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This is a list of undefeated Division I football teams, which describes all teams that finished the NCAA College Football season without any losses. In the very early years of college football (prior to the 1930s) records are incomplete.

Undefeated Division I Football Bowl Subivision

This section covers teams that played in college football's highest division:

  • University Division until 1972
  • Division I from 1973 - 1977
  • Division I-A from 1978 - 2005
  • Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) from 2006 (despite the official NCAA change in nomenclature, most sports media still use the "I-A" identifier)

Undefeated and untied, since 1936

Since 1936, these teams all finished the season having won every game in which they appeared.

Team Total Years
Oklahoma 6 1949, '54, '55, '56, '74, 2000
Alabama 5 1945, '61, '66, '79, '92
Penn State 5 1968, '69, '73, '86, '94
Nebraska 4 1971, '94, '95, '97
Notre Dame 4 1947, '49, '73, '88
The Ohio State 4 1944, '54, '68, 2002
Arizona State 3 1957, '70, '75
Auburn 3 1957, '93, 2004
Miami 3 1987, '91, 2001
Michigan 3 1947, '48, '97
Southern California 3 1962, '72, 2004
Texas 3 1963, '69, 2005
Toledo 3 1969, '70, '71
Arkansas 2 1964, '75
Army 2 1944, '45
Bainbridge NTS 2 1943, '44
Clemson 2 1948, '81
Georgia 2 1946, '80
Miami University 2 1955, '73
Michigan State 2 1951, '52
Minnesota 2 1940, '41
Princeton 2 1950, '51
Tennessee 2 1938, '98
Utah 2 2004, '08
*37 others tied with one

Undefeated and untied

These teams all finished the season having won every game in which they appeared, also called a "Perfect Season".[1]

Year Team Final record Notes
1870 Princeton University 1-0-0[2]
1872 Princeton University 1-0-0[2]
1872 Yale University 1-0-0[2]
1873 Princeton University 1-0-0[2]
1874 Princeton University 4-0-0[2]
1874 Yale University 3-0-0[2]
1875 Harvard University 4-0-0[2]
1875 Princeton University 2-0-0[2]
1876 Rutgers University 1-0-0[2]
1876 Yale University 3-0-0[2]
1877 Amherst College 1-0-0[2]
1878 Princeton University 6-0-0[2]
1880 University of Michigan 1-0-0[3]
1882 Yale University 8-0-0[2]
1883 Princeton University 4-0-0[2]
1884 University of Michigan 2-0-0[3]
1884 Yale University 9-0-0[4]
1885 University of Michigan 3-0-0[3] Michigan was unscored upon.
1885 Princeton University 9-0-0[4]
1886 University of Michigan 2-0-0[3] Michigan was unscored upon.
1887 University of Michigan 3-0-0[3] Michigan was unscored upon.
1887 Pennsylvania State University 2-0-0[5]
1887 Yale University 9-0-0[4]
1888 Yale University 13-0-0[4] Yale University was unscored upon.
1889 Miami University (OH) 4-0-0[6]
1889 Princeton University 10-0-0[4]
1890 Harvard University 11-0-0[4]
1891 Yale University 13-0-0[4]
1892 Purdue University 8-0-0[2]
1892 Yale University 13-0-0[4]
1893 University of Maryland 6-0-0
1893 University of Minnesota 6-0-0[2]
1893 Princeton University 11-0-0[4]
1893 University of Texas 4-0-0[7]
1894 North Dakota Agricultural College 2-0-0[1] Became North Dakota State University in 1960.
1894 University of Pennsylvania 12-0-0[2]
1894 Yale University 16-0-0[4]
1895 Miami University (OH) 3-0-0[6]
1895 University of Pennsylvania 14-0-0[4]
1895 University of Texas 5-0-0[7] Texas was unscored upon.
1896 University of Oklahoma 2-0-0[8]
1897 University of Oklahoma 2-0-0[8]
1897 Oregon Agricultural College 2-0-0[9] Became Oregon State College in 1937 and Oregon State University in 1961.
1897 University of Pennsylvania 15-0-0[4]
1898 Harvard University 11-0-0[4]
1898 A&M College of Kentucky 7-0-0[10] Became the University of Kentucky in 1916.
1898 University of Michigan 10-0-0[2]
1900 Auburn University 4-0-0[11]
1900 University of Texas 6-0-0[7]
1900 Yale University 12-0-0[2]
1901 Harvard University 12-0-0[2]
1901 University of Michigan 11-0-0[4] Michigan was unscored upon, outscoring its opponents 550-0.
1901 North Dakota Agricultural College 7-0-0[1]
1901 Saint Louis University 10-0-0[12]
1901 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9-0-0[2]
1902 University of Michigan 11-0-0[4]
1902 North Dakota Agricultural College 4-0-0[1] NDAC was unscored upon, outscoring its opponents 168-0.
1903 University of Nebraska 11-0-0[2]
1903 Princeton University 11-0-0[4]
1904 Auburn University 6-0-0[2]
1904 University of Michigan 10-0-0[2]
1904 University of Minnesota 13-0-0[2]
1904 University of Pennsylvania 12-0-0[4]
1904 University of Pittsburgh 10-0-0[13]
1904 Saint Louis University 11-0-0[12] Saint Louis was unscored upon, outscoring its opponents 336-0.
1904 Vanderbilt University 9-0-0[2]
1905 University of Chicago 11-0-0[4]
1905 Yale University 10-0-0[2]
1906 North Dakota Agricultural College 4-0-0[1]
1906 Saint Louis University 11-0-0[12] Saint Louis featured the first modern passing offense; the first legal forward pass was thrown on September 5.
1906 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5-0-0[2]
1907 North Dakota Agricultural College 3-0-0[1]
1907 Oregon Agricultural College 6-0-0[9]
1908 Louisiana State University 10-0-0[2]
1908 Miami University (OH) 7-0-0[6]
1909 Western State Normal School 7-0-0[4] Became Western State Teachers College in 1927, Western Michigan College of Education in 1941, and Western Michigan University in 1957.
1909 University of Arkansas 7-0-0[2]
1909 University of Colorado 6-0-0[2]
1909 University of Washington 7-0-0 [14] Part of NCAA Division I-A record 63-game unbeaten streak[15]
1909 Yale University 10-0-0[4]
1910 Colorado College 7-0-0[2]
1910 University of Colorado 6-0-0[2]
1910 University of Illinois 9-0-0[2]
1910 University of Pittsburgh 9-0-0[2] Pitt was unscored upon.
1910 University of Washington 6-0-0 [16] Part of NCAA Division I FBS record 63-game unbeaten streak[15]
1911 University of Oklahoma 8-0-0[8]
1911 University of Colorado 6-0-0[2]
1911 University of Washington 7-0-0 [16] Part of NCAA Division I FBS record 63-game unbeaten streak[15]
1912 Harvard University 9-0-0[4]
1912 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7-0-0[2]
1912 Pennsylvania State University 8-0-0[2]
1912 University of Washington 6-0-0 [16] Part of NCAA Division I FBS record 63-game unbeaten streak[15]
1913 Western State Normal School 4-0-0[4]
1913 Harvard University 9-0-0[4]
1913 Auburn University 8-0-0[11]
1913 University of Chicago 7-0-0[2]
1913 University of Notre Dame 7-0-0[2]
1913 University of Nebraska 8-0-0[2]
1913 University of Washington 7-0-0 [16] Part of NCAA Division I FBS record 63-game unbeaten streak[15]
1914 Western State Normal School 6-0-0[4]
1914 Army 9-0-0[4]
1914 University of Texas 8-0-0[7]
1914 University of Illinois 7-0-0[2]
1914 University of Tennessee 9-0-0[2]
1914 Washington & Lee University 9-0-0[2]
1915 Cornell University 9-0-0[4]
1915 University of Oklahoma 10-0-0[8]
1915 University of Nebraska 8-0-0[2]
1915 University of Pittsburgh 8-0-0[2]
1915 Agricultural College of Colorado 7-0-0[2] Became Colorado A&M in 1935 and Colorado State University in 1957.
1915 University of Washington 7-0-0 [16] Part of NCAA Division I FBS record 63-game unbeaten streak.[15]
1916 University of Pittsburgh 8-0-0[4]
1916 Army 9-0-0[2]
1916 Ohio State University 7-0-0[2]
1917 Georgia Institute of Technology 9-0-0[4]
1917 University of Pittsburgh 10-0-0[2]
1917 Ohio State University 8-0-1
1917 Texas A&M University 8-0-0[2] Texas A&M was unscored upon.
1917 Mare Island Marines 8-0-0[2]
1917 University of Denver 8-0-0[2]
1918 University of Oklahoma 6-0-0[8]
1918 University of Texas 9-0-0[7]
1918 University of Michigan 5-0-0[2]
1918 Washington University (MO) 6-0-0[2]
1918 Virginia Polytechnic Institute 7-0-0[2] VPI, more popularly known to this day as Virginia Tech, would append "and State University" to its legal name in 1970.
1918 Presbyterian College 2-0-0[2]
1918 Colorado School of Mines 4-0-0[2]
1919 Centre College 9-0-0[2]
1919 University of Notre Dame 9-0-0[2]
1919 Texas A&M University 10-0-0[2] Texas A&M was unscored upon.
1920 University of Texas 9-0-0[7]
1920 University of California 9-0-0[4]
1920 VMI 9-0-0[2]
1920 University of Notre Dame 9-0-0[2]
1921 Cornell University 8-0-0[4]
1921 University of Iowa 7-0-0[2]
1921 Lafayette College 9-0-0[2]
1921 Miami University (OH) 8-0-0[6]
1922 Western State Normal School 6-0-0[4]
1922 Cornell University 8-0-0[4]
1922 Princeton University 8-0-0[2]
1922 University of Iowa 7-0-0[2]
1922 University of California 9-0-0[2]
1922 Drake University 7-0-0[2]
1923 University of Illinois 8-0-0[4]
1923 University of Michigan 8-0-0[2]
1923 Yale University 8-0-0[2]
1923 University of Colorado 9-0-0[2]
1923 Cornell University 8-0-0[2]
1923 Southern Methodist University 9-0-0[2]
1924 University of Notre Dame 10-0-0[4]
1925 University of Alabama 10-0-0[4]
1925 Dartmouth College 8-0-0[4]
1926 University of Utah 7-0-0[2]
1928 Georgia Institute of Technology 10-0-0[4]
1928 University of Detroit 9-0-0[2] Merged with Mercy College of Detroit in 1990 to form today's University of Detroit Mercy. The school continues to brand itself as "Detroit" for athletics purposes.
1929 University of Notre Dame 9-0-0[4]
1929 Purdue University 8-0-0[2]
1929 Tulane University 9-0-0[2]
1929 University of Utah 7-0-0[2]
1930 University of Notre Dame 10-0-0[4]
1930 University of Alabama 10-0-0[2]
1930 University of Utah 8-0-0[2]
1932 University of Southern California 10-0-0[4]
1932 Colgate University 9-0-0[17] Colgate was unscored upon.
1932 University of Michigan 8-0-0[4]
1933 Princeton University 9-0
1934 University of Minnesota 8-0-0
1934 University of Alabama 10-0-0
1935 Princeton University 9-0
1935 University of Minnesota 8-0-0[4]
1938 Texas Christian University 11-0-0
1938 University of Tennessee 11-0-0
1939 Texas A&M University 11-0-0
1939 Cornell University 8-0-0
1940 University of Minnesota 8-0-0
1940 Stanford University 10-0-0
1940 Boston College 11-0-0
1940 Hardin-Simmons University 9-0-0
1940 Lafayette College 9-0-0
1941 Western Michigan College of Education 8-0-0[4]
1941 University of Minnesota 8-0-0
1941 Duquesne University 8-0-0
1943 Purdue University 9-0-0
1943 USNTC Bainbridge 7-0-0
1943 Colorado College 7-0-0
1944 Army 9-0-0
1944 Ohio State University 9-0-0
1944 Randolph Field 12-0-0
1944 USNTC Bainbridge 9-0-0
1944 NAS Norman 9-0-0
1944 Fort Pierce 9-0-0
1945 Army 9-0-0
1945 University of Alabama 9-0-0
1945 Oklahoma A&M University 9-0-0 Became Oklahoma State University in 1957.
1946 University of Georgia 11-0-0
1946 University of Delaware 10-0-0
1947 University of Notre Dame 9-0-0
1947 University of Michigan 10-0-0
1948 University of Michigan 9-0-0
1948 Clemson University 11-0-0
1949 University of Notre Dame 10-0-0
1949 University of Oklahoma 11-0-0[8]
1949 University of the Pacific 11-0-0
1950 Princeton University 9-0-0
1950 University of Wyoming 10-0-0
1951 Michigan State University 9-0-0
1951 University of Maryland 10-0-0
1951 Princeton University 9-0-0
1951 University of San Francisco 9-0-0
1952 Michigan State University 9-0-0
1954 Ohio State University 10-0-0
1954 UCLA 9-0-0
1954 University of Oklahoma 10-0-0[8] Part of NCAA Division I record 47-game win streak
1955 University of Oklahoma 11-0-0[8] Part of NCAA Division I record 47-game win streak
1955 Miami University (OH) 9-0-0[6]
1956 University of Oklahoma 10-0-0[8] Part of NCAA Division I record 47-game win streak
1957 Auburn University 10-0-0[11]
1957 Arizona State University 10-0-0
1958 Louisiana State University 11-0-0
1959 Syracuse University 11-0-0
1960 Yale University 9-0-0
1960 New Mexico State University 11-0-0
1961 University of Alabama 11-0-0
1961 Rutgers University 9-0-0
1962 University of Southern California 11-0-0
1962 University of Mississippi 10-0-0
1963 University of Texas 11-0-0[7]
1964 University of Arkansas 11-0-0
1966 University of Alabama 11-0-0
1966 San Diego State University 11-0-0
1968 Ohio State University 10-0-0
1968 Pennsylvania State University 11-0-0
1969 University of Texas 11-0-0[7]
1969 Pennsylvania State University 11-0-0
1969 University of Toledo 11-0-0
1970 Arizona State University 11-0-0
1970 University of Toledo 12-0-0
1970 Dartmouth College 9-0-0
1971 University of Nebraska 13-0-0
1971 University of Toledo 12-0-0
1972 University of Southern California 12-0-0
1973 University of Notre Dame 11-0-0
1973 Pennsylvania State University 12-0-0
1973 Miami University 11-0-0
1974 University of Oklahoma 11-0-0[8]
1975 Arizona State University 12-0-0
1975 Arkansas State University 11-0-0
1976 University of Pittsburgh 12-0-0
1976 Rutgers University 12-0-0
1979 University of Alabama 12-0-0
1980 University of Georgia 12-0-0
1981 Clemson University 12-0-0
1984 Brigham Young University 13-0-0 BYU becomes the last team outside of today's BCS to date to win a I-A or FBS national title.
1986 Pennsylvania State University 12-0-0
1987 University of Miami (FL) 12-0-0
1988 University of Notre Dame 12-0-0
1991 University of Miami (FL) 12-0-0
1991 University of Washington 12-0-0
1992 University of Alabama 13-0-0
1993 Auburn University 11-0-0[11]
1994 University of Nebraska 13-0-0
1994 Pennsylvania State University 12-0-0
1995 University of Nebraska 12-0-0
1997 University of Michigan 12-0
1997 University of Nebraska 13-0
1998 University of Tennessee 13-0
1998 Tulane University 12-0
1999 Florida State University 12-0
1999 Marshall University 13-0
2000 University of Oklahoma 13-0[8]
2001 University of Miami (FL) 12-0
2002 Ohio State University 14-0 Ohio State University gets 14 wins, tying the record set in 1996 by BYU (14-1) for most wins in a season.
2004 University of Southern California 13-0
2004 Auburn University 13-0[11]
2004 University of Utah 12-0
2005 University of Texas 13-0[7]
2006 Boise State University 13-0
2008 University of Utah 13-0 Utah becomes the first team in the BCS era (1998 on) to finish perfect in two seasons.

note: in 1917, 1918, 1943 and 1944, football teams from military training facilities competed alongside college programs


Undefeated, but with ties

These teams all finished the season with no losses, but with some games tied. [1]

Year Team Final W-L-T record
1877 Princeton University 2-0-1[2]
1877 Yale University 3-0-1[2]
1878 Columbia University 0-0-2[2]
1879 Princeton University 4-0-1[2]
1879 Yale University 3-0-2[2]
1880 Princeton University 4-0-1[2]
1880 Yale University 4-0-1[2]
1881 Princeton University 7-0-2[2]
1881 Yale University 5-0-1[2]
1881 Dartmouth College 1-0-1[2]
1883 Yale University 3-0-1[2]
1884 Yale University 3-0-1[2]
1884 Princeton University 3-0-1[2]
1884 University of Pennsylvania 3-0-1[2]
1886 Yale University 9-0-1[4]
1886 Princeton University 7-0-1[2]
1892 Purdue University 8-0-0[2]
1892 Yale University 13-0-0[4]
1893 Auburn University 3-0-2[11]
1894 Pennsylvania State University 6-0-1[5]
1895 University of Washington 4-0-1 [18]
1896 Princeton University 10-0-1[4]
1896 Lafayette College 11-0-1[2]
1896 Texas A&M University 2-0-1[19]
1897 Auburn University 2-0-1[11]
1897 Yale University 9-0-2[2]
1898 Princeton University 11-0-1[2]
1899 Ohio State University 9-0-1 Ohio State University allowed only five points.
1899 Harvard University 10-0-1[4]
1899 University of Chicago 16-0-2[2]
1899 University of Iowa 8-0-1[2]
1900 University of Iowa 7-0-1[2]
1900 University of Minnesota 10-0-2[2]
1902 Texas A&M University 7-0-2[19]
1902 Yale University 11-0-1[2]
1903 University of Michigan 11-0-1[2]
1903 University of Minnesota 14-0-1[2]
1904 Dartmouth College 7-0-1[2]
1904 Colorado School of Mines 4-0-1[2]
1905 University of Pennsylvania 12-0-1[2]
1905 Georgia Tech 6-0-1[2]
1905 Colorado School of Mines 5-0-1[2]
1906 Princeton University 9-0-1[4]
1906 Yale University 9-0-1[2]
1906 Clemson University 4-0-3[2]
1906 Colorado School of Mines 3-0-2[2]
1907 Yale University 9-0-1[4]
1908 University of Pennsylvania 11-0-1[4]
1908 Harvard University 9-0-1[2]
1908 University of Chicago 5-0-1[2]
1908 University of Kansas 12-0-1[2]
1908 University of Virginia 7-0-1[2]
1908 University of Washington 6-0-1 [14]
1909 Texas A&M University 7-0-1[2]
1909 Lafayette College 7-0-1[2]
1909 Pennsylvania State University 5-0-2[2]
1909 University of Missouri 7-0-1[2]
1910 Harvard University 8-0-1[4]
1910 Vanderbilt University 12-0-1[2]
1910 United States Naval Academy (Navy) 8-0-1[2]
1910 University of Michigan 3-0-3[2]
1910 Baylor University 6-0-2[2]
1910 North Carolina State University 4-0-2[2]
1911 Princeton University 8-0-2[4]
1911 University of Minnesota 6-0-1[2]
1911 Pennsylvania State University 8-0-1[2]
1911 Navy 6-0-3[2]
1911 University of Florida 5-0-1[2]
1913 Washington & Jefferson College 10-0-1[2]
1914 Auburn University 8-0-1[11]
1914 Harvard University 7-0-2[2]
1914 Colorado School of Mines 5-0-1[2]
1914 University of Nebraska 7-0-1[2]
1914 Oregon Agricultural College 7-0-2 [9]
1914 University of Washington 6-0-1 [16]
1915 University of Minnesota 6-0-1[2]
1915 Georgia Tech 7-0-1[2]
1915 University of Illinois 5-0-2[2]
1916 Miami University (OH) 7-0-1[6]
1916 Georgia Tech 8-0-1[2]
1916 University of Oregon 7-0-1[2]
1916 University of Tennessee 8-0-1[2]
1916 Agricultural College of Colorado 5-0-2[2]
1916 University of Washington 6-0-1 [16]
1917 Miami University (OH) 6-0-2[6]
1917 Ohio State University 8-0-1[2]
1917 Washington State University 6-0-1[2]
1917 Utah State University 7-0-1[2]
1918 Miami University (OH) 5-0-1[6]
1918 Naval Station Great Lakes 6-0-2[2]
1919 Harvard University 9-0-1[4]
1920 University of Oklahoma 6-0-1[8]
1920 University of Georgia 8-0-1[2]
1920 Harvard University 8-0-1[2]
1920 University of Pittsburgh 6-0-2[2]
1920 Princeton University 6-0-1[2]
1920 Pennsylvania State University 7-0-2[2]
1921 Washington & Jefferson College 10-0-1[2]
1921 Vanderbilt University 7-0-1[2]
1921 Pennsylvania State University 8-0-2[2]
1921 University of California 9-0-1[2]
1922 West Virginia University 10-0-1[2]
1922 University of Michigan 6-0-1[2]
1922 Vanderbilt University 8-0-1[2]
1922 Army 8-0-2[2]
1923 University of California 9-0-1[2]
1923 University of Kansas 5-0-3[2]
1923 King College[citation needed] 8-0-1[20]
1923 University of Texas 8-0-1[2]
1924 University of California 8-0-2[2]
1924 Dartmouth College 7-0-1[2]
1924 Gonzaga University 5-0-2[2]
1924 Yale University 6-0-2[2]
1925 Colgate University 7-0-2[2]
1925 North Dakota Agricultural College 5-0-2[1]
1925 Tulane University 9-0-1[2]
1926 University of Alabama 9-0-1[4]
1926 Stanford University 10-0-1[4]
1926 Navy 9-0-1[2]
1926 Southern Methodist University 8-0-1[2]
1926 Brown University 9-0-1[2]
1927 University of Illinois 10-0-1[4]
1927 University of Minnesota 6-0-2[2]
1927 Texas A&M University 8-0-1[2]
1927 Washington & Jefferson College 7-0-2[2]
1927 University of Tennessee 8-0-1[2]
1928 University of Southern California 9-0-1[4]
1928 University of Tennessee 9-0-1[2]
1928 University of Utah 5-0-2
1929 Texas Christian University 9-0-1[2]
1929 University of Tennessee 9-0-1[2]
1929 Southern Methodist University 6-0-4[2]
1930 University of Michigan 8-0-1[2]
1930 Marquette University 8-0-1[2]
1932 Auburn University 9-0-1[11]
1932 Western State Teachers College 6-0-1[4]
1933 University of Michigan 7-0-1[4]
1936 University of Alabama 8-0-1
1937 University of Pittsburgh 9-0-1[13]
1937 University of California 10-0-1
1937 Fordham University 7-0-1
1937 Villanova University 8-0-1
1937 Dartmouth College 7-0-2
1937 College of the Holy Cross 8-0-2
1938 Villanova University 8-0-1
1939 University of Southern California 8-0-2
1939 UCLA 6-0-4
1939 Duquesne University 8-0-1
1940 Mississippi State University 10-0-1
1941 University of Notre Dame 8-0-1
1941 University of Utah 6-0-2
1944 University of Southern California 8-0-2
1945 Indiana University 9-0-1
1946 University of Notre Dame 8-0-1
1946 Army 9-0-1
1947 Miami University (OH) 9-0-1[6]
1947 Southern Methodist University 9-0-2
1947 Pennsylvania State University 9-0-1
1947 University of Pennsylvania 7-0-1
1948 University of Notre Dame 9-0-1
1948 Army 8-0-1
1950 Clemson University 9-0-1
1951 University of Illinois 9-0-1
1951 Georgia Tech 11-0-1
1953 University of Notre Dame 9-0-1
1956 Texas A&M University 9-0-1
1957 VMI 9-0-1
1958 Army 8-0-1
1958 Auburn University 9-0-1[11]
1958 Air Force 9-0-2
1960 University of Mississippi 10-0-1
1961 Ohio State University 8-0-1
1966 University of Notre Dame 9-0-1
1966 Michigan State University 9-0-1
1969 University of Southern California 10-0-1
1970 University of Nebraska 11-0-1
1973 Ohio State University 10-0-1
1973 University of Michigan 10-0-1
1973 University of Oklahoma 10-0-1[8]
1974 Miami University (OH) 10-0-1
1979 University of Southern California 11-0-1
1982 Southern Methodist University 11-0-1
1985 California State University, Fresno 11-0-1
1987 Syracuse University 11-0-1
1990 Georgia Tech 11-0-1
1992 University of Michigan 9-0-3
1994 Texas A&M University 10-0-1
1995 University of Toledo 11-0-1
note: in 1917, 1918, 1943 and 1944, football teams from military training facilities competed alongside college programs
note: In 1996, the NCAA eliminated ties with a new overtime system

Teams with multiple undefeated seasons

Teams ordered by the number of undefeated seasons in the top division. Teams in italics no longer compete in Division I FBS.

Team Undefeated Perfect
Yale University 29 16
Princeton University 25 14
University of Notre Dame 18 12
University of Michigan 16 9
University of Oklahoma 14 11
Pennsylvania State University 13 7
University of Southern California 12 8
Auburn University 12 7
University of Washington 12 7
Miami University (OH) 11 6
University of Minnesota 11 6
University of Texas 10 9
University of Alabama 10 8
University of Nebraska 9 7
Harvard University 9 5
Texas A&M University 9 3
Ohio State University 9 6
University of Pittsburgh 8 6
University of Pennsylvania 8 4
United States Military Academy (Army) 8 4
University of Utah 7 5
University of Tennessee 7 3
Georgia Institute of Technology 7 2
North Dakota State University 6 5
Western Michigan University 6 5
University of Illinois 6 3
Dartmouth College 6 2
University of California 6 2
Cornell University 5 5
Colorado School of Mines 5 1
Southern Methodist University 5 1
University of Colorado 4 4
University of Toledo 4 3
Clemson University 4 2
University of Chicago 4 2
University of Iowa 4 2
Lafayette College 4 2
Vanderbilt University 4 1
Arizona State University 3 3
University of Miami (FL) 3 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 3
Purdue University 3 3
Rutgers University 3 3
Saint Louis University 3 3
Michigan State University 3 2
Oregon State University 3 2
University of Georgia 3 2
Tulane University 3 2
United States Naval Academy (Navy) 3 0
Washington & Jefferson College 3 0
University of Arkansas 2 2
University of Maryland 2 2
USNTC Bainbridge 2 2
Louisiana State University 2 2
Colorado College 2 2
UCLA 2 1
Duquesne University 2 1
Syracuse University 2 1
Stanford University 2 1
Colorado State University 2 1
University of Kansas 2 1
Texas Christian University 2 1
Villanova University 2 0

Undefeated Division I Football Championship Subdivision

This section covers teams that competed in the second tier of Division I since it was split in 1978:

  • Division I-AA from 1978 - 2005
  • Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) from 2006

Note that Division I FCS, still generally identified by sports media as Division I-AA despite the official NCAA change of nomenclature, features a single-elimination playoff, reducing the likelihood of having multiple teams finishing the season with undefeated records. However, several conferences voluntarily do not compete in the playoff, meaning that there is still a chance to have multiple undefeated teams in the same year.

In both lists in this section, teams in bold competed in the I-AA or FCS playoffs, thereby winning the national title, in the relevant season.

Undefeated but with ties

These teams finished the season with no losses, but with some ties, after 1978 in Division I-AA or FCS football.

Year Team Final W-L-T Record
1991 Alabama State University 11-0-1[21]
1994 Youngstown State University 14-0-1[22]

Undefeated and untied

These teams all finished the season with no losses or ties after 1978 in Division I-AA or FCS football.[23]

Year Team Final W-L-T record
1982 Eastern Kentucky University 13-0-0
1984 Tennessee State University 11-0-0
1986 University of Pennsylvania 10-0-0
1987 College of the Holy Cross 11-0-0
1989 Georgia Southern University 15-0-0
1991 College of the Holy Cross 11-0-0
1993 University of Pennsylvania 10-0-0
1994 University of Pennsylvania 9-0-0
1996 Marshall University 15-0
1996 University of Dayton 11-0
1996 Dartmouth College 11-0
2000 Davidson College 11-0
2000 Robert Morris College
(now Robert Morris University) 		10-0
2001 Sacred Heart University 10-0
2001 Harvard University 9-0
2003 University of Pennsylvania 10-0
2004 Harvard University 10-0

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