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College Football
National Champions
(Selected by: the Helms Athetic Foundation (1883-1935); the Dickinson System (1924-40); the Associated Press (1936- ); United Press (1950-57); International News Service (1952-57); United Press International (1958-90), the Football Writers Association of America (1954- ); the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame (1959- ); and USA Today/CNN (1991- ). In 1991, the UPI poll merged with the NFF-Hall of Fame poll, and the American Football Coaches Association switched its poll from UPI to USA Today/CNN.)
| Year | Champion | Champion | Champion |
| 1883 | Yale |
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| 1884 | Yale |
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| 1885 | Princeton |
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| 1886 | Yale |
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| 1887 | Yale |
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| 1888 | Yale |
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| 1889 | Princeton |
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| 1890 | Harvard |
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| 1891 | Yale |
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| 1892 | Yale |
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| 1893 | Princeton |
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| 1894 | Yale |
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| 1895 | Penn |
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| 1896 | Princeton |
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| 1897 | Penn |
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| 1898 | Harvard |
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| 1899 | Harvard |
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| 1900 | Yale |
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| 1901 | Michigan |
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| 1902 | Michigan |
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| 1903 | Princeton |
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| 1904 | Penn |
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| 1905 | Chicago |
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| 1906 | Princeton |
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| 1907 | Yale |
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| 1908 | Penn |
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| 1909 | Yale |
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| 1910 | Harvard |
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| 1911 | Princeton |
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| 1912 | Harvard |
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| 1913 | Harvard |
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| 1914 | Army |
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| 1915 | Cornell |
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| 1916 | Pittsburgh |
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| 1917 | Georgia Tech |
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| 1918 | Pittsburgh |
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| 1919 | Harvard |
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| 1920 | California |
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| 1921 | Cornell |
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| 1922 | Cornell |
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| 1923 | Illinois |
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| 1924 | Notre Dame |
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| 1925 | Alabama (H) | Dartmouth (D) |
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| 1926 | Alabama (H) | Stanford (D) |
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| 1927 | Illinois |
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| 1928 | Georgia Tech (H) | USC (D) |
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| 1929 | Notre Dame |
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| 1930 | Notre Dame |
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| 1931 | USC |
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| 1932 | USC (H) | Michigan (D) |
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| 1933 | Michigan |
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| 1934 | Minnesota |
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| 1935 | Minnesota (H) | SMU (D) |
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| 1936 | Minnesota |
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| 1937 | Pittsburgh |
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| 1938 | Texas Christian |
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| 1939 | Texas A&M |
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| 1940 | Minnesota |
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| 1941 | Minnesota |
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| 1942 | Ohio State |
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| 1943 | Notre Dame |
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| 1944 | Army |
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| 1945 | Army |
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| 1946 | Notre Dame |
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| 1947 | Notre Dame |
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| 1948 | Michigan |
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| 1949 | Notre Dame |
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| 1950 | Oklahoma |
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| 1951 | Tennessee |
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| 1952 | Michigan State
(AP, UP) | Georgia Tech
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| 1953 | Maryland |
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| 1954 | Ohio State
(AP, INS) | UCLA
(UP, FW) |
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| 1955 | Oklahoma |
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| 1956 | Oklahoma |
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| 1957 | Auburn
(AP) | Ohio State
(UP, FW, INS) |
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| 1958 | LSU
(AP, UPI) | Iowa
(FW) |
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| 1959 | Syracuse |
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| 1960 | Minnesota
(AP, UPI, NFF) | Mississippi
(FW) |
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| 1961 | Alabama
(AP, UPI, NFF) | Ohio State
(FW) |
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| 1962 | USC |
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| 1963 | Texas |
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| 1964 | Alabama
(AP, UPI) | Arkansas
(FW) | Notre Dame
(NFF) |
| 1965 | Alabama
(AP, FW-tie) | Michigan State
(UPI, NFF, FW-tie) |
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| 1966 | Notre Dame
(AP, UPI, FW, NFF-tie) | Michigan State
(NFF-tie) |
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| 1967 | USC |
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| 1968 | Ohio State |
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| 1969 | Texas |
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| 1970 | Nebraska
(AP, FW) | Texas
(UPI, NFF-tie) | Ohio State
(NFF-tie) |
| 1971 | Nebraska |
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| 1972 | USC |
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| 1973 | Notre Dame
(AP, FW, NFF) | Alabama
(UPI) |
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| 1974 | Oklahoma
(AP) | USC
(UPI, FW, NFF) |
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| 1975 | Oklahoma |
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| 1976 | Pittsburgh |
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| 1977 | Notre Dame |
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| 1978 | Alabama
(AP, FW, NFF) | USC
(UPI) |
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| 1979 | Alabama |
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| 1980 | Georgia |
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| 1981 | Clemson |
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| 1982 | Penn State |
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| 1983 | Miami (Fla.) |
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| 1984 | Brigham Young |
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| 1985 | Oklahoma |
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| 1986 | Penn State |
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| 1987 | Miami (Fla.) |
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| 1988 | Notre Dame |
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| 1989 | Miami (Fla.) |
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| 1990 | Colorado
(AP, FW, NFF) | Georgia Tech
(UPI) |
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| 1991 | Miami (Fla.)
(AP) | Washington
(USA, FW, NFF) |
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| 1992 | Alabama |
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| 1993 | Florida State |
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| 1994 | Nebraska |
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| 1995 | Nebraska |
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| 1996 | Florida |
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| 1997 | Michigan
(AP) | Nebraska
(USA) |
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| 1998 | Tennessee |
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| 1999 | Florida State |
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| 2000 | Oklahoma |
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| 2001 | Miami (Fla.) |
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| 2002 | Ohio State |
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| 2003 | USC
(AP) | LSU
(USA) |
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| 2004 | USC |
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