

Look at the list of College Football National
Champions below and you’ll realize that if a school wants to win a national title, it’s best they best stick with their traditional uniforms instead of the newfangled ones that some adopt on an almost weekly basis. Maybe four teams use non-traditional uniforms at least on occasion, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Maryland and Miami. However, none have won a championship since adopting modified uniforms.
1869 |
Princeton |
1870 |
Princeton |
1871 |
None |
1872 |
Princeton |
1873 |
Princeton |
1874 |
Yale |
1875 |
Harvard |
1876 |
Yale |
1877 |
Yale |
1878 |
Princeton |
1879 |
Princeton |
1880 |
Princeton, Yale |
1881 |
Yale |
1882 |
Yale |
1883 |
Yale |
1884 |
Yale |
1885 |
Princeton |
1886 |
Yale |
1887 |
Yale |
1888 |
Yale |
1889 |
Princeton |
1890 |
Harvard |
1891 |
Yale |
1892 |
Yale |
1893 |
Princeton |
1894 |
Yale |
1895 |
Pennsylvania |
1896 |
Princeton |
1897 |
Pennsylvania |
1898 |
Harvard |
1899 |
Harvard |
1900 |
Yale |
1901 |
Michigan |
1902 |
Michigan |
1903 |
Princeton |
1904 |
Pennsylvania |
1905 |
Chicago |
1906 |
Princeton |
1907 |
Yale |
1908 |
Pennsylvania |
1909 |
Yale |
1910 |
Harvard |
1911 |
Princeton |
1912 |
Harvard |
1913 |
Harvard |
1914 |
Army |
1915 |
Cornell |
1916 |
Pittsburgh |
1917 |
Georgia Tech |
1918 |
Pittsburgh |
1919 |
Harvard |
1920 |
California |
1921 |
Cornell |
1922 |
Cornell |
1923 |
Illinois |
1924 |
Notre Dame |
1925 |
Alabama, Dartmouth |
1926 |
Alabama, Stanford |
1927 |
Illinois |
1928 |
Georgia Tech, USC |
1929 |
Notre Dame |
1930 |
Notre Dame |
1931 |
USC |
1932 |
USC, Michigan |
1933 |
Michigan |
1934 |
Minnesota |
1935 |
Minnesota , SMU |
1936 |
Minnesota |
1937 |
Pittsburgh |
1938 |
TCU, Notre Dame |
1939 |
USC, Texas A&M |
1940 |
Minnesota |
1941 |
Minnesota |
1942 |
Ohio State |
1943 |
Notre Dame |
1944 |
Army |
1945 |
Army |
1946 |
Notre Dame |
1947 |
Notre Dame |
1948 |
Michigan |
1949 |
Notre Dame |
1950 |
Oklahoma |
1951 |
Tennessee |
1952 |
Michigan State |
1953 |
Maryland |
1954 |
Ohio State, UCLA |
1955 |
Oklahoma |
1956 |
Oklahoma |
1957 |
Auburn, Ohio St. |
1958 |
LSU |
1959 |
Syracuse |
1960 |
Minnesota |
1961 |
Alabama |
1962 |
USC |
1963 |
Texas |
1964 |
Alabama |
1965 |
Alabama, Michigan St. |
1966 |
Notre Dame |
1967 |
USC |
1968 |
Ohio State |
1969 |
Texas |
1970 |
Nebraska, Texas |
1971 |
Nebraska |
1972 |
USC |
1973 |
Notre Dame, Alabama |
1974 |
Oklahoma, USC |
1975 |
Oklahoma |
1976 |
Pittsburgh |
1977 |
Notre Dame |
1978 |
Alabama, USC |
1979 |
Alabama |
1980 |
Georgia |
1981 |
Clemson |
1982 |
Penn State |
1983 |
Miami, Fla. |
1984 |
Brigham Young |
1985 |
Oklahoma |
1986 |
Penn State |
1987 |
Miami, Fla. |
1988 |
Notre Dame |
1989 |
Miami, Fla. |
1990 |
Colorado, Georgia Tech |
1991 |
Miami, Fla., Washington |
1992 |
Alabama |
1993 |
Florida State |
1994 |
Nebraska |
1995 |
Nebraska |
1996 |
Florida |
1997 |
Michigan, Nebraska |
1998 |
Tennessee |
1999 |
Florida State |
2000 |
Oklahoma |
2001 |
Miami, Fla. |
2002 |
Ohio State |
2003 |
LSU, USC |
2004 |
USC |
2005 |
Texas |
2006 |
Florida |
2007 |
LSU |
2008 |
Florida |
2009 |
Alabama |
2010 |
Auburn |
2011 |
Alabama |
2012 |
Alabama |
2013 |
Florida State |