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Season Champion Coach Record Bowl / Voted #1 By
2008
Florida
Urban Meyer
13-1-0
won BCS Championship
2007
Louisiana State
Les Miles
12-2-0
won BCS Championship
2006
Florida
Urban Meyer
13-1-0
won BCS Championship
2005
Texas
Mack Brown
13-0-0
won Rose Bowl (AP/USA)
2004
USC
Pete Carroll
13-0-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/USA)
2003
USC
Pete Carroll
12-1-0
won Rose Bowl (AP)
2003
Louisiana State
Nick Saban
13-1-0
won Sugar Bowl (USA)
2002
Ohio State
Jim Tressel
14-0-0
won Fiesta Bowl (AP/USA)
2001
Miami FL
Larry Coker
12-0-0
won Rose Bowl (AP/USA)
2000
Oklahoma
Bob Stoops
13-0-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/USA)
1999
Florida State
Bobby Bowden
12-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/USA)
1998
Tennessee
Phillip Fulmer
13-0-0
won Fiesta Bowl (AP/USA)
1997
Nebraska
Tom Osborne
13-0-0
won Orange Bowl (USA)
1997
Michigan
Lloyd Carr
12-0-0
won Rose Bowl (AP)
1996
Florida
Steve Spurrier
12-1-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/USA)
1995
Nebraska
Tom Osborne
12-0-0
won Fiesta Bowl (AP/USA)
1994
Nebraska
Tom Osborne
13-0-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/USA)
1993
Florida State
Bobby Bowden
12-1-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/USA)
1992
Alabama
Gene Stallings
13-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/USA)
1991
Miami FL
Dennis Erickson
12-0-0
won Orange Bowl (AP)
1991
Washington
Don James
12-0-0
won Rose Bowl (USA)
1990
Colorado
Bill McCartney
11-1-1
won Orange Bowl (AP)
1990
Georgia Tech
Bobby Ross
11-0-1
won Citrus Bowl (UPI)
1989
Miami FL
Dennis Erickson
11-1-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/UPI)
1988
Notre Dame
Lou Holtz
12-0-0
won Fiesta Bowl (AP/UPI)
1987
Miami FL
Jimmy Johnson
12-0-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/UPI)
1986
Penn State
Joe Paterno
12-0-0
won Fiesta Bowl (AP/UPI)
1985
Oklahoma
Barry Switzer
11-1-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/UPI)
1984
Brigham Young
LaVell Edwards
13-0-0
won Holiday Bowl (AP/UPI)
1983
Miami FL
Howard Schnellenberger
11-1-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/UPI)
1982
Penn State
Joe Paterno
11-1-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/UPI)
1981
Clemson
Danny Ford
12-0-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/UPI)
1980
Georgia
Vince Dooley
12-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/UPI)
1979
Alabama
Paul "Bear" Bryant
12-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/UPI)
1978
Alabama
Paul "Bear" Bryant
11-1-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP)
1978
USC
John Robinson
12-1-0
won Rose Bowl (UPI)
1977
Notre Dame
Dan Devine
11-1-0
won Cotton Bowl (AP/UPI)
1976
Pittsburgh
Johnny Majors
12-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/UPI)
1975
Oklahoma
Barry Switzer
11-1-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/UPI)
1974
Oklahoma
Barry Switzer
11-0-0
no bowl (AP)
1974
USC
John McKay
10-1-1
won Rose Bowl (UPI)
1973
Notre Dame
Ara Parseghian
11-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP)
1973
Alabama
Paul "Bear" Bryant
11-1-0
lost Sugar Bowl (UPI)
1972
USC
John McKay
12-0-0
won Rose Bowl (AP/UPI)
1971
Nebraska
Bob Devaney
13-0-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/UPI)
1970
Nebraska
Bob Devaney
11-0-1
won Orange Bowl (AP)
1970
Texas
Darrell Royal
10-1-0
lost Cotton Bowl (UPI)
1969
Texas
Darrell Royal
11-0-0
won Cotton Bowl (AP/UPI)
1968
Ohio State
Woody Hayes
10-0-0
won Rose Bowl (AP/UPI)
1967
USC
John McKay
10-1-0
won Rose Bowl (AP/UPI)
1966
Notre Dame
Ara Parseghian
9-0-1
no bowl (AP/UPI)
1965
Alabama
Paul "Bear" Bryant
9-1-1
won Orange Bowl (AP)
1965
Michigan State
Duffy Daughtery
10-1-0
lost Rose Bowl (UPI)
1964
Alabama
Paul "Bear" Bryant
10-1-0
lost Orange Bowl (AP/UPI)
1963
Texas
Darrell Royal
11-0-0
won Cotton Bowl (AP/UPI)
1962
USC
John McKay
11-0-0
won Rose Bowl (AP/UPI)
1961
Alabama
Paul "Bear" Bryant
11-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/UPI)
1960
Minnesota
Murray Warmath
8-2-0
lost Rose Bowl (AP/UPI)
1959
Syracuse
Ben Schwartzwalder
11-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/UPI)
1958
LSU
Paul Dietzel
11-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP/UPI)
1957
Auburn
Shug Jordan
10-0-0
no bowl (AP)
1957
Ohio State
Woody Hayes
9-1-0
won Rose Bowl (UPI)
1956
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
10-0-0
no bowl (AP/UPI)
1955
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
11-0-0
won Orange Bowl (AP/UPI)
1954
Ohio State
Woody Hayes
10-0-0
won Rose Bowl (AP)
1954
UCLA
Red Sanders
9-0-0
no bowl (UPI)
1953
Maryland
Jim Tatum
10-1-0
lost Orange Bowl (AP)
1952
Michigan State
Biggie Munn
9-0-0
no bowl (AP)
1951
Tennessee
Bob Neyland
10-1-0
lost Sugar Bowl (AP)
1950
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
10-1-0
lost Sugar Bowl (AP)
1949
Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
10-0-0
no bowl (AP)
1948
Michigan
Bennie Oosterbaan
9-0-0
no bowl (AP)
1947
Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
9-0-0
no bowl (AP)
1947
Michigan
Fritz Crisler
10-0-0
won Rose Bowl (AP)
*1946
Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
8-0-1
no bowl (AP)
1945
Army
Red Blaik
9-0-0
no bowl (AP)
1944
Army
Red Blaik
9-0-0
no bowl (AP)
1943
Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
9-1-0
no bowl (AP)
1942
Ohio State
Paul Brown
9-1-0
no bowl (AP)
1941
Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
8-0-0
no bowl (AP)
1940
Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
8-0-0
no bowl (AP/DS)
1939
Texas A&M
Homer Norton
11-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP)
1939
USC
Howard Jones
8-0-2
won Rose Bowl (DS)
1938
Texas Christian
Dutch Meyer
11-0-0
won Sugar Bowl (AP)
1938
Notre Dame
Elmer Layden
8-1-0
no bowl (DS)
1937
Pittsburgh
Jock Sutherland
9-0-1
no bowl (AP/DS)
1936
Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
7-1-0
no bowl (AP/DS)
1935
Southern Methodist
Matty Bell
12-1-0
lost Rose Bowl (DS)
1935
Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
8-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1934
Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
8-0-0
no bowl (DS/HAF)
1933
Michigan
Harry Kipke
7-0-1
no bowl (DS/HAF)
1932
Michigan
Harry Kipke
8-0-0
no bowl (DS)
1932
USC
Howard Jones
10-0-0
won Rose Bowl (HAF)
1931
USC
Howard Jones
10-1-0
won Rose Bowl (DS/HAF)
1930
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
10-0-0
no bowl (DS/HAF)
1929
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
9-0-0
no bowl (DS/HAF)
1928
USC
Howard Jones
9-0-1
no bowl (DS)
1928
Georgia Tech
Bill Alexander
10-0-0
won Rose Bowl (HAF)
1927
Illinois
Bob Zuppke
7-0-1
no bowl (DS/HAF)
1926
Stanford
Pop Warner
10-0-1
tied Rose Bowl (DS/HAF)
1926
Alabama
Wallace Wade
9-0-1
tied Rose Bowl (HAF)
1925
Dartmouth
Jesse Hawley
8-0-0
no bowl (DS)
1925
Alabama
Wallace Wade
10-0-0
won Rose Bowl (HAF)
1924
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
10-0-0
won Rose Bowl (DS/HAF)
1923
Illinois
Bob Zuppke
8-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1922
Cornell
Gil Dobie
8-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1921
Cornell
Gil Dobie
8-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1920
California
Andy Smith
9-0-0
won Rose Bowl (HAF)
1919
Harvard
Bob Fisher
9-0-1
won Rose Bowl (HAF)
1918
Pittsburgh
Pop Warner
4-1-0
no bowl (HAF)
1917
Georgia Tech
John Heisman
9-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1916
Pittsburgh
Pop Warner
8-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1915
Cornell
Al Sharpe
9-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1914
Army
Charley Daly
9-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1913
Harvard
Percy Houghton
9-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1912
Harvard
Percy Houghton
9-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1911
Princeton
Bill Roper
8-0-2
no bowl (HAF)
1910
Harvard
Percy Houghton
8-0-1
no bowl (HAF)
1909
Yale
Howard Jones
10-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1908
Pennsylvania
Sol Metzger
11-0-1
no bowl (HAF)
1907
Yale
Bill Knox
9-0-1
no bowl (HAF)
1906
Princeton
Bill Roper
9-0-1
no bowl (HAF)
1905
Chicago
Amos Alonzo Stagg
11-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1904
Pennsylvania
Carl Williams
12-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1903
Princeton
Art Hillenbrand
11-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1902
Michigan
Fielding Yost
11-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1901
Michigan
Fielding Yost
11-0-0
won Rose Bowl (HAF)
1900
Yale
Malcolm McBride
12-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1899
Harvard
Benjamin H. Dibblee
10-0-1
no bowl (HAF)
1898
Harvard
W. Cameron Forbes
11-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1897
Pennsylvania
George Woodruff
15-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1896
Princeton
Garrett Cochran
10-0-1
no bowl (HAF)
1895
Pennsylvania
George Woodruff
14-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1894
Yale
William C. Rhodes
16-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1893
Princeton
Tom Trenchard (Capt.)
11-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1892
Yale
Walter Camp
13-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1891
Yale
Walter Camp
13-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1890
Harvard
G. Stewart & G. Adams
11-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1889
Princeton
Edgar Poe (Capt.)
10-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1888
Yale
Walter Camp
13-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1887
Yale
Harry W. Beecher (Capt.)
9-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1886
Yale
Robert N. Corwin (Capt.)
9-0-1
no bowl (HAF)
1885
Princeton
Chas. DeCamp (Capt.)
9-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1884
Yale
Eugene L. Richards (Capt.)
9-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
1883
Yale
Ray Tompkins (Capt.)
8-0-0
no bowl (HAF)
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