School              titles   last (selected #1 by)               

Notre Dame            12     1988 (AP/UPI)
Southern California   11     2004 (AP/USA)
Yale                  11     1909 (HAF)
Alabama               10     2009 (BCS)
Oklahoma               7     2000 (AP/USA)
Michigan               7     1997 (AP)
Harvard                7     1919 (HAF)
Princeton              7     1911 (HAF)
Minnesota              6     1960 (AP/UPI)
Ohio State             5     2002 (AP/USA)
Miami FL               5     2001 (AP/USA)
Nebraska               5     1997 (USA)
Texas                  4     2005 (AP/USA)
Pittsburgh             4     1976 (AP/UPI)
Pennsylvania           4     1908 (HAF)
Florida                3     2008 (BCS)
Louisiana State        3     2007 (BCS)
Georgia Tech           3     1990 (UPI)
Army                   3     1945 (AP)    
Cornell                3     1922 (HAF)
Florida State          2     1999 (AP/USA)
Tennessee              2     1998 (AP/USA)
Penn State             2     1986 (AP/UPI)    
Michigan State         2     1965 (UPI)
Illinois               2     1927 (DS/HAF)
Washington             1     1991 (USA)
Colorado               1     1990 (AP)
Brigham Young          1     1984 (AP/UPI)
Clemson                1     1981 (AP/UPI)
Georgia                1     1980 (AP/UPI)
Syracuse               1     1959 (AP/UPI)
Auburn                 1     1957 (AP)
UCLA                   1     1954 (UPI)
Maryland               1     1953 (AP)
Texas A&M              1     1939 (AP)
Texas Christian        1     1938 (AP)
Southern Methodist     1     1935 (DS)
Stanford               1     1926 (DS/HAF)
Dartmouth              1     1925 (DS)
California             1     1920 (HAF)
Chicago                1     1905 (HAF)

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AP   Associated Press
BCS  BCS Champion
DS   Dickinson System
HAF  Helms Athletic Foundation
UPI  United Press International
USA  USA Today