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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indiana | 16 | 0 | 0.9537 | |
| 2024 | Ohio State | 14 | 2 | 0.8796 | |
| 2023 | Michigan | 15 | 0 | 0.8896 | |
| 2022 | Georgia | 15 | 0 | 0.9799 | |
| 2021 | Georgia | 14 | 1 | 0.8474 | |
| 2020 | Alabama | 13 | 0 | 0.9120 | |
| 2019 | Louisiana State | 15 | 0 | 0.9359 | |
| 2018 | Clemson | 15 | 0 | 0.9105 | |
| 2017 | Alabama | 13 | 1 | 0.8159 | |
| 2016 | Clemson | 14 | 1 | 0.9100 | |
| 2015 | Alabama | 14 | 1 | 0.9468 | |
| 2014 | Ohio State | 14 | 1 | 0.8521 | |
| 2013 | Florida State | 14 | 0 | 0.7872 | |
| 2012 | Alabama | 13 | 1 | 0.7898 | |
| 2011 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 1 | 0.8615 | |
| 2010 | Auburn | 14 | 0 | 0.8656 | |
| 2009 | Alabama | 14 | 0 | 0.8836 | |
| 2008 | Florida | 13 | 1 | 0.8918 | |
| 2007 | Louisiana State | 12 | 2 | 0.7741 | |
| 2006 | Florida | 13 | 1 | 0.8721 | |
| 2005 | Texas | 13 | 0 | 0.9062 | |
| 2004 | Southern California | 13 | 0 | 0.8885 | |
| 2003 | Louisiana State | 13 | 1 | 0.7772 | |
| 2002 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 | 0.8412 | |
| 2001 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0.8436 | |
| 2000 | Oklahoma | 13 | 0 | 0.8337 | |
| 1999 | Florida State | 12 | 0 | 0.8659 | |
| 1998 | Tennessee | 13 | 0 | 0.8390 | |
| 1997 | Florida State | 11 | 1 | 0.8254 | |
| 1996 | Florida | 12 | 1 | 0.8330 | |
| 1995 | Nebraska | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8647 |
| 1994 | Penn State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8294 |
| 1993 | Florida State | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.8039 |
| 1992 | Alabama | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.8705 |
| 1991 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8293 |
| 1990 | Colorado | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0.7976 |
| 1989 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.8473 |
| 1988 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8320 |
| 1987 | Miami | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8192 |
| 1986 | Penn State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8945 |
| 1985 | Oklahoma | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.7912 |
| 1984 | Florida | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.7734 |
| 1983 | Auburn | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.9098 |
| 1982 | Penn State | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8654 |
| 1981 | Penn State | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.8154 |
| 1980 | Georgia | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8122 |
| 1979 | Southern California | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.8877 |
| 1978 | Southern California | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.9359 |
| 1977 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8673 |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.7974 |
| 1975 | Oklahoma | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8523 |
| 1974 | Oklahoma | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8650 |
| 1973 | Oklahoma | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.9508 |
| 1972 | Texas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.9083 |
| 1971 | Alabama | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8784 |
| 1970 | Nebraska | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.8172 |
| 1969 | Southern California | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.8248 |
| 1968 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8273 |
| 1967 | Southern California | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.7707 |
| 1966 | Alabama | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8100 |
| 1965 | Alabama | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.8740 |
| 1964 | Michigan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.8859 |
| 1963 | Texas | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8775 |
| 1962 | Southern California | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8651 |
| 1961 | Alabama | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8217 |
| 1960 | Iowa | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.8362 |
| 1959 | Syracuse | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8574 |
| 1958 | Louisiana State | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8692 |
| 1957 | Auburn | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7821 |
| 1956 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8262 |
| 1955 | Michigan State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.7991 |
| 1954 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.8513 |
| 1953 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.8590 |
| 1952 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8452 |
| 1951 | Illinois | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.8456 |
| 1950 | Tennessee | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.7473 |
| 1949 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9175 |
| 1948 | Michigan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8608 |
| 1947 | Texas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.9224 |
| 1946 | Army | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.9171 |
| 1945 | Army | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.9377 |
| 1944 | Army | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8680 |
| 1943 | Notre Dame | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.9111 |
| 1942 | Georgia Pre-Flight | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.7769 |
| 1941 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.7637 |
| 1940 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9250 |
| 1939 | Cornell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8769 |
| 1938 | Southern California | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.8100 |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.8260 |
| 1936 | Louisiana State | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.7455 |
| 1935 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8025 |
| 1934 | Alabama | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7539 |
| 1933 | Michigan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.8399 |
| 1932 | Southern California | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9577 |
| 1931 | Southern California | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.9498 |
| 1930 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9281 |
| 1929 | Notre Dame | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8356 |
| 1928 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7372 |
| 1927 | Notre Dame | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.6841 |
| 1926 | Michigan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.7461 |
| 1925 | Alabama | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7566 |
| 1924 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7746 |
| 1923 | Illinois | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.7118 |
| 1922 | Princeton | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.7855 |
| 1921 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.7554 |
| 1920 | Georgia | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.7568 |
| 1919 | Illinois | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.8569 |
| 1918 | Great Lakes Navy | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0.9293 |
| 1917 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.7545 |
| 1916 | Yale | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.6633 |
| 1915 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.7692 |
| 1914 | Illinois | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.7756 |
| 1913 | Auburn | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8072 |
| 1912 | Wisconsin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.7449 |
| 1911 | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.7389 |
| 1910 | Auburn | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.5807 |
| 1909 | Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.6873 |
| 1908 | Chicago | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.7579 |
| 1907 | Carlisle | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.6813 |
| 1906 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.7013 |
| 1905 | Yale | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.9181 |
| 1904 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.7784 |
| 1903 | Princeton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8529 |
| 1902 | Yale | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.7382 |
| 1901 | Harvard | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.7476 |
| 1900 | Yale | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.7217 |
| 1899 | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.7475 |
| 1898 | Harvard | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.7737 |
| 1897 | Pennsylvania | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.6804 |
| 1896 | Princeton | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.6709 |
| 1895 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0.5596 |
| 1894 | Yale | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.7044 |
| 1893 | Princeton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.7590 |
| 1892 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.6756 |
| 1891 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.7610 |
| 1890 | Harvard | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.6818 |
| 1889 | Princeton | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.7719 |
| 1888 | Yale | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.6237 |
| 1887 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.7672 |
| 1886 | Princeton | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.7046 |
| 1885 | Princeton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.6571 |
| 1884 | Princeton | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.6518 |
| 1883 | Yale | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.6522 |
| 1882 | Yale | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8676 |
| 1881 | Yale | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5995 |
| 1880 | Princeton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.5815 |
| 1879 | Princeton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.5847 |
| 1878 | Princeton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.6882 |
| 1877 | Princeton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.6578 |
| 1876 | Yale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7300 |
| 1875 | Princeton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6251 |
| 1874 | Yale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5786 |
| 1873 | Princeton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0388 |
| 1872 | Princeton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6590 |
| 1871 | No games played | ||||
| 1870 | Princeton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6598 |
| 1869 | Princeton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.3003 |