The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20110912042133/http://www.cfrc.com/Archives/NC_Year_2010.htm

Billingsley’s National Champions

By Year through 2010

All Billingsley Rankings are POST BOWL

 

AP

Coaches

Originator

Year

Team

W

L

T

Rating

AP

Status

Coaches

Status

Coaches

1869

Princeton

1

1

0

99.019

1870

Princeton

1

0

0

110.180

1872

Princeton

1

0

0

116.365

1873

Princeton

1

0

0

121.979

1874

Princeton

2

0

0

131.937

1875

Princeton

2

0

0

132.956

1876

Yale

3

0

0

149.987

1877

Princeton

2

1

1

144.481

1878

Princeton

6

0

0

174.604

1879

Princeton

4

0

1

166.589

1880

Yale

4

0

1

180.200

1881

Princeton

7

0

2

195.645

1882

Yale

8

0

0

203.098

1883

Yale

8

0

0

227.889

1884

Princeton

9

0

1

220.868

1885

Princeton

9

0

0

223.732

1886

Princeton

7

0

1

221.410

1887

Yale

9

0

0

228.758

1888

Yale

13

0

0

236.956

1889

Princeton

10

0

0

229.422

1890

Harvard

11

0

0

234.742

1891

Yale

13

0

0

239.030

1892

Yale

13

0

0

248.978

1893

Princeton

11

0

0

239.588

1894

Yale

16

0

0

257.124

1895

Pennsylvania

14

0

0

250.485

1896

Princeton

10

0

1

242.148

1897

Pennsylvania

15

0

0

255.072

1898

Harvard

11

0

0

254.643

1899

Princeton

12

1

0

248.190

1900

Yale

12

0

0

257.240

1901

Harvard

12

0

0

263.526

1902

Michigan

11

0

0

268.482

1903

Princeton

11

0

0

254.459

1904

Minnesota

13

0

0

267.889

1905

Chicago

9

0

0

268.930

1906

Yale

9

0

1

263.781

1907

Yale

9

0

1

250.483

1908

Harvard

9

0

1

248.214

1909

Yale

10

0

0

277.324

1910

Harvard

8

0

1

257.751

1911

Princeton

8

0

2

247.502

1912

Harvard

9

0

0

275.694

1913

Auburn

8

0

0

272.573

1914

Texas

8

0

0

254.200

1915

Oklahoma

10

0

0

267.818

1916

Pittsburgh

8

0

0

247.761

1917

Georgia Tech

9

0

0

272.303

1918

Michigan

5

0

0

254.383

1919

Texas A&M

10

0

0

265.054

1920

Notre Dame

9

0

0

268.547

1921

California

9

0

1

270.276

1922

California

9

0

0

272.509

1923

Michigan

8

0

0

281.777

1924

Notre Dame

10

0

0

287.443

1925

Alabama

10

0

0

276.831

1926

Alabama

9

0

1

278.976

1927

Illinois

7

0

1

264.678

1928

Georgia Tech

10

0

0

288.465

1929

Notre Dame

9

0

0

280.077

1930

Notre Dame

10

0

0

331.653

1931

Southern Cal.

10

1

0

299.683

1932

Southern Cal.

10

0

0

332.354

1933

Michigan

7

0

1

298.871

1934

Minnesota

8

0

0

301.139

1935

Minnesota

8

0

0

302.602

1936

Minnesota

7

1

0

284.870

Minnesota

Pre-Bowl

1937

Pittsburgh

9

0

1

300.963

Pittsburgh

Pre-Bowl

1938

Tennessee

11

0

0

305.207

TCU (2)

Pre-Bowl

1939

Texas A&M

11

0

0

298.456

Texas A&M

Pre-Bowl

1940

Stanford

10

0

0

307.301

Minnesota (3)

Pre-Bowl

1941

Minnesota

8

0

0

319.636

Minnesota

Pre-Bowl

1942

Georgia

11

1

0

284.490

Ohio State (2)

Pre-Bowl

1943

Notre Dame

9

1

0

310.511

Notre Dame

Pre-Bowl

1944

Army

9

0

0

312.074

Army

Pre-Bowl

1945

Army

9

0

0

343.844

Army

Pre-Bowl

1946

Army

9

0

1

329.022

Notre Dame (2)

Pre-Bowl

1947

Michigan

10

0

0

331.481

Notre Dame (2)

Pre-Bowl

1948

Michigan

9

0

0

330.686

Michigan

Pre-Bowl

1949

Notre Dame

10

0

0

340.718

Notre Dame

Pre-Bowl

1950

Tennessee

11

1

0

304.853

Oklahoma (3)

Pre-Bowl

Oklahoma (3)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1951

Michigan State

9

0

0

311.691

Tennessee (4)

Pre-Bowl

Tennessee (4)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1952

Georgia Tech

12

0

0

348.973

Michigan State (2)

Pre-Bowl

Michigan State (2)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1953

Notre Dame

9

0

1

322.424

Maryland (3)

Pre-Bowl

Maryland (3)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1954

Ohio State

10

0

0

331.252

Ohio State

Pre-Bowl

UCLA (3)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1955

Oklahoma

11

0

0

340.896

Oklahoma

Pre-Bowl

Oklahoma

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1956

Oklahoma

10

0

0

315.994

Oklahoma

Pre-Bowl

Oklahoma

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1957

Auburn

10

0

0

314.753

Auburn

Pre-Bowl

Ohio State (3)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1958

LSU

11

0

0

318.308

LSU

Pre-Bowl

LSU

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1959

Syracuse

11

0

0

315.225

Syracuse

Pre-Bowl

Syracuse

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1960

Mississippi

10

0

1

309.357

Minnesota (5)

Pre-Bowl

Minnesota (5)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1961

Alabama

11

0

0

335.005

Alabama

Pre-Bowl

Alabama

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1962

Mississippi

10

0

0

325.839

Southern Cal. (2)

Pre-Bowl

Southern Cal. (2)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1963

Texas

11

0

0

343.134

Texas

Pre-Bowl

Texas

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1964

Arkansas

11

0

0

319.359

Alabama (3)

Pre-Bowl

Alabama (3)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1965

Michigan State

10

1

0

314.820

Alabama (3)

Post Bowl

Michigan State

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1966

Notre Dame

9

0

1

329.911

Notre Dame

Pre-Bowl

Notre Dame

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1967

Southern Cal.

10

1

0

320.651

Southern Cal.

Pre-Bowl

Southern Cal.

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1968

Ohio State

10

0

0

322.908

Ohio State

Post Bowl

Ohio State

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1969

Texas

11

0

0

337.840

Texas

Post Bowl

Texas

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1970

Nebraska

11

0

1

316.017

Nebraska

Post Bowl

Texas (3)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1971

Nebraska

13

0

0

370.247

Nebraska

Post Bowl

Nebraska

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1972

Southern Cal.

12

0

0

341.558

Southern Cal.

Post Bowl

Southern Cal.

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1973

Notre Dame

11

0

0

338.361

Notre Dame

Post Bowl

Alabama (4)

Pre-Bowl

UPI

1974

Oklahoma

11

0

0

351.424

Oklahoma

Post Bowl

Southern Cal. (5)

Post Bowl

UPI

1975

Oklahoma

11

1

0

330.794

Oklahoma

Post Bowl

Oklahoma

Post Bowl

UPI

1976

Pittsburgh

12

0

0

320.396

Pittsburgh

Post Bowl

Pittsburgh

Post Bowl

UPI

1977

Notre Dame

11

1

0

318.107

Notre Dame

Post Bowl

Notre Dame

Post Bowl

UPI

1978

Southern Cal.

12

1

0

322.785

Alabama (2)

Post Bowl

Southern Cal.

Post Bowl

UPI

1979

Alabama

12

0

0

342.691

Alabama

Post Bowl

Alabama

Post Bowl

UPI

1980

Georgia

12

0

0

313.067

Georgia

Post Bowl

Georgia

Post Bowl

UPI

1981

Clemson

12

0

0

319.040

Clemson

Post Bowl

Clemson

Post Bowl

UPI

1982

Penn State

11

1

0

325.249

Penn State

Post Bowl

Penn State

Post Bowl

UPI

1983

Auburn

11

1

0

315.635

Miami, Fla. (4)

Post Bowl

Miami, Fla. (4)

Post Bowl

UPI

1984

Brigham Young

13

0

0

317.659

Brigham Young

Post Bowl

Brigham Young

Post Bowl

UPI

1985

Oklahoma

11

1

0

308.938

Oklahoma

Post Bowl

Oklahoma

Post Bowl

UPI

1986

Penn State

12

0

0

345.477

Penn State

Post Bowl

Penn State

Post Bowl

UPI

1987

Miami, Fla.

12

0

0

347.580

Miami, Fla.

Post Bowl

Miami, Fla.

Post Bowl

UPI

1988

Notre Dame

12

0

0

342.795

Notre Dame

Post Bowl

Notre Dame

Post Bowl

UPI

1989

Miami, Fla.

11

1

0

336.012

Miami, Fla.

Post Bowl

Miami, Fla.

Post Bowl

UPI

1990

Colorado

11

1

1

303.557

Colorado

Post Bowl

Georgia Tech (2)

Post Bowl

UPI

1991

Miami, Fla.

12

0

0

352.972

Miami, Fla.

Post Bowl

Washington (2)

Post Bowl

UPI

1992

Alabama

13

0

0

352.838

Alabama

Post Bowl

Alabama

Post Bowl

UPI

1993

Florida State

12

1

0

338.187

Florida State

Post Bowl

Florida State

Post Bowl

UPI

1994

Nebraska

13

0

0

355.770

Nebraska

Post Bowl

Nebraska

Post Bowl

UPI

1995

Nebraska

12

0

0

353.123

Nebraska

Post Bowl

Nebraska

Post Bowl

UPI

1996

Florida

12

1

0

329.726

Florida

Post Bowl

Florida

Post Bowl

USA/CNN

1997

Nebraska

13

0

0

349.350

Michigan (2)

Post Bowl

Nebraska

Post Bowl

USA/ESPN

1998

Tennessee

13

0

0

367.989

Tennessee

Post Bowl

Tennessee

Post Bowl

USA/ESPN

1999

Florida State

12

0

0

352.210

Florida State

Post Bowl

Florida State

Post Bowl

USA/ESPN

2000

Oklahoma

13

0

0

338.108

Oklahoma

Post Bowl

Oklahoma

Post Bowl

USA/ESPN

2001

Miami, Fla.

12

0

0

347.017

Miami, Fla.

Post Bowl

Miami, Fla.

Post Bowl

USA/ESPN

2002

Ohio State

14

0

0

344.085

Ohio State

Post Bowl

Ohio State

Post Bowl

USA/ESPN

2003

LSU

13

1

0

309.977

Southern Cal. (2)

Post Bowl

LSU

Post Bowl

USA/ESPN

2004

Southern Cal.

13

0

0

349.250

Southern Cal.

Post Bowl

Southern Cal.

Post Bowl

USA/ESPN

2005

Texas

13

0

0

356.118

Texas

Post Bowl

Texas

Post Bowl

USA/AFCA

2006

Florida

13

1

0

312.897

Florida

Post Bowl

Florida

Post Bowl

USA/AFCA

2007

LSU

12

2

0

304.121

LSU

Post Bowl

LSU

Post Bowl

USA/AFCA

2008

Florida

13

1

0

337.305

Florida

Post Bowl

Florida

Post Bowl

USA/AFCA

2009

Alabama

14

0

0

378.293

Alabama

Post Bowl

Alabama

Post Bowl

USA/AFCA

2010

Auburn

14

0

0

354.620

Auburn

Post Bowl

Auburn

Post Bowl

USA/AFCA