The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy is the

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awarded to the winner of the College Football Playoff (CFP), the postseason

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in American

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that determines a national champion for the

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Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). It is currently held by the Ohio State Buckeyes, who won the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship to cap the 2024 season. The , trophy is oblong-shaped like a

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at the base, tapering up to a flattened full-size football at the top. It is made of 24-karat

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and

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, with the bulk of the trophy gold-colored and the football at the top a gray metallic color. The football's four laces represent the four playoff teams. The trophy is separate from its 12-inch-tall bronze base, so it can be hoisted. The base is finished in

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patina and weighs 30 pounds (13.61 kg). Dr Pepper sponsors the trophy. Dr. Pepper originally came to an agreement with

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to pay $35 million per year for sponsorship rights through the 2020 season; the two companies agreed to a contract extension in

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(the financial details of which have not been disclosed), allowing Dr. Pepper to retain sponsorship rights through the 2026 College Football Playoffs. The trophy was unveiled on July 14, 2014.Eric Prisbell
College Football Playoff national championship trophy unveiled
''USA Today'', July 14, 2014 The trophy was designed by design firm Pentagram and crafted by the Polich Tallix

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foundry of Rock Tavern, New York. College Football Playoff officials commissioned the trophy for the new playoff system, preferring a new award that was unconnected with the previous

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(BCS) postseason system which was sometimes controversial. Winners of the

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Winners

By team

See also

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