TheJON wrote:Cal = A poor man's Iowa
1869-present
Below is a list of all of the CFBDW recognized national championships from 1869-present.
School ↓ Championships ↓ Seasons ↓
Princeton 24 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889, 1893, 1896, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1920, 1922, 1933, 1935
Yale 19 1874, 1876, 1877, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1900, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909
Notre Dame 12 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
Alabama 11 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992
Harvard 10 1875, 1890, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919
USC 10 1928, 1931, 1932, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004
Michigan 7 1901, 1902, 1923, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997
Oklahoma 7 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000
Minnesota 6 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
Pittsburgh 6 1910, 1916, 1918, 1936, 1937, 1976
Miami 5 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001
Nebraska 5 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997
Ohio State 5 1942, 1954, 1957, 1968, 2002
Army 4 1914, 1944, 1945, 1946
Georgia Tech 4 1917, 1928, 1952, 1990
Illinois 4 1914, 1919, 1923, 1927
Pennsylvania 4 1895, 1897, 1904, 1908
Tennessee 4 1938, 1950, 1951, 1998
Texas 4 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005
California 3 1920, 1921, 1922
Florida 3 1996, 2006, 2008
LSU 3 1958, 2003, 2007
Michigan St 3 1952, 1965, 1966
Cornell 2 1915, 1921
FSU 2 1993, 1999
Georgia 2 1942, 1980
Maryland 2 1951, 1953
Penn State 2 1982, 1986
Texas A&M 2 1919, 1939
Arkansas 1 1964
Auburn 1 1957
BYU 1 1984
Chicago 1 1905
Clemson 1 1981
Colorado 1 1990
Dartmouth 1 1925
Lafayette 1 1896
Mississippi 1 1960
SMU 1 1935
Stanford 1 1926
Syracuse 1 1959
TCU 1 1938
UCLA 1 1954
Washington 1 1991
Hmmmm.... I don't think I see Iowa anywhere there.
As far as College Football... it doesn't look like Iowa even has a history.