List of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams
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 |
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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]
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Year | Team | Final record | Notes |
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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]
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Year | Team | Final W-L-T record | |
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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.
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.
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Year | Team | Final W-L-T Record |
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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 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Associated Press Final Season Polls Retrieved December 5, 2006. Unless otherwise noted, all records are from this reference.
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- ^ a b c d e University of Michigan Football Annual Team Records Retrieved October 8, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg College Football National Champions Retrieved December 7, 2006
- ^ a b "Division I-A Historical Scores". Retrieved 2007-01-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "2006 Miami University Football Media Guide". Miami University. Retrieved 2006-12-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "University of Texas - all time records". MackBrownTexasFootball.com. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Football Seasons" (HTML). SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
- ^ a b c "2006 Oregon State University Football Media Guide" (PDF). Oregon State University. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
- ^ "Kentucky Football 2006 Media Guide: Year-By-Year Records" (PDF). University of Kentucky. Retrieved 2006-12-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2006 Auburn Football Media Guide". Auburn University. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
- ^ a b c "All-Time Records of Saint Louis". Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ a b "College Football Data Warehouse Pittsburgh Yearly Totals". Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ a b "University of Washington All-Time Football Results: 1900-1910". Retrieved 2007-11-04.
- ^ a b c d e f "Official 2006 NCAA Divisions I-A and I-AA Football Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. pp. p. 110. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
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- ^ "University of Washington All-Time Football Results: 1889-1899". Retrieved 2007-11-04.
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- ^ Alabama State Hornets Historical Football Records Retrieved December 11, 2006
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