Past FBS champions

Below is a list of every school that has won a college football national title. AP started awarding national champions in 1936, while the BCS was created in 1998.

Bowl Championship Series Era
Year	School	Selecting organization
2011	Alabama	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
2010	Auburn	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
2009	Alabama	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
2008	Florida	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
2007	LSU	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
2006	Florida	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
2005	Texas	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
2004	Southern California	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
2003	LSU	BCS, NFF
	Southern California	AP, FWAA
2002	Ohio State	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
2001	Miami (Fla.)	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
2000	Oklahoma	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
1999	Florida State	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF
1998	Tennessee	BCS, AP, FWAA, NFF

Pre-BCS Era
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

Pre-AP Poll Era
Year	School	Selecting organization
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