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Deciding a national champion in major college football was complicated for decades. So much so that the sport finally implemented the College Football Playoff in 2014.
Only one FBS team ( Georgia ) has won back-to-back national titles in the College Football Playoff era. Alabama and USC are the only teams that claimed back-to-back national championships during the Bowl Championship Series era beginning in 1998.
USC has a rightful claim to the 2003 title despite not playing in the Sugar Bowl, that season's designated national championship game. The Trojans were one of three one-loss teams vying for a spot in the title game but were held out of it despite finishing No. 1 in both the Associated Press and coaches' polls. LSU and Oklahoma played for the national championship that year, with LSU winning the game . But USC remained in the top spot in the final AP poll after beating Michigan in the Rose Bowl. The NCAA recognizes LSU and USC as 2003 co-national champions.
USC won a second straight title in 2004, but that championship was vacated due to NCAA violations.
Fourteen teams can claim back-to-back national championships since the AP began naming a champion in 1936. Prior to 1936, five teams can claim at least a share of three straight national titles.
Here's a look at the major college football teams that have won consecutive national championships.
Georgia - 2021, 2022
Alabama - 2011, 2012
Nebraska - 1994, 1995
Alabama - 1978 (co-champion), 1979
Oklahoma - 1974 (co-champion), 1975
Nebraska - 1970 (co-champion), 1971
Texas - 1969, 1970 (co-champion)
Michigan State - 1965, 1966 (co-champion both seasons)
Alabama - 1964, 1965 (co-champion both seasons)
Oklahoma - 1955, 1956
Notre Dame - 1946, 1947
Army - 1944, 1945
Minnesota - 1940, 1941
Minnesota - 1934, 1935, 1936
USC - 1931, 1932
Notre Dame - 1929, 1930 (co-champion)
Alabama - 1925, 1926 (co-champion)
California - 1920, 1921 (co-champion), 1922 (co-champion)
Harvard - 1912 (co-champion), 1913
Michigan - 1901, 1902, 1903 (co-champion), 1904 (co-champion)
Harvard - 1898, 1899
Yale - 1891, 1892
Yale - 1886, 1887, 1888
Yale - 1880 (co-champion), 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884
Princeton - 1878, 1879, 1880 (co-champion)
Yale - 1876, 1877
Princeton - 1872, 1873
Princeton - 1869, 1870
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