National Champions of The Billingsley System
By year with runners-up
Year | National Champion | Record | Rating | Year | Runner- Up | Record | Rating | |
1869 | Princeton | 1-1-0 | 13.00 | 1869 | Rutgers | 1-1-0 | 7.00 | |
1870 | Princeton | 1-0-0 | 16.25 | 1870 | Rutgers | 1-1-0 | 9.88 | |
1871 | No Football | 1871 | No Football | |||||
1872 | Princeton | 1-0-0 | 17.97 | 1872 | Yale | 1-0-0 | 10.84 | |
1873 | Princeton | 1-0-0 | 20.65 | 1873 | Yale | 2-1-0 | 11.74 | |
1874 | Princeton | 2-0-0 | 21.85 | 1874 | Yale | 3-0-0 | 14.83 | |
1875 | Princeton | 2-0-0 | 20.73 | 1875 | Columbia | 4-1-1 | 12.65 | |
1876 | Yale | 3-0-0 | 16.25 | 1876 | Princeton | 3-1-0 | 14.87 | |
1877 | Yale | 3-0-1 | 17.04 | 1877 | Princeton | 2-1-1 | 16.97 | |
1878 | Princeton | 6-0-0 | 17.54 | 1878 | Yale | 4-1-1 | 14.20 | |
1879 | Princeton | 4-0-1 | 23.25 | 1879 | Yale | 3-0-2 | 21.07 | |
1880 | Yale | 4-0-1 | 26.48 | 1880 | Princeton | 4-0-1 | 24.81 | |
1881 | Princeton | 7-0-2 | 21.72 | 1881 | Yale | 5-0-1 | 21.44 | |
1882 | Yale | 8-0-0 | 30.35 | 1882 | Harvard | 7-1-0 | 27.26 | |
1883 | Yale | 8-0-0 | 116.84 | 1883 | Princeton | 7-1-0 | 92.29 | |
1884 | Yale | 8-0-1 | 142.16 | 1884 | Princeton | 9-0-1 | 141.95 | |
1885 | Princeton | 9-0-0 | 177.94 | 1885 | Yale | 7-1-0 | 164.98 | |
1886 | Yale | 9-0-1 | 183.39 | 1886 | Princeton | 7-0-1 | 182.54 | |
1887 | Yale | 9-0-0 | 191.82 | 1887 | Harvard | 10-1-0 | 177.96 | |
1888 | Yale | 13-0-0 | 201.30 | 1888 | Princeton | 11-1-0 | 176.76 | |
1889 | Princeton | 10-0-0 | 179.40 | 1889 | Yale | 15-1-0 | 157.28 | |
1890 | Harvard | 11-0-0 | 200.92 | 1890 | Yale | 13-1-0 | 195.17 | |
1891 | Yale | 13-0-0 | 197.81 | 1891 | Harvard | 13-1-0 | 159.81 | |
1892 | Yale | 13-0-0 | 178.23 | 1892 | Harvard | 10-1-0 | 150.17 | |
1893 | Princeton | 11-0-0 | 164.29 | 1893 | Harvard | 12-1-0 | 161.76 | |
1894 | Yale | 16-0-0 | 171.42 | 1894 | Pennsylvania | 12-0-0 | 162.83 | |
1895 | Pennsylvania | 14-0-0 | 175.04 | 1895 | Yale | 13-0-2 | 142.17 | |
1896 | Princeton | 10-0-1 | 171.32 | 1896 | Lafayette | 11-0-1 | 146.46 | |
1897 | Pennsylvania | 15-0-0 | 181.27 | 1897 | Yale | 9-0-2 | 152.19 | |
1898 | Harvard | 11-0-0 | 180.36 | 1898 | Pennsylvania | 12-1-0 | 168.20 | |
1899 | Harvard | 10-0-1 | 154.36 | 1899 | Princeton | 12-1-0 | 153.06 | |
1900 | Yale | 12-0-0 | 203.74 | 1900 | Harvard | 10-1-0 | 169.29 | |
1901 | Michigan | 11-0-0 | 206.03 | 1901 | Harvard | 12-0-0 | 190.29 | |
1902 | Michigan | 11-0-0 | 227.50 | 1902 | Yale | 11-0-1 | 186.01 | |
1903 | Michigan | 11-0-1 | 204.94 | 1903 | Princeton | 11-0-0 | 197.62 | |
1904 | Michigan | 10-0-0 | 223.57 | 1904 | Minnesota | 12-0-0 | 215.37 | |
1905 | Chicago | 9-0-0 | 236.18 | 1905 | Michigan | 12-1-0 | 232.50 | |
1906 | Vanderbilt | 8-1-0 | 207.98 | 1906 | Yale | 9-0-1 | 205.57 | |
1907 | Pennsylvania | 11-1-0 | 214.66 | 1907 | Vanderbilt | 5-1-1 | 200.48 | |
1908 | Pennsylvania | 11-0-1 | 204.07 | 1908 | Kansas | 9-0-0 | 194.23 | |
1909 | Yale | 10-0-0 | 206.95 | 1909 | Michigan | 6-1-0 | 206.18 | |
1910 | Auburn | 6-1-0 | 197.83 | 1910 | Minnesota | 6-1-0 | 196.54 | |
1911 | Vanderbilt | 8-1-0 | 203.22 | 1911 | Minnesota | 6-0-1 | 198.11 | |
1912 | Wisconsin | 7-0-0 | 234.44 | 1912 | Harvard | 9-0-0 | 224.67 | |
1913 | Chicago | 7-0-0 | 232.14 | 1913 | Notre Dame | 7-0-0 | 230.28 | |
1914 | Illinois | 7-0-0 | 242.24 | 1914 | Texas | 8-0-0 | 235.04 | |
1915 | Nebraska | 8-0-0 | 249.50 | 1915 | Notre Dame | 7-1-0 | 237.73 | |
1916 | Pittsburgh | 8-0-0 | 255.55 | 1916 | Minnesota | 6-1-0 | 251.61 | |
1917 | Georgia Tech | 9-0-0 | 276.55 | 1917 | Pittsburgh | 9-0-0 | 257.72 | |
1918 | Michigan | 5-0-0 | 257.88 | 1918 | Georgia Tech | 6-1-0 | 255.69 | |
1919 | Illinois | 6-1-0 | 248.61 | 1919 | Ohio St. | 6-1-0 | 247.30 | |
1920 | California | 9-0-0 | 260.73 | 1920 | Notre Dame | 9-0-0 | 250.17 | |
1921 | Iowa | 7-0-0 | 263.83 | 1921 | Notre Dame | 10-1-0 | 262.88 | |
1922 | Iowa | 7-0-0 | 268.99 | 1922 | Michigan | 6-0-1 | 264.82 | |
1923 | Michigan | 8-0-0 | 271.98 | 1923 | Illinois | 8-0-0 | 269.07 | |
1924 | Notre Dame | 10-0-0 | 268.19 | 1924 | Alabama | 8-1-0 | 262.90 | |
1925 | Alabama | 10-0-0 | 274.00 | 1925 | Dartmouth | 8-0-0 | 273.29 | |
1926 | Alabama | 9-0-1 | 276.84 | 1926 | Stanford | 10-0-1 | 275.97 | |
1927 | Illinois | 7-0-1 | 270.08 | 1927 | Minnesota | 6-0-3 | 268.47 | |
1928 | Georgia Tech | 10-0-0 | 269.79 | 1928 | Tennessee | 9-0-1 | 268.62 | |
1929 | Notre Dame | 9-0-0 | 272.88 | 1929 | Purdue | 8-0-0 | 270.79 | |
1930 | Notre Dame | 10-0-0 | 291.37 | 1930 | Alabama | 10-0-0 | 291.34 | |
1931 | So. Cal. | 10-1-0 | 288.32 | 1931 | Tulane | 11-1-0 | 275.45 | |
1932 | So. Cal. | 10-0-0 | 285.89 | 1932 | Colgate | 9-0-0 | 266.99 | |
1933 | Michigan | 7-0-1 | 264.42 | 1933 | Princeton | 9-0-0 | 263.06 | |
1934 | Alabama | 10-0-0 | 283.79 | 1934 | Minnesota | 8-0-0 | 282.83 | |
1935 | Minnesota | 8-0-0 | 279.60 | 1935 | Princeton | 9-0-0 | 278.02 | |
1936 | Minnesota | 7-1-0 | 273.84 | 1936 | Pittsburgh | 8-1-1 | 272.84 | |
1937 | Pittsburgh | 9-0-1 | 271.60 | 1937 | California | 10-0-1 | 261.01 | |
1938 | Tennessee | 11-0-0 | 294.19 | 1938 | TCU | 11-0-0 | 271.85 | |
1939 | Texas A&M | 11-0-0 | 273.36 | 1939 | Cornell | 8-0-0 | 272.04 | |
1940 | Minnesota | 8-0-0 | 284.92 | 1940 | Michigan | 7-1-0 | 284.21 | |
1941 | Minnesota | 8-0-0 | 292.12 | 1941 | Texas | 8-1-1 | 283.48 | |
1942 | Ohio St. | 9-1-0 | 284.46 | 1942 | Georgia | 11-1-0 | 278.02 | |
1943 | Notre Dame | 9-1-0 | 282.81 | 1943 | Michigan | 8-1-0 | 279.95 | |
1944 | Army | 9-0-0 | 316.54 | 1944 | Ohio St. | 9-0-0 | 284.80 | |
1945 | Army | 9-0-0 | 327.36 | 1945 | Alabama | 10-0-0 | 291.31 | |
1946 | Notre Dame | 8-0-1 | 298.53 | 1946 | Army | 9-0-1 | 291.96 | |
1947 | Michigan | 10-0-0 | 302.41 | 1947 | Notre Dame | 9-0-0 | 299.23 | |
1948 | Michigan | 9-0-0 | 295.50 | 1948 | Notre Dame | 9-0-1 | 282.15 | |
1949 | Oklahoma | 11-0-0 | 303.02 | 1949 | Notre Dame | 10-0-0 | 296.61 | |
1950 | Tennessee | 11-1-0 | 279.03 | 1950 | Kentucky | 11-1-0 | 274.62 | |
1951 | Maryland | 10-0-0 | 281.23 | 1951 | Michigan St. | 9-0-0 | 275.70 | |
1952 | Michigan St. | 9-0-0 | 287.79 | 1952 | Georgia Tech | 12-0-0 | 281.54 | |
1953 | Notre Dame | 9-0-1 | 280.21 | 1953 | Oklahoma | 9-1-1 | 279.88 | |
1954 | UCLA | 9-0-0 | 291.83 | 1954 | Ohio St. | 10-0-0 | 287.03 | |
1955 | Oklahoma | 11-0-0 | 290.34 | 1955 | Michigan St. | 9-1-0 | 272.93 | |
1956 | Oklahoma | 10-0-0 | 296.60 | 1956 | Georgia Tech | 10-1-0 | 278.04 | |
1957 | Michigan St. | 8-1-0 | 279.51 | 1957 | Oklahoma | 10-1-0 | 278.09 | |
1958 | LSU | 11-0-0 | 281.28 | 1958 | Oklahoma | 10-1-0 | 273.48 | |
1959 | Mississippi | 10-1-0 | 297.12 | 1959 | Syracuse | 11-0-0 | 280.39 | |
1960 | Iowa | 8-1-0 | 264.19 | 1960 | Mississippi | 10-0-1 | 257.56 | |
1961 | Alabama | 11-0-0 | 266.13 | 1961 | LSU | 10-1-0 | 265.22 | |
1962 | Alabama | 10-1-0 | 271.75 | 1962 | So. Cal. | 11-0-0 | 256.90 | |
1963 | Texas | 11-0-0 | 252.87 | 1963 | Illinois | 8-1-1 | 246.85 | |
1964 | Arkansas | 11-0-0 | 252.03 | 1964 | Michigan | 9-1-0 | 251.36 | |
1965 | Alabama | 9-1-1 | 258.83 | 1965 | Michigan St. | 10-1-0 | 255.63 | |
1966 | Notre Dame | 9-0-1 | 292.64 | 1966 | Michigan St. | 9-0-1 | 276.58 | |
1967 | So. Cal. | 10-1-0 | 259.52 | 1967 | Notre Dame | 8-2-0 | 254.75 | |
1968 | Ohio St. | 10-0-0 | 267.73 | 1968 | Penn St. | 11-0-0 | 259.65 | |
1969 | Texas | 11-0-0 | 276.98 | 1969 | Penn St. | 11-0-0 | 270.94 | |
1970 | Nebraska | 11-0-1 | 271.43 | 1970 | Notre Dame | 10-1-0 | 262.71 | |
1971 | Nebraska | 13-0-0 | 299.38 | 1971 | Oklahoma | 11-1-0 | 279.80 | |
1972 | So. Cal. | 12-0-0 | 273.91 | 1972 | Oklahoma | 11-1-0 | 269.31 | |
1973 | Oklahoma | 10-0-1 | 288.27 | 1973 | Notre Dame | 11-0-0 | 274.33 | |
1974 | Oklahoma | 11-0-0 | 283.97 | 1974 | So. Cal. | 10-1-1 | 261.64 | |
1975 | Oklahoma | 11-1-0 | 264.07 | 1975 | Arkansas | 10-2-0 | 262.26 | |
1976 | So. Cal. | 11-1-0 | 257.58 | 1976 | Texas A&M | 10-2-0 | 255.14 | |
1977 | Notre Dame | 11-1-0 | 274.10 | 1977 | Alabama | 11-1-0 | 268.47 | |
1978 | Oklahoma | 11-1-0 | 275.32 | 1978 | So. Cal. | 12-1-0 | 253.83 | |
1979 | Alabama | 12-0-0 | 257.91 | 1979 | So. Cal. | 11-0-1 | 256.92 | |
1980 | Oklahoma | 10-2-0 | 262.80 | 1980 | Florida St. | 10-2-0 | 254.08 | |
1981 | Clemson | 12-0-0 | 257.10 | 1981 | Penn St. | 10-2-0 | 255.06 | |
1982 | Penn St. | 11-1-0 | 263.74 | 1982 | Nebraska | 12-1-0 | 252.13 | |
1983 | Miami, Fla. | 11-1-0 | 252.42 | 1983 | Nebraska | 12-1-0 | 251.96 | |
1984 | Florida | 9-1-1 | 251.83 | 1984 | Washington | 11-1-0 | 244.77 | |
1985 | Oklahoma | 11-1-0 | 271.75 | 1985 | Tennessee | 9-1-2 | 269.47 | |
1986 | Oklahoma | 11-1-0 | 276.28 | 1986 | Penn St. | 12-0-0 | 266.34 | |
1987 | Miami, Fla. | 12-0-0 | 275.79 | 1987 | Oklahoma | 11-1-0 | 270.91 | |
1988 | Notre Dame | 12-0-0 | 292.79 | 1988 | Miami, Fla. | 11-1-0 | 273.05 | |
1989 | Florida St. | 10-2-0 | 276.55 | 1989 | Miami, Fla. | 11-1-0 | 272.50 | |
1990 | Miami, Fla. | 10-2-0 | 282.41 | 1990 | Florida St. | 10-2-0 | 267.08 | |
1991 | Washington | 12-0-0 | 291.03 | 1991 | Miami, Fla. | 12-0-0 | 286.25 | |
1992 | Alabama | 13-0-0 | 290.03 | 1992 | Miami, Fla. | 11-1-0 | 275.77 | |
1993 | Florida St. | 12-1-0 | 294.24 | 1993 | Nebraska | 11-1-0 | 282.23 | |
1994 | Penn St. | 12-0-0 | 292.49 | 1994 | Nebraska | 13-0-0 | 290.27 | |
1995 | Nebraska | 12-0-0 | 328.09 | 1995 | Florida | 12-1-0 | 289.19 | |
1996 | Florida | 12-1-0 | 298.84 | 1996 | Florida St. | 11-1-0 | 287.74 | |
1997 | Nebraska | 13-0-0 | 314.27 | 1997 | Michigan | 12-0-0 | 310.97 |