Most college football national championships: Where Ohio State ranks in all-time NCAA titles after victory over Notre Dame

After a long college football season, a new national champion was crowned Monday night.

Ohio State beat Notre Dame by a score of 34-23, adding another trophy to its illustrious history and cementing its program as the first to win a title in the 12-team College Football Playoff era.

But both the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish entered the game with extensive championship histories as two of the sport’s most dominant powers in decades. Ohio State’s win in the 2025 CFP national championship game moved it higher on the list of all-time titles by a college football team.

The Sporting News tells you where Ohio State and Notre Dame rank in the all-time national championship rankings after Monday’s season-ending contest.

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How many national championships does Ohio State have?

With this year’s win, the Buckeyes are up to nine national titles in college football. It broke a tie with Harvard and put Ohio State in sole possession of seventh place on the all-time list.

The 2025 title was preceded by Ohio State’s last national title in 2014. With Urban Meyer still as head coach, the team went 14-1 on the season, including a Big Ten championship. The Buckeyes capped the season with a win over Oregon in what was the first College Football Playoff.

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How many national championships does Notre Dame have?

The Fighting Irish entered the 2025 CFP Championship with 11 national titles in its history. That’s the fourth-most among all programs.

Notre Dame hasn’t won a national championship since the Lou Holtz era. The Irish legend led Notre Dame to the 1988 national championship and defeated West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl to help seal the recognition.

Most college football national championships

Both Notre Dame and Ohio State rank in the top 10 among programs with the most college football national championships. The Fighting Irish sit fourth all-time with their 13 total, while the Buckeyes’ nine titles are seventh, now ahead of Harvard.

However, the program with the most championships belongs to a member of the Ivy League – Yale. The Bulldogs have an impressive 18 titles in NCAA history, two more than Alabama for the lead. That said, it’s worth noting that Yale hasn’t won a title in nearly a century, with all 12 of those titles coming before 1930 and 14 of those championships occurring in the 1800s. Yale now plays at the FCS level and, like every other team in the Ivy League, has not been eligible for the FCS playoffs, although that will change next year.