BCS Years

YearComputerPolls
2003LSU1.LSU(USA), 2.USC(AP)
2002Ohio St1.Ohio St
2001Miami FL1.Miami FL
2000Oklahoma1.Oklahoma
1999Florida St1.Florida St
1998Tennessee1.Tennessee

Two-poll (AP, UPI) Years

YearComputerPolls
1997Nebraska+1.Nebraska(USA/ESPN), 2.Michigan(AP)
1996Ohio St+3.Florida
1995Nebraska1.Nebraska
1994Penn St2.Nebraska
1993Florida St1.Florida St
1992Alabama1.Alabama
1991Washington+1.Washington(CNN/USA), 2.Miami FL(AP)
1990Georgia Tech*1.Georgia Tech(UPI), 2.Colorado(AP)
1989Notre Dame+2.Miami FL
1988Notre Dame1.Notre Dame
1987Miami FL1.Miami FL
1986Penn St1.Penn St
1985Oklahoma+1.Oklahoma
1984BYU+1.BYU
1983Auburn+2.Miami FL
1982Penn St1.Penn St
1981Clemson1.Clemson
1980Georgia1.Georgia
1979Alabama+1.Alabama
1978USC+1.USC(UPI), 2.Alabama(AP)
1977Notre Dame1.Notre Dame
1976Pittsburgh1.Pittsburgh
1975Oklahoma1.Oklahoma
1974Oklahoma1.Oklahoma(AP), 5.USC(UPI)
1973Oklahoma*2.Notre Dame(AP), 6.Alabama(UPI)
1972USC*1.USC
1971Nebraska1.Nebraska
1970Nebraska*1.Nebraska(AP), 3.Texas(UPI)
1969USC*1.Texas
1968Ohio St*1.Ohio St
1967USC+1.USC
1966Alabama+2.Notre Dame
1965Michigan St1.Michigan St(UPI), 3.Alabama(AP)
1964Arkansas4.Alabama
1963Texas1.Texas
1962USC+1.USC
1961Alabama1.Alabama
1960Iowa+5.Minnesota
1959Syracuse*1.Syracuse
1958LSU1.LSU
1957Auburn1.Auburn(AP), 2.Ohio St(UPI)
1956Tennessee4.Oklahoma
1955Oklahoma*1.Oklahoma
1954Ohio St1.Ohio St(AP), 2.UCLA(UPI)
1953Notre Dame4.Maryland
1952Georgia Tech2.Michigan St
1951Maryland3.Tennessee
1950Tennessee3.Oklahoma

(Pre-bowl champions: AP through 1967 except 1965, UPI through 1973)

AP Poll Years

YearComputerPoll
1949Notre Dame+1.Notre Dame
1948Michigan1.Michigan
1947Michigan*2.Notre Dame
1946Army*2.Notre Dame
1945Army1.Army
1944Army*1.Army
1943Notre Dame1.Notre Dame
1942Georgia*3.Ohio St
1941Minnesota1.Minnesota
1940Minnesota1.Minnesota
1939Texas A&M1.Texas A&M
1938Tennessee+3.TCU
1937Pittsburgh+1.Pittsburgh
1936Pittsburgh*5.Minnesota

(Pre-bowl champions)

National Championship Foundation (retroactive)

YearComputerPoll
1935SMU3.Minnesota
1934Alabama+2.Minnesota
1933Michigan+1.Michigan
1932USC1.USC
1931USC1.USC
1930Notre Dame1.Notre Dame
1929Notre Dame1.Notre Dame
1928Georgia Tech1.Georgia Tech
1927Notre Dame+9.Illinois
1926Notre Dame3.Alabama, 4.Stanford
1925Alabama1.Alabama
1924Notre Dame1.Notre Dame
1923Illinois+1.Illinois, 2.Michigan
1922Princeton+1.Princeton, 7.California
1921Washington&Jefferson11.Cornell
1920Ohio St*9.California
1919Centre*3.Notre Dame, 10.Harvard, 11.Texas A&M
1918Michigan1.Michigan, 7.Pittsburgh
1917Pittsburgh3.Georgia Tech
1916Pittsburgh+1.Pittsburgh
1915Nebraska*4.Cornell
1914Illinois4.Army
1913Auburn5.Harvard
1912Harvard+1.Harvard, 8.Penn St
1911Minnesota6.Penn St, 13.Princeton
1910Vanderbilt+3.Harvard, 4.Pittsburgh
1909Texas A&M+2.Yale
1908LSU*1.LSU, 4.Pennsylvania
1907Carlisle2.Yale
1906Yale+2.Princeton
1905Chicago1.Chicago
1904Michigan+1.Michigan, 3.Pennsylvania
1903Princeton1.Princeton, 2.Michigan
1902Michigan1.Michigan
1901Harvard3.Michigan
1900Yale1.Yale
1899Princeton*2.Harvard
1898Harvard1.Harvard
1897Pennsylvania1.Pennsylvania
1896Princeton1.Princeton, 2.Lafayette
1895Pennsylvania1.Pennsylvania
1894Yale1.Yale
1893Princeton1.Princeton
1892Yale1.Yale
1891Yale1.Yale
1890Harvard1.Harvard
1889Princeton1.Princeton
1888Yale1.Yale
1887Yale1.Yale
1886Yale1.Yale
1885Princeton1.Princeton
1884Yale*1.Yale
1883Princeton*2.Yale
1882Yale1.Yale
1881Princeton*2.Yale
1880Yale*1.Yale, 2.Princeton
1879Princeton+1.Princeton
1878Princeton1.Princeton
1877Princeton*2.Yale
1876Yale1.Yale
1875Harvard*1.Harvard
1874Yale+1.Yale
1873Princeton1.Princeton
1872Princeton*1.Princeton
1870Princeton1.Princeton
1869Princeton*1.Princeton

+ signifies a year in which the statistical difference between the #1 and #2 teams was small.
* signifies a year in which the statistical difference between the #1 and #2 teams was very small.