Longest NCAA Division I football winning streaks
In American college football the longest NCAA Division I winning streak is held by the University of Oklahoma Sooners, who won 47 consecutive games between 1953 and 1957.
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
The following is a list of the longest winning streaks in NCAA Division I FBS of 25 games or more through the 2015 season.[1]
Active streaks are indicated in Bold
# | Team | Streak | Spoiler | Seasons |
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1. | Oklahoma | 47 | Notre Dame | 1953–1957 |
2. | Washington^ | 40 | Oregon State† | 1908–1914 |
3. | Yale | 37 | Princeton | 1887–1889 |
Yale | 37 | Princeton | 1890–1893 | |
5. | Toledo | 35 | Tampa | 1969–1971 |
6. | Penn | 34 | Lafayette | 1894–1896 |
Miami (FL) | 34 | Ohio State‡ | 2000–2002 | |
8. | Penn | 31 | Harvard | 1896–1898 |
Pittsburgh | 31 | Cleveland Naval Reserve | 1914–1918 | |
Oklahoma | 31 | Kentucky‡ | 1948–1950 | |
11. | Texas | 30 | Notre Dame‡ | 1968–1970 |
12. | Michigan | 29 | Minnesota† | 1901–1903 |
Miami (FL) | 29 | Alabama‡ | 1990–1992 | |
Florida State | 29 | Oregon‡ | 2012–2014 | |
15. | Michigan State | 28 | Purdue | 1950–1953 |
Oklahoma | 28 | Kansas | 1973–1975 | |
Alabama | 28 | Mississippi State | 1978–1980 | |
18. | Michigan | 26 | Chicago | 1903–1905 |
Cornell | 26 | Williams | 1921–1924 | |
Nebraska | 26 | Arizona State | 1994–1996 | |
21. | USC | 25 | Oregon State† | 1931–1933 |
Army | 25 | Notre Dame† | 1944–1946 | |
Michigan | 25 | Army | 1946–1949 | |
San Diego State | 25 | Utah State | 1965–1967 | |
BYU | 25 | UCLA | 1983–1985 |
^ Streak was part of Division I's longest unbeaten streak of 64 games (60–0–4) between 1907 and 1917.[2][3]
† Indicates a tie ended the winning streak.
‡ Indicates a streak ended in a bowl game.
NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
The following is a list of the longest winning streaks in NCAA Division I FCS. Only schools that have been FCS members for five years are eligible for inclusion.[4]
Active streaks are indicated in Bold
# | Teams | Streak | Spoiler | Season(s) |
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1. | North Dakota State | 33 | Northern Iowa | 2012–2014 |
2. | Penn | 24 | Columbia | 1992–1995 |
Montana | 24 | Eastern Washington | 2001–2002 | |
4. | Harvard | 22 | Penn | 2013-2015 |
5. | Montana | 21 | Marshall | 1995–1996 |
Colgate | 21 | Delaware | 2002-2003 | |
7. | Holy Cross | 20 | Army | 1990–1992 |
Dayton | 20 | Cal Poly | 1996–1997 | |
9. | Duquesne | 19 | Robert Morris | 1995–1996 |
10. | Eastern Kentucky | 18 | Western Kentucky† | 1982–1983 |
Davidson | 18 | Jacksonville | 1999–2001 | |
San Diego | 18 | UC Davis | 2005–2006 | |
13. | Robert Morris | 17 | Buffalo | 1999–2000 |
Penn | 17 | Villanova | 2002–2004 | |
Appalachian State | 17 | Wofford | 2006–2007 | |
Richmond | 17 | Villanova | 2008–2009 | |
17. | Georgia Southern | 16 | Middle Tennessee | 1989–1990 |
Sam Houston State | 16 | North Dakota State | 2010–2011 | |
19. | Marshall | 15 | moved to FBS | 1996 |
Dartmouth | 15 | Lehigh | 1996–1997 | |
21 | Delaware | 14 | Lehigh | 1979-1980 |
Youngstown State | 14 | Kent State | 1994 | |
Georgia Southern | 14 | Massachusetts | 1998 | |
Charleston Southern | 14 | Liberty | 2005-2006 | |
Montana | 14 | Villanova | 2009 |
† Indicates a tie ended the winning streak.
References
- ^ "2016 NCAA FBS Football Record Book" (pdf). NCAA.org. NCAA. 2016. p. 172. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "NCAA FBS Football Record Book" (pdf). NCAA.org. NCAA. p. 117.
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