With Indiana's win on Monday, it has now been 21 years since a private school has won the college football championship.

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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/grtgbln on 2026-01-22 00:35:39+00:00.

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The last private school to win the national championship was USC in the 2004 season (game in Jan. 2005).

Since then, only 3 private schools have even appeared in the championship game (Notre Dame 2012/2024, TCU 2022, Miami 2025).

14 different public schools have appeared in the championship game in the same time frame.