School Claimed national championships Seasons Source Princeton 28 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1920, 1922, 1933, 1935, 1950 Yale 27 1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1927 Alabama 16 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015 Michigan 11 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997 Notre Dame 11 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988 USC 11 1928, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004 Pittsburgh 9 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1976 Ohio State 8 1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002, 2014 Harvard 7 1890, 1898, 1899, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919 Minnesota 7 1904, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960 Oklahoma 7 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000 Penn 7 1894, 1895, 1897, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1924 Michigan State 6 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965, 1966 Tennessee 6 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967, 1998 California 5 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937 Cornell 5 1915, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1939 Georgia 5 1927, 1942, 1946, 1968, 1980 Illinois 5 1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1951 Miami (FL) 5 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001 Nebraska 5 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997 Georgia Tech 1917, 1928, 1952, 1990 Iowa 1921, 1956, 1958, 1960 Texas 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005 Washington 1960, 1984, 1990, 1991 Army 1944, 1945, 1946 Florida 1996, 2006, 2008 Florida State 1993, 1999, 2013 Lafayette 1896, 1921, 1926 LSU 1958, 2003, 2007 Ole Miss 1959, 1960, 1962 SMU 1935, 1981, 1982 Texas A&M 1919, 1927, 1939 Auburn 1957, 2010 Chicago 1905, 1913 Clemson 1981, 2016 Penn State 1982, 1986 TCU 1935, 1938 Stanford 1926, 1940 Arkansas 1964 Boston College 1940 BYU 1984 Colorado 1990 Dartmouth 1925 Kentucky 1950 Maryland 1953 Navy 1926 Oklahoma State 1945 Rutgers 1869 Syracuse 1959 UCLA 1954
who has the most national championships college football
Princeton