National Champions
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
1951: Tennessee
1952: Michigan State
1953: Maryland
1954: Ohio State (AP)
UCLA (UPI)
1955: Oklahoma
1956: Oklahoma
1957: Auburn (AP)
Ohio State (UPI)
1958: Louisiana State
1959: Syracuse
1960: Minnesota
1961: Alabama
1962: USC
1963: Texas
1964: Alabama
1965: Alabama (AP)
Michigan State (UPI)
1966: Notre Dame
1967: USC
1968: Ohio State
1969: Texas
1970: Nebraska (AP)
Texas (UPI)
1971: Nebraska
1972: USC
1973: Notre Dame (AP)
Alabama (UPI)
1974: Oklahoma (AP)
USC (UPI)
1975: Oklahoma
1976: Pittsburgh
1977: Notre Dame
1978: Alabama (AP)
USC (UPI)
1979: Alabama
1980: Georgia
1981: Clemson
1982: Penn State
1983: Miami
1984: Brigham Young
1985: Oklahoma
1986: Penn State
1987: Miami
1988: Notre Dame
1989: Miami
1990: Colorado (AP)
Georgia Tech (UPI)
1991: Miami (AP)
Washington (USA Today/CNN)
1992: Alabama
1993: Florida State
1994: Nebraska
1995: Nebraska
1996: Florida
1997: Michigan (AP)
Nebraska (USA Today/ESPN)
1998: Tennessee
MOST TITLES
Shared championships count
8--Notre Dame
(1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988)
7--Alabama
(1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992)
6--Oklahoma
(1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985)
5--USC
(1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978)
5--Nebraska
(1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997)
4--Miami
(1983, 1987, 1989, 1991)
4--Minnesota
(1936, 1940, 1941, 1960)
4--Ohio State
(1942, 1954, 1957, 1968)
3--Texas
(1963, 1969, 1970)
2--Army
(1944, 1945)
2--Michigan
(1948, 1997)
2--Penn State
(1982, 1986)
2--Pittsburgh
(1937, 1976)
2--Michigan State
(1952, 1965)
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