🏈 Every college football season since 1869
157 seasons, each with the champions, the Heisman winner, the final AP poll, conference standings and the bowls, with the second tier alongside for context.
In progress. Standings, polls and bowls fill in as the season is played.
The belt: the national champion, season by season
One square per season, in the champion's own colour. A split square is a shared title.
How this is measured
Hover or tap a season to read it. Tap it again to open the season.
A dot marks a season where the champion was not the Elo number one.
Best teams by Elo
The 25 highest-rated team-seasons since 1869, at the end of the season.
How the two views differ
Era-adjusted compares each team to its own season, scaled for the size of the field and weighted toward the modern game.
Show all 25 teams
The MacGuffin
The owner's lineal college football title: it starts with Rutgers' first win in 1869 and passes to whoever beats the holder. A tie keeps it.
How the chain works
Tap or hover a stretch of colour to read that reign. Wider means more games held.
Show all 40 rows
- Oct 3, 2026WNotre DamevsNorth Carolina37-26
- Sep 26, 2026WNotre DamevsPurdue49-10
- Sep 19, 2026WNotre DamevsMichigan State27-10
- Sep 12, 2026WNotre DamevsRice52-0
- Sep 6, 2026WNotre DamevsWisconsin41-13
- Nov 29, 2025LStanfordvsNotre Dame20-49
- Nov 22, 2025LCaliforniavsStanford10-31
- Nov 8, 2025LLouisvillevsCalifornia26-29
- Nov 1, 2025WLouisvillevsVirginia Tech28-16
- Oct 25, 2025WLouisvillevsBoston College38-24
- Oct 17, 2025LMiami (FL)vsLouisville21-24
- Oct 4, 2025WMiami (FL)vsFlorida State28-22
Unbeaten, not champion
Major-college teams that finished without a loss and were not named national champion, newest first.
Show all 289 seasons
Champions are the selectors' picks for now. This becomes an Elo-based list once the college football ratings are in.
Conference power
How many teams in each season's final AP poll came from each conference, 1936 to now.
How this is counted
- Southeastern
- Independent
- Big Ten
- Atlantic Coast
- Southwest
- Big 12
- Other
Tap or drag across the chart to read a season.