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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia | 15 | 0 | 0.9590 | |
| 2021 | Georgia | 14 | 1 | 0.8613 | |
| 2020 | Alabama | 13 | 0 | 0.9555 | |
| 2019 | Louisiana State | 15 | 0 | 0.9153 | |
| 2018 | Clemson | 15 | 0 | 0.8796 | |
| 2017 | Alabama | 13 | 1 | 0.7924 | |
| 2016 | Clemson | 14 | 1 | 0.9083 | |
| 2015 | Alabama | 14 | 1 | 0.9368 | |
| 2014 | Ohio State | 14 | 1 | 0.8772 | |
| 2013 | Florida State | 14 | 0 | 0.8029 | |
| 2012 | Alabama | 13 | 1 | 0.8447 | |
| 2011 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 1 | 0.9010 | |
| 2010 | Auburn | 14 | 0 | 0.8713 | |
| 2009 | Alabama | 14 | 0 | 0.8939 | |
| 2008 | Florida | 13 | 1 | 0.9012 | |
| 2007 | Louisiana State | 12 | 2 | 0.8266 | |
| 2006 | Florida | 13 | 1 | 0.8882 | |
| 2005 | Texas | 13 | 0 | 0.9183 | |
| 2004 | Southern California | 13 | 0 | 0.9297 | |
| 2003 | Southern California | 12 | 1 | 0.8285 | |
| 2002 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 | 0.8636 | |
| 2001 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0.9054 | |
| 2000 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 | 0.8521 | |
| 1999 | Florida State | 12 | 0 | 0.9114 | |
| 1998 | Tennessee | 13 | 0 | 0.8628 | |
| 1997 | Florida State | 11 | 1 | 0.8795 | |
| 1996 | Florida | 12 | 1 | 0.8856 | |
| 1995 | Nebraska | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.9228 |
| 1994 | Penn State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8956 |
| 1993 | Florida State | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.8595 |
| 1992 | Alabama | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.8860 |
| 1991 | Washington | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8911 |
| 1990 | Georgia Tech | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.8692 |
| 1989 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.8707 |
| 1988 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8751 |
| 1987 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8665 |
| 1986 | Penn State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8851 |
| 1985 | Michigan | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0.8865 |
| 1984 | Florida | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.8487 |
| 1983 | Auburn | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9270 |
| 1982 | Penn State | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8883 |
| 1981 | Penn State | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.8800 |
| 1980 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8769 |
| 1979 | Southern California | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.9188 |
| 1978 | Southern California | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.9196 |
| 1977 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9110 |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8699 |
| 1975 | Oklahoma | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9021 |
| 1974 | Oklahoma | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9321 |
| 1973 | Oklahoma | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.9968 |
| 1972 | Southern California | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.9777 |
| 1971 | Nebraska | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.9507 |
| 1970 | Nebraska | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.9198 |
| 1969 | Southern California | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.8899 |
| 1968 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8845 |
| 1967 | Southern California | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8449 |
| 1966 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.8772 |
| 1965 | Alabama | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.9050 |
| 1964 | Michigan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.9355 |
| 1963 | Texas | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8961 |
| 1962 | Southern California | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.9083 |
| 1961 | Louisiana State | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8799 |
| 1960 | Iowa | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.9059 |
| 1959 | Syracuse | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8941 |
| 1958 | Iowa | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.9041 |
| 1957 | Navy | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.8408 |
| 1956 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8797 |
| 1955 | Michigan State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.8573 |
| 1954 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9474 |
| 1953 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.9357 |
| 1952 | Michigan State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9074 |
| 1951 | Illinois | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.9307 |
| 1950 | Texas | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.8079 |
| 1949 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9634 |
| 1948 | Michigan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9165 |
| 1947 | Texas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.9305 |
| 1946 | Army | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.9657 |
| 1945 | Army | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9563 |
| 1944 | Army | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9006 |
| 1943 | Duke | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.9177 |
| 1942 | Wisconsin | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.8702 |
| 1941 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8736 |
| 1940 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9624 |
| 1939 | Cornell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9108 |
| 1938 | Southern California | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.8583 |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.9008 |
| 1936 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.8369 |
| 1935 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8642 |
| 1934 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8503 |
| 1933 | Michigan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.9116 |
| 1932 | Michigan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9061 |
| 1931 | Southern California | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.9199 |
| 1930 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9399 |
| 1929 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8624 |
| 1928 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8102 |
| 1927 | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0.8080 |
| 1926 | Michigan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.8300 |
| 1925 | Alabama | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8180 |
| 1924 | Yale | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0.8640 |
| 1923 | Yale | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8327 |
| 1922 | Princeton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8292 |
| 1921 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.8167 |
| 1920 | Georgia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.8201 |
| 1919 | Illinois | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.8770 |
| 1918 | Texas | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9340 |
| 1917 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8444 |
| 1916 | Yale | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.7884 |
| 1915 | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.8104 |
| 1914 | Illinois | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.8620 |
| 1913 | Auburn | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8753 |
| 1912 | Wisconsin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.8365 |
| 1911 | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.8510 |
| 1910 | Auburn | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.7503 |
| 1909 | Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.7739 |
| 1908 | Chicago | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.9189 |
| 1907 | Chicago | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.7764 |
| 1906 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.8640 |
| 1905 | Yale | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9205 |
| 1904 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8352 |
| 1903 | Princeton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8562 |
| 1902 | Yale | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.8433 |
| 1901 | Harvard | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8328 |
| 1900 | Yale | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0.8145 |
| 1899 | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.8137 |
| 1898 | Harvard | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8135 |
| 1897 | Pennsylvania | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.7524 |
| 1896 | Princeton | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.7547 |
| 1895 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0.6635 |
| 1894 | Yale | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.7503 |
| 1893 | Princeton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.7907 |
| 1892 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.7347 |
| 1891 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.8063 |
| 1890 | Harvard | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.7527 |
| 1889 | Princeton | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7887 |
| 1888 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.7488 |
| 1887 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8184 |
| 1886 | Princeton | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.8223 |
| 1885 | Princeton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.7886 |
| 1884 | Princeton | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.7913 |
| 1883 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.7652 |
| 1882 | Yale | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8333 |
| 1881 | Yale | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.7885 |
| 1880 | Princeton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.7281 |
| 1879 | Princeton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.7427 |
| 1878 | Princeton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.7838 |
| 1877 | Princeton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.8222 |
| 1876 | Yale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7962 |
| 1875 | Princeton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7985 |
| 1874 | Yale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7352 |
| 1873 | Princeton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.9080 |
| 1872 | Yale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7681 |
| 1871 | No games played | ||||
| 1870 | Princeton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.8476 |
| 1869 | Princeton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.6174 |