most college football national championships since 1940 by team

Since 1940, the Alabama Crimson Tide have won the most national championships by a team, with 13 national championships.

	TEAM	Champs	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Alabama	13	985	737	228	20	27,457	27.9	13,689	13.9
2	Notre Dame	8	961	679	264	18	26,842	27.9	16,138	16.8
3	Ohio State	7	943	729	193	21	27,793	29.5	14,030	14.9
4	Oklahoma	7	978	731	232	15	31,048	31.7	16,528	16.9
5	USC	7	968	652	287	29	25,933	26.8	17,022	17.6
6	Miami	5	951	606	336	9	23,941	25.2	16,461	17.3
7	Nebraska	5	961	629	322	10	27,103	28.2	17,226	17.9
8	LSU	4	971	625	320	26	23,997	24.7	16,284	16.8
9	Texas	4	967	685	271	11	27,436	28.4	16,865	17.4
10	Florida State	3	842	550	278	14	24,137	28.7	15,577	18.5
11	Clemson	3	969	622	327	20	24,527	25.3	16,781	17.3
12	Florida	3	958	601	337	20	24,512	25.6	16,768	17.5
13	Georgia	3	987	682	285	21	25,906	26.2	16,093	16.3
14	Michigan	3	941	673	252	16	25,718	27.3	14,377	15.3
15	Minnesota	3	932	461	455	16	20,374	21.9	20,754	22.3
16	Auburn	2	954	588	347	19	22,829	23.9	16,967	17.8
17	Michigan State	2	924	530	374	20	22,130	24.0	17,570	19.0
18	Penn State	2	947	679	258	10	25,664	27.1	14,889	15.7
19	Tennessee	2	957	634	297	26	25,037	26.2	16,338	17.1
20	Army	2	934	459	453	22	21,225	22.7	19,539	20.9
21	BYU	1	953	570	369	14	25,445	26.7	20,134	21.1
22	UCLA	1	948	557	371	20	24,220	25.5	19,569	20.6
23	Colorado	1	939	485	437	17	21,716	23.1	21,066	22.4
24	Georgia Tech	1	969	543	410	16	22,132	22.8	18,598	19.2
25	Maryland	1	940	475	452	13	20,649	22.0	19,908	21.2

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More Alabama Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,057

Russell

RUSH

332

Hill

REC

488

Brooks

Team Rankings

PPG

38.3

13th

OPP PPG

21.3

56th

RUSH YDS/G

152.1

88th

PASS YDS/G

260.0

40th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Kentucky	5-1	7-1
2	Georgia	4-1	6-1
3	Alabama	4-2	6-2
4	Florida	3-2	5-2
5	Ole Miss	3-2	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	ALA	@	VAN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	CHAT	@	ALA	2:00 PM
Sat 11/28	AUB	@	ALA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Texas A&M

4 - 4

Final

Alabama

6 - 2

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

963

Riley

957

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

43.0

42.7

41.1

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

323.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	3	.571
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Marshall	4	3	.571
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125