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Below is a list of every school that has won a national title. AP started awarding national champions in 1936, while the BCS was created in 1998.
| Bowl Championship Series Era | ||
| Year | School | Selecting organization |
| 2007 | LSU | BCS |
| 2006 | Florida | BCS, AP, FWAA |
| 2005 | Texas | BCS, AP, FWAA |
| 2004 | Southern California | BCS, AP, FWAA |
| 2003 | Louisiana State | BCS |
| Southern California | AP, FWAA | |
| 2002 | Ohio State | BCS, AP, FWAA |
| 2001 | Miami (Fla.) | BCS, AP, FWAA |
| 2000 | Oklahoma | BCS, AP, FWAA |
| 1999 | Florida State | BCS, AP, FWAA |
| 1998 | Tennessee | BCS, AP, FWAA |
| Other national champions | ||
| Year | School | Selecting organization |
| 1997 | Michigan Nebraska | AP, FWAA,NFF USA/ESPN |
| 1996 | Florida | AP, FWAA, NFF,USA/CNN |
| 1995 | Nebraska | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1994 | Nebraska | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1993 | Florida St. | AP, FWAA,NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1992 | Alabama | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1991 | Washington Miami (Fla.) | FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI AP |
| 1990 | Colorado Georgia Tech | FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, AP UPI |
| 1989 | Miami (Fla.) | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1988 | Notre Dame | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1987 | Miami (Fla.) | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1986 | Penn St. | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1985 | Oklahoma | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1984 | Brigham Young | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1983 | Miami (Fla.) | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1982 | Penn St. | AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI |
| 1981 | Clemson | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1980 | Georgia | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1979 | Alabama | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1978 | Alabama Southern California | AP, FWAA, NFF UPI |
| 1977 | Notre Dame | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1975 | Oklahoma | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1974 | Southern California Oklahoma | FWAA, NFF, UPI AP |
| 1973 | Notre Dame Alabama | AP, FWAA, NFF UPI |
| 1972 | Southern California | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1971 | Nebraska | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1970 | Nebraska Texas Ohio St. | AP, FWAA NFF, UPI NFF |
| 1969 | Texas | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1968 | Ohio St. | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1967 | Southern California | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1966 | Notre Dame Michigan St. | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI NFF |
| 1965 | Michigan St. Alabama | FWAA, NFF, UPI AP, FWAA |
| 1964 | Alabama Arkansas Notre Dame | AP, UPI FWAA NFF |
| 1963 | Texas | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1962 | Southern California | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1961 | Alabama Ohio St. | AP, NFF, UPI FWAA |
| 1960 | Minnesota Mississippi | AP, NFF, UPI FWAA |
| 1959 | Syracuse | AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI |
| 1958 | LSU Iowa | AP, UPI FWAA |
| 1957 | Ohio St. Auburn | FWAA, UPI AP |
| 1956 | Oklahoma | AP, FWAA, UPI |
| 1955 | Oklahoma | AP, FWAA, UPI |
| 1954 | UCLA Ohio St. | FWAA, UPI AP |
| 1953 | Maryland | AP, UPI |
| 1952 | Michigan St. | AP, UPI |
| 1951 | Tennessee | AP, UPI |
| 1950 | Oklahoma | AP, UPI |
| 1949 | Notre Dame | AP |
| 1948 | Michigan | AP |
| 1947 | Notre Dame | AP |
| 1946 | Notre Dame | AP |
| 1945 | Army | AP |
| 1944 | Army | AP |
| 1943 | Notre Dame | AP |
| 1942 | Ohio St. | AP |
| 1941 | Minnesota | AP |
| 1940 | Minnesota | AP |
| 1939 | Texas A&M | AP |
| 1938 | Texas Christian | AP |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh | AP |
| 1936 | Minnesota | AP |
| Retroactive poll champions | ||
| Year | School | Selecting organization |
| 1935 | Minnesota | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
| 1934 | Minnesota | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
| 1933 | Michigan | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
| 1932 | Southern California | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
| 1931 | Southern California | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
| 1930 | Alabama Notre Dame | CFRA HAF, NCF |
| 1929 | Notre Dame | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
| 1928 | Georgia Tech. | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
| 1927 | Illinois Yale | HAF, NCF CFRA |
| 1926 | Alabama Stanford | CFRA, HAF, NCF HAF |
| 1925 | Alabama | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
| 1924 | Notre Dame | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
| 1923 | Illinois Michigan | CFRA, HAF, NCF NCF |
| 1922 | California Cornell Princeton | NCF HAF CFRA, NCF |
| 1921 | California Cornell | CFRA NCF, HAF |
| 1920 | California | CFRA, HAF, NCF |
| 1919 | Harvard Illinois Notre Dame Texas A&M | CFRA, HAF, NCF CFRA NCF NCF |
| 1918 | Michigan Pittsburg | NCF HAF, NCF |
| 1917 | Georgia Tech. | HAF, NCF |
| 1916 | Pittsburgh | HAF, NCF |
| 1915 | Cornell | HAF, NCF |
| 1914 | Army | HAF, NCF |
| 1913 | Harvard | HAF, NCF |
| 1912 | Harvard Penn St. | HAF, NCF NCF |
| 1911 | Penn St. Princeton | NCF HAF, NCF |
| 1910 | Harvard Pittsburgh | HAF, NCF NCF |
| 1909 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1908 | LSU Pennsylvania | NCF HAF, NCF |
| 1907 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1906 | Princeton | HAF, NCF |
| 1905 | Chicago | HAF, NCF |
| 1904 | Michigan Pennsylvania | NCF HAF, NCF |
| 1903 | Michigan Princeton | NCF HAF, NCF |
| 1902 | Michigan | HAF, NCF |
| 1901 | Michigan | HAF, NCF |
| 1900 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1899 | Harvard | HAF, NCF |
| 1898 | Harvard | HAF, NCF |
| 1897 | Pennsylvania | HAF, NCF |
| 1896 | Lafayette Princeton | NCF HAF, NCF |
| 1895 | Pennsylvania | HAF, NCF |
| 1894 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1893 | Princeton | HAF, NCF |
| 1892 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1891 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1890 | Harvard | HAF, NCF |
| 1889 | Princeton | HAF, NCF |
| 1888 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1887 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1886 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1885 | Princeton | HAF, NCF |
| 1884 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1883 | Yale | HAF, NCF |
| 1882 | Yale | NCF |
| 1881 | Yale | NCF |
| 1880 | Princeton Yale | NCF NCF |
| 1879 | Princeton | NCF |
| 1878 | Princeton | NCF |
| 1877 | Yale | NCF |
| 1876 | Yale | NCF |
| 1875 | Harvard | NCF |
| 1874 | Yale | NCF |
| 1873 | Princeton | NCF |
| 1872 | Princeton | NCF |
| 1871 | None selected | |
| 1870 | Princeton | NCF |
| 1869 | Princeton | NCF |
AP - Associated Press
BCS - Bowl College Series
CFRA - College Football Researchers Association
FWAA - Football Writers Association of America
HAF - Helms Athletic Foundation
NCF - National Championship Foundation
NFF - National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame
UPI - United Press International
USA/CNN - USA Today/CNN
USA/ESPN - USA Today/ESPN
