List of National Champions
This is a list of the national champions of college football according to the Hatch Mathematical Ranking System formula.
| Year | National Champions | W | L | T | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Michigan | 15 | 0 | 0.9363 | |
| 2022 | Georgia | 15 | 0 | 1.0329 | |
| 2021 | Georgia | 14 | 1 | 0.8890 | |
| 2020 | Alabama | 13 | 0 | 0.9453 | |
| 2019 | Louisiana State | 15 | 0 | 0.9861 | |
| 2018 | Clemson | 15 | 0 | 0.9364 | |
| 2017 | Alabama | 13 | 1 | 0.8422 | |
| 2016 | Clemson | 14 | 1 | 0.9482 | |
| 2015 | Alabama | 14 | 1 | 0.9947 | |
| 2014 | Ohio State | 14 | 1 | 0.8746 | |
| 2013 | Florida State | 14 | 0 | 0.8279 | |
| 2012 | Alabama | 13 | 1 | 0.8385 | |
| 2011 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 1 | 0.9120 | |
| 2010 | Auburn | 14 | 0 | 0.9152 | |
| 2009 | Alabama | 14 | 0 | 0.9327 | |
| 2008 | Florida | 13 | 1 | 0.9380 | |
| 2007 | Louisiana State | 12 | 2 | 0.8241 | |
| 2006 | Florida | 13 | 1 | 0.9287 | |
| 2005 | Texas | 13 | 0 | 0.9434 | |
| 2004 | Southern California | 13 | 0 | 0.9546 | |
| 2003 | Louisiana State | 13 | 1 | 0.8220 | |
| 2002 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 | 0.8859 | |
| 2001 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0.8861 | |
| 2000 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 | 0.8755 | |
| 1999 | Florida State | 12 | 0 | 0.9208 | |
| 1998 | Tennessee | 13 | 0 | 0.8805 | |
| 1997 | Florida State | 11 | 1 | 0.8905 | |
| 1996 | Florida | 12 | 1 | 0.8804 | |
| 1995 | Nebraska | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.9083 |
| 1994 | Penn State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8817 |
| 1993 | Florida State | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.8438 |
| 1992 | Alabama | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.9007 |
| 1991 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8804 |
| 1990 | Colorado | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0.8438 |
| 1989 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.8904 |
| 1988 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8844 |
| 1987 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8797 |
| 1986 | Penn State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.9510 |
| 1985 | Oklahoma | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8323 |
| 1984 | Florida | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.8488 |
| 1983 | Auburn | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9659 |
| 1982 | Penn State | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9105 |
| 1981 | Penn State | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.8592 |
| 1980 | Georgia | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8724 |
| 1979 | Southern California | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.9237 |
| 1978 | Alabama | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9895 |
| 1977 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9104 |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8319 |
| 1975 | Oklahoma | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8878 |
| 1974 | Oklahoma | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9105 |
| 1973 | Oklahoma | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.0278 |
| 1972 | Texas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.9511 |
| 1971 | Alabama | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9362 |
| 1970 | Nebraska | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.8657 |
| 1969 | Southern California | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.8787 |
| 1968 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8801 |
| 1967 | Southern California | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8166 |
| 1966 | Alabama | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8688 |
| 1965 | Alabama | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.9356 |
| 1964 | Michigan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.9355 |
| 1963 | Texas | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9052 |
| 1962 | Southern California | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9022 |
| 1961 | Alabama | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8665 |
| 1960 | Iowa | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.8838 |
| 1959 | Syracuse | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8872 |
| 1958 | Louisiana State | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9333 |
| 1957 | Auburn | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8356 |
| 1956 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8620 |
| 1955 | Mississippi | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8582 |
| 1954 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9244 |
| 1953 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.9242 |
| 1952 | Michigan State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8996 |
| 1951 | Illinois | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.9064 |
| 1950 | Tennessee | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.7590 |
| 1949 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9880 |
| 1948 | Michigan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9250 |
| 1947 | Texas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.9715 |
| 1946 | Army | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.9973 |
| 1945 | Army | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9923 |
| 1944 | Army | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9237 |
| 1943 | Notre Dame | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.9613 |
| 1942 | Georgia Pre-Flight | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.8315 |
| 1941 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8240 |
| 1940 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9923 |
| 1939 | Cornell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9132 |
| 1938 | Southern California | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.8592 |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.8997 |
| 1936 | Louisiana State | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.7977 |
| 1935 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8472 |
| 1934 | Alabama | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8194 |
| 1933 | Michigan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.9251 |
| 1932 | Southern California | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.0257 |
| 1931 | Southern California | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1.0013 |
| 1930 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9801 |
| 1929 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8876 |
| 1928 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7780 |
| 1927 | Notre Dame | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.7739 |
| 1926 | Michigan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.8048 |
| 1925 | Alabama | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8312 |
| 1924 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8221 |
| 1923 | Illinois | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.7938 |
| 1922 | Princeton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8558 |
| 1921 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.8464 |
| 1920 | Georgia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.8158 |
| 1919 | Illinois | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.9325 |
| 1918 | Great Lakes Navy | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0.9620 |
| 1917 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8200 |
| 1916 | Yale | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.7088 |
| 1915 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.8213 |
| 1914 | Illinois | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.8266 |
| 1913 | Auburn | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8548 |
| 1912 | Auburn | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.7718 |
| 1911 | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.8075 |
| 1910 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.6063 |
| 1909 | Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.7487 |
| 1908 | Chicago | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.7168 |
| 1907 | Carlisle | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.7301 |
| 1906 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.7854 |
| 1905 | Yale | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9483 |
| 1904 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8415 |
| 1903 | Princeton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8953 |
| 1902 | Yale | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.8157 |
| 1901 | Harvard | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8014 |
| 1900 | Yale | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.7699 |
| 1899 | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.8107 |
| 1898 | Harvard | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8203 |
| 1897 | Pennsylvania | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.7162 |
| 1896 | Princeton | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.7204 |
| 1895 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0.5470 |
| 1894 | Yale | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.7497 |
| 1893 | Princeton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8234 |
| 1892 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.7208 |
| 1891 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.7974 |
| 1890 | Harvard | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.7387 |
| 1889 | Princeton | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8193 |
| 1888 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.6681 |
| 1887 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.7973 |
| 1886 | Princeton | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.7565 |
| 1885 | Princeton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.7071 |
| 1884 | Princeton | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.6992 |
| 1883 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.6906 |
| 1882 | Yale | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9187 |
| 1881 | Yale | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.6582 |
| 1880 | Princeton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.6188 |
| 1879 | Princeton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.6214 |
| 1878 | Princeton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.7380 |
| 1877 | Princeton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.7004 |
| 1876 | Yale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.6890 |
| 1875 | Princeton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6001 |
| 1874 | Yale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5607 |
| 1873 | Princeton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.9505 |
| 1872 | Princeton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6288 |
| 1871 | No games played | ||||
| 1870 | Princeton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6295 |
| 1869 | Princeton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.2684 |