Ohio State is the lineal champion at the conclusion on 2018 season after beating Washington in the Rose Bowl.

*updated the spreadsheet to include a ELO ranking for each team in every game. The highest combined ELO game in lineal history was :
Yale 8 @ Harvard 0 Nov 20 1909
The highest modern (post 1950) combined ELO game was:
<1> Florida State 30 @ <3> Florida 23 Nov 20 1999

* Updated the spreadsheet to include the AP ranking for each game, there were several AP #1 vs AP#2 game in the lineal history
<1> Army 32 vs <2> Navy 13 Dec 1 1945 Ind Ind
<2> Notre Dame 0 vs <1> Army 0 Nov 9 1946 Ind Ind
<1> Southern California 42 vs <2> Wisconsin 37 Jan 1 1963 AAWU Big Ten Rose Bowl (Pasadena CA)
<2> Texas 28 vs <1> Oklahoma 7 Oct 12 1963 SWC Big 8
<1> Texas 28 vs <2> Navy 6 Jan 1 1964 SWC Ind Cotton Bowl (Dallas TX)
<1> Purdue 37 @ <2> Notre Dame 22 Sep 28 1968 Big Ten Ind
<1> Ohio State 27 @ <2> Southern California 16 Jan 1 1969 Big Ten Pac-8 Rose Bowl (Pasadena CA)
<1> Nebraska 38 vs <2> Alabama 6 Jan 1 1972 Big 8 SEC Orange Bowl (Miami FL)
<2> Penn State 14 vs <1> Miami FL 10 Jan 2 1987 Ind Ind Fiesta Bowl (Tempe AZ)
<1> Florida State 46 vs <2> Virginia Tech 29 Jan 4 2000 ACC Big East Sugar Bowl (New Orleans LA)
<2> Ohio State 31 vs <1> Miami FL 24 Jan 3 2003 Big Ten Big East Fiesta Bowl (Tempe AZ)
<1> Southern California 55 vs <2> Oklahoma 19 Jan 4 2005 Pac-10 Big 12 Orange Bowl (Miami FL)
<2> Texas 41 @ <1> Southern California 38 Jan 4 2006 Big 12 Pac-10 Rose Bowl (Pasadena CA)
<1> Ohio State 24 @ <2> Texas 7 Sep 9 2006 Big Ten Big 12
<1> Ohio State 42 vs <2> Michigan 39 Nov 18 2006 Big Ten Big Ten
<2> Florida 41 vs <1> Ohio State 14 Jan 8 2007 SEC Big Ten BCS Championship (Glendale AZ)
<1> Florida 24 vs <2> Oklahoma 14 Jan 8 2009 SEC Big 12 BCS Championship (Miami FL)
<2> Alabama 32 vs <1> Florida 13 Dec 5 2009 SEC SEC SEC Championship (Atlanta GA)
<1> Alabama 37 vs <2> Texas 21 Jan 7 2010 SEC Big 12 BCS Championship (Pasadena CA)
<1> Auburn 22 vs <2> Oregon 19 Jan 10 2011 SEC Pac-12 BCS Championship (Glendale AZ)