2014 - 2026

Year by Year

Compare CFP selections and results with algorithm rankings

🏆 National Champion

🥈 Runner-Up

CFP Selection

Algorithm Top 12

2016

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Alabama#1 🥈

2 Clemson#5 🏆

3 Ohio State#2

4 Washington#12

Algorithm Top 12

1 Alabama 🥈

2 Ohio State

3 Penn State

4 Wisconsin

5 Clemson 🏆

6 Florida

7 Michigan

8 Texas A&M

9 Tennessee

10 Iowa

11 Western Michigan

12 Washington

2017

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Clemson#6

2 Oklahoma#7

3 Georgia#1 🥈

4 Alabama#5 🏆

Algorithm Top 12

1 Georgia 🥈

2 Ohio State

3 Auburn

4 Wisconsin

5 Alabama 🏆

6 Clemson

7 Oklahoma

8 Penn State

9 Michigan State

10 LSU

11 Northwestern

12 USC

2018

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Alabama#1 🥈

2 Clemson#5 🏆

3 Notre Dame#6

4 Oklahoma#9

Algorithm Top 12

1 Alabama 🥈

2 Georgia

3 Ohio State

4 Michigan

5 Clemson 🏆

6 Notre Dame

7 Kentucky

8 Northwestern

9 Oklahoma

10 Florida

11 LSU

12 UCF

2019

4-team

CFP Selection

1 LSU#2 🏆

2 Ohio State#1

3 Clemson#5 🥈

4 Oklahoma#9

Algorithm Top 12

1 Ohio State

2 LSU 🏆

3 Georgia

4 Wisconsin

5 Clemson 🥈

6 Penn State

7 Michigan

8 Alabama

9 Oklahoma

10 Florida

11 Auburn

12 Memphis

2020

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Alabama#1 🏆

2 Clemson#6

3 Ohio State#4 🥈

4 Notre Dame#8

Algorithm Top 12

1 Alabama 🏆

2 Florida

3 Texas A&M

4 Ohio State 🥈

5 Georgia

6 Clemson

7 Northwestern

8 Notre Dame

9 Coastal Carolina

10 San José State

11 Ball State

12 Oklahoma

2021

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Alabama#1 🥈

2 Michigan#2

3 Georgia#3 🏆

4 Cincinnati#10

Algorithm Top 12

1 Alabama 🥈

2 Michigan

3 Georgia 🏆

4 Ohio State

5 Ole Miss

6 Wisconsin

7 Notre Dame

8 Iowa

9 Michigan State

10 Cincinnati

11 Baylor

12 Pittsburgh

2022

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Georgia#1 🏆

2 Michigan#2

3 TCU#8 🥈

4 Ohio State#4

Algorithm Top 12

1 Georgia 🏆

2 Michigan

3 Tennessee

4 Ohio State

5 Alabama

6 LSU

7 Penn State

8 TCU 🥈

9 Kansas State

10 South Carolina

11 Clemson

12 Tulane

2023

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Michigan#1 🏆

2 Washington#12 🥈

3 Texas#5

4 Alabama#2

Algorithm Top 12

1 Michigan 🏆

2 Alabama

3 Georgia

4 Ohio State

5 Texas

6 Penn State

7 Florida State

8 Iowa

9 Missouri

10 LSU

11 Ole Miss

12 Washington 🥈

2024

12-team

CFP Selection

1 Oregon#1

2 Georgia#2

3 Boise State#12

4 Arizona State#11

5 Texas#3

6 Penn State#5

7 Notre Dame#7 🥈

8 Ohio State#4 🏆

9 Tennessee#13

10 Indiana#15

11 SMU#20

12 Clemson#10

Algorithm Top 12

1 Oregon

2 Georgia

3 Texas

4 Ohio State 🏆

5 Penn State

6 Alabama

7 Notre Dame 🥈

8 Ole Miss

9 South Carolina

10 Clemson

11 Arizona State

12 Boise State

Championship Summary

Clemson

Alabama

Georgia

LSU

Michigan

Ohio State