| Year | Team | Record | Conference | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Record | Standing | |||||||
| 1990 | Toledo | 9–2 | MAC | 7–1 | T–1st | ||||
| 1995 | Michigan State | 6–5–1 | Big Ten | 4–3–1 | 5th | L Independence | |||
| 1996 | Michigan State | 6–6 | Big Ten | 5–3 | 5th | L Sun | |||
| 1997 | Michigan State | 7–5 | Big Ten | 4–4 | 6th | L Aloha | |||
| 1998 | Michigan State | 6–6 | Big Ten | 4–4 | 6th | ||||
| 1999 | Michigan State | 9–2[n 1] | Big Ten | 6–2 | T–2nd | Florida Citrus[n 1] | 9[n 1] | 9[n 1] | |
| 2000 | LSU | 8–4 | SEC (West) | 5–3 | 2nd | W Peach | 22 | ||
| 2001 | LSU | 10–3 | SEC (West) | 5–3 | T–1st | W Sugar† | 8 | 7 | |
| 2002 | LSU | 8–5 | SEC (West) | 5–3 | T–2nd[n 2] | L Cotton | |||
| 2003 | LSU | 13–1 | SEC (West) | 7–1 | T–1st | W Sugar† | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | LSU | 9–3 | SEC (West) | 6–2 | 2nd | L Capital One | 16 | 16 | |
| 2007 | Alabama | 2–6[n 3] | SEC (West) | 1–4[n 3] | T–3rd | W Independence | |||
| 2008 | Alabama | 12–2 | SEC (West) | 8–0 | 1st | L Sugar† | 6 | 6 | |
| 2009 | Alabama | 14–0 | SEC (West) | 8–0 | 1st | W BCS NCG† | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | Alabama | 10–3 | SEC (West) | 5–3 | 4th | W Capital One | 11 | 10 | |
| 2011 | Alabama | 12–1 | SEC (West) | 7–1 | 2nd | W BCS NCG† | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | Alabama | 13–1 | SEC (West) | 7–1 | 1st | W BCS NCG† | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Alabama | 11–2 | SEC (West) | 7–1 | T–1st | L Sugar† | 8 | 7 | |
| 2014 | Alabama | 12–2 | SEC (West) | 7–1 | 1st | L Sugar† | 4 | 4 | |
| 2015 | Alabama | 14–1 | SEC (West) | 7–1 | 1st | W Cotton†, W CFP NCG† | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | Alabama | 14–1 | SEC (West) | 8–0 | 1st | W Peach†, L CFP NCG† | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | Alabama | 13–1 | SEC (West) | 7–1 | T–1st | W Sugar†, W CFP NCG† | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | Alabama | 14–1 | SEC (West) | 8–0 | 1st | W Orange†, L CFP NCG† | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | Alabama | 11–2 | SEC (West) | 6–2 | 2nd | W Citrus | 8 | 8 | |
| 2020 | Alabama | 13–0 | SEC (West) | 10–0 | 1st | W Rose†, W CFP NCG† | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Alabama | 13–2 | SEC (West) | 7–1 | 1st | W Cotton†, L CFP NCG† | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Alabama | 11–2 | SEC (West) | 6–2 | T–1st | W Sugar† | 5 | 5 | |
| 2023 | Alabama | 11–1 | SEC (West) | 8–0 | 1st | ||||
| Toledo total: | 9–2 | 7–1 | |||||||
| Michigan State total: | 34–24–1 | 23–16–1 | |||||||
| LSU total: | 48–16 | 28–12 | |||||||
| Alabama total: | 200–28[n 3] | 117–18[n 3] | |||||||
| Total: | 291–70–1[n 3] | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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