Billingsley Reports
National Champions By Year
*All Billingsley Reports are generated post-bowl games
| Season | CS | AP | RB | Team | W | L | T | Rating | Schedule | Conference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 397.420 | 3 | Big 10 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
14 | 2 | 0 | 346.930 | 1 | Big 10 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Michigan
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 385.610 | 4 | Big 10 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 391.240 | 6 | SEC | |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia
|
14 | 1 | 0 | 349.910 | 2 | SEC | |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Alabama
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 393.510 | 1 | SEC | |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
LSU
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 408.050 | 1 | SEC | |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clemson
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 391.430 | 5 | ACC | |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Alabama
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 339.130 | 4 | SEC | |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clemson
|
14 | 1 | 0 | 369.270 | 2 | ACC | |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Alabama
|
14 | 1 | 0 | 360.820 | 1 | SEC | |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
14 | 1 | 0 | 344.760 | 4 | Big 10 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Florida State
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 352.090 | 38 | ACC | |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Alabama
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 338.230 | 7 | SEC | |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Alabama
|
12 | 1 | 0 | 349.230 | 19 | SEC | |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 354.620 | 5 | SEC | |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Alabama
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 378.290 | 1 | SEC | |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 337.310 | 1 | SEC | |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
LSU
|
12 | 2 | 0 | 304.120 | 3 | SEC | |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 312.900 | 8 | SEC | |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Texas
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 356.120 | 11 | Big 12 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Southern Cal
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 349.250 | 17 | Pac 10 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
LSU
|
13 | 1 | 0 | 309.980 | 6 | SEC | |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 349.110 | 21 | Big 10 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 355.290 | 29 | Big East | |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Oklahoma
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 350.990 | 14 | Big 12 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Florida State
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 365.980 | 11 | ACC | |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Tennessee
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 372.850 | 5 | SEC | |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Michigan
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 363.070 | 4 | Big 10 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
12 | 1 | 0 | 342.500 | 7 | SEC | |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Nebraska
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 360.210 | 23 | Big 8 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Nebraska
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 369.780 | 7 | Big 8 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Florida State
|
12 | 1 | 0 | 349.000 | 1 | ACC | |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Alabama
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 365.230 | 11 | SEC | |
| 1991 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 364.330 | 11 | Big East | |
| 1990 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
|
11 | 1 | 1 | 314.990 | 9 | Big 8 | |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 333.250 | 16 | Independent | |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 364.510 | 4 | Independent | |
| 1987 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 364.480 | 15 | Independent | |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Penn State
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 352.600 | 22 | Independent | |
| 1985 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Oklahoma
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 318.490 | 13 | Big 8 | |
| 1984 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Brigham Young
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 327.910 | 64 | WAC | |
| 1983 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 328.990 | 1 | SEC | |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Penn State
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 334.370 | 1 | Independent | |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clemson
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 327.920 | 38 | ACC | |
| 1980 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 327.450 | 14 | SEC | |
| 1979 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Alabama
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 347.660 | 35 | SEC | |
| 1978 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Southern Cal
|
12 | 1 | 0 | 328.490 | 1 | Pac 10 | |
| 1977 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 323.020 | 18 | Independent | |
| 1976 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Pittsburgh
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 314.790 | 59 | Independent | |
| 1975 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Oklahoma
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 335.980 | 1 | Big 8 | |
| 1974 | PB | 1 | 1 |
Oklahoma
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 356.710 | 23 | Big 8 | |
| 1973 | 1 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 359.590 | 22 | Independent | ||
| 1972 | 1 | 1 |
Southern Cal
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 356.380 | 3 | Pac 10 | ||
| 1971 | 1 | 1 |
Nebraska
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 375.980 | 4 | Big 8 | ||
| 1970 | 1 | 1 |
Nebraska
|
11 | 0 | 1 | 336.440 | 4 | Big 8 | ||
| 1969 | 1 | 1 |
Texas
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 344.280 | 24 | SWC | ||
| 1968 | 1 | 1 |
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 335.670 | 27 | Big 10 | ||
| 1967 | 1 |
Southern Cal
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 319.280 | 2 | AAWU | |||
| 1966 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 342.140 | 19 | Independent | |||
| 1965 | 2 | 1 |
Michigan State
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 316.660 | 1 | Big 10 | ||
| 1964 | 1 |
Arkansas
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 330.080 | 47 | SWC | |||
| 1963 | 1 |
Texas
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 359.320 | 9 | SWC | |||
| 1962 | 1 |
Mississippi
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 332.240 | 48 | SEC | |||
| 1961 | 1 |
Alabama
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 339.200 | 29 | SEC | |||
| 1960 | 1 |
Mississippi
|
10 | 0 | 1 | 315.560 | 44 | SEC | |||
| 1959 | 1 |
Syracuse
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 321.410 | 45 | Independent | |||
| 1958 | 1 |
LSU
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 332.560 | 8 | SEC | |||
| 1957 | 1 |
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 323.250 | 43 | SEC | |||
| 1956 | 1 |
Oklahoma
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 319.060 | 59 | Big 8 | |||
| 1955 | 1 |
Oklahoma
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 339.480 | 39 | Big 8 | |||
| 1954 | 1 |
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 346.980 | 9 | Big 10 | |||
| 1953 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 335.110 | 2 | Independent | |||
| 1952 | 1 |
Georgia Tech
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 354.490 | 9 | SEC | |||
| 1951 | 1 |
Michigan State
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 320.820 | 44 | Independent | |||
| 1950 | 1 |
Tennessee
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 307.430 | 14 | SEC | |||
| 1949 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 351.730 | 10 | Independent | |||
| 1948 | 1 |
Michigan
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 342.690 | 22 | Big 10 | |||
| 1947 | 1 |
Michigan
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 350.660 | 12 | Big 10 | |||
| 1946 | 1 |
Army
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 336.790 | 12 | Independent | |||
| 1945 | 1 |
Army
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 350.380 | 13 | Independent | |||
| 1944 | 1 |
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 339.660 | 6 | Big 10 | |||
| 1943 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
9 | 1 | 0 | 322.500 | 1 | Independent | |||
| 1942 | 1 |
Georgia
|
11 | 1 | 0 | 289.350 | 20 | SEC | |||
| 1941 | 1 |
Minnesota
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 325.430 | 26 | Big 10 | |||
| 1940 | 1 |
Stanford
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 320.960 | 2 | Pacific Coast | |||
| 1939 | 1 |
Texas A&M
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 312.400 | 5 | SWC | |||
| 1938 | 1 |
Tennessee
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 323.680 | 3 | SEC | |||
| 1937 | 1 |
Pittsburgh
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 302.500 | 11 | Independent | |||
| 1936 | 1 |
Minnesota
|
7 | 1 | 0 | 281.840 | 30 | Big 10 | |||
| 1935 | 1 |
Minnesota
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 300.300 | 43 | Big 10 | |||
| 1934 | 1 |
Minnesota
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 305.430 | 28 | Big 10 | |||
| 1933 | 1 |
Michigan
|
7 | 0 | 1 | 304.730 | 10 | Big 10 | |||
| 1932 | 1 |
Southern Cal
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 342.840 | 1 | Pacific Coast | |||
| 1931 | 1 |
Southern Cal
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 306.830 | 1 | Pacific Coast | |||
| 1930 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 332.550 | 1 | Independent | |||
| 1929 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 298.230 | 8 | Independent | |||
| 1928 | 1 |
Georgia Tech
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 300.260 | 11 | Southern | |||
| 1927 | 1 |
Illinois
|
7 | 0 | 1 | 292.230 | 7 | Big 10 | |||
| 1926 | 1 |
Alabama
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 291.430 | 9 | Southern | |||
| 1925 | 1 |
Alabama
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 290.760 | 13 | Southern | |||
| 1924 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 300.950 | 5 | Independent | |||
| 1923 | 1 |
Michigan
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 294.890 | 8 | Big 10 | |||
| 1922 | 1 |
Iowa
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 285.180 | 27 | Big 10 | |||
| 1921 | 1 |
Iowa
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 279.790 | 17 | Big 10 | |||
| 1920 | 1 |
Notre Dame
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 281.790 | 21 | Independent | |||
| 1919 | 1 |
Illinois
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 274.320 | 1 | Big 10 | |||
| 1918 | 1 |
Michigan
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 259.560 | 7 | Big 10 | |||
| 1917 | 1 |
Georgia Tech
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 284.950 | 10 | Independent | |||
| 1916 | 1 |
Georgia Tech
|
8 | 0 | 1 | 264.620 | 7 | Independent | |||
| 1915 | 1 |
Minnesota
|
6 | 0 | 1 | 277.400 | 5 | Big 10 | |||
| 1914 | 1 |
Illinois
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 278.940 | 8 | Big 10 | |||
| 1913 | 1 |
Chicago
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 288.220 | 1 | Big 10 | |||
| 1912 | 1 |
Harvard
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 279.720 | 6 | Independent | |||
| 1911 | 1 |
Minnesota
|
6 | 0 | 1 | 270.230 | 3 | Big 10 | |||
| 1910 | 1 |
Harvard
|
8 | 0 | 1 | 259.630 | 18 | Independent | |||
| 1909 | 1 |
Yale
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 270.010 | 10 | Independent | |||
| 1908 | 1 |
Harvard
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 264.240 | 9 | Independent | |||
| 1907 | 1 |
Yale
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 261.800 | 9 | Independent | |||
| 1906 | 1 |
Yale
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 266.080 | 3 | Independent | |||
| 1905 | 1 |
Chicago
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 285.950 | 1 | Big 10 | |||
| 1904 | 1 |
Minnesota
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 262.820 | 10 | Big 10 | |||
| 1903 | 1 |
Princeton
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 261.140 | 9 | Independent | |||
| 1902 | 1 |
Michigan
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 285.210 | 1 | Big 10 | |||
| 1901 | 1 |
Harvard
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 272.230 | 5 | Independent | |||
| 1900 | 1 |
Yale
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 268.990 | 6 | Independent | |||
| 1899 | 1 |
Princeton
|
12 | 1 | 0 | 257.050 | 1 | Independent | |||
| 1898 | 1 |
Harvard
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 266.170 | 3 | Independent | |||
| 1897 | 1 |
Pennsylvania
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 260.910 | 1 | Independent | |||
| 1896 | 1 |
Princeton
|
10 | 0 | 1 | 248.640 | 2 | Independent | |||
| 1895 | 1 |
Pennsylvania
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 252.090 | 6 | Independent | |||
| 1894 | 1 |
Yale
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 251.910 | 5 | Independent | |||
| 1893 | 1 |
Princeton
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 241.390 | 8 | Independent | |||
| 1892 | 1 |
Yale
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 248.030 | 12 | Independent | |||
| 1891 | 1 |
Yale
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 231.490 | 3 | Independent | |||
| 1890 | 1 |
Harvard
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 228.140 | 5 | Independent | |||
| 1889 | 1 |
Princeton
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 238.410 | 6 | Independent | |||
| 1888 | 1 |
Yale
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 237.630 | 3 | Independent | |||
| 1887 | 1 |
Yale
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 234.470 | 3 | Independent | |||
| 1886 | 1 |
Princeton
|
7 | 0 | 1 | 221.250 | 2 | Independent | |||
| 1885 | 1 |
Princeton
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 221.190 | 2 | Independent | |||
| 1884 | 1 |
Princeton
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 220.990 | 1 | Independent | |||
| 1883 | 1 |
Yale
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 226.860 | 2 | Independent | |||
| 1882 | 1 |
Yale
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 208.340 | 3 | Independent | |||
| 1881 | 1 |
Princeton
|
7 | 0 | 2 | 200.000 | 1 | Independent | |||
| 1880 | 1 |
Yale
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 180.680 | 1 | Independent | |||
| 1879 | 1 |
Princeton
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 170.620 | 3 | Independent | |||
| 1878 | 1 |
Princeton
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 173.480 | 1 | Independent | |||
| 1877 | 1 |
Princeton
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 151.120 | 1 | Independent | |||
| 1876 | 1 |
Yale
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 157.380 | 2 | Independent | |||
| 1875 | 1 |
Princeton
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 133.380 | 5 | Independent | |||
| 1874 | 1 |
Princeton
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 130.150 | 4 | Independent | |||
| 1873 | 1 |
Princeton
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 123.130 | 4 | Independent | |||
| 1872 | 1 |
Princeton
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 118.850 | 3 | Independent | |||
| 1870 | 1 |
Princeton
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 112.500 | 2 | Independent | |||
| 1869 | 1 |
Princeton
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 107.510 | 1 | Independent |
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