Oklahoma (13-0)

* SEPT. 2 d. TEXAS EL PASO, 55-14

The 19th-ranked Sooners turned five of UTEP’s seven turnovers into touchdowns in an easy win.

* SEPT. 9 d. ARKANSAS STATE, 45-7

Josh Heupel threw three touchdown passes, J.T. Thatcher returned a punt 66 yards for a score and Renaldo Works ran for 109 yards for the 20th-ranked Sooners.

* SEPT. 23 d. RICE, 42-14

The 17th-ranked Sooners had 532 yards of offense as Josh Heupel completed 27 of 35 passes for 324 yards and two touchdowns.

* SEPT. 30 d. KANSAS, 34-16

Kansas came into the game giving up a nation-best 84 yards passing per game, but Heupel threw for 346 yards and a touchdown for the 14th-ranked Sooners, who rallied from a 16-10 deficit to win.

* OCT. 7 d. TEXAS, 63-14

The 10th-ranked Sooners took a 42-0 lead in the second quarter and held Longhorns to minus-seven yards.

* OCT. 14 d. KANSAS STATE, 41-31

The eighth-ranked Sooners, with Heupel completing 29 of 37 passes for 374 yards and two touchdowns, took a 17-point halftime lead.

* OCT. 28 d. NEBRASKA, 31-14

The third-ranked Sooners beat the top-ranked Cornhuskers as Heupel passed for 300 yards and a touchdown. Derrick Strait returned an interception 32 yards for a score and the Cornhuskers went scoreless over the final 51:49.

* NOV. 4 d. BAYLOR, 56-7

Top-ranked Sooners easily won as J.T. Thatcher returned Baylor’s first punt for a touchdown, and Curtis Fagan had three touchdown catches as the Sooners rolled to a 42-0 halftime lead.

* NOV. 11 d. TEXAS A&M;, 35-31

Torrance Marshall kept the Sooners’ national championship drive alive when he scored on a 41-yard interception return in the fourth quarter to rally Oklahoma.

* NOV. 18 d. TEXAS TECH, 27-13

The Sooners drove 71 yards in 12 plays and chewed up more than five minutes of the clock to score the clinching touchdown in fourth quarter.

* NOV. 25 d. OKLAHOMA STATE, 12-7

Heupel was only 19 of 36 for 154 yards--his lowest total in 23 games as a Sooner--with two interceptions and Oklahoma’s point total was its lowest in 26 games.

* DEC. 2 d. KANSAS STATE, 27-24

A surprise option pitch on fourth and inches turned into a 22-yard gain by Quentin Griffin and set up Heupel’s 17-yard go-ahead touchdown pass in the Big 12 title game.

JAN. 3 d. FLORIDA STATE, 13-2

A smothering defense shut down Florida State and Heupel generated enough offense to give Oklahoma the win and its first national title in 15 years.

Past Champions

YEAR SCHOOL

2000: Oklahoma

1999: Florida State

1998: Tennessee

1997: Michigan (AP)

Nebraska (USA/ESPN)

1996: Florida

1995: Nebraska

1994: Nebraska

1993: Florida St.

1992: Alabama

1991: Washington (USA/CNN)

Miami (AP)

1990: Colorado (USA/CNN, AP)

Georgia Tech (UPI)

1989: Miami

1988: Notre Dame

1987: Miami

1986: Penn St.

1985: Oklahoma

1984: Brigham Young

1983: Miami

1982: Penn St.

1981: Clemson

1980: Georgia

1979: Alabama

1978: Alabama (AP), USC (UPI)

1977: Notre Dame

1976: Pittsburgh

1975: Oklahoma

1974: USC (UPI), Oklahoma (AP)

1973: Notre Dame (AP), Alabama (UPI)

1972: USC

1971: Nebraska

1970: Nebraska (AP), Texas (UPI)

1969: Texas

1968: Ohio St.

1967: USC

1966: Notre Dame

1965: Michigan St. (UPI), Alabama (AP)

1964: Alabama

1963: Texas

1962: USC

1961: Alabama

1960: Minnesota

1959: Syracuse

1958: LSU

1957: Ohio St. (UPI), Auburn (AP)

1956: Oklahoma

1955: Oklahoma

1954: UCLA (UPI), Ohio St. (AP)

1953: Maryland

1952: Michigan St.

1951: Tennessee

1950: Oklahoma

1949: Notre Dame

1948: Michigan

1947: Notre Dame

1946: Notre Dame

1945: Army

1944: Army

1943: Notre Dame

1942: Ohio St.

1941: Minnesota

1940: Minnesota

1939: Texas A&M;

1938: Texas Christian

1937: Pittsburgh

1936: Minnesota