National Champions

Mythical National College Football Champions:

year * college
---- -- ------------------------
1889 H: Princeton
1890 H: Harvard
1891 H: Yale
1892 H: Yale
1893 H: Princeton
1894 H: Yale
1895 H: Pennsylvania
1896 H: Princeton
1897 H: Pennsylvania
1898 H: Harvard
1899 H: Harvard
1900 H: Yale
1901 H: Michigan
1902 H: Michigan
1903 H: Princeton
1904 H: Pennsylvania
1905 H: Chicago
1906 H: Princeton
1907 H: Yale
1908 H: Pennsylvania
1909 H: Yale
1910 H: Harvard
1911 H: Princeton
1912 H: Harvard
1913 H: Harvard
1914 H: Army
1915 H: Cornell
1916 H: Pittsburgh
1917 H: Georgia Tech
1918 H: Pittsburgh
1919 H: Harvard
1920 H: California
1921 H: Cornell
1922 H: Cornell
1923 H: Illinois
1924 R: Notre Dame
1925 R: Dartmouth
1926 R: Stanford
1927 R: Illinois
1928 R: Southern California
1929 R: Notre Dame
1930 R: Notre Dame
1931 K: Southern California
1932 K: Michigan
1933 K: Michigan
1934 K: Minnesota
1935 K: Southern Methodist
1936 A: Minnesota
1937 A: Pittsburgh
1938 A: Texas Christian
1939 A: Texas A&M
1940 A: Minnesota
1941 A: Minnesota
1942 A: Ohio State
1943 A: Notre Dame
1944 A: Army
1945 A: Army
1946 A: Notre Dame
1947 A: Notre Dame
1948 A: Michigan
1949 A: Notre Dame
1950 C: Oklahoma
1951 A: Tennessee
1952 C: Michigan State
1953 C: Maryland
1954 A: Ohio State U: UCLA
1955 C: Oklahoma
1956 C: Oklahoma
1957 A: Auburn U: Ohio State
1958 C: Louisiana State
1959 C: Syracuse
1960 C: Minnesota
1961 C: Alabama
1962 C: Southern California
1963 C: Texas
1964 C: Alabama
1965 A: Alabama U: Michigan State
1966 C: Notre Dame
1967 C: Southern California
1968 C: Ohio State
1969 C: Texas
1970 A: Nebraska U: Texas
1971 C: Nebraska
1972 C: Southern California
1973 A: Notre Dame U: Alabama
1974 A: Oklahoma U: Southern California
1975 C: Oklahoma
1976 C: Pittsburgh
1977 C: Notre Dame
1978 A: Alabama U: Southern California
1979 C: Alabama
1980 C: Georgia
1981 C: Clemson
1982 C: Pennsylvania State
1983 C: Miami Florida
1984 C: Brigham Young
1985 C: Oklahoma
1986 C: Pennsylvania State
1987 C: Miami Florida
1988 C: Notre Dame
1989 C: Miami Florida
1990 A: Colorado U: Georgia Tech
1991 A: Miami Florida U: Washington
1992 C: Alabama
1993 C: Florida State
1994 C: Nebraska
1995 C: Nebraska
1996 C: Florida
1997 A: Michigan U: Nebraska
1998 C: Tennessee
1999 C: Florida State
2000 C: Oklahoma
2001 C: Miami
2002 C: Ohio State
2003 A: Southern California U: Louisiana State
2004 C: Southern California

And here they are sorted by team:

Alabama C1961,1964,1979,1992; A1965,1978; U1973
Army H1914; A1944,1945
Auburn A1957
Brigham Young C1984
California H1920
Chicago H1905
Clemson C1981
Colorado A1990
Cornell H1915,1921,1922
Dartmouth R1925
Florida C1996
Florida State C1993,1999
Georgia C1980
Georgia Tech H1917,U1990
Harvard H1890,1898,1899,1910,1912,1913,1919
Illinois H1923; R1927
Louisiana State C1958, U2003
Maryland C1953
Miami Florida C1983,1987,1989,2001; A1991
Michigan H1901,1902; K1932,1933; A1948,1997
Michigan State C1952; U1965
Minnesota K1934; A1936,1940,1941; C1960
Nebraska C1971,1994,1995; A1970; U1997
Notre Dame R1924,1929; R1930; A1943,1946,1947,1949,1973; C1966,1977,1988
Ohio State A1942,1954; U1957; C1968,2002
Oklahoma C1950,1955,1956,1975,1985,2000; A1974
Pennsylvania H1895,1897,1904,1908
Pennsylvania State C1982,1986
Pittsburgh H1916,1918; A1937; C1976
Princeton H1889,1893,1903,1906,1911
Southern California R1928; K1931; C1962,1967,1972,2004; A2003; U1974,1978
Southern Methodist K1935
Stanford R1926
Syracuse C1959
Tennessee A1951; C1998
Texas C1963,1969; U1970
Texas A&M A1939
Texas Christian A1938
UCLA U1954
Washington U1991
Yale H1891,1892,1894,1900,1907,1908

* The mythical championship teams above were selected by the following:
H: (1889--1923) Helms Athletic Foundation.
R: (1924--1930) Rissman Trophy.
K: (1931--1935) Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy.
A: (1936-- ) Associated Press.
U: (1950--1990) United Press International
U: (1991-- ) USA today/CNN
C: (1950-- ) "consensus" (defined here as AP + UPI or AP + USA today).



From CPike1791 at aol dot com Wed. Aug 6, 2003

Alabama & Notre Dame have the 2 greatest traditions in college football
and they also have the most National Championships of current D-1
programs. I have heard of people saying that Alabama had only 10, but 7?
You are just wishing there. 1925, 1926, and 1930 are easily Alabama's.
Alabama also should have 1934. It's funny how you use Helms and then stop
right before the Tide wins a Helms Title.

According to Alabama, they have won 12 National Championships.
According to NationalChamps.net they have won 11.
According to CFBdatawarehouse.com they have won 10.