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 2005 C: Texas 2006 C: Florida 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 C1996,2006 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 C1963,1969,2005; 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.