College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy

It is currently held by the Ohio State Buckeyes, who won the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship to cap the 2024 season.

[1] It is made of 24-karat gold, bronze and stainless steel, with the bulk of the trophy gold-colored and the football at the top a gray metallic color.

Dr. Pepper originally came to an agreement with ESPN in 2014 to pay $35 million per year for sponsorship rights through the 2020 season;[4] the two companies agreed to a contract extension in 2018 (the financial details of which have not been disclosed), allowing Dr. Pepper to retain sponsorship rights through the 2026 College Football Playoffs.

College Football Playoff officials commissioned the trophy for the new playoff system, preferring a new award that was unconnected with the previous Bowl Championship Series (BCS) postseason system which was sometimes controversial.

Winners of the BCS National Championship Game were awarded the AFCA "crystal football" trophy through the 2013 season.