# Longest NCAA Division I football winning streaks

This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" &#x2D; please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! 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.
| # | 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 |
| 4. | USC | 34 | Texas‡ | 2003–2005 |
| 5. | Pittsburgh | 31 | Cleveland Naval Reserve | 1914–1918 |
| 5. | Oklahoma | 31 | Kentucky‡ | 1948–1950 |
| 7. | Texas | 30 | Notre Dame‡ | 1968–1970 |
| 8. | Michigan | 29 | Minnesota† | 1901–1903 |
| 8. | Miami (FL) | 29 | Alabama‡ | 1990–1992 |
| 8. | Florida State | 29 | Oregon‡ | 2012–2014 |
| 8. | Clemson | 29 | LSU# | 2018–2019 |
| 8. | Georgia | 29 | Alabama | 2021–2023 |
| 13. | Oklahoma | 28 | Kansas | 1973–1975 |
| 13. | Alabama | 28 | Mississippi State | 1978–1980 |
| 13. | Michigan State | 28 | Purdue | 1950–1953 |
| 16. | Michigan | 26 | Chicago | 1903–1905 |
| 16. | Nebraska | 26 | Arizona State | 1994–1996 |
| 16. | Alabama | 26 | Clemson# | 2015–2016 |
| 19. | USC | 25 | Oregon State† | 1931–1933 |
| 19. | Army | 25 | Notre Dame† | 1944–1946 |
| 19. | Michigan | 25 | Army | 1946–1949 |
| 19. | San Diego State | 25 | Utah State | 1965–1967 |
| 19. | BYU | 25 | UCLA | 1983–1985 |
| 19. | 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. † 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.
| # | 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 |
| 5. | Montana | 24 | Eastern Washington | 2001–2002 |
| 7. | Harvard | 22 | Penn | 2013–2015 |
| 7. | Sam Houston State | 22 | Montana State | 2019–2021 |
| 10. | Montana | 21 | Marshall | 1995–1996 |
| 10. | Colgate | 21 | Delaware | 2002–2003 |
| 12. | Holy Cross | 20 | Army | 1990–1992 |
| 12. | Dayton | 20 | Cal Poly | 1996–1997 |
| 13. | Duquesne | 19 | Robert Morris | 1995–1996 |
| 15. | Eastern Kentucky | 18 | Western Kentucky† | 1982–1983 |
| 15. | Davidson | 18 | Jacksonville | 1999–2001 |
| 15. | 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 |
| 22. | Sam Houston State | 16 | North Dakota State | 2010–2011 |
| 24. | Marshall | 15 | moved to FBS | 1996 |
| 24. | Dartmouth | 15 | Lehigh | 1996–1997 |
| 24. | Montana State | 15 | North Dakota State | 2024 |
    † tie ended the winning streak