bowl No bowl |
|
1965 |
Alabama (9-1-1) (AP) Michigan State (10-1) (UPI) |
Orange Bowl Alabama 39, Nebraska 28 Rose Bowl UCLA 14, Michigan St. 12 |
|
1964 |
Alabama (10-1) (AP) Arkansas (11-0) (FWAA) Notre Dame (9-1) (NFF) |
Orange Bowl Texas 24, Alabama 17 Cotton Bowl Arkansas 10, Nebraska 7 No bowl |
|
1963 |
Texas (11-0) |
Cotton Bowl |
|
1962 |
Southern California (11-0) |
Rose Bowl Southern Cal 42, Wisconsin 37 |
|
1961 |
Alabama (11-0) (AP, UPI) Ohio State (8-0-1) (FWAA) |
Sugar Bowl Alabama 10, Arkansas 3 No bowl |
|
1960 |
Minnesota (8-2) (AP, UPI) Mississippi (10-0-1) (FWAA) |
Rose Bowl Washington 14, Minnesota 7 Sugar Bowl Mississippi 14, Rice 6 |
|
1959 |
Syracuse (11-0) |
Cotton Bowl Syracuse 23, Texas 14 |
|
1958 |
LSU (11-0) (AP, UPI) Iowa (8-1-1) (FWAA) |
Sugar Bowl LSU 7, Clemson 0 Rose Bowl Iowa 38, California 12 |
|
1957 |
Auburn (10-0) (AP) Ohio State (9-1) (UP) |
No bowl Rose Bowl Ohio State 10, Oregon 7 |
|
1956 |
Oklahoma (10-0) |
No bowl |
|
1955 |
Oklahoma (11-0) |
Orange Bowl Oklahoma 20, Maryland 6 |
|
1954 |
Ohio State (10-0) (AP) |
Rose Bowl Ohio State 20, USC 7 No bowl |
|
1953 |
Maryland (10-1) |
Orange Bowl Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0 |
|
1952 |
Michigan State (9-0) |
No bowl |
|
1951 |
Tennessee (10-0) |
Sugar Bowl Maryland 28, Tennessee 13 |
|
1950 |
Oklahoma (10-1) |
Sugar Bowl Kentucky 13, Oklahoma 7 |
|
1949 |
Notre Dame (10-0) |
No bowl |
|
1948 |
Michigan (9-0) Notre Dame (9-0-1) |
No bowl No bowl |
|
1947 |
Notre Dame (9-0) Michigan (10-0) |
No bowl Rose Bowl Michigan 49, USC 0 |
|
1946 |
Notre Dame (8-0-1) Georgia (11-0) |
No bowl Sugar Bowl Georgia 20, North Carolina 10 |
|
1945 |
Army (9-0) |
No bowl |
|
1944 |
Army (9-0) |
No bowl |
|
1943 |
Notre Dame (9-1) |
No bowl |
|
1942 |
Ohio State (9-1) Georgia (11-1) |
No bowl Rose Bowl Georgia 9, UCLA 0 |
|
1941 |
Minnesota (8-0) Texas (8-1-1) |
No bowl No bowl |
|
1940 |
Minnesota (8-0) |
No bowl |
|
1939 |
Texas A&M (11-0) Cornell (8-0) |
Sugar Bowl Texas A&M 14, Tulane 13 No bowl |
|
1938 |
Texas Christian (11-0) Notre Dame (8-1) Tennessee (11-0) |
Sugar Bowl TCU 15, Carnegie Mellon 7 No bowl Orange Bowl Tennessee 17, Oklahoma 0 |
|
1937 |
Pittsburgh (9-0-1) California (10-0-1) |
No bowl Rose Bowl California 13, Alabama 0 |
|
1936 |
Minnesota (7-1) LSU (9-1-1) |
No bowl Sugar Bowl Santa Clara 21, LSU 14 |
|
1935 |
Minnesota (8-0) Southern Methodist (12-1) Princeton (9-0) LSU (9-2) |
No bowl Rose Bowl Stanford 7, SMU 0 No bowl Sugar Bowl TCU 3, LSU 2 |
|
1934 |
Minnesota (8-0) |
No bowl |
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Poll abbreviations:
AP: Associated Press
UPI: United Press International
USA/ESPN: The USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll
FWAA: Football Writers Association of America
NFF: National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame