Grantland Rice Trophy

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Grantland Rice Trophy
Awarded for The collegiate American football team adjudged to be national champion
Country United States
Presented by Football Writers Association of America (FWAA)
First awarded 1954
Currently held by Florida State
Official website http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/rice/index.html

The Grantland Rice Trophy is an annual award presented in the United States since 1954 to the college football team adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) to be "national champions." Named for the legendary sportswriter, Grantland Rice, the trophy was the first national championship award to be presented after the college football bowl games. Through 1991 voting was undertaken by the membership of the FWAA, but since 1992 has been conducted amongst a panel of four or five selected writers, initially by a positional voting system but since 1994 by a single-team vote. Beginning in 2002, the FWAA also began issuing a national poll to go along with the Grantland Rice Trophy. The top team in the final poll is awarded the trophy. The trophy itself consists of a bronze football atop a four-sided pedestal.

On August 26, 2010, the FWAA announced that the 2004 award presented to the USC Trojans has been rescinded, the first time in the award's history that a winner has vacated the honor.[1] The FWAA declined to name a replacement for that year's award.

Winners

Season Team Conference Head Coach Record
1954 UCLA Pacific Coast Henry Russell Sanders 90
1955 Oklahoma Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 110
1956 Oklahoma Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 100
1957 Ohio State Big Ten Woody Hayes 91
1958 Iowa Big Ten Forest Evashevski 811
1959 Syracuse Independent Ben Schwartzwalder 110
1960 Ole Miss SEC Johnny Vaught 1001
1961 Ohio State Big Ten Woody Hayes 801
1962 USC AAWU John McKay 110
1963 Texas Southwest Darrell Royal 110
1964 Arkansas Southwest Frank Broyles 110
1965 Alabama
Michigan State (joint)
SEC
Big Ten
Bear Bryant
Duffy Daugherty
911
101
1966 Notre Dame Independent Ara Parseghian 901
1967 USC AAWU John McKay 101
1968 Ohio State Big Ten Woody Hayes 100
1969 Texas Southwest Darrell Royal 110
1970 Nebraska Big 8 Bob Devaney 1101
1971 Nebraska Big 8 Bob Devaney 130
1972 USC Pac-8 John McKay 120
1973 Notre Dame Independent Ara Parseghian 110
1974 USC Pac-8 John McKay 1011
1975 Oklahoma Big 8 Barry Switzer 111
1976 Pittsburgh Independent Johnny Majors 120
1977 Notre Dame Independent Dan Devine 111
1978 Alabama SEC Bear Bryant 111
1979 Alabama SEC Bear Bryant 120
1980 Georgia SEC Vince Dooley 120
1981 Clemson ACC Danny Ford 120
1982 Penn State Independent Joe Paterno 111
1983 Miami (FL) Independent Howard Schnellenberger 111
1984 BYU WAC LaVell Edwards 130
1985 Oklahoma Big 8 Barry Switzer 111
1986 Penn State Independent Joe Paterno 120
1987 Miami (FL) Independent Jimmy Johnson 120
1988 Notre Dame Independent Lou Holtz 120
1989 Miami (FL) Independent Dennis Erickson 111
1990 Colorado Big 8 Bill McCartney 1111
1991 Washington Pac-10 Don James 120
1992 Alabama SEC Gene Stallings 130
1993 Florida State ACC Bobby Bowden 121
1994 Nebraska Big 8 Tom Osborne 130
1995 Nebraska Big 8 Tom Osborne 120
1996 Florida SEC Steve Spurrier 121
1997 Michigan Big Ten Lloyd Carr 120
1998 Tennessee SEC Phillip Fulmer 130
1999 Florida State ACC Bobby Bowden 120
2000 Oklahoma Big 12 Bob Stoops 130
2001 Miami (FL) Big East Larry Coker 120
2002 Ohio State Big Ten Jim Tressel 140
2003 USC Pac-10 Pete Carroll 121
2004 vacated
2005 Texas Big 12 Mack Brown 130
2006 Florida SEC Urban Meyer 131
2007 LSU SEC Les Miles 122
2008 Florida SEC Urban Meyer 131
2009 Alabama SEC Nick Saban 140
2010 Auburn SEC Gene Chizik 140
2011 Alabama SEC Nick Saban 121
2012 Alabama SEC Nick Saban 131
2013 Florida State ACC Jimbo Fisher 140

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^1 †USC would later vacate the 2004 award.

By school

School Number Seasons
Alabama 7 1965, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012
USC 5 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 2003, 2004*
Oklahoma 5 1955, 1956, 1975, 1985, 2000
Miami (FL) 4 1983, 1987, 1989, 2001
Nebraska 4 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995
Notre Dame 4 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
Ohio State 4 1957, 1961, 1968, 2002
Florida 3 1996, 2006, 2008
Florida State 3 1993, 1999, 2013
Texas 3 1963, 1969, 2005
Penn State 2 1982, 1986
Auburn 1 2010
Arkansas 1 1964
BYU 1 1984
Clemson 1 1981
Georgia 1 1980
Colorado 1 1990
Iowa 1 1958
LSU 1 2007
Michigan 1 1997
Michigan State 1 1965
Ole Miss 1 1960
Pittsburgh 1 1976
Syracuse 1 1959
Tennessee 1 1998
UCLA 1 1954
Washington 1 1991

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