Named for the legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, the trophy was the first national championship award to be presented after the college football bowl games. Through 1991 voting was undertaken by the membership of the FWAA, but after 1992 was conducted amongst a panel of four or five selected writers, initially by a positional voting system but after 1994 by a single-team vote. Beginning in 2002, the FWAA also began issuing a national poll to go along with the Grantland Rice Trophy. The top team in the final poll was awarded the trophy. The trophy itself consisted of a bronze football atop a four-sided pedestal.
On August 26, 2010, the FWAA announced that the 2004 award presented to the USC Trojans had been rescinded, the first time in the award's history that a winner has vacated the honor.[1] The FWAA declined to name a replacement for that year's award.
^National Football Foundation (January 13, 2015). "Ohio State Recognized as 2014 NFF MacArthur Bowl Recipient". National Football Foundation. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^Kirk Bohls (March 4, 2014). "President's column: Introducing the FWAA-NFF Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll". The Fifth Down. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^ Written at New York. "Football Writers Name Iowa No. 1". The Tribune. Scrantno, Pennsylvania. United Press International. January 5, 1959. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
^"Grantland Rice National Championship Trophy". Football Writers Association of America. 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
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The Grantland Rice Trophy was an annual award presented in the United States from 1954 to 2013 to the college football team recognized by the Football Writers Association of America FWAA as the National Champions Grantland Rice TrophyCountryUnited StatesPresented byFootball Writers Association of America FWAA HistoryFirst award1954Final award2013Most recentFlorida StateWebsiteFWAA AwardsNamed for the legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice the trophy was the first national championship award to be presented after the college football bowl games Through 1991 voting was undertaken by the membership of the FWAA but after 1992 was conducted amongst a panel of four or five selected writers initially by a positional voting system but after 1994 by a single team vote Beginning in 2002 the FWAA also began issuing a national poll to go along with the Grantland Rice Trophy The top team in the final poll was awarded the trophy The trophy itself consisted of a bronze football atop a four sided pedestal On August 26 2010 the FWAA announced that the 2004 award presented to the USC Trojans had been rescinded the first time in the award s history that a winner has vacated the honor 1 The FWAA declined to name a replacement for that year s award With the advent of the College Football Playoff CFP for the 2014 season the FWAA quietly retired the Grantland Rice Trophy joining with the National Football Foundation NFF to instead publish the FWAA NFF Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll during the regular season with the CFP champion automatically receiving the NFF s MacArthur Bowl Trophy 2 3 Contents 1 Winners 1 1 By school 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksWinners EditSeason Team Conference Head Coach Record1954 UCLA Pacific Coast Henry Russell Sanders 9 01955 Oklahoma Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 11 01956 Oklahoma Big 7 Bud Wilkinson 10 01957 Ohio State Big Ten Woody Hayes 9 11958 4 Iowa Big Ten Forest Evashevski 8 1 11959 Syracuse Independent Ben Schwartzwalder 11 01960 Ole Miss SEC Johnny Vaught 10 0 11961 Ohio State Big Ten Woody Hayes 8 0 11962 USC AAWU John McKay 11 01963 Texas Southwest Darrell Royal 11 01964 Arkansas Southwest Frank Broyles 11 01965 Alabama Michigan State joint SEC Big Ten Bear Bryant Duffy Daugherty 9 1 1 10 11966 Notre Dame Independent Ara Parseghian 9 0 11967 USC AAWU John McKay 10 11968 Ohio State Big Ten Woody Hayes 10 01969 Texas Southwest Darrell Royal 11 01970 Nebraska Big 8 Bob Devaney 11 0 11971 Nebraska Big 8 Bob Devaney 13 01972 USC Pac 8 John McKay 12 01973 Notre Dame Independent Ara Parseghian 11 01974 USC Pac 8 John McKay 10 1 11975 Oklahoma Big 8 Barry Switzer 11 11976 Pittsburgh Independent Johnny Majors 12 01977 Notre Dame Independent Dan Devine 11 11978 Alabama SEC Bear Bryant 11 11979 Alabama SEC Bear Bryant 12 01980 Georgia SEC Vince Dooley 12 01981 Clemson ACC Danny Ford 12 01982 Penn State Independent Joe Paterno 11 11983 Miami FL Independent Howard Schnellenberger 11 11984 BYU WAC LaVell Edwards 13 01985 Oklahoma Big 8 Barry Switzer 11 11986 Penn State Independent Joe Paterno 12 01987 Miami FL Independent Jimmy Johnson 12 01988 Notre Dame Independent Lou Holtz 12 01989 Miami FL Independent Dennis Erickson 11 11990 Colorado Big 8 Bill McCartney 11 1 11991 Washington Pac 10 Don James 12 01992 Alabama SEC Gene Stallings 13 01993 Florida State ACC Bobby Bowden 12 11994 Nebraska Big 8 Tom Osborne 13 01995 Nebraska Big 8 Tom Osborne 12 01996 Florida SEC Steve Spurrier 12 11997 Michigan Big Ten Lloyd Carr 12 01998 Tennessee SEC Phillip Fulmer 13 01999 Florida State ACC Bobby Bowden 12 02000 Oklahoma Big 12 Bob Stoops 13 02001 Miami FL Big East Larry Coker 12 02002 Ohio State Big Ten Jim Tressel 14 02003 USC Pac 10 Pete Carroll 12 12004 USC vacated Pac 10 Pete Carroll 13 02005 Texas Big 12 Mack Brown 13 02006 Florida SEC Urban Meyer 13 12007 LSU SEC Les Miles 12 22008 Florida SEC Urban Meyer 13 12009 Alabama SEC Nick Saban 14 02010 Auburn SEC Gene Chizik 14 02011 Alabama SEC Nick Saban 12 12012 Alabama SEC Nick Saban 13 12013 Florida State ACC Jimbo Fisher 14 0 Source FWAA 5 By school Edit School Number SeasonsAlabama 7 1965 1978 1979 1992 2009 2011 2012Oklahoma 5 1955 1956 1975 1985 2000USC 5 1962 1967 1972 1974 2003Miami FL 4 1983 1987 1989 2001Nebraska 4 1970 1971 1994 1995Notre Dame 4 1966 1973 1977 1988Ohio State 4 1957 1961 1968 2002Florida 3 1996 2006 2008Florida State 3 1993 1999 2013Texas 3 1963 1969 2005Penn State 2 1982 1986Auburn 1 2010Arkansas 1 1964BYU 1 1984Clemson 1 1981Colorado 1 1990Georgia 1 1980Iowa 1 1958LSU 1 2007Michigan 1 1997Michigan State 1 1965Ole Miss 1 1960Pittsburgh 1 1976Syracuse 1 1959Tennessee 1 1998UCLA 1 1954Washington 1 1991See also EditAFCA National Championship Trophy AP National Championship Trophy MacArthur Bowl BCS National Championship Game College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy NCAA Division I A national football championshipReferences Edit ESPN com news services August 26 2010 USC loses Grantland Rice Trophy ESPNLA com Retrieved February 13 2015 National Football Foundation January 13 2015 Ohio State Recognized as 2014 NFF MacArthur Bowl Recipient National Football Foundation Retrieved February 13 2015 Kirk Bohls March 4 2014 President s column Introducing the FWAA NFF Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll The Fifth Down Retrieved February 13 2015 Written at New York Football Writers Name Iowa No 1 The Tribune Scrantno Pennsylvania United Press International January 5 1959 Retrieved November 1 2022 Grantland Rice National Championship Trophy Football Writers Association of America 2014 Retrieved 2014 01 07 External links EditOfficial site Voting archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grantland Rice Trophy amp oldid 1124611632, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
