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How many ncaa football teams have won back to back national championships?
Since the Poll Era began in 1936, when the Associated Press (AP) crowned a champion at the end of the year (the Coaches Poll joined them in 1950), there have been 6 schools to accomplish the feat, officially--7, if you want to count USC, whose 2003-04 BCS title was stripped by the BCS as a result of Reggie Bush receiving improper benefits. The AP Poll kept them as their national champion, as they did the year before, but, since the BCS implemented the BCS Championship Game in the '98 season, the AP Poll winner is not officially recognized as national champion. But, for the sake of argument, they are included on this list. (Note: Before the BCS crowned a champion, a #1 ranking in either the AP or Coaches Poll allowed a school to claim a national championship. At times there have been split or shared national titles due to different champions from the AP and Coaches Polls, but both count.) With that in mind, here is a list of back-to-back national champions by season since 1936:
1) Alabama: (3) '64/'65 (AP Champ), '78 (AP)/'79, 2011/2012
2) Nebraska: (2) '70 (AP)/'71, '94/'95
3) Oklahoma: (2) '55/'56, '74 (AP)/'75
3) USC: 2003 (AP), 2004* (AP)
4) Texas: '69/'70 (Coaches)
5) Notre Dame: '46/'47
6) Army: '44/'45
7) Minnesota: '40/'41
*USC title vacated by BCS due to NCAA violations.
For back-to-back national champions before the Poll Era, this link should provide a more comprehensive list:
The University of Connecticut won the NCAA National Championship Game in Basketball last year.