2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season

2019 NCAA Division I FBS season
College football 150th anniversary logo
Number of teams	130
Duration	August 24, 2019 – December 14, 2019
Preseason AP No. 1	Clemson
Post-season
Duration	December 20, 2019 – January 13, 2020
Bowl games	40
AP Poll No. 1	LSU
Coaches Poll No. 1	LSU
Heisman Trophy	Joe Burrow, QB, LSU
College Football Playoff
2020 College Football Playoff National Championship
Site	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
Champion(s)	LSU
NCAA Division I FBS football seasons
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The 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 150th season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The regular season began on August 24, 2019, and ended on December 14, 2019. The postseason concluded on January 13, 2020, with the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The LSU Tigers defeated the defending champion Clemson Tigers by a score of 42–25 to claim their first national championship in the College Football Playoff (CFP) era, and fourth overall. It was the sixth season of the College Football Playoff (CFP) system.

November 6, 2019, marked the 150th anniversary of what is traditionally considered the first college football game, played between Princeton and Rutgers in 1869. Various sports media, the NCAA, and the CFP honored the 150th anniversary of the sport throughout the season.^[1][2] Because there were no games played during the 1871 season, this was also the 150th season of college football.