Oklahoma Sooners National Championships

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The Oklahoma Sooners have been recognized with the Associated Press National Championship seven times since 1950.

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The NCAA recognizes various organizations that have awarded national championships since 1869. According to the NCAA, Oklahoma has been awarded a national championship or top ranking by an organization in 16 separate seasons.

NCAA Recognized National Championships
Year (Record) Selecting Organization
2003 (12-2) Berryman
2000 (13-0) AP, BCS, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Eck, FACT, FB News, FW, Massey, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Sagarin, Seattle Times, Sporting News, USA/ESPN
1986 (11-1) Berryman, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, NY Times, Sagarin
1985 (11-1) AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY Times, Sporting News, UPI, USA/CNN
1980 (10-2) Billingsley, Dunkel, Matthews
1978 (11-1) Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, Helms, Litkenhous, Matthews, Poling, Sagarin
1975 (11-1) AP, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Helms, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Sagarin, UPI
1974 (11-0) AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Sagarin
1973 (10-0-1) Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Sagarin
1967 (10-1) Poling
1957 (10-1) Berryman
1956 (10-0) AP, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, FW, Helms, INS, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson
1955 (11-0) AP, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, FW, Helms, INS, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Sagarin, UPI, Williamson
1953 (9-1-1) Berryman, Football Research
1950 (10-1) AP, Berryman, Helms, Litkenhous, UPI, Williamson
1949 (11-0) Football Research

NCAA Official Past IA Football Champions Website

An explanation of the history of the various polls can be found at NCAA Football Records Page in the 2006 Div IA Football Records Book on page 74-75 under "Poll Systems History".