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)