Anderson & Hester

Anderson & Hester is a mathematical system for ranking collegiate American football teams based on performance. The system was created in 1992 by Jeff Anderson and Chris Hester, roommates at the University of Washington.^[1] Anderson & Hester is one of over 40 systems listed by the NCAA as major selectors of college football national champions.^{[2]: 108–110} The rankings are published weekly in The Seattle Times.^[2]: 110

National champions

Anderson & Hester selections from the 1997 season to present.^[3]

Season	Champion	Record	Coach	Ref.
1997	Nebraska	13–0	Tom Osborne	[3]
1998	Tennessee	13–0	Phillip Fulmer	[3]
1999[4]	Florida State	12–0	Bobby Bowden	[3]
2000[5]	Oklahoma	13–0	Bob Stoops	[3]
2001[6]	Miami (FL)	12–0	Larry Coker	[3]
2002	Ohio State	14–0	Jim Tressel	[3]
2003	LSU	13–1	Nick Saban	[3]
2004	USC	11–0	Pete Carroll	[3]
2005	Texas	13–0	Mack Brown	[3]
2006	Florida	13–1	Urban Meyer	[3]
2007	Missouri	12–2	Gary Pinkel	[3]
2008	Utah	13–0	Kyle Whittingham	[3]
2009	Alabama	14–0	Nick Saban (2)	[3]
2010	Auburn	14–0	Gene Chizik	[3]
2011	LSU (2)	13–1	Les Miles	[3]
2012	Alabama (2)	13–1	Nick Saban (3)	[3]
2013	Florida State (2)	14–0	Jimbo Fisher	[3]
2014	Ohio State (2)	14–1	Urban Meyer (2)	[3]
2015	Alabama (3)	14–1	Nick Saban (4)	[3]
2016	Clemson	14–1	Dabo Swinney	[3]
2017	Alabama (4)	13–1	Nick Saban (5)	[3]
2018	Clemson (2)	15–0	Dabo Swinney (2)	[3]
2019	LSU (3)	15–0	Ed Orgeron	[3]
2020	Alabama (5)	13–0	Nick Saban (6)
2021	Georgia	14–1	Kirby Smart
2022	Georgia (2)	15-0	Kirby Smart (2)
2023	Michigan	15–0	Jim Harbaugh
2024	Oregon	13-1	Dan Lanning	[7]