Los Michigan Wolverines ganaron su décimo campeonato nacional de fútbol universitario en el NRG Stadium de Houston.
Esta temporada, Michigan, Washington, Texas y Alabama fueron seleccionados para quizás el playoff de fútbol universitario más controvertido de todos los tiempos, ya que Florida State se convirtió en el primer campeón invicto de la conferencia Power 5 en quedar fuera del comité.
Con la gran final de este año concluida, echemos un vistazo a los campeones de fútbol americano de la NCAA a lo largo de los años.
Vale la pena señalar que antes de la CFP y la BCS, el campeón lo determinaba una organización seleccionadora. A veces, varios equipos eran considerados campeones nacionales si no había un número 1 bien definido. Esta lista incluye sólo los campeonatos reconocidos por la NCAA.
2023: Michigan (CFP)
2022: Georgia (CFP)
2021: Georgia (CFP)
2020: Alabama (CFP)
2019: LSU (CFP)
2018: Clemson (CFP)
2017: Alabama (CFP)
2016: Clemson (CFP)
2015: Alabama (CFP)
2014: Ohio State (CFP)
2013: Florida State (BCS)
2012: Alabama (BCS)
2011: Alabama (BCS)
2010: Auburn (BCS)
2009: Alabama (BCS)
2008: Florida (BCS)
2007: LSU (BCS)
2006: Florida (BCS)
2005: Texas (BCS)
2004: Southern California* (BCS) 2003: LSU, Southern California (BCS, AP, FWAA)
2002: Ohio State (BCS)
2001: Miami (Fla.) (BCS)
2000: Oklahoma (BCS)
1999: Florida State (BCS)
1998: Tennessee (BCS)
1997: Michigan, Nebraska (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/ESPN)
1996: Florida (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN)
1995: Nebraska (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1994: Nebraska (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1993: Florida State (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1992: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1991: Washington, Miami (Fla.) (FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI, AP)
1990: Colorado, Georgia Tech (FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, AP, UPI)
1989: Miami (Fla.) (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1988: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1987: Miami (Fla.) (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1986: Penn State (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1985: Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1984: Brigham Young (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1983: Miami (Fla.) (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1982: Penn State (AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI)
1981: Clemson (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1980: Georgia (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1979: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1978: Alabama, Southern California (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1977: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1976: Pittsburgh (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1975: Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1974: Southern California, Oklahoma (FWAA, NFF, UPI, AP)
1973: Notre Dame, Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1972: Southern California (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1971: Nebraska (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1970: Nebraska, Texas, Ohio State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, NFF)
1969: Texas (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1968: Ohio State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1967: Southern California (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1966: Notre Dame, Michigan State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, NFF)
1965: Michigan State, Alabama (FWAA, NFF, UPI, AP)
1964: Alabama, Arkansas, Notre Dame (AP, UPI, FWAA, NFF)
1963: Texas (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1962: Southern California (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1961: Alabama, Ohio State (AP, NFF, UPI, FWAA)
1960: Minnesota, Mississippi (AP, NFF, UPI, FWAA)
1959: Syracuse (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
1958: LSU, Iowa (AP, UPI, FWAA)
1957: Ohio State, Auburn (FWAA, UPI, AP)
1956: Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, UPI)
1955: Oklahoma (AP, FWAA, UPI)
1954: UCLA, Ohio State (FWAA, UPI, AP)
1953: Maryland (AP, UPI)
1952: Michigan State (AP, UPI)
1951: Tennessee (AP, UPI)
1950: Oklahoma (AP, UPI)
1949: Notre Dame (AP)
1948: Michigan (AP)
1947: Notre Dame (AP)
1946: Notre Dame (AP)
1945: Army (AP)
1944: Army (AP)
1943: Notre Dame (AP)
1942: Ohio State (AP)
1941: Minnesota (AP)
1940: Minnesota (AP)
1939: Texas A&M (AP)
1938: Texas Christian (AP)
1937: Pittsburgh (AP)
1936: Minnesota (AP)
1935: Minnesota (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1934: Minnesota (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1933: Michigan (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1932: Southern California (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1931: Southern California (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1930: Alabama, Notre Dame (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1929: Notre Dame (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1928: Georgia Tech (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1927: Illinois, Yale (HAF, NCF, CFRA)
1926: Alabama, Stanford (CFRA, HAF, NCF, HAF)
1925: Alabama (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1924: Notre Dame (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1923: Illinois, Michigan (CFRA, HAF, NCF, NCF)
1922: California, Cornell, Princeton (NCF, HAF, CFRA, NCF)
1921: California, Cornell (CFRA, NCF, HAF)
1920: California (CFRA, HAF, NCF)
1919: Harvard, Illinois, Notre Dame, Texas A&M (CFRA, HAF, NCF, CFRA, NCF, NCF)
1918: Michigan, Pittsburgh (NCF, HAF, NCF)
1917: Georgia Tech (HAF, NCF)
1916: Pittsburgh (HAF, NCF)
1915: Cornell (HAF, NCF)
1914: Army (HAF, NCF)
1913: Harvard (HAF, NCF)
1912: Harvard, Penn State (HAF, NCF, NCF)
1911: Penn State, Princeton (NCF, HAF, NCF)
1910: Harvard, Pittsburgh (HAF, NCF, NCF)
1909: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1908: LSU, Pennsylvania (NCF, HAF, NCF)
1907: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1906: Princeton (HAF, NCF)
1905: Chicago (HAF, NCF)
1904: Michigan, Pennsylvania (NCF, HAF, NCF)
1903: Michigan, Princeton (HAF, NCF)
1902: Michigan (HAF, NCF)
1901: Michigan (HAF, NCF)
1900: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1899: Harvard (HAF, NCF)
1898: Harvard (HAF, NCF)
1897: Pennsylvania (HAF, NCF)
1896: Lafayette, Princeton (NCF, HAF, NCF)
1895: Pennsylvania (HAF, NCF)
1894: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1893: Princeton (HAF, NCF)
1892: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1891: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1890: Harvard (HAF, NCF)
1889: Princeton (HAF, NCF)
1888: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1887: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1886: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1885: Princeton (HAF, NCF)
1884: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1883: Yale (HAF, NCF)
1882: Yale (NCF)
1881: Yale (NCF)
1880: Princeton, Yale (NCF, NCF)
1879: Princeton (NCF)
1878: Princeton (NCF)
1877: Yale (NCF)
1876: Yale (NCF)
1875: Harvard (NCF)
1874: Yale (NCF)
1873: Princeton (NCF)
1872: Princeton (NCF)
1871: None (NCF)
1870: Princeton (NCF)
1869: Princeton, Rutgers (NCF)
*Anulado por la NCAA debido a infracciones