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Billingsley Reports

National Champions By Team

*All Billingsley Reports are generated post-bowl games

Alabama

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1925			1	Alabama	10	0	0	290.760	13	Southern
1926			1	Alabama	9	0	1	291.430	9	Southern
1961			1	Alabama	11	0	0	339.200	29	SEC
1979	1	1	1	Alabama	12	0	0	347.660	35	SEC
1992	1	1	1	Alabama	13	0	0	365.230	11	SEC
2009	1	1	1	Alabama	14	0	0	378.290	1	SEC
2011	1	1	1	Alabama	12	1	0	349.230	19	SEC
2012	1	1	1	Alabama	13	1	0	338.230	7	SEC
2015	1	1	1	Alabama	14	1	0	360.820	1	SEC
2017	1	1	1	Alabama	13	1	0	339.130	4	SEC
2020	1	1	1	Alabama	13	0	0	393.510	1	SEC

Arkansas

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1964			1	Arkansas	11	0	0	330.080	47	SWC

Army

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1945			1	Army	9	0	0	350.380	13	Independent
1946			1	Army	9	0	1	336.790	12	Independent

Auburn

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1957			1	Auburn	10	0	0	323.250	43	SEC
1983	3	3	1	Auburn	11	1	0	328.990	1	SEC
2010	1	1	1	Auburn	14	0	0	354.620	5	SEC

Brigham Young

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1984	1	1	1	Brigham Young	13	0	0	327.910	64	WAC

Chicago

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1905			1	Chicago	9	0	0	285.950	1	Big 10
1913			1	Chicago	7	0	0	288.220	1	Big 10

Clemson

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1981	1	1	1	Clemson	12	0	0	327.920	38	ACC
2016	1	1	1	Clemson	14	1	0	369.270	2	ACC
2018	1	1	1	Clemson	15	0	0	391.430	5	ACC

Colorado

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1990	2	1	1	Colorado	11	1	1	314.990	9	Big 8

Florida

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1996	1	1	1	Florida	12	1	0	342.500	7	SEC
2006	1	1	1	Florida	13	1	0	312.900	8	SEC
2008	1	1	1	Florida	13	1	0	337.310	1	SEC

Florida State

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1993	1	1	1	Florida State	12	1	0	349.000	1	ACC
1999	1	1	1	Florida State	12	0	0	365.980	11	ACC
2013	1	1	1	Florida State	14	0	0	352.090	38	ACC

Georgia

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1942			1	Georgia	11	1	0	289.350	20	SEC
1980	1	1	1	Georgia	12	0	0	327.450	14	SEC
2021	1	1	1	Georgia	14	1	0	349.910	2	SEC
2022	1	1	1	Georgia	15	0	0	391.240	6	SEC

Georgia Tech

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1916			1	Georgia Tech	8	0	1	264.620	7	Independent
1917			1	Georgia Tech	9	0	0	284.950	10	Independent
1928			1	Georgia Tech	10	0	0	300.260	11	Southern
1952			1	Georgia Tech	12	0	0	354.490	9	SEC

Harvard

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1890			1	Harvard	11	0	0	228.140	5	Independent
1898			1	Harvard	11	0	0	266.170	3	Independent
1901			1	Harvard	12	0	0	272.230	5	Independent
1908			1	Harvard	9	0	1	264.240	9	Independent
1910			1	Harvard	8	0	1	259.630	18	Independent
1912			1	Harvard	9	0	0	279.720	6	Independent

Illinois

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1914			1	Illinois	7	0	0	278.940	8	Big 10
1919			1	Illinois	6	1	0	274.320	1	Big 10
1927			1	Illinois	7	0	1	292.230	7	Big 10

Indiana

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
2025	1	1	1	Indiana	16	0	0	397.420	3	Big 10

Iowa

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1921			1	Iowa	7	0	0	279.790	17	Big 10
1922			1	Iowa	7	0	0	285.180	27	Big 10

LSU

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1958			1	LSU	11	0	0	332.560	8	SEC
2003	1	2	1	LSU	13	1	0	309.980	6	SEC
2007	1	1	1	LSU	12	2	0	304.120	3	SEC
2019	1	1	1	LSU	15	0	0	408.050	1	SEC

Miami (Fla.)

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1987	1	1	1	Miami (Fla.)	12	0	0	364.480	15	Independent
1989	1	1	1	Miami (Fla.)	11	1	0	333.250	16	Independent
1991	2	1	1	Miami (Fla.)	12	0	0	364.330	11	Big East
2001	1	1	1	Miami (Fla.)	12	0	0	355.290	29	Big East

Michigan

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1902			1	Michigan	11	0	0	285.210	1	Big 10
1918			1	Michigan	5	0	0	259.560	7	Big 10
1923			1	Michigan	8	0	0	294.890	8	Big 10
1933			1	Michigan	7	0	1	304.730	10	Big 10
1947			1	Michigan	10	0	0	350.660	12	Big 10
1948			1	Michigan	9	0	0	342.690	22	Big 10
1997	2	1	1	Michigan	12	0	0	363.070	4	Big 10
2023	1	1	1	Michigan	15	0	0	385.610	4	Big 10

Michigan State

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1951			1	Michigan State	9	0	0	320.820	44	Independent
1965		2	1	Michigan State	10	1	0	316.660	1	Big 10

Minnesota

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1904			1	Minnesota	13	0	0	262.820	10	Big 10
1911			1	Minnesota	6	0	1	270.230	3	Big 10
1915			1	Minnesota	6	0	1	277.400	5	Big 10
1934			1	Minnesota	8	0	0	305.430	28	Big 10
1935			1	Minnesota	8	0	0	300.300	43	Big 10
1936			1	Minnesota	7	1	0	281.840	30	Big 10
1941			1	Minnesota	8	0	0	325.430	26	Big 10

Mississippi

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1960			1	Mississippi	10	0	1	315.560	44	SEC
1962			1	Mississippi	10	0	0	332.240	48	SEC

Nebraska

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1970		1	1	Nebraska	11	0	1	336.440	4	Big 8
1971		1	1	Nebraska	13	0	0	375.980	4	Big 8
1994	1	1	1	Nebraska	13	0	0	369.780	7	Big 8
1995	1	1	1	Nebraska	12	0	0	360.210	23	Big 8

Notre Dame

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1920			1	Notre Dame	9	0	0	281.790	21	Independent
1924			1	Notre Dame	10	0	0	300.950	5	Independent
1929			1	Notre Dame	9	0	0	298.230	8	Independent
1930			1	Notre Dame	10	0	0	332.550	1	Independent
1943			1	Notre Dame	9	1	0	322.500	1	Independent
1949			1	Notre Dame	10	0	0	351.730	10	Independent
1953			1	Notre Dame	9	0	1	335.110	2	Independent
1966			1	Notre Dame	9	0	1	342.140	19	Independent
1973		1	1	Notre Dame	11	0	0	359.590	22	Independent
1977	1	1	1	Notre Dame	11	1	0	323.020	18	Independent
1988	1	1	1	Notre Dame	12	0	0	364.510	4	Independent

Ohio State

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1944			1	Ohio State	9	0	0	339.660	6	Big 10
1954			1	Ohio State	10	0	0	346.980	9	Big 10
1968		1	1	Ohio State	10	0	0	335.670	27	Big 10
2002	1	1	1	Ohio State	14	0	0	349.110	21	Big 10
2014	1	1	1	Ohio State	14	1	0	344.760	4	Big 10
2024	1	1	1	Ohio State	14	2	0	346.930	1	Big 10

Oklahoma

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1955			1	Oklahoma	11	0	0	339.480	39	Big 8
1956			1	Oklahoma	10	0	0	319.060	59	Big 8
1974	PB	1	1	Oklahoma	11	0	0	356.710	23	Big 8
1975	1	1	1	Oklahoma	11	1	0	335.980	1	Big 8
1985	1	1	1	Oklahoma	11	1	0	318.490	13	Big 8
2000	1	1	1	Oklahoma	13	0	0	350.990	14	Big 12

Penn State

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1982	1	1	1	Penn State	11	1	0	334.370	1	Independent
1986	1	1	1	Penn State	12	0	0	352.600	22	Independent

Pennsylvania

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1895			1	Pennsylvania	14	0	0	252.090	6	Independent
1897			1	Pennsylvania	15	0	0	260.910	1	Independent

Pittsburgh

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1937			1	Pittsburgh	9	0	1	302.500	11	Independent
1976	1	1	1	Pittsburgh	12	0	0	314.790	59	Independent

Princeton

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1869			1	Princeton	1	1	0	107.510	1	Independent
1870			1	Princeton	1	0	0	112.500	2	Independent
1872			1	Princeton	1	0	0	118.850	3	Independent
1873			1	Princeton	1	0	0	123.130	4	Independent
1874			1	Princeton	2	0	0	130.150	4	Independent
1875			1	Princeton	2	0	0	133.380	5	Independent
1877			1	Princeton	2	1	1	151.120	1	Independent
1878			1	Princeton	6	0	0	173.480	1	Independent
1879			1	Princeton	4	0	1	170.620	3	Independent
1881			1	Princeton	7	0	2	200.000	1	Independent
1884			1	Princeton	9	0	1	220.990	1	Independent
1885			1	Princeton	9	0	0	221.190	2	Independent
1886			1	Princeton	7	0	1	221.250	2	Independent
1889			1	Princeton	10	0	0	238.410	6	Independent
1893			1	Princeton	11	0	0	241.390	8	Independent
1896			1	Princeton	10	0	1	248.640	2	Independent
1899			1	Princeton	12	1	0	257.050	1	Independent
1903			1	Princeton	11	0	0	261.140	9	Independent

Southern Cal

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1931			1	Southern Cal	10	1	0	306.830	1	Pacific Coast
1932			1	Southern Cal	10	0	0	342.840	1	Pacific Coast
1967			1	Southern Cal	10	1	0	319.280	2	AAWU
1972		1	1	Southern Cal	12	0	0	356.380	3	Pac 10
1978	1	2	1	Southern Cal	12	1	0	328.490	1	Pac 10
2004	1	1	1	Southern Cal	13	0	0	349.250	17	Pac 10

Stanford

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1940			1	Stanford	10	0	0	320.960	2	Pacific Coast

Syracuse

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1959			1	Syracuse	11	0	0	321.410	45	Independent

Tennessee

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1938			1	Tennessee	11	0	0	323.680	3	SEC
1950			1	Tennessee	11	1	0	307.430	14	SEC
1998	1	1	1	Tennessee	13	0	0	372.850	5	SEC

Texas

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1963			1	Texas	11	0	0	359.320	9	SWC
1969		1	1	Texas	11	0	0	344.280	24	SWC
2005	1	1	1	Texas	13	0	0	356.120	11	Big 12

Texas A&M

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1939			1	Texas A&M	11	0	0	312.400	5	SWC

Yale

Season	CS	AP	RB	Team	W	L	T	Rating	Schedule	Conference
1876			1	Yale	3	0	0	157.380	2	Independent
1880			1	Yale	4	0	1	180.680	1	Independent
1882			1	Yale	8	0	0	208.340	3	Independent
1883			1	Yale	9	0	0	226.860	2	Independent
1887			1	Yale	9	0	0	234.470	3	Independent
1888			1	Yale	12	0	0	237.630	3	Independent
1891			1	Yale	13	0	0	231.490	3	Independent
1892			1	Yale	13	0	0	248.030	12	Independent
1894			1	Yale	16	0	0	251.910	5	Independent
1900			1	Yale	12	0	0	268.990	6	Independent
1906			1	Yale	9	0	1	266.080	3	Independent
1907			1	Yale	9	0	1	261.800	9	Independent
1909			1	Yale	10	0	0	270.010	10	Independent

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