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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ohio State | 14 | 2 | 0.9302 | |
| 2023 | Michigan | 15 | 0 | 0.9474 | |
| 2022 | Georgia | 15 | 0 | 1.0401 | |
| 2021 | Georgia | 14 | 1 | 0.8964 | |
| 2020 | Alabama | 13 | 0 | 0.9710 | |
| 2019 | Louisiana State | 15 | 0 | 0.9842 | |
| 2018 | Clemson | 15 | 0 | 0.9814 | |
| 2017 | Alabama | 13 | 1 | 0.8620 | |
| 2016 | Clemson | 14 | 1 | 0.9710 | |
| 2015 | Alabama | 14 | 1 | 1.0101 | |
| 2014 | Ohio State | 14 | 1 | 0.9023 | |
| 2013 | Florida State | 14 | 0 | 0.8313 | |
| 2012 | Alabama | 13 | 1 | 0.8311 | |
| 2011 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 1 | 0.9228 | |
| 2010 | Auburn | 14 | 0 | 0.9166 | |
| 2009 | Alabama | 14 | 0 | 0.9373 | |
| 2008 | Florida | 13 | 1 | 0.9541 | |
| 2007 | Louisiana State | 12 | 2 | 0.8163 | |
| 2006 | Florida | 13 | 1 | 0.9288 | |
| 2005 | Texas | 13 | 0 | 0.9532 | |
| 2004 | Southern California | 13 | 0 | 0.9475 | |
| 2003 | Louisiana State | 13 | 1 | 0.8204 | |
| 2002 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 | 0.8868 | |
| 2001 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0.8923 | |
| 2000 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 | 0.8739 | |
| 1999 | Florida State | 12 | 0 | 0.9137 | |
| 1998 | Tennessee | 13 | 0 | 0.8774 | |
| 1997 | Florida State | 11 | 1 | 0.8763 | |
| 1996 | Florida | 12 | 1 | 0.8880 | |
| 1995 | Nebraska | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.9156 |
| 1994 | Penn State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8882 |
| 1993 | Florida State | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.8423 |
| 1992 | Alabama | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.9116 |
| 1991 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8874 |
| 1990 | Colorado | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0.8455 |
| 1989 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.9067 |
| 1988 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8807 |
| 1987 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8749 |
| 1986 | Penn State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.9410 |
| 1985 | Oklahoma | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8317 |
| 1984 | Florida | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.8428 |
| 1983 | Auburn | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9606 |
| 1982 | Penn State | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9214 |
| 1981 | Penn State | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.8557 |
| 1980 | Georgia | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8663 |
| 1979 | Southern California | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.9400 |
| 1978 | Alabama | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1.0034 |
| 1977 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9235 |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8293 |
| 1975 | Oklahoma | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9086 |
| 1974 | Oklahoma | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9315 |
| 1973 | Oklahoma | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.0253 |
| 1972 | Texas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.9727 |
| 1971 | Nebraska | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.9292 |
| 1970 | Nebraska | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.9102 |
| 1969 | Southern California | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.8749 |
| 1968 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8776 |
| 1967 | Southern California | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8108 |
| 1966 | Alabama | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8571 |
| 1965 | Alabama | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.9671 |
| 1964 | Michigan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.9799 |
| 1963 | Texas | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9284 |
| 1962 | Southern California | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9355 |
| 1961 | Alabama | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8742 |
| 1960 | Iowa | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.8897 |
| 1959 | Syracuse | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9221 |
| 1958 | Louisiana State | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9402 |
| 1957 | Auburn | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8318 |
| 1956 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8860 |
| 1955 | Mississippi | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8341 |
| 1954 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9181 |
| 1953 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.9204 |
| 1952 | Michigan State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9172 |
| 1951 | Illinois | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.9007 |
| 1950 | Tennessee | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8050 |
| 1949 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9845 |
| 1948 | Michigan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9321 |
| 1947 | Texas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.9958 |
| 1946 | Army | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.0056 |
| 1945 | Army | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9879 |
| 1944 | Army | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9107 |
| 1943 | Notre Dame | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.9632 |
| 1942 | Georgia Pre-Flight | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.8354 |
| 1941 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8242 |
| 1940 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.0053 |
| 1939 | Cornell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9148 |
| 1938 | Southern California | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.8952 |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.8962 |
| 1936 | Louisiana State | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.8019 |
| 1935 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8580 |
| 1934 | Alabama | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8273 |
| 1933 | Michigan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.9052 |
| 1932 | Southern California | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.0423 |
| 1931 | Southern California | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1.0104 |
| 1930 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9831 |
| 1929 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8778 |
| 1928 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7766 |
| 1927 | Notre Dame | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.7786 |
| 1926 | Michigan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.8187 |
| 1925 | Alabama | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8372 |
| 1924 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7954 |
| 1923 | Illinois | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.7562 |
| 1922 | Princeton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8513 |
| 1921 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.8286 |
| 1920 | Georgia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.8263 |
| 1919 | Illinois | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.9263 |
| 1918 | Great Lakes Navy | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0.9612 |
| 1917 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8237 |
| 1916 | Yale | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.7144 |
| 1915 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.8360 |
| 1914 | Illinois | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.8256 |
| 1913 | Auburn | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8766 |
| 1912 | Wisconsin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.7625 |
| 1911 | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.8015 |
| 1910 | Auburn | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.6389 |
| 1909 | Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.7356 |
| 1908 | Chicago | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.7174 |
| 1907 | Carlisle | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.7441 |
| 1906 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.7859 |
| 1905 | Yale | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9444 |
| 1904 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8301 |
| 1903 | Princeton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8806 |
| 1902 | Yale | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.8125 |
| 1901 | Harvard | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8014 |
| 1900 | Yale | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.7604 |
| 1899 | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.8083 |
| 1898 | Harvard | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8284 |
| 1897 | Pennsylvania | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.7205 |
| 1896 | Princeton | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.7322 |
| 1895 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0.5354 |
| 1894 | Yale | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.7531 |
| 1893 | Princeton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8184 |
| 1892 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.7231 |
| 1891 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.8085 |
| 1890 | Harvard | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.7195 |
| 1889 | Princeton | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8243 |
| 1888 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.6773 |
| 1887 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8173 |
| 1886 | Princeton | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.7565 |
| 1885 | Princeton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.7185 |
| 1884 | Princeton | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.6992 |
| 1883 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.6906 |
| 1882 | Yale | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9122 |
| 1881 | Yale | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.6582 |
| 1880 | Princeton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.6158 |
| 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 | 0.7038 |
| 1875 | Princeton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6001 |
| 1874 | Yale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5307 |
| 1873 | Princeton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.9504 |
| 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 |