2014 - 2025

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#3

4 Washington#11

Algorithm Top 12

1 Alabama 🥈

2 Penn State

3 Ohio State

4 Wisconsin

5 Clemson 🏆

6 Michigan

7 Auburn

8 LSU

9 Tennessee

10 Iowa

11 Washington

12 Western Michigan

2017

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Clemson#7

2 Oklahoma#5

3 Georgia#1 🥈

4 Alabama#3 🏆

Algorithm Top 12

1 Georgia 🥈

2 Ohio State

3 Alabama 🏆

4 Auburn

5 Oklahoma

6 Wisconsin

7 Clemson

8 Penn State

9 LSU

10 Michigan State

11 Mississippi State

12 USC

2018

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Alabama#1 🥈

2 Clemson#4 🏆

3 Notre Dame#6

4 Oklahoma#9

Algorithm Top 12

1 Alabama 🥈

2 Ohio State

3 Georgia

4 Clemson 🏆

5 LSU

6 Notre Dame

7 Michigan

8 Texas A&M

9 Oklahoma

10 Penn State

11 Florida

12 UCF

2019

4-team

CFP Selection

1 LSU#2 🏆

2 Ohio State#1

3 Clemson#5 🥈

4 Oklahoma#8

Algorithm Top 12

1 Ohio State

2 LSU 🏆

3 Georgia

4 Wisconsin

5 Clemson 🥈

6 Penn State

7 Florida

8 Oklahoma

9 Michigan

10 Iowa

11 Memphis

12 App State

2020

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Alabama#1 🏆

2 Clemson#7

3 Ohio State#6 🥈

4 Notre Dame#13

Algorithm Top 12

1 Alabama 🏆

2 Texas A&M

3 Georgia

4 Florida

5 BYU

6 Ohio State 🥈

7 Clemson

8 Indiana

9 Coastal Carolina

10 Oklahoma

11 San José State

12 Ball State

2021

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Alabama#1 🥈

2 Michigan#3

3 Georgia#2 🏆

4 Cincinnati#11

Algorithm Top 12

1 Alabama 🥈

2 Georgia 🏆

3 Michigan

4 Ole Miss

5 Ohio State

6 Iowa

7 Michigan State

8 Baylor

9 Mississippi State

10 Oklahoma State

11 Cincinnati

12 Pittsburgh

2022

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Georgia#2 🏆

2 Michigan#1

3 TCU#8 🥈

4 Ohio State#6

Algorithm Top 12

1 Michigan

2 Georgia 🏆

3 Tennessee

4 Alabama

5 LSU

6 Ohio State

7 Mississippi State

8 TCU 🥈

9 Penn State

10 Clemson

11 Troy

12 Kansas State

2023

4-team

CFP Selection

1 Michigan#1 🏆

2 Washington#10 🥈

3 Texas#6

4 Alabama#2

Algorithm Top 12

1 Michigan 🏆

2 Alabama

3 Georgia

4 Ohio State

5 Florida State

6 Texas

7 Missouri

8 LSU

9 Iowa

10 Washington 🥈

11 Penn State

12 Ole Miss

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