Major National Championships

[LordJeffBuck]

Major National Championships By Year

Year	AP Champion	CP Champion
1936	Minnesota	.
1937	Pittsburgh	.
1938	Texas Christian	.
1939	Texas A+M	.
1940	Minnesota	.
1941	Minnesota	.
1942	Ohio State	.
1943	Notre Dame	.
1944	Army	.
1945	Army	.
1946	Notre Dame	.
1947	Notre Dame	.
1948	Michigan	.
1949	Notre Dame	.
1950	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
1951	Tennessee	Tennessee
1952	Michigan State	Michigan State
1953	Maryland	Maryland
1954	Ohio State	UCLA
1955	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
1956	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
1957	Auburn	Ohio State
1958	Louisiana State	Louisiana State
1959	Syracuse	Syracuse
1960	Minnesota	Minnesota
1961	Alabama	Alabama
1962	Southern Cal	Southern Cal
1963	Texas	Texas
1964	Alabama	Alabama
1965	Alabama	Michigan State
1966	Notre Dame	Notre Dame
1967	Southern Cal	Southern Cal
1968	Ohio State	Ohio State
1969	Texas	Texas
1970	Nebraska	Texas
1971	Nebraska	Nebraska
1972	Southern Cal	Southern Cal
1973	Notre Dame	Alabama
1974	Oklahoma	Southern Cal
1975	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
1976	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh
1977	Notre Dame	Notre Dame
1978	Alabama	Southern Cal
1979	Alabama	Alabama
1980	Georgia	Georgia
1981	Clemson	Clemson
1982	Penn State	Penn State
1983	Miami	Miami
1984	Brigham Young	Brigham Young
1985	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
1986	Penn State	Penn State
1987	Miami	Miami
1988	Notre Dame	Notre Dame
1989	Miami	Miami
1990	Colorado	Georgia Tech
1991	Miami	Washington
1992	Alabama	Alabama
1993	Florida State	Florida State
1994	Nebraska	Nebraska
1995	Nebraska	Nebraska
1996	Florida	Florida
1997	Michigan	Nebraska
1998	Tennessee	Tennessee
1999	Florida State	Florida State
2000	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
2001	Miami	Miami
2002	Ohio State	Ohio State
2003	Southern Cal	Louisiana State
2004	Southern Cal	Southern Cal
2005	Texas	Texas
2006	Florida	Florida
2007	Louisiana State	Louisiana State
2008	Florida	Florida
2009	Alabama	Alabama
2010	Auburn	Auburn
2011	Alabama	Alabama
2012	Alabama	Alabama
2013	Florida State	Florida State
2014	Ohio State	Ohio State
2015	Alabama	Alabama
2016	Clemson	Clemson
2017	Alabama	Alabama
2018	Clemson	Clemson
2019	Louisiana State	Louisiana State
2020	Alabama	Alabama
2021	Georgia	Georgia
2022	Georgia	Georgia
2023	*	*
2024	Ohio State	Ohio State

 

[LordJeffBuck]

Major National Championships By Team

Team	AP Champ	CP Champ	Total Champ
Alabama	12	11	23
Oklahoma	7	6	13
Notre Dame	8	3	11
Southern Cal	5	6	11
Ohio State	6	5	11
Miami	5	4	9
Nebraska	4	4	8
Texas	3	4	7
Louisiana State	3	4	7
Georgia	3	3	6
Clemson	3	3	6
Florida	3	3	6
Florida State	3	3	6
Minnesota	4	1	5
Penn State	2	2	4
Tennessee	2	2	4
Auburn	2	1	3
Pittsburgh	2	1	3
Michigan State	1	2	3
Army	2	0	2
Michigan	2	0	2
Maryland	1	1	2
Syracuse	1	1	2
Brigham Young	1	1	2
Texas Christian	1	0	1
Texas A+M	1	0	1
Colorado	1	0	1
UCLA	0	1	1
Georgia Tech	0	1	1
Washington	0	1	1

 

[LordJeffBuck]

All Ohio State Recognized National Championships

Year	AP Champion	CP Champion	FW Champion	NF Champion
1942	Yes	.	.	.
1954	Yes	No	No	.
1957	No	Yes	Yes	.
1961	No	No	Yes	No
1968	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
1970	No	No	No	Yes
2002	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2014	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2024	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

In 1970, Ohio State was the NFF co-champion with Texas