- The Big Ten easily has the most national championships. There are 20 national championships between Ohio State, Michigan, and Minnesota, not even counting the other team's championships in the Big Ten.
- Since 1936, these are the results (include dual and tri championships ... thanks AP) based on what conference teams are in now, which of course is a dumb way to consider it. Texas was a Southwestern Conference member for all but one of their titles, etc.
1. SEC, 20
2. Big Ten, 18
3. Big 12, 17
4. Non-BCS (Notre Dame, Army, BYU, TCU), 13
5. Pac-10 & ACC, 9
6. Big East, 4
** All of the above is incorrect. The six conferences listed are Division I. The NCAA does not award a championship for Division I football.
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National Championships officially claimed by individual schools:
1) 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.
2) Yale, 26: 1872, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1926.
3) Alabama, 13: 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009
4)-(3 WAY TIE)
a) Michigan, 11: 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997
b) Notre Dame, 11: 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
c) USC, 11: 1928, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004
The University of Oklahoma won 14 consecutive conference championship. ‘46 to ‘59