Ryan Day's first Ohio State squad is remembered mostly for its final game, a brilliant, somewhat controversial 29-23 loss to Clemson in the CFP semifinals. 2 showdowns against both Texas and Michigan. Heading off to the Big East in the 2013-14 season, Boise State may finally get a fair crack at their first ever FBS national championship. The offense needed about one more yard, though. Teams in italics no longer compete in Division I FBS. OU's famed 47-game winning streak finally came to an end late in the 1957 season, but Bud Wilkinson's team kept playing at an absurd level for another year. The game was much closer than the scoreboard indicated, and although they have played in five more BCS games, they have not been close enough to compete for a national championship. Ohio State became the latest team to lose the College Football Playoff championship in Monday's 52-24loss to Alabama, but Clemson did not make this list. The Rebels gave up 21 points all year -- three touchdowns off either special teams or a turnover. Who won the spring transfer cycle? In 1978, Division I was further subdivided into Division I-A (highest) and Division I-AA. The Cougars were undefeated in 1917, but Georgia Tech was awarded the national championship. Mike Gundy and his Cowboys came so darn close last season, and had it not been for a bad overtime loss on a Thursday night to Iowa State, perhaps they would have earned their first ever title. Hell, RUTGERS even. 21+ (18+ NH/WY). If the AP voted one way, the coaches' poll often went the other. The 1920 team went undefeated at 8-0, but there were no clear . TheMountaineershave a storied program, make no mistake about it. It was in the 1997 Rose Bowl where ASU was undefeated and had the Buckeyes' number, or so it seemed. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (CO/IL/IN/LA/MD/MI/NJ/OH/PA/TN/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS/NH), 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), visit OPGR.org (OR), or 1-888-532-3500(VA). We made this list based on our own history page here. 2005: Texas (13-0) Kirby Lee / WireImage / Getty Images. The closest Tech has been in recent memory was in 2008, where infamous quarterback Graham Harrell threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree against Texas, knocking the rival Longhorns out of the BCS National Championship. A few famous programs have never even contended for a title. Fueled by the volume of media coverage that USC received throughout the season, the Longhorns and Vince Young wer nothing short of . In 1973, a three division reorganization occurred placing teams into NCAA Division I (highest), Division II, or Division III (lowest). The Tigers went 11-0, but were bowl-banned based on previous NCAA violations. These teams all finished the season with no losses, but with ties. This could be a year that . USC's 2007 and 2008 teams ended up first in SP+, but each team suffered a devastating upset loss -- a 24-23 stunner against Stanford in 2007 and a classic Thursday night loss to Oregon State in Corvallis early in 2008. The Canes would win their second national title a couple of months later. Did Michigan or Pitt, the champs that season, have transitive wins over Omaha Balloon? 1 in the AP Poll until a shocking 28-24 loss to Nick Saban-led Michigan State. Ohio State had to settle for a berth in the Sugar Bowl, where it beat No. It won all of eight of its games, scored more points a game (42.5) than anybody else in the country, and shut out five opponents. Unfortunately, the SEC as a conference is the best in the business, so they will need a few more magical moments if they expect to get another crack at an SEC Championship. Instead of going down as one of the greatest teams ever, they became vanquished villains instead. Bowden's "anyone, anywhere" approach to scheduling gave FSU some marquee opportunities in 1980, and the Seminoles mostly took advantage. They rolled to a nearly unchallenged 12-0 season. Record: 15-0 (9-0 SEC)Last game: defeated TCU 65-7 in the CFP National Championship GameLast undefeated season: 1980 (12-0, won national title). Last college football season saw the Alabama Crimson Tide go undefeated. All-Americans: QB Michael Vick, DE Corey Moore, CB Ike Charlton If anybody wants to get mad about the Knights, well, maybe somebody should have beaten them. But it has gone undefeated (!) Every year, at least one college football team may have what it takes to go undefeated. When Ole Miss lost to LSU by a 10-7 score in 1961, the Shreveport Times headline read, "Tigers Upset Ole Miss To Maintain Four-Year Jinx." After he came to town, the Redskins made a habit of Super Bowls, winning three of . That year's champion: Florida State. Ole Miss went 38-5-1 from 1958 to 1961 -- 0-3-1 against LSU and 38-2 against everyone else. The loftiest incentives include $750,000 for getting into a College Football Playoff semifinal game and $1 million for making an appearance in the national championship. All-Americans: QB Deshaun Watson, TE Jordan Leggett, DE Shaq Lawson, CB Mackensie Alexander, S Jayron Kearse The Hurricanes contained the option with relentless speed, and their pro-style offense scored at least 20 points in all three matchups. They missed Mildren only once. Here's what we sometimes forget: This might have been Hayes' best team. They beat Penn State to win the 1985 national title and came awfully close to titles in 1986 and 1987. They beat top-10 Colorado, Auburn and Texas teams by a combined 67. Five undefeated teams comprise the final 10 spots in the AP Top 25, and several more (Maryland, San Diego State, Boston College, SMU and UTSA) are . It included an Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech, and KU finished the season ranked ninth. UT head coach Darrell K Royal, far too nice a guy to say no, obliged. Is that debatable? The classic 1962 Rose Bowl defeat to USC cost the Badgers a national title, and there have not been any chances since. Iowa State, 72-29. Alabama claim to be going for their 16 th national championship (although a thorough examination of college football history would put that number closer to 11). The Associated Press didnt begin crowning the NCAA national champion until 1936, so thats where well start with this list of every undefeated national champion. The Green Wave averaged an outrageous 45 points a game en route to a 12-0 record and #7 ranking. Tagovailoa got hurt against Georgia in the SEC title game, but 2016-17 starter Jalen Hurts led an unlikely comeback for a 35-28 win. Sure, one of those wins was against something called a Camp Logan, and they barely defeated a winless Tulsa team, but the only number that matters here is that big fat zero in the loss column. As great of a team as 1980 squad was (including a Bluebonnet Bowl victory over Texas), they did not compete for a national title. So, which teams didnt win it all but remain in our minds this time of year? Vanderbilt was essentially flawless, going 8-0-1, but college football rewarded Princeton (CFRA), California (NCF) and Cornell (HAF) the title. This was a tremendous team overshadowed by an all-time great. Kansas greatest coach in terms of a tenure had to be Mark Mangino, and what he gave the program was nothing short of a dream come true. The College Football Playoff will expand from four to 12 teams for the 2024 postseason. 1975 Arizona State, 12-0, WAC Champions. Team. It was the seventh ACC title . Toledo should hang, like, 12 banners. This should have been Switzer's second dynasty, but one team -- led by a former Oklahoma State head coach (Jimmy Johnson), no less -- derailed it. This year marks the 23rdseason since the BCS era began in 1998, a system that eventually gave way to the College Football Playoff, but still left us with several teams more remembered for the fact they didn't win the national title. 1 Georgia. By that, I mean they will be contending for a ton of Pac-12 and BCS titles in the near future. Last college football season ended with the Alabama Crimson Tide . At least, we would have liked to see Joey Harrington give it a try, especially afterhe led the Ducks to a 38-16 victory against No. The Tigers were the only undefeated team in major college football; however . See terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. It was 1996 when the Broncos started their journey to becoming FBS juggernauts for the non-automatic qualifiers. VMI also finished undefeated with a harder schedule than Notre Dame, and a higher SRS rating than Pitt or Cal. OU beat six ranked teams by an average of 15 points but fell to a seventh in Boulder. This was the best FSU team to date, but the Noles once again lost by one point to Miami -- blowing an early 19-3 lead, falling behind on a 73-yard Michael Irvin touchdown, scoring to get within a point in the final minute and failing on a 2-point conversion. It was just 1975 when the ASU Sun Devils went undefeated, including a Fiesta Bowl victory over Nebraska. Record: 12-1 This shouldnt come as too much of a shocker, since the Wildcats have never been to a BCS bowl and only a couple of prime-time games ever. The Texas star scored with 19 seconds left, the Longhorns won 41-38 and USC was relegated to this list instead of a Best Teams Ever compilation. During a 13-0 regular season, Ohio State played eight teams that would finish with eight-plus wins, and the Buckeyes averaged a 49-13 outcome. The Thundering Herd led the country in scoring defense, only giving up 10.5 points a game. Forget about the Cougars contending for a future national championship, will they compete for a conference title in the next five years? College football is the ultimate small-sample sport. But you know who didnt lose any games? They started out in the Big West before moving to the WAC, and eventually headed to the Mountain West. But in 2004, after finishing the regular season 11-0 and beating the 15th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers for the second time at the SEC Championship Game, the Auburn Tigers were passed over for the USC Trojans and Oklahoma Sooners -- each also unbeaten -- and instead . 1. I dont see a reason why it shouldnt add this one too. The Buckeyes pummeled USC 42-21 in the Rose Bowl, too. Record: 12-2 Record: 14-1 Without further ado, here are 25 college football programs that have never won a national championship. Kansas, 67-13. What could have been: Florida State . Chuck Fairbanks had gone just 20-12-1 over the previous seasons at Oklahoma, and under the assumption that he was in a bit of a win-now situation in Norman, he sent offensive coordinator Barry Switzer to Austin to learn the wishbone from rival Texas. What could have been: We were tempted to put Ohio State here, which might have had more talent than the Tigers but never quite played like a No. In 1940 the Eagles went undefeated again at 10-0 (including a 19-13 Sugar Bowl victory over Tennessee). He was a major part of those dominant offensive Michigan teams from the . Points for/against: 34.1 (8th), 10.4 (2nd) In 1999 they had the sensation known as Michael Vick at quarterback, and he took the Hokies all the way to the title game before they ran into the buzzsaw known as Florida State, 46-29. Record: 11-1. In 1969 and 1994, they went a combined 23-0 and got no ring. In his final season at Georgia, Carter recorded 32 tackles, 3 sacks and 2 forced fumbles despite missing two games with a knee injury and was named to the 2022 All-SEC Football Team. Now they have two national titles. Banner Society illustration. With Jalen Hurts behind center, Bama beat eventual Rose Bowl champion USC by 46, defeated ranked Ole Miss and Arkansas on the road, and pummeled top-10-at-the-time Tennessee and Texas A&M by a combined 82-24. We ranked college football's top 37 spring transfers: Who tops the list? Congrats Utah, you now have three national titles. The Trojans were a bit looser than normal on defense, but with quarterback Matt Leinart, running backs Reggie Bush and LenDale White and receivers Dwayne Jarrett and Steve Smith, the offense averaged 50 points per game during the regular season. (Of course, schools sometimes solve this issue by claiming national titles that voters didn't vote for.). Honorable Mention, Great Teams to Not Win a National Title. Narrator: it didn't. 2019: LSU. 1. NCAA 1906 to 1955. Points for/against: 40.3 (1st), 13.5 (5th) Two years earlier, Saban had hired Lane Kiffin to modernize his offense; this was the realized vision. The Tigers went 13-0 and had arguably the countrys best defense, but missed the BCS Championship. BC's first opponent in this tournament is slated to be Duke, the ACC's 9-seed and #34 in national RPI. And because everything ties together somehow, he eventually succeeded Johnson as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys and won a Super Bowl with Aikman. Stroud was among the best in the nation a year ago. Sure, a schedule that included Colorado Mines, Colorado College, and Denver wasnt judged to be as difficult as that of Minnesota, which won the Western (Big Ten) that season, but CSUs SRS score (a points-based team-comparison tool explained here) was #6 in the country. Cincinnati won the American Athletic Conferencewhich is generally . Meyer went 22-2 in his two seasons with the Utes, but Kyle Whittingham has since done a marvelous job with a respectable 66-25 record. Nebraska was the first national champion to have a record better than 11-0, finishing 13-0 in 1971. After a mid-1980s funk, FSU emerged again as a contender in 1987. This is the second-straight national title and the second Ivy title in a row, making them the . Notre Dame, the actual national champ that year, lost a game. It won the Tangerine Bowl all three times but never cracked the AP Top 10. 4 Penn State in the Kickoff Classic and didn't ever let off the throttle. These three teams produced eight consensus All-Americans, and 11 others won All-American honors. Colt McCoy completed 77% of his passes, Quan Cosby and Jordan Shipley combined for 2,183 receiving yards and Brian Orakpo spearheaded an opportunistic defense. 4 Ohio State in . The only way to top that is by winning the title. The 1940 team was slightly more mortal defensively (it allowed 45 points for the season the shame) but made up for that with offensive firepower. Legendary coach Paul "Bear . Miami Dolphins. The Horned Frogs had an undefeated regular season and still made the four-team College Football Playoff after an overtime loss to Kansas State in the Big 12 championship game. [2], note: In 1917, 1918, 1943, and 1944, football teams from military training facilities competed alongside college programs. They lost a thriller to Rutgers which cost them a shot at the BCS National Championship (12-1). We determine champions and all-time greats and hirings and firings and massive salaries based on incomplete impressions and only 12 to 15 games. The 1971 Sooners will forever be known as the vanquished team in 1971's Game of the Century against Nebraska. The Tide hung 54 points on Florida in the SEC title game, too. FanSided. What No. College Football Teams Undefeated After Week 10. One of the many teams that has to replace a star quarterback in 2021, Ohio State certainly lost a lot of talent from this past year's squad. Duke biggest winner in latest D1Baseball rankings. After all, there are other teams in college football history who finished their seasons unblemished. This legitimately might have been the best team of the Carroll era. This isnt even all of them! Alabama and Texas claim titles, but Alabama lost twice, and Texas lost once and tied another team. What could have been: If you want to put the 2009 Florida team, whose lone loss was to Alabama in the SEC championship, thats fine, too. Stacking the Box; 1/12/22 4:08 am. They finished fifth in the Associated Press Poll, as Minnesota was rewarded the national championship by the voters. 8 . The following categories represent the historical equivalents of the highest level of play over the history of college football, and the subsequent tables list the teams for each season that went undefeated while competing in these highest categories: uncategorized (pre-NCAA) 1869 to 1905. (The three-TD loss was generous, too -- Bama settled for five field goals.) 1951 and 1998 - undisputed champs. Washington State won the Pacific Coast Conference that season, and they have since taken three more conference tiles (1930, 1997, 2002). With 2017 national title game hero Tua Tagovailoa at QB, the Tide outscored their first eight opponents by an average of 54-16, then shut out two great defensive teams (LSU and Mississippi State). Getty Images. All-Americans: WR David Boston, G Rob Murphy, CB Antoine Winfield, S Damon Moore Ranking the best college football teams to never win it all, from BCS to CFP, NCAA mens basketball tournament in March. The offense featured Heisman winner Vinny Testaverde throwing to Michael Irvin, Brett Perriman and Brian Blades. But in their other 11 games, the Sooners outscored opponents by an average of 46-17. The Wolverines outscored opponents by an average of 39-5. Drake started from the bottom. The Bears beat Nebraska, a team with a win over the mighty Omaha Balloon School. Minnesota was given the national title instead that season, and the Bulldogs still look to a future date to stand on top of the mountain. But in 1938, it finished 8-0, beat Maryland and West Virginia, and finished in the top 10 in scoring offense and scoring defense. However, they have never won a national title, despite having an undefeated season in 1970 (10-0). Wait, howd a power-conference team go undefeated and not top any major polls? Record: 14-1 Jack Mildren set a QB rushing record, and Greg Pruitt romped to nearly 1,800 yards. LSU beat them all. The 1959 Syracuse team is one of the best ever. Not often does a team finish the regular season undefeated in a Power 5 conference and not get a shot at the national championship. 3 Nebraska (18-14) and No. The last and only SEC title for the Bulldogs came in 1941, but many fans believe that they had a major claim to a national title in 1940 (10-0-1). My historical SP+ ratings rank this team the third best of the 20th century. So be it. And by 1988, the NCAA was closing in. Dan Mowrey's 39-yarder at the buzzer failed, and once again Miami took FSU's spot in the national title hierarchy, at least until the Canes lost to Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Alabama and Georgia had 10 players drafted each, joining the exclusive 27-team club of teams with at least 10 draft picks in a single NFL draft during the seven-round era. There are quite a few "would've been champs if not for Miami" teams on this list. Indiana football has not been successful, but nearly every team from the Big Ten has had a run in which they have shined brightly. The three teams they lost to, however: Miami, Miami and Miami. Before Cooke's arrival, the team had played in one Super Bowl, in 1973, losing to the undefeated Miami Dolphins. Stranger things have occurred, but it may be a long time before Duke has half as popular a football squad as their basketball teams. Rob Lytle and Harlan Huckleby combined to rush for 2,381 yards, often behind All-American guards Mark Donahue and Bill Dufek. The Rebels also averaged 31.8 points per game, third in the country. Should they get to claim national championships too? But they suffered a shocking 16-14 loss to Purdue in early November, and, with unbeaten Pitt having locked up the national title with a win early on New Year's Day, they gave up a late Charles White touchdown and fell to USC in the Rose Bowl. Texas would have to watch Oklahoma ultimately lose to Florida. These are the biggest stadiums in college football, dominating 65-7 win against TCU to go 15-0 during the 2022 college football season, Georgia wins the 2023 CFP National Championship, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Five teams all claim shares (Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Oklahoma). Points for/against:35.8 (12th), 12.0 (2nd) If the team lost the upper hand on the defense, the offense picked up slack. Tulane, which went 9-0 and beat Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, Auburn, Texas A&M, and Sewanee. Only two opponents stayed within 24 points, none within single digits. Record: 11-2 Urban Meyer gave them their shining moment in the 2004-05 season which was topped off by a Fiesta Bowl massacre of Pittsburgh (35-7). A second-half charge gave host Colorado a 20-7 lead in the fourth quarter, and while the Sooners scored and recovered a late onside kick, they couldn't punch the ball in. It was the Backyard Brawl, and Pittsburgh ruined their chances by completely bottling up Pat White. The 10-game SEC schedule of 2020 emerged out of necessity. College Football National Championship Ticket Stub, Then in 1922, they went 7-0. In a BCS title game rematch against Alabama, however, the Tigers were utterly hopeless. Duquesne won every game and finished #8 in the final AP Poll after beating Mississippi State 16-0 to end the season. Powered by an absurd line -- college football Hall of Famers Bob Suffridge and Ed Molinski lined up at guard, All-American Abe Shires at tackle -- Tennessee ranked third in the nation in scoring offense and second in scoring defense, outscoring opponents 319-26 in a third consecutive 10-0 regular season. No. Under Urban Meyer, Utah averaged a crazy 45.3 points a game and beat Texas A&M, Arizona, and North Carolina. Fairbanks showed his appreciation by hanging 48 on the Horns that fall. Today, the Bears compete with programs like Case Western Reserve and Carniege Mellon. Teams have come to play between the hedges and have been chewed up and spat out by the 2022 edition of the Georgia Bulldogs. Until the Fiesta Bowl. That year's champion: LSU OHIO STATE BUCKEYES. Day's Ohio State tenure started by fielding maybe the best Ohio State team. List of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams, Division I Football Championship Subdivision. Coastal Carolina and James Madison also experienced their first loss of the season. But because the Tigers were ineligible for the . NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) is the highest division of play in college football. . On Monday, Georgia defeated Alabama to win the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship. This is a legitimate claim it's just a split title. That year'schampion: Florida State No. Points for/against: 34.3 (16th), 21.3 (30th) 1973 Penn State, 12-0, Independent. Their luck has not been as fortunate in recent memory, as the team is just trying to remain relevant in their own conference, let alone the national stage. Auburn Tigers, 2004 (13-0, 8-0) Head Coach: Tommy Tuberville Championships: SEC . We're sticking with our choice, and Ohio State joins a list of could-have-been-champions. The Horns would make the national title game the next year, but this was the better team. The only question is whether or not Chip Kellys offense is the perfect recipe to knock off a likely SEC champion. Southern California in 2004 is not included in the list because its season was vacated. Woody Hayes' squad drew 10-10 with Bo Schembechler's Michigan, and because both teams finished with the same conference record, Big Ten ADs voted on whom to send to the Rose Bowl. So many prestigious basketball programs do not have the swagger or power to do the same in college football. 1-vs.-No. But in 1937, it went undefeated, knocked off the #10 LSU Tigers in the Sugar Bowl, and gave up 9 points all season. Were sticking with the Longhorns, and like everybody else, were wondering how much closer that 37-21 Rose Bowl loss to the Tide would be if Colt McCoy had played the whole game. The 2022-23 Georgia Bulldogs became the63rd undefeated college football national champion since 1936 in their dominating 65-7 win against TCU to go 15-0 during the 2022 college football season. Teams ordered by the number of undefeated seasons in the top division. Purdue is often the underdog, as they have knocked off the top ranked team in the country more times than any program in the FBS not named Notre Dame or Oklahoma. But Nebraska stayed ahead in both polls. These teams finished the season with no losses or ties in Division I-AA or FCS football since 1978.[104]. The Tigers also beat No. That year's champion: Florida 10 in 2003 with Big Ben). With a national audience tuning in, CMU or WMU will stake its claim as the last undefeated college football team in Michigan, but when asked if he thinks there's some extra incentive in being . Odds and lines subject to change. Mike Rozier won the Heisman with 2,148 rushing yards, Turner Gill (fourth in Heisman voting) piloted the option perfectly and the offense also fielded the top two players in the 1984 NFL draft (receiver Irving Fryar and Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award winner Dean Steinkuhler). John Dunlap gave Boston College an 8-1-1 record in 1899, but BC has not had many opportunities to compete for national championships. Jason Gesser led Washington State back to a Rose Bowl appearance, but they ended up with three losses (10-3). The '58 Sooners outscored six Big 7 opponents (Oklahoma State would join to make it the Big 8 two years later) by an average score of 34-3 and, in the Orange Bowl, manhandled a Syracuse team on the doorstep of greatness. Penn was first to do so in 1897 and Clemson followed in 2018. Notre Dame has the most undefeated seasons with six, followed by Nebraska and Alabama with five each, thenOklahoma and Ohio State with four each. Give em a ring. The Buckeyes stayed No. Over the 1985, 1986 and 1987 seasons, Oklahoma went 33-3. This section covers teams that competed in the second tier of Division I since it was split in 1978: Note that Division I FCS features a single-elimination championship tournament, reducing the likelihood of multiple teams finishing the season with undefeated records. What teams have the best shot of doing that during the 2021 college season? However, that has not translated into any appearances for a national title in the Big Ten. It was OU's first loss in the series in seven years; the Sooners wouldn't win another one until 1966. - http://sportzcases.com?aff=203Promo Code for 10% off: ProcentralPlease leave feedback or suggestions for future videos in the co. Personally, I say yes. But what if instead, we look to the . Heres a list of every undefeatednational champion since 1936. A solid football program and tremendous university is still waiting for that first ever national championship. In 1997 they won their conference again, but are best known for losing to Michigan and Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson, 21-16. Combine that with the size of the FBS itself -- throughout its history, college football's top-division roster has typically featured well over 100 teams -- and you're going to end up with one heck of a list of amazing teams that never won the national title. They beat Clemson to open the season, knocked off BYU in the Motor City Bowl, and finished #10. For some years there are two champions listed because they were co-champions. Because ASU was in the WAC at the time. FSU beat eventual Rose Bowl winner Michigan State and a nine-win Auburn by 28 points each on the road and took down a top-five Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl. What could have been: Jim Tressel led this team to a perfect regular season that included No. 19 Georgia by a combined 89-31. Lee Corso, Tom W. Alley, Vince Gibson, Bob Weber, Howard Schnellenberger, Ron Cooper, John L. Smith and Bobby Petrino could not find a way to give them a title, either. . Points for/against: 39.5 (13th), 24.7 (48th) In 2016, Nick Saban's Crimson Tide nearly went wire-to-wire for the national title despite 10 ranked opponents and a true freshman quarterback. Eligibility restrictions apply. Ole Miss got its revenge with a 21-0 win in the Sugar Bowl, but the damage was done. Narrowly missing out on the NFL's 2010s All-Decade team, Sitton played 148 career games with the Packers, Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins before retiring in 2019, and had six seasons graded at 80 . Miami (11-0) capped off an undefeated season with a 37-14 triumph over Nebraska to win the '02 national title. But they finished third in scoring offense, second in scoring defense, and demolished everybody in the Southland en route to a 11-0 record. Heading off to the SEC is something I would never attempt to do with my program, unless of course I was a dominant BCS team that takes no prisoners. Athens, Georgia. Here is a closer look: Record: 11-1 That is a question that Ute fans would love to see answered, since they came so close as non-automatic qualifiers. The 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship was a college football bowl game played on January 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.The ninth College Football Playoff National Championship, the game determined the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2022 season.Aside from any all-star games following after, it was the . Wyoming was a powerhouse in the 1960s, but it had a few amazing years prior to Bob Devaney and Lloyd Eaton. Nebraska just had to beat upstart Miami in the Orange Bowl to secure Osborne's elusive first title. Record: 15-0 (9-0 SEC) Last game: defeated TCU 65-7 in the CFP National Championship Game. Many were realistically hoping that Russell Wilson might bring a title back to Madison this past season, but they were only able to appear in Pasadena instead.