How many national championships does Notre Dame have?

Answer 1

Bear in mind that the NCAA has never officially recognized a champion in FBS College Football, so the "champions" are named by independent selection committees who often disagree with each other.

Having said that, the University of Notre Dame claims football championships in eleven seasons: 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977 and 1988. For the first three, they were chosen by a majority of the selectors at the time. For the last eight, they were ranked #1 in the final AP poll.

They were also chosen as champions by at least one major selector in 1919, 1920, 1927, 1938, 1953, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1989 and 1993.

Answer 2

Zero, until the 2012-2013 season.