NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
| School | National championships | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State | 16 | 1946, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2012, 2013 |
| Florida A&M | 14 | 1938, 1942, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1998, 2001 |
| Grambling State | 14 | 1955, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008 |
| Tuskegee | 12 | 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015 |
| Southern | 11 | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1975, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003 |
| Central State | 8 * | 1948, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 |
| Morgan State | 7 | 1933, 1937, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1967 |
| South Carolina State | 7 | 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1994, 2008, 2009 |
| Hampton | 6 | 1922, 1985, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
| Howard | 6 | 1920, 1925, 1926, 1987, 1993, 1996 |
| Prairie View A&M | 6 | 1953, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1964, 2009 |
| Alcorn State | 5 | 1968, 1969, 1974, 1984, 2014 |
| North Carolina A&T | 5 | 1951, 1968, 1990, 1999, 2015 |
| Bethune-Cookman | 4 | 2002, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
| Wiley | 4 | 1921, 1928, 1932, 1945 |
| Jackson State | 3 | 1962, 1985, 1996 |
| Morris Brown | 3 | 1940, 1941, 1951 |
| Virginia State | 3 | 1936, 1952, 2014 |
| Winston-Salem State | 3 | 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| Alabama State | 2 | 1991, 2011 |
| Albany State | 2 | 2004, 2010 |
| Bluefield State | 2 | 1927, 1928 |
| Langston | 2 | 1939, 1941 |
| North Carolina Central | 2 | 2005, 2006 |
| Talladega | 2 | 1920, 1921 |
| Texas Southern | 2 | 1952, 2010 |
| Virginia Union | 2 | 1923, 1981 |
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 1 | 2012 |
| Delaware State | 1 | 2007 |
| Kentucky State | 1 | 1934 |
| Lincoln-Missouri | 1 | 1952 |
| Norfolk State | 1 | 2011 |
| Paul Quinn | 1 | 1924 |
| Shaw | 1 | 1947 |
| Texas College | 1 | 1935 |
| West Virginia State | 1 | 1936 |
| Wilberforce | 1 | 1931 |
Note: *—total does not include 1995 season in which Central State won NAIA Division I Champion Bowl National Championship; Southern of NCAA Division I-AA still won consensus black national championship