Most consecutive NCAA football wins over one opponent

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The following is a list of the all-time leading NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) college football single-opponent winning streaks. Streaks are ranked by the number of consecutive wins posted by one team against a regular opponent. All streaks active and historical streaks of at least 20 games are included.

This list excludes rivalries involving current Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) schools, and thus excludes the all-time NCAA record for most consecutive wins by one rival over another: Yale (now an FCS team) beat Wesleyan University (Connecticut) (now a Division III team) 46 times in a row between 1875 and 1913. The two teams have not played each other since that 1913 game (which Yale won at home, 21-0).

The FCS record for most consecutive wins by one team over another in an uninterrupted series is 32 victories in a row by Grambling over Prairie View between 1977 and 2009; this streak includes the 1990 season, when Prairie View's team went into recess due to a lack of players and financial problems. That streak began when Grambling was in the old Division I and Prairie View was in Division II.

Additionally, there are two series that involve multiple winning streaks of 20+ games. Oklahoma defeated Kansas State in 32 consecutive games from 1937 to 1968, then the Sooners won 22 in a row over the Wildcats from 1971 to 1992. [1] [2] Ohio State also owns multiple 20+ game winning streaks over Indiana, winning 23 in a row from 1960 to 1986 and currently hold a 28-game winning streak over the Hoosiers from 1991 to the present day. [3] [4]

Most consecutive wins over an opponent
SchoolOpponentConsecutive winsYear startedLast winUninterrupted series?Notes/References
Notre Dame Navy 4319642006Yes Navy won in 2007 [5] [6]
Nebraska Kansas 3619692004YesKU won in 2005 [7]
Princeton Rutgers 3318691937No (68-year period) [7]
Oklahoma Kansas State 3219371968Yes [7]
Penn State Temple 3119522014No (63-year period)Penn State had a 39-game unbeaten streak against Temple dating back to 1941; the teams played to a tie in 1950. Temple broke the streak in 2015.
Florida Kentucky 3119872017YesLongest in-conference streak in Southeastern Conference history. Kentucky snapped the streak in 2018.
Nebraska Kansas State 2919691997Yes [7]
Clemson Virginia 2919551989No (35-year period) [7]
Ohio State Indiana 2919912024No [8] The 2010 game was vacated due to self-imposed sanctions by Ohio State [9]
Texas Rice 2819661993Yes [7]
Princeton Penn 2818761891No (25-year period) [7]
Syracuse Hobart 2619061931Yes [7]
USC Oregon State 2619681999No (32-year period) [7]
Tennessee Kentucky 2619852010Yes Kentucky won in 2011. [10] Rivalry formerly known as the Battle for the Barrel
Penn State West Virginia 2519591983Yes [7]
Michigan Indiana 2419882019No [11] Indiana snapped the streak in 2020.
Texas TCU 2419681991Yes [7]
Nebraska Oklahoma State 2419741999No [12]
Texas A&M TCU 2419732001No (29-year period)Texas A&M won 23 consecutive games against TCU from 1973 to 1995 while they were both members of the old Southwest Conference. Texas A&M beat TCU again in the 2001 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, and the teams have not played since then. [13]
Nebraska Missouri 2419792002Yes [7]
Penn State Maryland 2419621988No (27-year period)The streak began following Maryland's first win in the series in 1961, and finally ended with the only tie in 1989. Penn State would end up with a 29-game unbeaten streak over Maryland before the Terps defeated the Nittany Lions in 2014. [14]
Alabama Vanderbilt 2319852022No [15] Vanderbilt won in 2024.
Oregon Idaho 2419512024No
Oklahoma Iowa State 2319371959Yes
Ohio State Indiana 2319601986No [8]
Tennessee Vanderbilt 2219832005Yes [7]
Arkansas TCU 2219591980Yes [7]
Alabama Mississippi State 2219581979Yes
Iowa Northwestern 2219741994Yes [7] Northwestern's 1995 team also ended a 19-game (30 year) losing streak to Michigan and a 14-game (33 year) losing streak to Notre Dame.
LSU Louisiana 2219022009No (108-year period) [7] LSU and Louisiana have only played each other 22 times total, giving LSU a 22-0 lead in the series - the most meetings between two NCAA teams without both teams having at least one win. Florida State has three fewer wins over Duke without a Duke victory. [16]
Florida Vanderbilt 2219892012No (24-year period)The series was uninterrupted since 1992 (21 wins). Vanderbilt won in 2013 [17]
Florida State Duke 2219922023No (31-year period) [7] Duke snapped the 0-22 streak in 2024 with their first victory over Florida State [7]
Oklahoma Kansas State 2219711992Yes [7] [18]
Ohio State Northwestern 2119722003No (33-year period)Northwestern won in 2004. [7] [19]
Ohio State Wisconsin 2119601980Yes [20]
Harvard Brown 2118931913No (30-year period) [7]
Purdue Iowa 2019611980Yes [7]
Oklahoma Baylor 2019012011No (111-year period)Baylor ended the streak with a 45–38 victory in 2011.

† Active Streaks in bold

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