Longest NCAA Division I football winning streaks

In American college football the longest NCAA Division I winning streak is held by the University of Oklahoma Sooners, who won 47 consecutive games between 1953 and 1957.

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 2016 season.^[1][2]

Active streaks are indicated in Bold

#	Team	Streak	Spoiler	Seasons
1.	Oklahoma	47	Notre Dame	1953–1957
2.	Washington^	40	Oregon State†	1908–1914
3.	Yale	37	Princeton	1890–1893
	Yale	37	Princeton	1887–1889
5.	Toledo	35	Tampa	1969–1971
6.	USC	34	Texas‡	2003–2005
	Miami (FL)	34	Ohio State‡	2000–2002
	Penn	34	Lafayette	1894–1896
9.	Oklahoma	31	Kentucky‡	1948–1950
	Pittsburgh	31	Cleveland Naval Reserve	1914–1918
	Penn	31	Harvard	1896–1898
12.	Texas	30	Notre Dame‡	1968–1970
13.	Florida State	29	Oregon‡	2012–2014
	Miami (FL)	29	Alabama‡	1990–1992
	Michigan	29	Minnesota†	1901–1903
16.	Alabama	28	Tennessee†	1991–1993
	Alabama	28	Mississippi State	1978–1980
	Oklahoma	28	Kansas	1973–1975
	Michigan State	28	Purdue	1950–1953
20.	Nebraska	26	Arizona State	1994–1996
	Cornell	26	Williams	1921–1924
	Michigan	26	Chicago	1903–1905
23.	BYU	25	UCLA	1983–1985
	San Diego State	25	Utah State	1965–1967
	Michigan	25	Army	1946–1949
	Army	25	Notre Dame†	1944–1946
	USC	25	Oregon State†	1931–1933
	Alabama	25	TBD	2015-Present

^ Streak was part of Division I's longest unbeaten streak of 64 games (60–0–4) between 1907 and 1917.^[3][4]
† Indicates a tie ended the winning streak.
‡ Indicates a streak ended in a bowl game.

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.^[5]

Active streaks are indicated in Bold

#	Teams	Streak	Spoiler	Season(s)
1.	North Dakota State	33	Northern Iowa	2012–2014
2.	Montana	24	Eastern Washington	2001–2002
	Penn	24	Columbia	1992–1995
4.	Harvard	22	Penn	2013-2015
5	Colgate	21	Delaware	2002-2003
	Montana	21	Marshall	1995–1996
7.	Dayton	20	Cal Poly	1996–1997
	Holy Cross	20	Army	1990–1992
9.	Duquesne	19	Robert Morris	1995–1996
10.	San Diego	18	UC Davis	2005–2006
	Davidson	18	Jacksonville	1999–2001
	Eastern Kentucky	18	Western Kentucky†	1982–1983
13.	Richmond	17	Villanova	2008–2009
	Appalachian State	17	Wofford	2006–2007
	Penn	17	Villanova	2002–2004
	Robert Morris	17	Buffalo	1999–2000
17.	Sam Houston State	16	North Dakota State	2010–2011
	Georgia Southern	16	Middle Tennessee	1989–1990
19.	Dartmouth	15	Lehigh	1996–1997
	Marshall	15	moved to FBS	1996
21	Montana	14	Villanova	2009
	Charleston Southern	14	Liberty	2005-2006
	Georgia Southern	14	Massachusetts	1998
	Youngstown State	14	Kent State	1994
	Delaware	14	Lehigh	1979-1980

† Indicates a tie ended the winning streak.

References

1. "2014 NCAA FBS Football Record Book" (pdf). NCAA.org. NCAA. 2014. p. 117. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
2. "20 Longest Winning Streaks in College Football History".
3. "NCAA FBS Football Record Book" (pdf). NCAA.org. NCAA. p. 117.
4. "2015 Washington Football Information" (pdf). gohuskies.com. UW. p. 52.
5. "2016 NCAA FCS Football Record Book" (pdf). NCAA.org. NCAA. 2016. p. 78. Retrieved September 15, 2016.