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National Champions of the Coalition/Alliance/BCS/CFP Era (1992-Present)
Posted on 1/7/24 at 8:47 am
Posted on 1/7/24 at 8:47 am
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)
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)
Posted on 1/7/24 at 8:51 am to RollTide1987
Thanks but I have Wikipedia
Posted on 1/7/24 at 8:56 am to blzr
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Thanks but I have Wikipedia
Does Wikipedia select an arbitrary date so the list begins with your favorite team?
Posted on 1/7/24 at 8:56 am to RollTide1987
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However, that system was viewed as not nearly as lucrative and thus a 12-team playoff will go into effect this year.
FIFY
Posted on 1/7/24 at 9:24 am to kciDAtaE
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Does Wikipedia select an arbitrary date so the list begins with your favorite team?
The United States is my favorite country and Wikipedia tells me they won the Cold War. The fact that Alabama is my favorite team doesn’t change the historical fact that they were the first national champions in a system that would eventually evolve into the CFP.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 9:25 am to RollTide1987
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1998: Tennessee Volunteers (13-0)
Posted on 1/7/24 at 10:03 am to RollTide1987
You left off Central Florida.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 10:09 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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You left off Central Florida.
To be fair, so did the playoff committee
Posted on 1/7/24 at 10:19 am to BigBro
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To be fair, so did the playoff committee
More legit title than several of Alabama's claimed titles.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 10:21 am to BigBro
And none of those championships are legitimate because they are based on an invite instead of earned. The day will come when future fans who have a true playoff system in place will dismiss all these Nattys just like we dismiss the Nattys given out by journalism majors from the Topeka Times and Detroit Free Press.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 11:13 am to RollTide1987
That’s great, Alabama shouldn’t have been in this year.
This post was edited on 1/7/24 at 11:13 am
Posted on 1/7/24 at 11:30 am to RollTide1987
Penn State should have been the champion in 1994. Best team in the country that year
Posted on 1/7/24 at 11:30 am to Sevendust912
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Penn State should have been the champion in 1994. Best team in the country that year
Absolutely. They beat a very good Oregon team in the Rose Bowl to end their season.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 11:34 am to RollTide1987
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The United States is my favorite country and Wikipedia tells me they won the Cold War
Huh?
Posted on 1/7/24 at 12:19 pm to Sevendust912
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Penn State should have been the champion in 1994. Best team in the country that year
Should have at least gotten a split.
That kind of crap is why we ended up with a playoff.
Posted on 1/7/24 at 1:14 pm to kciDAtaE
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Does Wikipedia select an arbitrary date so the list begins with your favorite team?
I assume he started with 1992 with the Bowl Coalition.
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