1924
The first football season started in 1887.
Yes, 11 times.
1924
Notre Dame
The University of Michigan has the most with 11 national championships the last in 1997. GO BLUE
1988.
The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 42-14 on January 7, 2013. Alabama, with a final record of 13-1, was also awarded the a "national championship" by the Associated Press, the National Football Foundation and the Football Writers Association of America along with a host of other "minor" championship selectors. Notre Dame, with a final record of 12-1, was awarded a "national championship" by the Colley Matrix, a "minor" championship selector.
nebraskaTHE BALL HIT THE GROUND!!!!
Notre Dame played for the National Championship vs Boston College in Denver Colorado. Notre Dame beat Michigan to make it to the Final Game on the Frozen Four only to lose to BC.
In 1939 Texas A&M won the national championship game. Many people also claim that A&M, Notre Dame, and Michigan are still arguing over who won it in another year. (This is because both of these situations were before the BCS National Championship game era.)
Notre Dame
The University of Arkansas Razorbacks have won a total of forty three national championships. They have won one championship in men's football, one in men's basketball, twenty in men's indoor track and field, ten in men's outdoor track and field, and eleven in men's cross country.