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.	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.	Nebraska	32	UCLA	1969-1972
9.	Penn	31	Harvard	1896–1898
	Pittsburgh	31	Cleveland Naval Reserve	1914–1918
	Oklahoma	31	Kentucky‡	1948–1950
12.	Texas	30	Notre Dame‡	1968–1970
13.	Michigan	29	Minnesota†	1901–1903
	Miami (FL)	29	Alabama‡	1990–1992
	Florida State	29	Oregon‡	2012–2014
	Clemson	29	LSU#	2018–2019
17.	Oklahoma	28	Kansas	1973–1975
	Alabama	28	Mississippi State	1978–1980
	Michigan State	28	Purdue	1950–1953
20.	Michigan	26	Chicago	1903–1905
	Cornell	26	Williams	1921–1924
	Nebraska	26	Arizona State	1994–1996
	Alabama	26	Clemson#	2015–2016
24.	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.[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 State	37	Active	2017–present
2.	North Dakota State	33	Northern Iowa	2012–2014
3.	James Madison	26	North Dakota State	2016–2017
4.	Penn	24	Columbia	1992–1995
	Montana	24	Eastern Washington	2001–2002
6.	Harvard	22	Penn	2013–2015
7.	Montana	21	Marshall	1995–1996
	Colgate	21	Delaware	2002–2003
9.	Holy Cross	20	Army	1990–1992
	Dayton	20	Cal Poly	1996–1997
11.	Duquesne	19	Robert Morris	1995–1996
12.	Eastern Kentucky	18	Western Kentucky	1982–1983
	Davidson	18	Jacksonville	1999–2001
	San Diego	18	UC Davis	2005–2006
15.	Robert Morris	17	Buffalo	1999–2000
	Penn	17	Villanova	2002–2004
	Appalachian State	17	Wofford	2006–2007
	Richmond	17	Villanova	2008–2009
	Princeton	17	Dartmouth	2017–2019
20.	Georgia Southern	16	Middle Tennessee	1989–1990
	Sam Houston State	16	North Dakota State	2010–2011
22.	Marshall	15	moved to FBS	1996
	Dartmouth	15	Lehigh	1996–1997
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.