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Associated Press College Football National Champions in Division I-A

(Football Bowl Subdivision)

1936 - present

1992-2013, Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system

2014-2023, Champion determined by a four-team playoff format

* - USC stripped of 2004 title by BCS

 

Year

Team

Year Team
2023 Michigan 1979 Alabama
2022 Georgia 1978 Alabama / USC
2021 Georgia 1977 Notre Dame
2020 Alabama 1976 Pittsburgh
2019 LSU 1975 Oklahoma
2018 Clemson 1974 Oklahoma / USC
2017 Alabama 1973 Notre Dame / Alabama
2016 Clemson 1972 USC
2015 Alabama 1971 Nebraska
2014 Ohio State 1970 Nebraska / Texas
2013 Florida State 1969 Texas
2012 Alabama 1968 Ohio State
2011 Alabama 1967 USC
2010 Auburn 1966 Notre Dame
2009 Alabama 1965 Alabama / Michigan State
2008 Florida 1964 Alabama
2007 LSU 1963 Texas
2006 Florida 1962 USC
2005 Texas 1961 Alabama
2004 USC * 1960 Minnesota
2003 USC / LSU 1959 Syracuse
2002 Ohio State 1958 LSU

2001

Miami

1957 Auburn / Ohio State
2000 Oklahoma 1956 Oklahoma
1999 Florida State 1955 Oklahoma
1998 Tennessee 1954 Ohio State
1997 Michigan / Nebraska 1953 Maryland
1996 Florida 1952 Michigan State
1995 Nebraska 1951 Tennessee
1994 Nebraska 1950 Oklahoma
1993 Florida State 1949 Notre Dame
1992 Alabama 1948 Michigan
1991 Miami / Washington 1947 Notre Dame
1990 Colorado / Georgia Tech 1946 Notre Dame
1989 Miami 1945 Army
1988 Notre Dame 1944 Army
1987 Miami 1943 Notre Dame
1986 Penn State 1942 Ohio State
1985 Oklahoma 1941 Minnesota
1984 BYU 1940 Minnesota
1983 Miami 1939 Texas A&M
1982 Penn State 1938 TCU
1981 Clemson 1937 Pittsburgh
1980 Georgia 1936 Minnesota

There have been 29 different Associated Press National Champions in college football since 1936

and two teams have shared the title in the same year 10 times.

 

13

Alabama 

1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020
8 Notre Dame 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
7 Oklahoma 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000
7

USC

     1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004
6 Ohio State 1942, 1954, 1957, 1968, 2002, 2014
5 Miami 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001
5 Nebraska 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997
4 Minnesota 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
4 Texas 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005
4 LSU 1958, 2003, 2007, 2019
3 Clemson 1981, 2016, 2018
3 Florida 1996, 2006, 2008
3 Florida State 1993, 1999, 2013
3 Michigan        1948, 1997, 2023
2 Army 1944, 1945
2 Auburn 1957, 2010
2 Georgia 1980, 2021
2 Michigan State  1952, 1965
2 Penn State 1982, 1986
2 Pittsburgh 1937, 1976
2 Tennessee 1951, 1998
1 BYU 1984
1 Colorado 1990
1 Georgia Tech  1990
1 Maryland 1953
1 Syracuse 1959
1 TCU 1938
1 Texas A&M 1939
1 Washington 1991

 


Junior College National Champions

1956-1960, 1964 to Present

  Year   

Team

2023

(Div I) Iowa Western

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2022

(Div I) Iowa Western

(Div III) DuPage

2021

(Div I) New Mexico Military

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2020 None - COVID
2019 Mississippi Gulf Coast
2018 East Mississippi
2017 East Mississippi
2016 Garden City (KS)
2015 Northwest Mississippi
2014 East Mississippi
2013 East Mississippi
2012 Iowa Western
2011 East Mississippi
2010 Navarro (TX)
2009 Blinn (TX)
2008 Butler County (KS)
2007 Butler County (KS)
2007 Mississippi Gulf Coast
2006 Blinn (TX)
2005 Glendale (AZ)
2004 Pearl River (MS)
2003 Butler County (KS)
2002 Joliet (IL)
2001 Georgia Military
2000 Glendale (AZ)
1999 Butler County (KS)
1998 Butler County (KS)
1997 Trinity Valley (TX)
1996 Blinn (TX)
1995 Blinn (TX)
1994 Trinity Valley (TX)
1993 Mississippi Delta
1992 Northwest Mississippi
1991 Northeastern A&M (OK)
1990 Coffeyville (KS)
1989 Navarro (TX)
1988 Glendale (AZ)
1987 Ellsworth (Iowa)
1986 Northeastern A&M (OK)
1985 Snow (UT)
1984 Mississippi Gulf Coast
1983 Coffeyville (KS)
1982 Northwest Mississippi
1981 Butler County (KS)
1980 Northeastern A&M (OK)
1979 Ranger (TX)
1978 Iowa Central
1977 Ferrum (VA) 
1976 Ellsworth (Iowa)
1975 Mesa (AZ)
1974 Ferrum (VA) 
1973 Mesa (AZ)
1972 Arizona Western
1971 Mississippi Gulf Coast
1970 Fort Scott (KS) 
1969 Northeastern A&M (OK)
1968 Ferrum (VA)
1967 Northeastern A&M (OK)
1966 Kilgore (TX)
1965 Ferrum (VA) 
1964 Phoenix (AZ)
1960 Cameron State (OK)
1960 Tyler (TX)
1959 Northeastern A&M (OK)
1958 Boise (ID)
1957 Texarkana (TX)
1956 Coffeyville (KS)