Gaining the value of a National Championship is well known to Alabama football and Nick Saban. Going back to the first BCS National Championship game, 12 college football programs have won 23 National Championships. The period covers 22 seasons, but 2003 had shared Champions.
Most college football fans will agree winning National Championships is exceedingly hard. Given the difficulty of the task, contending for a Championship every year for several years is quite a feat.
Of the 12 NC-winning programs, only six teams have been late-season National Championship contenders for five seasons or more. A seventh, Clemson appears poised to reach that milestone in the 2020 season.