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In its initial years, the AP Poll did not award a trophy. [9] The preeminent national championship trophy of the era was the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy awarded by the Dickinson System. [9] Following the retirement of Frank G. Dickinson and his rating system in 1940, Minnesota tasked the AP Poll with awarding the new trophy it put into play.
AP National Championship Trophy c. 1997. In the AP Poll's early years, the final poll of sportswriters was taken prior to any bowl games and sometimes even prior to the top teams' final games of the regular season.
The AP national championship trophy was presented to USC on December 31, the day before the Rose Bowl was played. No post-bowl polls were taken by the AP/UPI. The FWAA awarded the Grantland Rice Award to "the Trojans, victors in the Rose Bowl and undefeated and untied in 10 season games" post-bowl on January 7 .
View of the trophy on the sideline during the 2019 National Championship game. The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy is the trophy awarded to the winner of the College Football Playoff (CFP), the postseason tournament in American college football that determines a national champion for the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
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AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas, hosted the first College Football Playoff National Championship game, in January 2015. Cities across the United States can bid on the National Championship Game each year. The number of cities capable of bidding for the event is restricted by a requirement to have a stadium with at least 65,000 seats.
[62] (see also: List of AP Poll national champions). [63] [64] The AP's main competition, United Press International (UPI), created the first Coaches Poll in 1950. (see also: List of Coaches' Poll national champions). [64] The two polls have picked different final national poll leaders at the end of 11 different seasons since then; [65] this ...
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy seasons (86 P) Pages in category "College football championship trophies" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.