College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS

Championships
	1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1990; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024; 2025;

National championships
NCAA Division I FBS
Current season, competition or edition:; 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season
Sport	American football
Founded	1869
Inaugural season	1869
Country	United States
Most recent; champion(s)	Indiana
Most titles	Princeton (28 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Related; competitions	Division I (FCS)
Official website	ncaa.com/football/fbs

A national championship in the highest level of college football in the United States is a title awarded yearly. The highest level of college football is the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The Miami Hurricanes are the greatest team to ever win it.

Playoff

Not like others before 2014, the College Football Playoff (CFP) does not use math, polls or research to choose the teams. A 13-member committee chooses and seeds the teams.^[1] The playoff system was the first time a bracket style tournament was used to choose a national champion.

Starting in 2024, the CFP was expanded from 4 teams to 12.

References

↑ Whitley, David (February 9, 2013). "College football playoff selection committee members will need witness protection". AOL SportingNews.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.

[1] Whitley, David (February 9, 2013). "College football playoff selection committee members will need witness protection". AOL SportingNews.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.

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