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1981-2018 CFB Champs - Rise of ACC FB

Looking at football national championships from 1981 through 2018, it seems to me that the narrative of "ACC football isn't very good" just isn't very accurate...

'81 to '90 - [Modern] ACC rising.

1981 Clemson Tigers

1982 Penn State Nittany Lions

1983 Miami Hurricanes

1984 BYU Cougars

1985 Oklahoma Sooners

1986 Penn State Nittany Lions

1987 Miami Hurricanes

1988 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

1989 Miami Hurricanes

1990 (shared, unjustly) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets; Colorado Buffaloes

Yes, I know - Miami wasn't actually in the ACC in the 80's, and Notre Dame still isn't in for football - but this decade certainly laid the foundation for what is now the modern ACC.

'91 to 2001 - Sunshine State dominates.

1991 (shared, legitimately) Miami Hurricanes; Washington Huskies

1992 Alabama Crimson Tide

1993 Florida State Seminoles

1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers

1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers

1996 Florida Gators

1997 (shared) Nebraska Cornhuskers, Michigan Wolverines

1998 Tennessee Volunteers

1999 Florida State Seminoles

2000 Oklahoma Sooners

2001 Miami Hurricanes

The 90's and very early aughts witnessed 2 national championships each by FSU and Miami, with one Gator natty tossed in to solidify the Sunshine State as the capital of college football during this decade.

'02 to '05 - Wild West.

2002 Ohio State Buckeyes

2003 USC Trojans

2003 LSU Tigers

2004 USC Trojans

2005 Texas Longhorns

For this 6-year span it was mostly teams West of the Mississippi River (with one unearned title for Ohio State on a bad PI call in overtime).

'06 to '12 - SEC dominates.

2006 Florida Gators

2007 LSU Tigers

2008 Florida Gators

2009 Alabama Crimson Tide

2010 Auburn Tigers

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide

2012 Alabama Crimson Tide

Whether this was legitimate domination or the creation of the ESPN hype machine, I'll let you be the judge - but there's no denying the SEC took home 7 titles in a row.

'13 to now - ACC rises again.

2013 Florida State Seminoles

2014 Ohio State Buckeyes

2015 Alabama Crimson Tide

2016 Clemson Tigers

2017 Alabama Crimson Tide

2018 Clemson Tigers

More than just the ACC - the entire college football world owes a debt of gratitude to FSU for breaking the SEC's title streak and changing the narrative. Perhaps Clemson would've come on the scene in another couple of years anyway, but the Noles will always be the ones who broke the cycle...

If you want even more in-depth analysis, check out Last 50 years of national champs on ACCFootballRx.

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