College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS

National championships
NCAA Division I FBS

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season
Sport	American football
Founded	1869 (1869)
Inaugural season	1869
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Georgia
Most titles	Princeton (28 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Related competitions	Division I (FCS)
Official website	ncaa.com/football/fbs

Championships

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A national championship in the highest level of college football in the United States is a title awarded yearly. The highest level of college football is the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

Playoff

See the main article: College Football Playoff

Not like others before 2014, the College Football Playoff does not use math, polls or research to choose the teams. A 13-member committee chooses and seeds the teams. The playoff system was the first time a bracket style tournament was used to choose a national champion.