National Championship Foundation


The National Championship Foundation was established by Mike Riter of Hudson, New York. The NCF has retroactively selected national champions for each year from 1869 to 1870 and from 1872 to 2000, and its selections are among the historic national champions recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in its Football Bowl Subdivision record book.

Champions

The following list identifies the college football national champions as selected by the National Championship Foundation.
SeasonChampion
1869Princeton
1870Princeton
1871No champion selected
1872Princeton
1873Princeton
1874Yale
1875Harvard
1876Yale
1877Yale
1878Princeton
1879Princeton
1880Yale
Princeton
1881Yale
1882Yale
1883Yale
1884Yale
1885Princeton
1886Yale
1887Yale
1888Yale
1889Princeton
1890Harvard
1891Yale
1892Yale
1893Princeton
1894Yale
1895Penn
1896Lafayette
Princeton
1897Penn
1898Harvard
1899Harvard
1900Yale
1901Michigan
1902Michigan
1903Michigan
Princeton
1904Michigan
Penn
1905Chicago