| Year | Team(s) | Head Coach | Notes |
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Alabama Ohio State Florida State Alabama Alabama Auburn Alabama |
Saban Meyer Fisher Saban Sabin Chizek Sabin |
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| 2008 | Florida | Meyer | |
| 2007 | LSU | Miles | |
| 2006 | Florida | Meyer | |
| 2005 | Texas | Brown | |
| 2004 | USC | Carroll | |
| 2003 | LSU | Sabin | |
| 2002 | Ohio State | Tressel | |
| 2001 | Miami-FL | Coker | |
| 2000 | Oklahoma | Stoops | |
| 1999 | Florida State | Bowden | |
| 1998 | Tennessee | Fulmer | |
| 1997 | Michigan/Nebraska | Carr/Osborne | |
| 1996 | Florida | Spurrier | |
| 1995 | Nebraska | Osborne | |
| 1994 | Nebraska | Osborne | |
| 1993 | Florida State | Bowden | |
| 1992 | Alabama | Stallings | |
| 1991 | Miami-FL/Washington | Erickson/James | |
| 1990 | Colorado/Georgia Tech | McCartney/Ross | |
| 1989 | Miami-FL | Erickson | |
| 1988 | Notre Dame | Holtz | |
| 1987 | Miami-FL | Johnson | |
| 1986 | Penn State | Paterno | |
| 1985 | Oklahoma | Switzer | |
| 1984 | BYU | Edwards | |
| 1983 | Miami-FL | Schnellenberger | |
| 1982 | Penn State | Paterno | |
| 1981 | Clemson | Ford | |
| 1980 | Georgia | Dooley | |
| 1979 | Alabama | Bryant | |
| 1978 | Alabama/USC | Bryant/Robinson | |
| 1977 | Notre Dame | Devine | |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh | Majors | |
| 1975 | Oklahoma | Switzer | |
| 1974 | Oklahoma/USC | Switzer/McKay | |
| 1973 | Notre Dame | Parseghian | |
| 1972 | USC | McKay | |
| 1971 | Nebraska | Devaney | |
| 1970 | Nebraska | Devaney | |
| 1969 | Texas | Royal | |
| 1968 | Ohio State | Hayes | |
| 1967 | USC | McKay | |
| 1966 | Michigan State/Notre Dame | Daugherty/Parseghian | |
| 1965 | Alabama/Michigan State | Bryant/Daugherty | |
| 1964 | Arkansas | Broyles | |
| 1963 | Texas | Royal | |
| 1962 | USC | McKay | |
| 1961 | Alabama/Ohio State | Bryant/Hayes | |
| 1960 | Minnesota | Warmath | |
| 1959 | Syracuse | Schwartzwalder | |
| 1958 | LSU | Dietzel | |
| 1957 | Auburn/Ohio State | Jordan/Hayes | |
| 1956 | Oklahoma | Wilkinson | |
| 1955 | Oklahoma | Wilkinson | |
| 1954 | Ohio State/UCLA | Hayes/Sanders | |
| 1953 | Maryland | Tatum | |
| 1952 | Michigan State | Munn | |
| 1951 | Tennessee | Neyland | |
| 1950 | Oklahoma | Wilkinson | |
| 1949 | Notre Dame | Leahy | |
| 1948 | Michigan | Oosterbaan | |
| 1947 | Michigan/Notre Dame | Crisler/Leahy | |
| 1946 | Notre Dame | Leahy | |
| 1945 | Army | Blaik | |
| 1944 | Army | Blaik | |
| 1943 | Notre Dame | Leahy | |
| 1942 | Ohio State | Brown | |
| 1941 | Minnesota | Bierman | |
| 1940 | Minnesota | Bierman | |
| 1939 | Texas A&M | Norton | |
| 1938 | TCU | Meyer | |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh | Sutherland | |
| 1936 | Minnesota | Bierman | |
| 1935 | Minnesota | Bierman | |
| 1934 | Minnesota | Bierman | |
| 1933 | Michigan | Kipke | |
| 1932 | Michigan/USC | Kipke/Jones | |
| 1931 | USC | Jones | |
| 1930 | Notre Dame | Rockne | |
| 1929 | Notre Dame | Rockne | |
| 1928 | USC/Georgia Tech | Jones/Alexander | |
| 1927 | Illinois | Zuppke | |
| 1926 | Alabama/Stanford | Wade/Warner | |
| 1925 | Alabama/Dartmouth | Wade/Hawley | |
| 1924 | Notre Dame | Rockne | |
| 1923 | Michigan/Illinois | Yost/Zuppke | |
| 1922 | Cornell/Princeton | Dobie/Roper | |
| 1921 | Cornell/Penn State | Dobie/Bezdek | |
| 1920 | California/Princeton | Smith/Roper | |
| 1919 | Harvard/Penn State | Fisher/Bezdek | |
| 1918 | Michigan/Pittsburgh | Yost/Warner | |
| 1917 | Georgia Tech | Heisman | |
| 1916 | Pittsburgh | Warner | |
| 1915 | Cornell | Sharpe | |
| 1914 | Army/Harvard | Daly/Haughton | |
| 1913 | Harvard | Haughton | |
| 1912 | Harvard | Haughton | |
| 1911 | Princeton | Roper | |
| 1910 | Harvard | Haughton | |
| 1909 | Yale | Jones | |
| 1908 | Penn/Harvard | Metzer/Haughton | |
| 1907 | Yale | Knox | |
| 1906 | Princeton/Yale | Roper/Rockwell | |
| 1905 | Chicago/Yale | Stagg/Owsley | |
| 1904 | Michigan/Penn | Yost/Williams | |
| 1903 | Michigan/Princeton | Yost/Hillebrand | |
| 1902 | Michigan/Yale | Yost/Swan | |
| 1901 | Michigan/Harvard | Yost/Reid | |
| 1900 | Yale | McBride | |
| 1899 | Harvard | Dibblee | |
| 1898 | Harvard | Forbes | |
| 1897 | Penn | Woodruff | |
| 1896 | Lafayette/Princeton | Davis | |
| 1895 | Penn | Woodruff | |
| 1894 | Yale | Rhodes | |
| 1893 | Princeton | n/a | |
| 1892 | Yale | Camp | |
| 1891 | Yale | Camp | |
| 1890 | Harvard | Stewart/Adams | |
| 1889 | Princeton | n/a | |
| 1888 | Yale | Camp | |
| 1887 | Yale | n/a | |
| 1886 | Yale | n/a | |
| 1885 | Princeton | n/a | |
| 1884 | Yale | n/a | |
| 1883 | Yale | n/a | |
| 1882 | Yale | n/a | |
| 1881 | Yale | n/a | |
| 1880 | Yale/Princeton | n/a | |
| 1879 | Princeton | n/a | |
| 1878 | Princeton | n/a | |
| 1877 | Yale | n/a | |
| 1876 | Yale | n/a | |
| 1875 | Harvard | n/a | |
| 1874 | Yale | n/a | |
| 1873 | Princeton | n/a | |
| 1872 | Princeton | n/a | |
| 1871 | n/a | n/a | |
| 1870 | Princeton | n/a | |
| 1869 | Princeton | n/a |
NCAA Football Team Champions By Year
| Teams | No. | Conference | Seasons Claimed |
| Princeton | 28 | Independent (18)/IFA (10) | 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1920, 1922, 1933, 1935, 1950 |
| Alabama | 16 | Southern (3)/SEC (11) | 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015 |
| Michigan | 11 | Big Ten | 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997 |
| Notre Dame | 11 | Independent | 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988 |
| Yale | 11 | Independent (4)/IFA (7) | 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1900, 1907, 1909 |
| Southern California | 11 | PAC 10 | 1928, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004 |
| Pittsburgh | 9 | Independent | 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1976 |
| Ohio State | 7 | Big Ten | 1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | Big Twelve | 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000 |
| Harvard | 7 | Independent | 1890, 1898, 1899, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | Independent | 1894, 1895, 1897, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1924 |
| Michigan State | 6 | Big Ten | 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965, 1966 |
| Minnesota | 6 | Big Ten | 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960 |
| Tennessee | 6 | SEC | 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967, 1998 |
| Nebraska | 5 | Big Twelve | 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997 |
| Miami, Florida | 5 | Independent (3)/Big East (2) | 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001 |
| Illinois | 4 | Big Ten | 1914, 1919, 1923, 1927 |
| Louisiana State | 4 | SIAA (1)/SEC (3) | 1908, 1958, 2003, 2007 |
| Georgia Tech | 4 | SIAA (2)/SEC(1)/ACC(1) | 1917, 1928, 1952, 1990 |
| Texas | 4 | SWC(3)/Big Twelve (1) | 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005 |
| Army | 3 | Independent | 1944, 1945, 1946 |
| Lafayette | 3 | Independent | 1896, 1921, 1926 |
| Florida | 3 | SEC | 1996, 2006, 2008 |
| Mississippi | 3 | SEC | 1959, 1960, 1962 |
| Florida State | 3 | ACC | 1993, 1999, 2013 |
| Penn State | 2 | Independent | 1982, 1986 |
| California | 2 | PAC 10 | 1921, 1937 |
| Georgia | 2 | SEC | 1942, 1980 |
| Texas A&M | 2 | SWC | 1919, 1939 |
| Texas Christian | 2 | SWC | 1935, 1938 |
| Clemson | 1 | ACC | 1981 |
| Maryland | 1 | ACC | 1953 |
| Syracuse | 1 | Independent | 1959 |
| Chicago | 1 | Big Ten | 1905 |
| Iowa | 1 | Big Ten | 1958 |
| Colorado | 1 | Big Twelve | 1990 |
| Boston College | 1 | Independent | 1940 |
| Cornell | 1 | Independent | 1915 |
| Dartmouth | 1 | Independent | 1925 |
| Stanford | 1 | PAC 10 | 1926 |
| UCLA | 1 | PAC 10 | 1954 |
| Washington | 1 | PAC 10 | 1991 |
| Arkansas | 1 | SEC | 1964 |
| Auburn | 6 | SIAA (1)/SEC (5) | 1913, 1957, 1983, 1993, 2004, 2010 |
| Southern Methodist | 1 | SWC | 1935 |
| Brigham Young | 1 | WAC | 1984 |
NCAA Football Champions by Conference
| NCAA Conference | Year | NCAA Championships | |
| Independents | 1869 | 83 | Princeton 18, Notre Dame 11, Yale 11, Pittsburgh 9, Harvard 7, Penn 7, Yale 4, Army 3, Penn State 3, Miami-FL 3, Lafayette 3, Syracuse 1, Boston College 1, Cornell 1, Dartmouth 1 |
| Big Ten | 1896 | 37 | Michigan 11, Ohio State 8, Minnesota, 6, Michigan State 6, Illinois 4, Iowa 1, Chicago 1 |
| SEC | 1933 | 36 | Alabama 12, Tennessee 6, Auburn 5, LSU 3, Florida 3, Mississippi 3, Georgia 2, Arkansas 1, Georgia Tech 1 |
| IFA-Intercollegiate Football Association | 1887 | 17 | Princeton 10, Yale 7 |
| PAC 10(1959-present); PCC (1916-1958) | 1916 | 16 | USC 11, California 2, Stanford 1, UCLA 1, Washington 1 |
| Big 6/7/8 (1916-1995); Big 12 (1996-present) | 1916 | 13 | Oklahoma 7, Nebraska 6, Colorado 1 |
| SWC | 1915 | 9 | Texas 4, Texas A&M 2, TCU 2, SMU 1 |
| ACC | 1953 | 6 | Florida State 3, Clemson 1, Georgia Tech 1, Maryland 1 |
| Southern | 1922 | 4 | Alabama 3, Georgia Tech 1 |
| Southern Int.AA | 1895 | 3 | LSU 1, Auburn 1, Georgia Tech 1 |
| Big East | 1991 | 2 | Miami-FL 2 |
| WAC | 1962 | 1 | BYU |
| Conference USA | 1996 | 0 | |
| Mountain West | 1999 | 0 | |
| MAC | 1947 | 0 | |
| Sunbelt | 2001 | 0 | |
| Total NCAA Championships | 223 | ||
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