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College football national champions (major selectors), 1869–present

Every team named national champion of top-level US college football (today's NCAA Division I FBS) by an NCAA-designated major selector, season by season since 1869. One row per season and champion, with record, head coach and the selectors that chose it.

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KeyNameTypeDescription
idIDstringSeason and team, e.g. 1985-oklahoma.
seasonSeasonyearCollege football season (autumn year; bowl games may fall in January of the next year).
championChampionstringTeam named national champion, as written in the article ("Vacated" where a selector vacated its pick, "None" where a selector named no champion).
recordRecordstringSeason record as wins–losses(–ties), as listed.
winsWintegerWins.
lossesLintegerLosses.
tiesTintegerTies (blank when the record shows none).
coachHead coachstringHead coach (or coaches) that season; blank where the team had none listed.
selectorsSelectorsstringAbbreviations of the major selectors that named this team champion, as listed in the article (e.g. AP, UPI, FWAA, NFF, BCS, CFP).
selector_count# SelectorsintegerHow many major selectors named this team.
apAPbooleanNamed champion by the Associated Press poll (1936–present).
coaches_pollCoaches PollbooleanNamed champion by the AFCA Coaches Poll (UP/UPI/USA Today, 1950–present).
bcsBCSbooleanWon the Bowl Championship Series title (1998–2013).
cfpCFPbooleanWon the College Football Playoff (2014–present).
consensusConsensusbooleanShown in bold: chosen by at least one NCAA consensus selector (1950 onward).
retroactiveRetroactivebooleanShown in italics: the title was applied retroactively rather than at the time.
notesNotesstringFootnotes the article attaches to this row.

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