National Champions of the Coalition/Alliance/BCS/CFP Era (1992-Present)

Since the twin co-national championship seasons of 1990 and 1991, college football has slowly been evolving into a system that selects a "true" national champion. The first system to form in order to achieve this was the Bowl Coalition (1992-1994), which endured until the controversial 1994 season in which an undefeated Penn State was denied a chance to play Nebraska for a national championship. The Bowl Alliance (1995-1997) immediately followed, but that fell apart too when the co-national champions of the '97 season (Michigan and Nebraska) were prevented from playing each other in the post-season. And thus the Bowl Championship Series (1998-2013) was born. By far the most successful iteration of a championship system to date, the BCS had some controversies but endured until the 2011 season when Oklahoma State was left out of the championship game in favor of Alabama. The College Football Playoff (2014-Present) was thus created, initially as a four-team system, to prevent worthy teams from being left out of a chance to win a title. However, that system was viewed as too limiting and thus a 12-team playoff will go into effect this year.

Over the 30+ years of this evolution, the following programs have scored national championships:

1992: Alabama Crimson Tide (13-0)
1993: Florida State Seminoles (12-1)
1994: Nebraska Cornhuskers (13-0)
1995: Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-0)
1996: Florida Gators (12-1)
1997: Michigan Wolverines (12-0)/Nebraska Cornhuskers (13-0)
1998: Tennessee Volunteers (13-0)
1999: Florida State Seminoles (12-0)
2000: Oklahoma Sooners (13-0)
2001: Miami Hurricanes (12-0)
2002: Ohio State Buckeyes (14-0)
2003: LSU Tigers (13-1)
2004: USC Trojans (13-0)
2005: Texas Longhorns (13-0)
2006: Florida Gators (13-1)
2007: LSU Tigers (12-2)
2008: Florida Gators (13-1)
2009: Alabama Crimson Tide (14-0)
2010: Auburn Tigers (14-0)
2011: Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1)
2012: Alabama Crimson Tide (13-1)
2013: Florida State Seminoles (14-0)
2014: Ohio State Buckeyes (14-1)
2015: Alabama Crimson Tide (14-1)
2016: Clemson Tigers (14-1)
2017: Alabama Crimson Tide (13-1)
2018: Clemson Tigers (15-0)
2019: LSU Tigers (15-0)
2020: Alabama Crimson Tide (13-0)
2021: Georgia Bulldogs (14-1)
2022: Georgia Bulldogs (15-0)
2023: #1 Michigan Wolverines (14-0) vs. #2 Washington Huskies (14-0)