Longest NCAA Division I football winning streaks

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 have an active streak of 37 consecutive wins, ongoing since November 2017.

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 2019 season.[1][2][3]

# Team Streak Spoiler Seasons
1.Oklahoma47Notre Dame1953–1957
2.Washington^40Oregon State†1908–1914
3.Yale37Princeton1887–1889
Yale37Princeton1890–1893
5.Toledo35Tampa1969–1971
6.Penn34Lafayette1894–1896
Miami (FL)34Ohio State‡2000–2002
8.Nebraska32UCLA1969-1972
9.Penn31Harvard1896–1898
Pittsburgh31Cleveland Naval Reserve1914–1918
Oklahoma31Kentucky‡1948–1950
12.Texas30Notre Dame‡1968–1970
13.Michigan29Minnesota†1901–1903
Miami (FL)29Alabama‡1990–1992
Florida State29Oregon‡2012–2014
Clemson29LSU#2018–2019
17.Oklahoma28Kansas1973–1975
Alabama28Mississippi State1978–1980
Michigan State28Purdue1950–1953
20.Michigan26Chicago1903–1905
Cornell26Williams1921–1924
Nebraska26Arizona State1994–1996
Alabama26Clemson#2015–2016
24.USC25Oregon State†1931–1933
Army25Notre Dame†1944–1946
Michigan25Army1946–1949
San Diego State25Utah State1965–1967
BYU25UCLA1983–1985
UCF25LSU‡2017–2018

^ Streak was part of Division I's longest unbeaten streak of 64 games (60–0–4) between 1907 and 1917.[4][5]
† Indicates a streak ended by a tie.
‡ Indicates a streak ended in a bowl game.
# Indicates a streak ended in CFP National Championship.

(USC initially had a 34 game winning streak from 2003 to 2005, of which 14 of those wins were later vacated by the NCAA.)

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.[6]

# Teams Streak Spoiler Season(s)
1.North Dakota State37Active2017–present
2.North Dakota State33Northern Iowa2012–2014
3.James Madison26North Dakota State2016–2017
4. Penn24Columbia1992–1995
Montana24Eastern Washington2001–2002
6.Harvard22Penn2013–2015
7. Montana21Marshall1995–1996
Colgate21Delaware2002–2003
9. Holy Cross20Army1990–1992
Dayton20Cal Poly1996–1997
11.Duquesne19Robert Morris1995–1996
12. Eastern Kentucky18Western Kentucky1982–1983
Davidson18Jacksonville1999–2001
San Diego18UC Davis2005–2006
15. Robert Morris17Buffalo1999–2000
Penn17Villanova2002–2004
Appalachian State17Wofford2006–2007
Richmond17Villanova2008–2009
Princeton17Dartmouth2017–2019
20. Georgia Southern16Middle Tennessee1989–1990
Sam Houston State16North Dakota State2010–2011
22. Marshall15moved to FBS1996
Dartmouth15Lehigh1996–1997
24. 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
North Dakota State 14 South Dakota State 2015–2016
James Madison 14 North Dakota State 2019
Indicates that a tie ended the winning streak.
Updated through the 2020 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game (January 2020).

References
  1. "2018 NCAA FBS Football Record Book" (pdf). NCAA.org. NCAA. 2016. p. 176. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  2. "UCF-LSU: No. 8 Knights' 25-game winning streak ends in Fiesta Bowl against No. 11 Tigers" (url). 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  3. "LSU vs Central Florida FBS Football - Jan 1st, 2019 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  4. "NCAA FBS Football Record Book" (pdf). NCAA.org. NCAA. p. 117.
  5. "2015 Washington Football Information" (pdf). gohuskies.com. UW. p. 52.
  6. "2018 NCAA FCS Football Record Book" (pdf). NCAA.org. NCAA. 2018. p. 83. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
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