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 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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

#	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 [a]	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. ^{[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.

NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision

The following is a list of the longest winning streaks in NCAA Division I FCS. ^[6] 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
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

1. As a result of the 2011 NCAA sanctions imposed on USC because of the ineligibility of Reggie Bush, 14 of the Trojans' wins during the streak were vacated.

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.