Billingsley Report on Major College Football

National Champions by Rating

1869-2011

Rk

Year

Team

W

L

T

Rating

 

1

2009

Alabama

14

0

0

378.293

2

1971

Nebraska

13

0

0

375.979

3

1998

Tennessee

13

0

0

372.852

4

1994

Nebraska

13

0

0

369.783

5

1999

Florida State

12

0

0

365.976

6

1992

Alabama

13

0

0

365.227

7

1988

Notre Dame

12

0

0

364.512

8

1987

Miami (Fla.)

12

0

0

364.477

9

1991

Miami (Fla.)

12

0

0

364.326

10

1997

Michigan

12

0

0

363.070

11

1995

Nebraska

12

0

0

360.210

12

1973

Notre Dame

11

0

0

359.587

13

1963

Texas

11

0

0

359.321

14

1974

Oklahoma

11

0

0

356.710

15

1972

Southern Cal

12

0

0

356.384

16

2005

Texas

13

0

0

356.118

17

2001

Miami (Fla.)

12

0

0

355.294

18

2010

Auburn

14

0

0

354.620

19

1952

Georgia Tech

12

0

0

354.492

20

1986

Penn State

12

0

0

352.601

21

1949

Notre Dame

10

0

0

351.727

22

2000

Oklahoma

13

0

0

350.992

23

1947

Michigan

10

0

0

350.659

24

1945

Army

9

0

0

350.375

25

2004

Southern Cal

13

0

0

349.250

26

2011

Alabama

12

1

0

349.232

27

2002

Ohio State

14

0

0

349.108

28

1993

Florida State

12

1

0

349.003

29

1979

Alabama

12

0

0

347.658

30

1954

Ohio State

10

0

0

346.983

31

1969

Texas

11

0

0

344.276

32

1932

Southern Cal

10

0

0

342.842

33

1948

Michigan

9

0

0

342.694

34

1996

Florida

12

1

0

342.498

35

1966

Notre Dame

9

0

1

342.138

36

1944

Ohio State

9

0

0

339.660

37

1955

Oklahoma

11

0

0

339.483

38

1961

Alabama

11

0

0

339.196

39

2008

Florida

13

1

0

337.305

40

1946

Army

9

0

1

336.788

41

1970

Nebraska

11

0

1

336.439

42

1975

Oklahoma

11

1

0

335.976

43

1968

Ohio State

10

0

0

335.665

44

1953

Notre Dame

9

0

1

335.106

45

1982

Penn State

11

1

0

334.374

46

1989

Miami (Fla.)

11

1

0

333.251

47

1958

LSU

11

0

0

332.564

48

1930

Notre Dame

10

0

0

332.553

49

1962

Mississippi

10

0

0

332.243

50

1964

Arkansas

11

0

0

330.080

51

1983

Auburn

11

1

0

328.988

52

1978

Southern Cal

12

1

0

328.494

53

1981

Clemson

12

0

0

327.916

54

1984

Brigham Young

13

0

0

327.910

55

1980

Georgia

12

0

0

327.454

56

1941

Minnesota

8

0

0

325.430

57

1938

Tennessee

11

0

0

323.675

58

1957

Auburn

10

0

0

323.245

59

1977

Notre Dame

11

1

0

323.015

60

1943

Notre Dame

9

1

0

322.503

61

1959

Syracuse

11

0

0

321.410

62

1940

Stanford

10

0

0

320.957

63

1951

Michigan State

9

0

0

320.816

64

1967

Southern Cal

10

1

0

319.284

65

1956

Oklahoma

10

0

0

319.055

66

1985

Oklahoma

11

1

0

318.489

67

1965

Michigan State

10

1

0

316.664

68

1960

Mississippi

10

0

1

315.555

69

1990

Colorado

11

1

1

314.989

70

1976

Pittsburgh

12

0

0

314.791

71

2006

Florida

13

1

0

312.897

72

1939

Texas A&M

11

0

0

312.403

73

2003

LSU

13

1

0

309.977

74

1950

Tennessee

11

1

0

307.433

75

1931

Southern Cal

10

1

0

306.829

76

1934

Minnesota

8

0

0

305.429

77

1933

Michigan

7

0

1

304.731

78

2007

LSU

12

2

0

304.121

79

1937

Pittsburgh

9

0

1

302.496

80

1924

Notre Dame

10

0

0

300.946

81

1935

Minnesota

8

0

0

300.297

82

1928

Georgia Tech

10

0

0

300.255

83

1929

Notre Dame

9

0

0

298.234

84

1923

Michigan

8

0

0

294.886

85

1927

Illinois

7

0

1

292.233

86

1926

Alabama

9

0

1

291.425

87

1925

Alabama

10

0

0

290.761

88

1942

Georgia

11

1

0

289.345

89

1913

Chicago

7

0

0

288.224

90

1905

Chicago

9

0

0

285.949

91

1902

Michigan

11

0

0

285.206

92

1922

Iowa

7

0

0

285.176

93

1917

Georgia Tech

9

0

0

284.947

94

1936

Minnesota

7

1

0

281.841

95

1920

Notre Dame

9

0

0

281.789

96

1921

Iowa

7

0

0

279.789

97

1912

Harvard

9

0

0

279.719

98

1914

Illinois

7

0

0

278.944

99

1915

Minnesota

6

0

1

277.404

100

1919

Illinois

6

1

0

274.320

101

1901

Harvard

12

0

0

272.228

102

1911

Minnesota

6

0

1

270.226

103

1909

Yale

10

0

0

270.006

104

1900

Yale

12

0

0

268.994

105

1898

Harvard

11

0

0

266.169

106

1906

Yale

9

0

1

266.075

107

1916

Georgia Tech

8

0

1

264.619

108

1908

Harvard

9

0

1

264.242

109

1904

Minnesota

13

0

0

262.822

110

1907

Yale

9

0

1

261.803

111

1903

Princeton

11

0

0

261.144

112

1897

Pennsylvania

15

0

0

260.907

113

1910

Harvard

8

0

1

259.629

114

1918

Michigan

5

0

0

259.564

115

1899

Princeton

12

1

0

257.046

116

1895

Pennsylvania

14

0

0

252.088

117

1894

Yale

16

0

0

251.914

118

1896

Princeton

10

0

1

248.644

119

1892

Yale

13

0

0

248.025

120

1893

Princeton

11

0

0

241.387

121

1889

Princeton

10

0

0

238.407

122

1888

Yale

12

0

0

237.634

123

1887

Yale

9

0

0

234.472

124

1891

Yale

13

0

0

231.491

125

1890

Harvard

11

0

0

228.138

126

1883

Yale

9

0

0

226.864

127

1886

Princeton

7

0

1

221.252

128

1885

Princeton

9

0

0

221.194

129

1884

Princeton

9

0

1

220.987

130

1882

Yale

8

0

0

208.341

131

1881

Princeton

7

0

2

200.001

132

1880

Yale

4

0

1

180.678

133

1878

Princeton

6

0

0

173.478

134

1879

Princeton

4

0

1

170.618

135

1876

Yale

3

0

0

157.375

136

1877

Princeton

2

1

1

151.119

137

1875

Princeton

2

0

0

133.378

138

1874

Princeton

2

0

0

130.153

139

1873

Princeton

1

0

0

123.132

140

1872

Princeton

1

0

0

118.852

141

1870

Princeton

1

0

0

112.502

142

1869

Princeton

1

1

0

107.513