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College Football's BCS National Champions

By Tim Hyland, About.com

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LSU knocked off Ohio State to win the 2007 BCS Championship.

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The Bowl Championship Series was created in 1998 to match college football’s No. 1 team against its No. 2 team for the national championship.

The system hasn’t always worked perfectly, though there’s no denying that it’s done exactly what it promised: Decide the national championship on the field.

Below the list of each of the college football’s BCS-era national champions.

1998: Tennessee
1999: Florida State
2000: Oklahoma
2001: Miami (Florida)
2002: Ohio State
2003: LSU
2004: USC
2005: Texas
2006: Florida
2007: LSU
2008: Florida

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