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NCAA Football Champions

Name the schools that have won a national championship since 1950.
Use the school name, not the team name
Year corresponds to the regular season
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First submittedJanuary 8, 2013
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Playoff Winner
2023
Michigan
2022
Georgia
2021
Georgia
2020
Alabama
2019
LSU
2018
Clemson
2017
Alabama
2016
Clemson
2015
Alabama
2014
Ohio State
BCS Winner
2013
Florida State
2012
Alabama
2011
Alabama
2010
Auburn
2009
Alabama
2008
Florida
2007
LSU
2006
Florida
2005
Texas
2004
USC
2003
LSU
2002
Ohio State
2001
Miami
2000
Oklahoma
1999
Florida State
1998
Tennessee
AP / UPI Polls
1997
Michigan
Nebraska
1996
Florida
1995
Nebraska
1994
Nebraska
1993
Florida State
1992
Alabama
1991
Miami
Washington
1990
Colorado
Georgia Tech
1989
Miami
1988
Notre Dame
1987
Miami
1986
Penn State
1985
Oklahoma
1984
BYU
1983
Miami
1982
Penn State
1981
Clemson
1980
Georgia
1979
Alabama
1978
Alabama
USC
1977
Notre Dame
1976
Pittsburgh
1975
Oklahoma
1974
Oklahoma
USC
AP / UPI Polls
1973
Alabama
Notre Dame
1972
USC
1971
Nebraska
1970
Texas
Nebraska
1969
Texas
1968
Ohio State
1967
USC
1966
Notre Dame
1965
Alabama
Michigan State
1964
Alabama
1963
Texas
1962
USC
1961
Alabama
1960
Minnesota
1959
Syracuse
1958
LSU
1957
Auburn
Ohio State
1956
Oklahoma
1955
Oklahoma
1954
Ohio State
UCLA
1953
Maryland
1952
Michigan State
1951
Tennessee
1950
Oklahoma
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64 Comments
AUSCUBA
+3
Level 43
Jan 8, 2013
SEC with 7 in a row, 9 of 15 and 11 of 15 from the southern states. WOW!
Spartangrad87
+4
Level 19
Jan 8, 2013
Miami should have beaten Ohio State in 2002
ozzdome
+1
Level 69
Jan 9, 2013
Amen to that.
KingofQuiz
+12
Level 46
Jun 18, 2014
But they didn't. Go Bucks!
PacoGee
+4
Level 44
Jan 14, 2015
not really. It went to OT Miami failed to win.. Stop whining hater
ohiostatefan
+8
Level 15
Mar 16, 2015
i totally agree miami couldnt get it done when it mattered most O-H-I-O
kckkpeel
+1
Level 37
Jul 25, 2015
It shouldn't have gone to OT anyway. That was a BS penalty
maxvenble
+6
Level 46
Dec 12, 2015
You're right. Shouldn't have gone to OT. Go back and watch Chris Gamble's catch that was ruled incomplete on 3rd down. If instant replay had existed, the game would have never gone to OT. OSU would have won in regulation. Miami fans love the cite the flag in OT yet they always fail to mention the refs missing the call on the Gamble play.
Ryanboss
+2
Level 55
Jun 6, 2016
I hate when people say Miami should have won. They failed in OT. Osu deserves that one
jmaddog
+1
Level 33
Feb 1, 2013
got em all with 1:48 left. Took me a while
tbeck502
+2
Level 28
Mar 1, 2013
It's easy to recruit to the southern states with nice weather, beaches, etc... these recruiters know that "kids" want to have a good time and frankly, thats what most of these kids want. It also helps that the SEC has the best recruiters too. Most of the top 100 recruiters are in southern/coastal areas.... where recruiting is thriving.

It all ebs and flows though. Back in the day, the Big 8 was the beast of the nation with teams like Oklahoma and Nebraska owning everyone, it used to be even joked about that the Nebraska/Oklahoma game would decide things. It was only a little over 15 years ago that the Big 8 has 4 top ten teams at seasons end... with only 8 teams in the conference mind you. Every AQ conference has their time... this is the SECs time.

tschutzer
+9
Level 91
Mar 7, 2013
Yeah, Tuscaloosa and Auburn, Alabama are really known for their beaches. You'll often see students walking around campus with surfboards.
deathscythe002
+3
Level 60
Jun 27, 2013
its because the south breeds the best players because they are all football crazy down there and every premier athlete from the south wants to play football over basketball, baseball and everything else
beekash
+3
Level 58
Jan 8, 2014
You're absolutely right. There aren't better and more athletes in the south, they're just much more concentrated in football. Whereas in the Midwest, West Coast and New England, there is much more diversity in the sports that kids play. That's why Big Ten and Pac12 schools can support 25-30 athletic teams (Ohio State has 37) while SEC schools only have 15-20.
Maladroit
+1
Level 51
Jan 12, 2018
What, we're not allowed to like the sports we like? Football is fun and exciting. Baseball is...ugh. Basketball is somewhere in the middle. It's just that we like football. Southern people don't complain about western teams (and Miami) dominating the NBA because 'they're all basketball crazy'. Grow up.
CBTemple
+1
Level 81
Jan 8, 2014
It also helps that the SEC allows schools to recruit more players than they have scholarships for....something not allowed by other conferences because it's unfair to the student athletes.
BobSaget
+2
Level 78
Jan 8, 2014
Our long national nightmare is finally over.
zimba
+1
Level 50
Jan 9, 2014
Amen brother.
chempstead98
+2
Level 28
Jan 8, 2014
I'm proud of the way the boys played Monday night. We had it, then lost it, but thank you for a great season. I'll be an Auburn fan through thick and thin, til the day I die. Congrats to FSU, but WAR D*** EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tschutzer
+1
Level 91
Jan 15, 2015
Got them all, but was scratching my head over the fact that I had 25/27 with under a minute to go and there were still more than a dozen blank spaces. I was smacking myself after remember the last two - Notre Dame and Alabama. LOL
KoolKid
+4
Level 31
Apr 10, 2021
biggest lie I've ever heard, no way you missed the team that won the national championship just a few days before you commented this
UCFKnight82
+1
Level 53
Aug 1, 2024
What does Ohio State have to do with his comment?
ander217
+2
Level 75
Feb 2, 2015
Why was Louisiana State not accepted? I even tried Louisiana State U. No idea why I didn't simply type LSU, but it seems to me that either should have been accepted.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 3, 2015
It was supposed to work. It will now. Probably no one complained before because it's easy to just type LSU.
Nightcap
+1
Level 80
Aug 27, 2015
Illinois won the 1951 National title, per Boand.
KingofQuiz
+1
Level 46
Jun 20, 2016
Buckeyes also won a share of the title in 1970 and 1961 (NFF and FWAA respectively). I understand you're only showing AP/Coaches, so I'm not trying to correct you; just letting everyone know the Buckeyes have 8 National Titles.
ducktownhusker
+5
Level 66
Jun 22, 2016
Nebraska has 9 undefeated seasons and can lay claim to 11 national titles, but we only claim the five actual titles because we know better. Looking at you, 'Tide & Irish, with your 900 claimed titles from the National Enquirer and Cheerios boxes.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 85
Sep 25, 2016
And Nebraska SHOULD have 6, except Irving Fryar accepted $10,000 to throw the 1984 Orange Bowl. Before Jeff Smith ran for the TD with less than 1:00 remaining to make it 31-30, watch Fryar deliberately drop a wide open TD pass. He pulls his left hand away to allow the ball to drop. Then notice his delayed reaction feigning disappointment in the back of the end zone. Also, on the game-deciding 2-point conversion, watch the Miami LB (#54?) over the center. When defending the option, the one thing you don't do is guess. You have reads that dictate how you react defensively. Yet that Miami LB "reacts" a split second before the ball is even snapped. The reason he did this is because Fryar had deliberately tipped off that the play was going to the right, which effectively cut the field in half for the Miami defense.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 10, 2017
Four and a half. Would have loved to see Michigan play Nebraska for the title in 1997.
matt78
+1
Level 34
Feb 14, 2017
Very glad for a playoff system. I hope it expands. We finally have a real way of determining a champion. I think Penn State fans claim something like 45 championships.
tshalla
+1
Level 76
Jan 9, 2024
Ha ha!! Well, I'm taking at least half of Nebraska's title away from them in 1994. And then there are those 1911 and 1912 teams who gave up 21 points. Total. In two seasons. (Buckeye fans still remember the 37-0 home drubbing they took in 1912.)
nikedude
+2
Level 13
Mar 24, 2017
Kind of surprised I finished with 3:19 to go

Go Sooners!

Blurble
+1
Level 36
Mar 25, 2017
Ohio State and Alabama are the Legendary teams. They have won for decades.
JBlouw1850
+1
Level 43
Apr 20, 2017
Explain how Michigan has the most wins in history out of the current FBS teams and Ohio State is SIXTH. If you only pick two teams, yes Alabama because they are number two, but they are closer to third (Notre Dame) than they are to first (Michigan). Go blue! (Info collected from All-Time NCAA College Football Wins quiz here on Jetpunk)
butterbean33
+3
Level 40
Jan 12, 2018
That's because the state up north had most of the 'championship' wins prior to 1950....and most of the them were back when there were like 4 college football teams haha! GO BUCKS!!!!
bridog8456
+1
Level 47
Dec 10, 2017
The 2004 BCS Championship was vacated in 2011 after the NCAA investigation of USC. I believe this quiz should reflect that.
bluesdjben
+1
Level 74
Jan 12, 2018
I made the mistake of typing Brigham Young instead of just BYU.
mishmosh
+1
Level 46
Apr 9, 2018
I did the same thing. BYU was the only one I "missed".
Elan
+7
Level 65
Jan 12, 2018
I think you misspelled "University of Central Florida" for 2017
TheLegend69
+2
Level 75
Jan 12, 2018
You should accept UCF for 2017.
nonono
+1
Level 89
Jan 12, 2018
At the least, UCF deserves a co-listing, like the split poll years of 1990 and 1973. https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/01/11/ucf-national-champions-undefeated-season-banner-celebration
UCFKnight82
+1
Level 53
Aug 1, 2024
You have to give this quiz credit for wanting us to name the playoff winner during those years and not every national champion. Otherwise, UCF would have to be listed as they are listed in the NCAA record book.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Jan 14, 2020
Not going to happen.
GeographyDawg7
+1
Level 57
Jan 9, 2024
Haha what are they thinking ucf wouldn’t have beaten Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, or oklahoma
UCFKnight82
+1
Level 53
Aug 1, 2024
UCF could never have beaten Georgia or Alabama. They only beat Auburn who could never have beaten Georgia or Al ... oh, wait.
texdave
+1
Level 56
Feb 14, 2018
The cheese champion in this quiz has to be the 1984 Brigham Young team. They were considered a mid-major and not worthy of a major bowl. They got to play a tepid 6-5 Michigan team in their minor bowl. Then they were crowned champions because they were the only undefeated team left. I am sure BYU had a good squad, but it would have been nice to see them play a top team in a major bowl.
Shade9099
+1
Level 68
Jan 8, 2019
Not only were they the only undefeated team, but # 2 and 3 both lost their bowls, so it was BYW vs 12-2 Washington. Not only did they beat their opponents, it was by three+ scores. I am sure that BYU should have been in a major bowl, but they were clearly better. Washington and Florida each had FIVE less wins, and only beat one ranked team each, respectively. I guess BYU did deserve that title, as did SMU should have two years prior
Shade9099
+1
Level 68
Jan 8, 2019
I am not a BYU fan, nor do I live in Utah, but that squad is not overrated. Not only did they play few little-known teams, but they had an excellent coach, a star QB, and a great squad
Maladroit
+1
Level 51
May 11, 2018
So, uh, what's the source? And why does this only go back to 1950?
markthoma
+1
Level 72
Jul 25, 2018
Got them all but Maryland in 1953. Interesting it's only 27 different teams who have won.
finnnaggar
+1
Level 45
Jan 14, 2021
Updated to 2020 too
tlebo
+1
Level 45
Apr 19, 2021
USC won in 03
UCFKnight82
+1
Level 53
Sep 5, 2024
They won a national title. They did not win the BCS Championship Game.
SeekerSpock1
+1
Level 76
Oct 11, 2021
Is there any reason this cuts off at 1950? Why can’t it go further back?
JakeP
+1
Level 69
Apr 26, 2023
Go Dawgs!
GeographyDawg7
+1
Level 57
Jan 9, 2024
Go dawgs!
MightyAtreides
+1
Level 65
Jun 25, 2023
"Brigham Young" is not accepted even though BYU is.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jun 25, 2023
Fixed
Cdsmith6508
+1
Level 37
Sep 20, 2023
Arkansas won in 1964, not Alabama.
dickcheneydid911
+1
Level 44
Jan 9, 2024
No one has won the 2023 championship yet, why even list it?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 9, 2024
Michigan won just last night.
GeographyDawg7
+1
Level 57
Jan 9, 2024
Though Georgia arguably should’ve been in the playoffs :( we won’t complain though the drags lost fair and square in the sec championship
Bengus
+1
Level 59
Jan 11, 2024
This is gridiron not football.
Praab05
+1
Level 44
Aug 1, 2024
Arkansas won in 1964 not Alabama......
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