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Longest NCAA Division I football winning streaks
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In American college football, the longest NCAA Division I winning streak is held by the Oklahoma Sooners, who won 47 consecutive games between 1953 and 1957. The longest FCS winning streak is held by the North Dakota State Bison, who had a winning streak of 39 consecutive wins between 2017 and 2021.
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 2022 season.
| # | Team | Streak | Spoiler | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Oklahoma | 47 | Notre Dame | 1953–1957 |
| 2. | Washington^ | 40 | Oregon State† | 1908–1914 |
| 3. | Toledo | 35 | Tampa | 1969–1971 |
| 4. | Miami (FL) | 34 | Ohio State‡ | 2000–2002 |
| USC | 34 | Texas‡ | 2003–2005 | |
| 5. | Pittsburgh | 31 | Cleveland Naval Reserve | 1914–1918 |
| Oklahoma | 31 | Kentucky‡ | 1948–1950 | |
| 7. | Texas | 30 | Notre Dame‡ | 1968–1970 |
| 8. | Michigan | 29 | Minnesota† | 1901–1903 |
| Miami (FL) | 29 | Alabama‡ | 1990–1992 | |
| Florida State | 29 | Oregon‡ | 2012–2014 | |
| Clemson | 29 | LSU# | 2018–2019 | |
| Georgia | 29 | Alabama | 2021–2023 | |
| 13. | Oklahoma | 28 | Kansas | 1973–1975 |
| Alabama | 28 | Mississippi State | 1978–1980 | |
| Michigan State | 28 | Purdue | 1950–1953 | |
| 16. | Michigan | 26 | Chicago | 1903–1905 |
| Nebraska | 26 | Arizona State | 1994–1996 | |
| Alabama | 26 | Clemson# | 2015–2016 | |
| 19. | 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 | |
| UCF | 25 | LSU‡ | 2017–2018 |
^ Streak was part of Division I's longest unbeaten streak of 64 games (60–0–4) between 1907 and 1917.
† Indicates a streak ended by a tie.
‡ Indicates a streak ended in a bowl game.
# Indicates a streak ended in CFP National Championship.
NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
- NDSU's active streak is up-to-date through the end of the 2019 season (January 2020).
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2018 North Carolina A&T 15 game winning streak is not included. Been trying to get it added on talk page for two years but because it is FCS nobody cares
-- 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.
| # | Teams | Streak | Spoiler | Season(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | North Dakota State | 39 | Southern Illinois | 2017–2020 |
| 2. | North Dakota State | 33 | Northern Iowa | 2012–2014 |
| 3. | South Dakota State | 29 | Oklahoma State | 2022-2024 |
| 4. | James Madison | 26 | North Dakota State | 2016–2017 |
| 5. | Penn | 24 | Columbia | 1992–1995 |
| Montana | 24 | Eastern Washington | 2001–2002 | |
| 7. | Harvard | 22 | Penn | 2013–2015 |
| Sam Houston State | 22 | Montana State | 2019–2021 | |
| 10. | Montana | 21 | Marshall | 1995–1996 |
| Colgate | 21 | Delaware | 2002–2003 | |
| 12. | Holy Cross | 20 | Army | 1990–1992 |
| Dayton | 20 | Cal Poly | 1996–1997 | |
| 13. | Duquesne | 19 | Robert Morris | 1995–1996 |
| 15. | Eastern Kentucky | 18 | Western Kentucky | 1982–1983 |
| Davidson | 18 | Jacksonville | 1999–2001 | |
| San Diego | 18 | UC Davis | 2005–2006 | |
| 17. | Robert Morris | 17 | Buffalo | 1999–2000 |
| Penn | 17 | Villanova | 2002–2004 | |
| Richmond | 17 | Villanova | 2008-2009 | |
| Appalachian State | 17 | Wofford | 2006-2007 | |
| Princeton | 17 | Dartmouth | 2017–2019 | |
| 22. | Georgia Southern | 16 | Middle Tennessee | 1989–1990 |
| Sam Houston State | 16 | North Dakota State | 2010–2011 | |
| North Dakota State | 16 | 2024– | ||
| 24. | Marshall | 15 | moved to FBS | 1996 |
| Dartmouth | 15 | Lehigh | 1996–1997 | |
| Montana State | 15 | North Dakota State | 2024 |
: tie ended the winning streak
Notes
References
References
- (2016). "2018 NCAA FBS Football Record Book". NCAA.
- (2019). "UCF-LSU: No. 8 Knights' 25-game winning streak ends in Fiesta Bowl against No. 11 Tigers".
- "LSU vs Central Florida FBS Football - Jan 1st, 2019 {{!}} NCAA.com".
- "NCAA FBS Football Record Book". NCAA.
- "2015 Washington Football Information". UW.
- (2018). "2018 NCAA FCS Football Record Book". NCAA.
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