Which college football teams have won back-to-back titles?

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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