Winning Margins - Year by Year |
Margins - The Most, The Least |
The First Place Vote Leaders
Most Total Points For a Winner |
Defensive Players In Top Five |
Demographics of Winners
YEAR | PLAYER | SCHOOL | PTS | PLACE | WINNER | SCHOOL | PTS |
| 1937 | Alex Wojciechowicz | Fordham | 85 | 4th | Clint Frank | Yale | 524 |
| 1943 | Bob Odell | Pennsylvania | 177 | 2nd | Angelo Bertelli | Notre Dame | 648 |
| 1944 | Don Whitmire | Navy | 115 | 4th | Les Horvath | Ohio State | 412 |
| 1948 | Chuck Bednarik | Pennsylvania | 336 | 3rd | Doak Walker | Southern Methodist | 778 |
| 1952 | Donn Moomaw | UCLA | 257 | 4th | Billy Vessels | Oklahoma | 525 |
| 1954 | Kurt Burris | Oklahoma | 838 | 2nd | Alan Ameche | Wisconsin | 1,068 |
| 1956 | Jerry Tubbs | Oklahoma | 724 | 4th | Paul Hornung | Notre Dame | 1,066 |
| 1957 | Alex Karras | Iowa | 693 | 2nd | John David Crow | Texas A&M | 1,183 |
| 1962 | Lee Roy Jordan | Alabama | 321 | 4th | Terry Baker | Oregon State | 707 |
| 1964 | Dick Butkus | Illinois | 505 | 3rd | John Huarte | Notre Dame | 1,026 |
| 1969 | Mike Reid | Penn State | 297 | 5th | Steve Owens | Oklahoma | 1,488 |
| 1972 | Rich Glover | Nebraska | 652 | 3rd | Johnny Rodgers | Nebraska | 1,310 |
| 1977 | Ross Browner | Notre Dame | 213 | 5th | Earl Campbell | Texas | 1,547 |
| 1980 | Hugh Green | Pittsburgh | 861 | 2nd | George Rogers | South Carolina | 1,128 |
| 1982 | Dave Rimington | Nebraska | 137 | 5th | Herschel Walker | Georgia | 1,926 |
| 1983 | Terry Hoage | Georgia | 112 | 5th | Mike Rozier | Nebraska | 1,801 |
| 1986 | Brian Bosworth | Oklahoma | 395 | 4th | Vinny Testaverde | Miami (FL) | 2,213 |
| 1991 | Steve Emtman | Washington | 357 | 4th | Desmond Howard | Michigan | 2,077 |
| 1992 | Marvin Jones | Florida State | 392 | 4th | Gino Torretta | Miami (FL) | 1,400 |
| 1997 | Charles Woodson | Michigan | 1,815 | 1st | Charles Woodson | Michigan | 1,815 |
| 2009 | Ndamukong Suh | Nebraska | 815 | 4th | Mark Ingram | Alabama | 1,304 |