YEAR | TEAM | COACH | CONFERENCE | DEFEATED | RECORD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | ![]() | Kirby Smart | SEC | TCU, 65 - 7 | 15 - 0 |
2022 | ![]() | Kirby Smart | SEC | Alabama, 33 - 18 | 14 - 1 |
2021 | ![]() | Nick Saban | SEC | Ohio State, 52 - 24 | 13 - 0 |
2020 | ![]() | Ed Orgeron | SEC | Clemson, 42 - 25 | 15 - 0 |
2018 | ![]() | Dabo Swinney | ACC | Alabama, 44 - 16 | 15 - 0 |
2017 | ![]() | Nick Saban | SEC | Georgia, 26 - 23 | 13 - 1 |
2016 | ![]() | Dabo Swinney | ACC | Alabama, 35 - 31 | 14 - 1 |
2015 | ![]() | Nick Saban | SEC | Clemson, 45 - 40 | 14 - 1 |
2014 | ![]() | Urban Meyer | Big Ten | Oregon, 42 - 20 | 14 - 1 |
2013 | ![]() | Jimbo Fisher | ACC | Auburn, 34 - 31 | 14 - 0 |
2012 | ![]() | Nick Saban | SEC | Notre Dame, 42 - 14 | 13 - 1 |
2011 | ![]() | Nick Saban | SEC | LSU, 21 - 0 | 12 - 1 |
2010 | ![]() | Gene Chizik | SEC | Oregon, 22 - 19 | 14 - 0 |
2009 | ![]() | Nick Saban | SEC | Texas, 37 - 21 | 14 - 0 |
2008 | ![]() | Urban Meyer | SEC | Oklahoma, 24 - 14 | 13 - 1 |
2007 | ![]() | Les Miles | SEC | Ohio State, 38 - 24 | 12 - 2 |
2006 | ![]() | Urban Meyer | SEC | Ohio State, 41 - 14 | 13 - 1 |
2005 | ![]() | Mack Brown | Big 12 | USC, 41 - 38 | 13 - 0 |
2004 | ![]() | Pete Carroll | PAC-12 | Oklahoma, 55 - 19 | 13 - 0 |
2003 | ![]() | Nick Saban | SEC | Oklahoma, 21 - 14 | 13 - 1 |
2002 | ![]() | Jim Tressel | Big Ten | Miami (FL), 31 - 24 | 14 - 0 |
2001 | ![]() | Larry Coker | ACC | Nebraska, 37 - 14 | 12 - 0 |
2000 | ![]() | Bob Stoops | Big 12 | Florida State, 13 - 2 | 13 - 0 |
1999 | ![]() | Bobby Bowden | ACC | Virginia Tech, 46 - 29 | 12 - 0 |
1998 | ![]() | Phillip Fulmer | SEC | Florida State, 23 - 16 | 13 - 0 |
1997 | ![]() | Lloyd Carr | Big Ten | Washington State, 21 - 16 | 12 - 0 |
1996 | ![]() | Steve Spurrier | SEC | Florida State, 52 - 20 | 12 - 1 |
1995 | ![]() | Tom Osborne | Big Ten | Florida, 62 - 24 | 12 - 0 |
1994 | ![]() | Tom Osborne | Big Ten | Miami (FL), 24 - 17 | 13 - 0 |
1993 | ![]() | Bobby Bowden | ACC | Nebraska, 18 - 16 | 12 - 1 |
1992 | ![]() | Gene Stallings | SEC | Miami (FL), 34 - 13 | 13 - 0 |
1991 | ![]() | Dennis Erickson | ACC | Nebraska, 22 - 0 | 12 - 0 |
1990 | ![]() | Bill McCartney | PAC-12 | Notre Dame, 10 - 9 | 11 - 1 - 1 |
1989 | ![]() | Dennis Erickson | ACC | Alabama, 33 - 25 | 11 - 1 |
1988 | ![]() | Lou Holtz | IND | West Virginia, 34 - 21 | 12 - 0 |
1987 | ![]() | Jimmy Johnson | ACC | Oklahoma, 20 - 14 | 12 - 0 |
1986 | ![]() | Joe Paterno | Big Ten | Miami (FL), 14 - 10 | 12 - 0 |
1985 | ![]() | Barry Switzer | Big 12 | Penn State, 25 - 10 | 11 - 1 |
1984 | ![]() | LaVell Edwards | Big 12 | Michigan, 24 - 17 | 13 - 0 |
1983 | ![]() | Howard Schnellenberger | ACC | Nebraska, 31 - 30 | 11 - 1 |
1982 | ![]() | Joe Paterno | Big Ten | Georgia, 27 - 23 | 11 - 1 |
1981 | ![]() | Danny Ford | ACC | Nebraska, 22 - 15 | 12 - 0 |
1980 | ![]() | Vince Dooley | SEC | Notre Dame, 17 - 10 | 12 - 0 |
1979 | ![]() | Bear Bryant | SEC | Arkansas, 24 - 9 | 12 - 0 |
1978 | ![]() | Bear Bryant | SEC | Penn State, 14 - 7 | 11 - 1 |
1977 | ![]() | Dan Devine | IND | Texas, 38 - 10 | 11 - 1 |
1976 | ![]() | Johnny Majors | ACC | Georgia, 27 - 3 | 12 - 0 |
1975 | ![]() | Barry Switzer | Big 12 | Michigan, 14 - 6 | 11 - 1 |
1974 | ![]() | Barry Switzer | Big 12 | N/A, No Bowl | 11 - 0 |
1973 | ![]() | Ara Parseghian | IND | Alabama, 24 - 23 | 11 - 0 |
1972 | ![]() | John McKay | PAC-12 | Ohio State, 42 - 17 | 12 - 0 |
1971 | ![]() | Bob Devaney | Big Ten | Alabama, 38 - 6 | 13 - 0 |
1970 | ![]() | Bob Devaney | Big Ten | LSU, 17 - 12 | 11 - 0 - 1 |
1969 | ![]() | Darrell Royal | Big 12 | Notre Dame, 21 - 17 | 11 - 0 |
1968 | ![]() | Woody Hayes | Big Ten | USC, 27 - 16 | 10 - 0 |
1967 | ![]() | John McKay | PAC-12 | Indiana, 14 - 3 | 10 - 1 |
1966 | ![]() | Ara Parseghian | IND | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 - 1 |
1965 | ![]() | Bear Bryant | SEC | Nebraska, 39 - 28 | 9 - 1 - 1 |
1964 | ![]() | Bear Bryant | SEC | Texas, 21 - 17 | 10 - 1 |
1963 | ![]() | Darrell Royal | Big 12 | Navy, 28 - 6 | 11 - 0 |
1962 | ![]() | John McKay | PAC-12 | Wisconsin, 42 - 37 | 11 - 0 |
1961 | ![]() | Bear Bryant | SEC | Arkansas, 10 - 3 | 11 - 0 |
1960 | ![]() | Murray Warmath | Big Ten | Washington, 17 - 7 | 8 - 2 |
1959 | ![]() | Ben Schwartzwalder | ACC | Texas, 23 - 14 | 11 - 0 |
1958 | ![]() | Paul Dietzel | SEC | Clemson, 7 - 0 | 11 - 0 |
1957 | ![]() | Shug Jordan | SEC | N/A, No Bowl | 10 - 0 |
1956 | ![]() | Bud Wilkinson | Big 12 | N/A, No Bowl | 10 - 0 |
1955 | ![]() | Bud Wilkinson | Big 12 | Maryland, 20 - 6 | 11 - 0 |
1954 | ![]() | Woody Hayes | Big Ten | USC, 20 - 7 | 10 - 0 |
1953 | ![]() | Jim Tatum | Big Ten | Oklahoma, 7 - 0 | 10 - 1 |
1952 | ![]() | Biggie Munn | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1951 | ![]() | Bob Neyland | SEC | Maryland, 28 - 13 | 10 - 1 |
1950 | ![]() | Bud Wilkinson | Big 12 | Kentucky, 13 - 7 | 10 - 1 |
1949 | ![]() | Frank Leahy | IND | N/A, No Bowl | 10 - 0 |
1948 | ![]() | Bennie Oosterbaan | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1947 | ![]() | Frank Leahy | IND | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1946 | ![]() | Frank Leahy | IND | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 - 1 |
1945 | ![]() | Red Blaik | IND | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1944 | ![]() | Red Blaik | IND | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1943 | ![]() | Frank Leahy | IND | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 1 |
1942 | ![]() | Paul Brown | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 1 |
1941 | ![]() | Bernie Bierman | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 |
1940 | ![]() | Bernie Bierman | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 |
1939 | ![]() | Homer Norton | SEC | Tulane, 14 - 13 | 11 - 0 |
1938 | ![]() | Dutch Meyer | Big 12 | Carnegie Tech, 15 - 7 | 11 - 0 |
1937 | ![]() | Jock Sutherland | ACC | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 - 1 |
1936 | ![]() | Bernie Bierman | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 7 - 1 |
1935 | ![]() | Bernie Bierman | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 |
1934 | ![]() | Bernie Bierman | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 |
1933 | ![]() | Harry Kipke | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 7 - 0 - 1 |
1932 | ![]() | Howard Jones | PAC-12 | Pittsburgh, 35 - 0 | 10 - 0 |
1931 | ![]() | Howard Jones | PAC-12 | Tulane, 21 - 12 | 10 - 1 |
1930 | ![]() | Knute Rockne | IND | N/A, No Bowl | 10 - 0 |
1929 | ![]() | Knute Rockne | IND | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1928 | ![]() | Bill Alexander | ACC | California, 8 - 7 | 10 - 0 |
1927 | ![]() | Bob Zuppke | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 7 - 0 - 1 |
1926 | ![]() | Wallace Wade | SEC | Stanford, 7 - 7 | 9 - 0 - 1 |
1926 | ![]() | Glenn 'Pop' Warner | PAC-12 | Alabama, 7 - 7 | 10 - 0 - 1 |
1925 | ![]() | Wallace Wade | SEC | Washington, 20 - 19 | 10 - 0 |
1924 | ![]() | Knute Rockne | IND | Stanford, 27 - 10 | 10 - 0 |
1923 | ![]() | Bob Zuppke | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 |
1922 | ![]() | Gil Dobie | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 |
1921 | ![]() | Gil Dobie | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 |
1920 | ![]() | Andy Smith | PAC-12 | Ohio State, 28 - 0 | 9 - 0 |
1919 | ![]() | Bob Fisher | Ivy League | Oregon, 7 - 6 | 9 - 0 - 1 |
1918 | ![]() | Glenn 'Pop' Warner | ACC | N/A, No Bowl | 4 - 1 |
1917 | ![]() | John Heisman | ACC | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1916 | ![]() | Glenn 'Pop' Warner | ACC | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 |
1915 | ![]() | Al Sharpe | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1914 | ![]() | Charley Daly | IND | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1913 | ![]() | Percy Houghton | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1912 | ![]() | Percy Houghton | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1911 | ![]() | Bill Roper | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 - 2 |
1910 | ![]() | Percy Houghton | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 - 1 |
1909 | ![]() | Howard Jones | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 10 - 0 |
1908 | ![]() | Sol Metzger | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 11 - 0 - 1 |
1907 | ![]() | Bill Knox | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 - 1 |
1906 | ![]() | Bill Roper | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 - 1 |
1905 | ![]() | Amos Alonzo Stagg | UAA | N/A, No Bowl | 11 - 0 |
1904 | ![]() | Carl Williams | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 12 - 0 |
1903 | ![]() | Arthur Hillebrand | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 11 - 0 |
1902 | ![]() | Fielding Yost | Big Ten | N/A, No Bowl | 11 - 0 |
1901 | ![]() | Fielding Yost | Big Ten | Stanford, 49 - 0 | 11 - 0 |
1900 | ![]() | Malcolm McBride | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 12 - 0 |
1899 | ![]() | Benjamin H. Dibblee | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 10 - 0 - 1 |
1898 | ![]() | W. Cameron Forbes | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 11 - 0 |
1897 | ![]() | George Woodruff | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 15 - 0 |
1896 | ![]() | Franklin Morse | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 10 - 0 - 1 |
1895 | ![]() | George Woodruff | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 14 - 0 |
1894 | ![]() | William Rhodes | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 16 - 0 |
1893 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 11 - 0 |
1892 | ![]() | Walter Camp | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 13 - 0 |
1891 | ![]() | Walter Camp | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 13 - 0 |
1890 | ![]() | George Stewart | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 11 - 0 |
1889 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1888 | ![]() | Walter Camp | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 13 - 0 |
1887 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1886 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 - 1 |
1885 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1884 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 9 - 0 |
1883 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 |
1882 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 8 - 0 |
1881 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 5 - 0 - 1 |
1880 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 4 - 0 - 1 |
1880 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 4 - 0 - 1 |
1879 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 4 - 0 - 1 |
1878 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 6 - 0 |
1877 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 3 - 0 - 1 |
1876 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 3 - 0 |
1875 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 4 - 0 |
1874 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 3 - 0 |
1873 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 1 - 0 |
1872 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 1 - 0 |
1871 | ![]() | No Coach | N/A, No Bowl | 0 - 0 | |
1870 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 1 - 0 |
1869 | ![]() | No Coach | Ivy League | N/A, No Bowl | 1 - 1 |
| AP (1936 - 1997), BCS (1998 - 2013), College Football Playoff (2014 - Present)