NCAA Football: When did Michigan Wolverines last win the national championship?

Both Michigan and Washington are 14-0 for the season with one of the two finalists set to taste defeat for the first time this season with the final set for the NRG Stadium in Houston (Texas) on Monday 8 January.

Boosted by a message of good luck to the Michigan Wolverines ahead of their Rose Bowl final against Alabama from Tom Brady, the former NFL player who began his career at the University of Michigan seems to have paid dividends after the ‘maize and blue’ clad team progressed to the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship final with a win over Alabama in Pasadena. It wasn’t all plain sailing however and the Wolverines needed added time to break down a resilient Alabama Crimson Tide team with the final score 27-20 in the Rose Bowl in addec time after the game was tied in regular time.

The contest was a tense affair with neither side able to establish a significant lead and the Wolverines even trailed late in the fourth quarter before J.J. McCarthy found Roman Wilson for a 4-yard touchdown with just over 90 seconds remaining in the game.

The Wolverines were the first seed in the classification while the Crimson Tide occupied the fourth position and the side from Michigan now look to add to their 11 championship titles when they face the Washington Huskies at the CFP Championship Game to be held on January 8.

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Last Wolverines college championships

The college from Michigan has only been crowned champions 11 times in the past with the first of their triumphs coming back in 1901 when they secured the title for four years back-to-back.

The Michigan university has yet to win the title in the current century with their last win coming in 1997 with the likes of Georgia, Clemson and Alabama dominating the Final Four in recent years. The other college football wins for the Wolverines came in 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947 and 1948.