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

^ Streak was part of Division I's longest unbeaten streak of 64 games 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

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.
#TeamsStreakSpoilerSeason
1.North Dakota State37Active2017–present
2.North Dakota State33Northern Iowa2012–2014
3.James Madison26North Dakota State2016–2017
4.Penn24Columbia1992–1995
4.Montana24Eastern Washington2001–2002
6.Harvard22Penn2013–2015
7.Montana21Marshall1995–1996
7.Colgate21Delaware2002–2003
9.Holy Cross20Army1990–1992
9.Dayton20Cal Poly1996–1997
11.Duquesne19Robert Morris1995–1996
12.Eastern Kentucky18Western Kentucky1982–1983
12.Davidson18Jacksonville1999–2001
12.San Diego18UC Davis2005–2006
15.Robert Morris17Buffalo1999–2000
15.Penn17Villanova2002–2004
15.Appalachian State17Wofford2006–2007
15.Richmond17Villanova2008–2009
15.Princeton17Dartmouth2017–2019
20.Georgia Southern16Middle Tennessee1989–1990
20.Sam Houston State16North Dakota State2010–2011
22.Marshall15moved to FBS1996
22.Dartmouth15Lehigh1996–1997
24.Delaware14Lehigh1979–1980
24.Youngstown State14Kent State1994
24.Georgia Southern14Massachusetts1998
24.Charleston Southern14Liberty2005–2006
24.Montana14Villanova2009
24.North Dakota State14South Dakota State2015–2016
24.James Madison14North Dakota State2019