Year | Conference Champions | National Champions | Heisman Trophy |
1978 |
|
|
Billy Sims (RB, Oklahoma) |
1979 |
|
Alabama |
Charles White (RB, USC) |
1980 |
|
Georgia |
George Rogers (RB, South Carolina) |
1981 |
|
Clemson |
Marcus Allen (RB, USC) |
1982 |
|
Penn State |
Herschel Walker (RB, Georgia) |
1983 |
|
Miami (FL) |
Mike Rozier (RB, Nebraska) |
1984 |
|
BYU |
Doug Flutie (QB, Boston College) |
1985 |
|
Oklahoma |
Bo Jackson (RB, Auburn) |
1986 |
|
Penn State |
Vinny Testaverde (QB, Miami (FL)) |
1987 |
|
Miami (FL) |
Tim Brown (WR, Notre Dame) |
1988 |
|
Notre Dame |
Barry Sanders (RB, Oklahoma State) |
1989 |
|
Miami (FL) |
Andre Ware (QB, Houston) |
1990 |
|
- AP: Colorado
- Coaches: Georgia Tech
|
Ty Detmer (QB, BYU) |
1991 |
|
- AP: Miami (FL)
- Coaches: Washington
|
Desmond Howard (WR, Michigan) |
1992 |
|
Alabama |
Gino Torretta (QB, Miami (FL)) |
1993 |
|
Florida State |
Charlie Ward (QB, Florida State) |
1994 |
|
Nebraska |
Rashaan Salaam (RB, Colorado) |
1995 |
|
Nebraska |
Eddie George (RB, Ohio State) |
1996 |
|
Florida |
Danny Wuerffel (QB, Florida) |
1997 |
|
- AP: Michigan
- Coaches: Nebraska
|
Charles Woodson (CB, Michigan) |
1998 |
|
Tennessee |
Ricky Williams (RB, Texas) |
1999 |
|
Florida State |
Ron Dayne (RB, Wisconsin) |
2000 |
|
Oklahoma |
Chris Weinke (QB, Florida State) |
2001 |
|
Miami (FL) |
Eric Crouch (QB, Nebraska) |
2002 |
|
Ohio State |
Carson Palmer (QB, USC) |
2003 |
|
|
Jason White (QB, Oklahoma) |
2004 |
|
USC |
Matt Leinart (QB, USC) |
2005 |
|
Texas |
Reggie Bush (RB, USC) |
2006 |
|
Florida |
Troy Smith (QB, Ohio State) |
2007 |
|
LSU |
Tim Tebow (QB, Florida) |
2008 |
|
Florida |
Sam Bradford (QB, Oklahoma) |
2009 |
|
Alabama |
Mark Ingram II (RB, Alabama) |
2010 |
|
Auburn |
Cam Newton (QB, Auburn) |
2011 |
|
Alabama |
Robert Griffin III (QB, Baylor) |
2012 |
|
Alabama |
Johnny Manziel (QB, Texas A&M) |
2013 |
|
Florida State |
Jameis Winston (QB, Florida State) |
2014 |
|
Ohio State |
Marcus Mariota (QB, Oregon) |
2015 |
|
Alabama |
Derrick Henry (RB, Alabama) |
2016 |
|
Clemson |
Lamar Jackson (QB, Louisville) |
2017 |
|
Alabama |
Baker Mayfield (QB, Oklahoma) |
2018 |
|
Clemson |
Kyler Murray (QB, Oklahoma) |
2019 |
|
LSU |
Joe Burrow, (QB, LSU) |
2020 |
|
Alabama |
DeVonta Smith (WR, Alabama) |
2021 |
|
Georgia |
Bryce Young (QB, Alabama) |
2022 |
|
Georgia |
Caleb Williams (QB, USC) |
2023 |
|
Michigan |
Jayden Daniels (QB, LSU) |