which university has won the most football national championships?
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Alabama can claim the most NCAA titles in the poll era, with only three of its 15 coming prior. With the 15th title — a win in the College Football Playoff in 2017, coach Nick Saban tied the legendary Bear Bryant with five championships recognized by the NCAA.
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The school claims 11 national championships, but the NCAA recognizes them with 13. Moreover, Notre Dame has 22 national championships recognized by all major selectors; this is tied with Alabama for the most in the FBS.
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['Baylor | 5 National Championships. ... ', 'TCU | 6 National Championships. ... ', 'Kansas | 11 National Championships. ... ', 'Iowa State | 13 National Championships. ... ', 'West Virginia | 18 National Championships. ... ', 'Oklahoma | 32 National Championships. ... ', 'Texas | 50 National Championships. ... ', 'Oklahoma State | 55 National Championships.']
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The list of Big Ten national championships includes championships won by teams from the Big Ten Conference and former member Chicago. Including football champions listed in the official NCAA Records book, Big Ten teams have compiled 291 NCAA championships (as of June 24, 2019) during their years of membership.
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USC has won 17 national championships from NCAA-designated major selectors. USC claims 11 national titles, including 7 from the wire service AP Poll and/or Coaches' Poll.
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American college football coach Bear Bryant won six national championships at the University of Alabama and retired with a record 323 wins (since surpassed).
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Michigan is the winningest program in the history of college football.
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LSU ranks 16th most in victories in NCAA Division I FBS history and claims four National Championships (1958, 2003, 2007, and 2019), 16 conference championships, and 35 consensus All-Americans.
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Nebraska football owns one of the richest championship traditions in college football history, capturing five national championships. The Huskers won back-to-back crowns in 1970 and 1971, before winning titles in 1994, 1995 and 1997.
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['Clemson (+300 to win the College Football Playoff) ... ', 'Ohio State (+400) ... ', 'Alabama (+600) ... ', 'LSU (+2000) ... ', 'Georgia (+1000) ... ', 'Florida (+1600) ... ', 'Oklahoma (+2000) ... ', 'Notre Dame (+2500)']
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Currently, Tennessee football claims six official national championships: 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967 and 1998.
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['California. Total championships: 15. ... ', 'North Carolina. Total championships: 13. ... ', 'Kentucky. Total championships: 10* ... ', 'Indiana.']
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The Texas Longhorns football program has been one of the most highly regarded and historic programs since starting 1893. Texas has won four national championships and thirty-two conference championships.
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In total, Oklahoma State has 52 NCAA team national titles, which ranks fourth in most NCAA team national championships. These national titles have come in wrestling (34), golf (11), basketball (2), baseball (1), and cross country (4).
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Penn State has won 85 national team championships all time, 51 of which are NCAA championships. These Division I NCAA championships rank fifth all time, trailing only UCLA, Stanford, USC, and Oklahoma State. Penn State has the most national championships of any Big Ten school.
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Football. The University of Illinois has five national championships in football. The Fighting Illini now officially recognize the 1951 National Championship by the Boand selecting body, but as recently as 2006 this was not mentioned officially by the school.
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Harvard has won 12 national championships (1874, 1875, 1890, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919, 1920) from NCAA-designated major selectors. Harvard claims seven of these college football national championships.