Seasons

Name: Seasons
Creator: CollegeFootballDigest

One row per season: games played, the AP champion and upsets.

157 rows, 1869–⁠2026. Source: Computed here (from the sources above). On the site: Seasons.

157 rows, page 1 of 4. Click a column to sort.

season	games	fbs games	ap champion	ap champion	upsets
2026	3679	761			24
2025	3830	808	Indiana	Indiana	70
2024	3801	799	Ohio State	Ohio State	67
2023	3734	792	Michigan	Michigan	54
2022	3705	776	Georgia	Georgia	74
2021	2454	770	Georgia	Georgia	73
2020	1125	534	Alabama	Alabama	50
2019	1623	774	LSU	LSU	53
2018	1556	772	Clemson	Clemson	70
2017	1551	776	Alabama	Alabama	55
2016	1549	760	Clemson	Clemson	73
2015	1538	765	Alabama	Alabama	62
2014	1586	760	Ohio State	Ohio State	56
2013	1534	737	Florida State	Florida State	57
2012	1379	732	Alabama	Alabama	52
2011	1498	715	Alabama	Alabama	54
2010	1462	718	Auburn	Auburn	52
2009	1468	714	Alabama	Alabama	64
2008	1478	717	Florida	Florida	70
2007	1469	712	LSU	LSU	71
2006	1405	714	Florida	Florida	46
2005	1327	664	Texas	Texas	63
2004	1287	662	USC	USC	49
2003	1338	699	USC	USC	65
2002	772	707	Ohio State	Ohio State	64
2001	709	652	Miami	Miami	50
2000	702	646	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	56
1999	686	633	Florida State	Florida State	62
1998	674	627	Tennessee	Tennessee	47
1997	666	628	Michigan	Michigan	52
1996	662	614	Florida	Florida	49
1995	640	597	Nebraska	Nebraska	55
1994	636	593	Nebraska	Nebraska	58
1993	632	585	Florida State	Florida State	51
1992	637	588	Alabama	Alabama	50
1991	639	586	Miami	Miami	40
1990	646	579	Colorado	Colorado	58
1989	632	582	Miami	Miami	50
1988	636	556	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	35
1987	633	558	Miami	Miami	31
1986	637	563	Penn State	Penn State	53
1985	673	563	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	44
1984	676	563	BYU	BYU	55
1983	696	542	Miami	Miami	40
1982	687	537	Penn State	Penn State	35
1981	804	719	Clemson	Clemson	48
1980	816	722	Georgia	Georgia	37
1979	825	715	Alabama	Alabama	47
1978	816	715	Alabama	Alabama	39
1977	867	727	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	42

The CSV and JSON hold the rows these filters find, up to 50,000, with the ids that link them to other datasets; the JSON also describes each column.

Columns (6, what each one holds)

Column	Type
`season`	whole number	The season (the year it began)
`games`	whole number	Games on file
`fbs_games`	whole number	No description yet.
`ap_champion_id`	whole number	No description yet.
`ap_champion`	text	No description yet.
`upsets`	whole number	ranked team lost to unranked/lower-ranked

How to cite

"Seasons." CollegeFootballDigest, computed by CollegeFootballDigest from the sources it lists. https://collegefootballdigest.com/data/seasons. Retrieved October 19, 2026.

Computed by this site from the sources the data index lists; name CollegeFootballDigest and link this page.