List of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams
This is a list of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams, which describes all teams that finished a college football season in the NCAA's Division I, or historic equivalent, without any losses.
Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) is the highest division of play in college football. However this nomenclature and these categories of divisional play have only existed since 2006 and 1978, respectively. Prior to the formation of the NCAA in 1906, there was no differentiation between the level of play from one college to another, and thus all intercollegiate teams can be thought of as having played in the same division. Likewise, even after the formation of the NCAA, there was no differentiation into divisions until 1956, when play was separated in the upper "University" division and lower "Collegiate" division. In 1973, a three division reorganization occurred placing teams into NCAA Division I (highest), Division II, or Division III (lowest). In 1978, Division I was further subdivided into Division I-A (highest) and Division I-AA. In 2006, these subdivisions were renamed Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), respectively.[1]
The following categories represent the historical equivalents of the highest level of play over the history of college football, and the subsequent tables list the teams for each season that went undefeated while competing in these highest categories:
- uncategorized (pre-NCAA) 1869 to 1905
- NCAA 1906 to 1955
- NCAA University Division from 1956 until 1972
- NCAA Division I from 1973 to 1977
- NCAA Division I-A from 1978 to 2005
- NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) from 2006–present
Undefeated and untied
These teams finished the season having won every game in which they played, thus completing a "perfect season".[2]
Pre-1900
Year | Team | Record | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1870 | Princeton | 1–0–0[3] | |
1872 | Princeton | 1–0–0[3] | |
1872 | Yale | 1–0–0[4] | |
1873 | Princeton | 1–0–0[3] | |
1874 | Princeton | 4–0–0[3] | |
1874 | Yale | 3–0–0[4] | |
1875 | Harvard | 4–0–0[5] | |
1875 | Princeton | 2–0–0[3] | |
1876 | Rutgers | 1–0–0[6] | |
1876 | Yale | 3–0–0[4] | |
1877 | Amherst | 1–0–0[6] | |
1878 | Princeton | 6–0–0[3] | |
1880 | Michigan | 1–0–0[7] | |
1881 | Georgetown | 1–0–0[8] | |
1881 | Penn State | 1–0–0[9] | |
1882 | Michigan | 1–0–0[7] | |
1882 | Navy | 1–0–0 | |
1882 | Yale | 8–0–0[4] | |
1883 | California | 2–0–0[11] | |
1883 | Princeton | 4–0–0[3] | |
1883 | NYU | 1–0–0[8] | |
1883 | Albion | 1–0–0[8] | |
1884 | Michigan | 2–0–0[7] | |
1884 | Navy | 1–0–0 | |
1884 | Wabash | 1–0–0[8] | |
1884 | Yale | 9–0–0[4] | |
1885 | Albion | 1–0–0[8] | |
1885 | Michigan | 3–0–0[7] | Michigan was unscored upon. |
1885 | Princeton | 9–0–0[3] | |
1886 | California | 4–0–0[11] | |
1886 | Fordham | 1–0–0[8] | |
1886 | Michigan | 2–0–0[7] | Michigan was unscored upon. |
1887 | Michigan | 3–0–0[7] | Michigan was unscored upon. |
1887 | Minnesota | 2–0–0[12] | Minnesota was unscored upon. |
1887 | Penn State | 2–0–0[9][13] | Penn State was unscored upon. |
1887 | Yale | 9–0–0[4] | |
1887 | Hanover | 2–0–0[8] | |
1888 | Colorado School of Mines | 1–0–0[14] | |
1888 | Notre Dame | 1–0–0[15] | |
1888 | USC | 2–0–0[16] | |
1888 | Yale | 13–0–0[4] | Yale was unscored upon. |
1889 | Beloit | 1–0–0[8] | |
1889 | Butler | 2–0–0[8] | |
1889 | California | 4–0–0[11] | |
1889 | Colorado School of Mines | 1–0–0[14] | |
1889 | Miami (OH) | 4–0–0[17] | |
1889 | Notre Dame | 1–0–0[15] | |
1889 | Ohio State | 1–0–0[18] | |
1889 | Princeton | 10–0–0[3] | |
1889 | USC | 2–0–0[16] | |
1889 | Colorado School of Mines | 6–0–0[14] | |
1890 | Harvard | 11–0–0[5] | |
1890 | Kentucky | 1–0–0[8] | |
1890 | Nebraska | 2–0–0[19] | |
1890 | Vanderbilt | 1–0–0[8] | |
1891 | Albion | 4–0–0[8] | |
1891 | Detroit | 1–0–0[8] | |
1891 | Duke | 3–0–0[8] | |
1891 | Purdue | 4–0–0[8] | |
1891 | Wake Forest | 1–0–0[8] | |
1891 | Yale | 13–0–0[4] | |
1892 | Case Western Reserve | 3–0–0 | |
1892 | Colgate | 3–0–0[6] | |
1892 | Minnesota | 5–0–0[12] | |
1892 | NC State | 1–0–0[8] | |
1892 | Purdue | 8–0–0[6] | |
1892 | USC | 1–0–0[16] | |
1892 | Utah St. | 1–0–0[20] | |
1892 | Wyoming | 1–0–0[8] | |
1892 | Yale | 13–0–0[4] | |
1893 | Case Western Reserve | 4–0–0 | |
1893 | Fordham | 4–0–0[8] | |
1893 | Maryland | 6–0–0 | |
1893 | Minnesota | 6–0–0[12] | |
1893 | NC State | 2–0–0[8] | |
1893 | Princeton | 11–0–0[3] | |
1893 | Texas | 4–0–0[21] | |
1894 | North Dakota St. | 2–0–0[22] | |
1894 | Columbia Physicians & Surgeons | 3–0–0[8] | |
1894 | New Mexico State | 2–0–0[8] | |
1894 | Penn | 12–0–0[23] | |
1894 | USC | 1–0–0[16] | |
1894 | Wyoming | 3–0–0[8] | |
1894 | Yale | 16–0–0[4] | |
1894 | Case Western Reserve | 7–0–0 | |
1895 | Arkansas | 1–0–0[24] | |
1895 | Bloomsburg | 1–0–0[8] | |
1895 | Miami (OH) | 3–0–0[17] | |
1895 | Hanover | 2–0–0[8] | |
1895 | LSU | 3–0–0[8] | |
1895 | Marquette | 4–0–0[8] | |
1895 | Oregon | 4–0–0[25] | |
1895 | Penn | 14–0–0[23] | |
1895 | St. Bonaventure | 4–0–0[8] | |
1895 | Texas | 5–0–0[21] | Texas was unscored upon. |
1895 | Tulsa | 1–0–0[8] | |
1895 | Washington State | 2–0–0[26] | |
1895 | Wyoming | 1–0–0[8] | |
1896 | Fordham | 1–0–0[8] | |
1896 | Georgia | 4–0–0[8] | |
1896 | LSU | 6–0–0[8] | |
1896 | NC State | 1–0–0[8] | |
1896 | North Dakota | 2–0–0[8] | |
1896 | Oklahoma | 2–0–0[27] | |
1896 | St. John's | 1–0–0[8] | |
1896 | Tennessee | 4–0–0[28] | |
1896 | Wyoming | 2–0–0[8] | |
1897 | Alabama | 1–0–0[29] | |
1897 | Butler | 1–0–0[8] | |
1897 | Buffalo | 8–0–0[8] | |
1897 | Oklahoma | 2–0–0[27] | |
1897 | Oregon State | 2–0–0[30] | |
1897 | Penn | 15–0–0[23] | |
1897 | Washington State | 2–0–0[26] | |
1897 | Wichita State | 1–0–0[8] | |
1897 | Wyoming | 2–0–0[8] | |
1898 | Colorado School of Mines | 9–0–0[14] | |
1898 | Detroit | 5–0–0[8] | |
1898 | Drexel | 7–0–0[31] | Drexel was unscored upon. |
1898 | Harvard | 11–0–0[5] | |
1898 | Kalamazoo | 7–0–0[8] | MIAA champions |
1898 | Kentucky | 7–0–0[32] | Kentucky was unscored upon. |
1898 | LSU | 1–0–0[8] | |
1898 | Michigan | 10–0–0[7] | |
1898 | North Carolina | 9–0–0[8] | |
1898 | Oklahoma | 2–0–0[27] | |
1898 | Tulsa | 1–0–0[8] | |
1899 | Sewanee | 12–0–0[33] | Won five road games in six days. |
1899 | New Mexico State | 1–0–0[8] | |
1899 | North Dakota | 6–0–0[8] | |
1899 | Utah St. | 1–0–0[20] |
1900 to present
Year | Team | Coach | Wins | Losses | Points For | Points Against | Point Differential | Average Point Differential |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | Auburn[34] | Watkins | 4 | 0 | 148 | 5 | 143 | 35.8 |
1900 | Baylor[35] | Hamilton | 3 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 38 | 12.7 |
1900 | Central Michigan[36] | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15.0 | |
1900 | Clemson[37] | Heisman | 6 | 0 | 222 | 10 | 212 | 35.3 |
1900 | Idaho[38] | Herbold | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6.0 |
1900 | Texas[21] | Thompson | 6 | 0 | 113 | 13 | 100 | 16.7 |
1900 | Tulane | Summersgill | 5 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 105 | 21.0 |
1900 | Yale[4] | McBride | 12 | 0 | 336 | 10 | 326 | 27.2 |
1901 | Harvard[5] | Reid | 12 | 0 | 254 | 24 | 230 | 19.2 |
1901 | Michigan[7] | Yost | 11 | 0 | 550 | 0 | 550 | 50.0 |
1901 | North Dakota State[22] | Harrison | 7 | 0 | 261 | 17 | 244 | 34.9 |
1901 | Saint Louis[39] | 10 | 0 | 233 | 14 | 219 | 21.9 | |
1901 | Wisconsin[40] | King | 9 | 0 | 316 | 5 | 311 | 34.6 |
1901 | Wyoming | McMurray | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 |
1902 | Arizona | Gillette | 5 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 134 | 26.8 |
1902 | California[11] | Whipple | 8 | 0 | 168 | 12 | 156 | 19.5 |
1902 | Central Michigan[36] | Tambling | 4 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 82 | 20.5 |
1902 | Michigan[7] | Yost | 11 | 0 | 644 | 12 | 632 | 57.5 |
1902 | Nebraska[19] | Booth | 10 | 0 | 186 | 0 | 186 | 18.6 |
1902 | North Dakota State[22] | Cochems | 4 | 0 | 168 | 0 | 168 | 42.0 |
1902 | Oklahoma A&M[27] | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 | |
1902 | South Dakota | Whittemore | 10 | 0 | 239 | 0 | 239 | 23.9 |
1902 | Wyoming | McMurray | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 |
1903 | Arizona State | Irish | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 16.5 |
1903 | Central Michigan[36] | Tambling | 6 | 0 | 69 | 11 | 58 | 9.7 |
1903 | Nebraska[19] | Booth | 11 | 0 | 291 | 17 | 274 | 24.9 |
1903 | North Dakota | Kennedy | 8 | 0 | 298 | 11 | 287 | 35.9 |
1903 | Princeton[3] | Hillebrand | 11 | 0 | 259 | 6 | 253 | 23.0 |
1903 | Utah State[20] | Campbell | 3 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 78 | 26.0 |
1904 | Arizona State | Irish | 4 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 29.0 |
1904 | Auburn[34] | Donahue | 6 | 0 | 170 | 11 | 159 | 26.5 |
1904 | Charleston (WV) | Ropp | 3 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 90 | 30.0 |
1904 | Michigan[7] | Yost | 10 | 0 | 567 | 22 | 545 | 54.5 |
1904 | Minnesota[12] | Williams | 13 | 0 | 725 | 12 | 713 | 54.8 |
1904 | New Mexico | McEwan | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
1904 | Northern Illinois | Fleager | 5 | 0 | 90 | 17 | 73 | 14.6 |
1904 | Penn[23] | Williams | 12 | 0 | 222 | 4 | 218 | 18.2 |
1904 | Pittsburgh[41] | Mosse | 10 | 0 | 406 | 5 | 401 | 40.1 |
1904 | Saint Louis[39] | 11 | 0 | 349 | 0 | 349 | 31.7 | |
1904 | Vanderbilt[42] | McGugin | 9 | 0 | 474 | 4 | 470 | 52.2 |
1905 | Chicago[43] | Stagg | 11 | 0 | 271 | 5 | 266 | 24.2 |
1905 | Colorado School of Mines[14] | Ellsworth | 6 | 0 | 125 | 16 | 109 | 18.2 |
1905 | Idaho[38] | Griffith | 5 | 0 | 113 | 2 | 111 | 22.2 |
1905 | LSU | Killian | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 12.0 |
1905 | New Mexico State | Miller | 3 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 96 | 32.0 |
1905 | Stanford | Lanagan | 8 | 0 | 138 | 13 | 125 | 15.6 |
1905 | Yale[4] | Owsley | 10 | 0 | 226 | 4 | 222 | 22.2 |
1906 | Butler | Robinson | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 |
1906 | New Mexico State | Miller | 4 | 0 | 71 | 12 | 59 | 14.8 |
1906 | North Dakota State[22] | Dobie | 4 | 0 | 236 | 4 | 232 | 58.0 |
1906 | Saint Louis[39] | Cochems | 11 | 0 | 407 | 20 | 387 | 35.2 |
1906 | Washington State[26] | Bender | 6 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 7.3 |
1906 | Wisconsin[40] | Hutchins | 5 | 0 | 78 | 15 | 63 | 12.6 |
1907 | New Mexico | Angell | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 |
1907 | New Mexico State | Miller | 3 | 0 | 88 | 6 | 82 | 27.3 |
1907 | North Dakota State[22] | Dobie | 3 | 0 | 163 | 10 | 153 | 51.0 |
1907 | Oregon State[30] | Norcross | 6 | 0 | 137 | 0 | 137 | 22.8 |
1907 | South Carolina | McKay | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 8.7 |
1908 | Arizona | Galbraith | 5 | 0 | 136 | 6 | 130 | 26.0 |
1908 | Charleston (WV) | 3 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 39 | 13.0 | |
1908 | Kansas[44] | Kennedy | 9 | 0 | 131 | 20 | 111 | 12.3 |
1908 | Louisiana | McNaspy | 6 | 0 | 93 | 16 | 77 | 12.8 |
1908 | LSU | Wingard | 10 | 0 | 442 | 11 | 431 | 43.1 |
1908 | Miami (OH)[17] | Foster | 7 | 0 | 113 | 10 | 103 | 14.7 |
1909 | Arkansas[24] | Bezdek | 7 | 0 | 186 | 18 | 168 | 24.0 |
1909 | Colorado[45] | Folsom | 6 | 0 | 141 | 0 | 141 | 23.5 |
1909 | Washington[46] | Dobie | 7 | 0 | 214 | 6 | 208 | 29.7 |
1909 | Western Michigan[47] | Spaulding | 7 | 0 | 194 | 9 | 185 | 26.4 |
1909 | Yale[4] | Jones | 10 | 0 | 209 | 0 | 209 | 20.9 |
1910 | Arizona | Shipp | 5 | 0 | 87 | 8 | 79 | 15.8 |
1910 | Colorado[45] | Folsom | 6 | 0 | 121 | 3 | 118 | 19.7 |
1910 | Colorado College[48] | 7 | 0 | 120 | 30 | 90 | 12.9 | |
1910 | Illinois[49] | Hall | 9 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 9.9 |
1910 | Louisiana Industrial | Prince | 7 | 0 | 265 | 6 | 259 | 37.0 |
1910 | Pittsburgh[41] | Thompson | 9 | 0 | 282 | 0 | 282 | 31.3 |
1910 | Washington[46] | Dobie | 6 | 0 | 150 | 8 | 142 | 23.7 |
1911 | Colorado[45] | Folsom | 6 | 0 | 88 | 5 | 83 | 13.8 |
1911 | New Mexico State | Badenoch | 7 | 0 | 192 | 6 | 186 | 26.6 |
1911 | Oklahoma[27] | Owen | 8 | 0 | 282 | 15 | 267 | 33.4 |
1911 | Utah State[20] | Teetzel | 5 | 0 | 164 | 0 | 164 | 32.8 |
1911 | Washington[46] | Dobie | 7 | 0 | 277 | 9 | 268 | 38.3 |
1912 | Harvard[5] | Haughton | 9 | 0 | 176 | 22 | 154 | 17.1 |
1912 | Middle Tennessee | Weber | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 22.0 |
1912 | Notre Dame[15] | Marks | 7 | 0 | 389 | 27 | 362 | 51.7 |
1912 | Penn State[9] | Hollenback | 8 | 0 | 285 | 6 | 279 | 34.9 |
1912 | Troy | Penton | 3 | 0 | 61 | 10 | 51 | 17.0 |
1912 | Washington[46] | Dobie | 6 | 0 | 190 | 17 | 173 | 28.8 |
1912 | Wisconsin[40] | Juneau | 7 | 0 | 246 | 29 | 217 | 31.0 |
1913 | Auburn[34] | Donahue | 8 | 0 | 224 | 13 | 211 | 26.4 |
1913 | Chicago[43] | Stagg | 7 | 0 | 124 | 27 | 97 | 13.9 |
1913 | Harvard[5] | Haughton | 9 | 0 | 225 | 21 | 204 | 22.7 |
1913 | Michigan State | Macklin | 7 | 0 | 180 | 28 | 152 | 21.7 |
1913 | Nebraska[19] | Stiehm | 8 | 0 | 138 | 28 | 110 | 13.8 |
1913 | Notre Dame[15] | Harper | 7 | 0 | 268 | 41 | 227 | 32.4 |
1913 | Rice | Arbuckle | 4 | 0 | 81 | 14 | 67 | 16.8 |
1913 | Washington[46] | Dobie | 7 | 0 | 266 | 20 | 246 | 35.1 |
1913 | Western Michigan[47] | Spaulding | 4 | 0 | 59 | 15 | 44 | 11.0 |
1914 | Army[36] | Daly | 9 | 0 | 219 | 20 | 199 | 22.1 |
1914 | Connecticut | Warner | 3 | 0 | 48 | 9 | 39 | 13.0 |
1914 | Illinois[49] | Zuppke | 7 | 0 | 224 | 22 | 202 | 28.9 |
1914 | Tennessee[28] | Clevenger | 9 | 0 | 374 | 37 | 337 | 37.4 |
1914 | Texas[21] | Allerdice | 8 | 0 | 358 | 21 | 337 | 42.1 |
1914 | Washington & Lee[50] | 9 | 0 | 324 | 12 | 312 | 34.7 | |
1914 | Western Michigan[47] | Spaulding | 6 | 0 | 180 | 7 | 173 | 28.8 |
1915 | Colorado State[51] | Hughes | 7 | 0 | 243 | 31 | 212 | 30.3 |
1915 | Cornell[52] | Sharpe | 9 | 0 | 287 | 50 | 237 | 26.3 |
1915 | Nebraska[19] | Stiehm | 8 | 0 | 282 | 39 | 243 | 30.4 |
1915 | Oklahoma[27] | Owen | 10 | 0 | 370 | 54 | 316 | 31.6 |
1915 | Pittsburgh[41] | Warner | 8 | 0 | 247 | 19 | 228 | 28.5 |
1915 | Washington[46] | Dobie | 7 | 0 | 274 | 14 | 260 | 37.1 |
1915 | Washington State[26] | Dietz | 7 | 0 | 204 | 10 | 194 | 27.7 |
1916 | Army[36] | Daly | 9 | 0 | 235 | 36 | 199 | 22.1 |
1916 | Ohio State[18] | Wilce | 7 | 0 | 258 | 29 | 229 | 32.7 |
1916 | Pittsburgh[41] | Warner | 8 | 0 | 255 | 25 | 230 | 28.8 |
1916 | Tulsa | McBirney | 10 | 0 | 566 | 40 | 526 | 52.6 |
1917 | Denver | Fike | 8 | 0 | 226 | 45 | 181 | 22.6 |
1917 | Georgia Tech[53] | Heisman | 9 | 0 | 491 | 17 | 474 | 52.7 |
1917 | Mare Island Marines | 8 | 0 | 200 | 10 | 190 | 23.8 | |
1917 | Middle Tennessee | Floyd | 7 | 0 | 201 | 0 | 201 | 28.7 |
1917 | Pittsburgh[41] | Warner | 10 | 0 | 260 | 21 | 239 | 23.9 |
1917 | Texas A&M[54] | Bible | 8 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 270 | 33.8 |
1917 | Tuskegee[55] | Gayle | 7 | 0 | 279 | 14 | 265 | 37.9 |
1918 | Army[36] | Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
1918 | Bucknell | Wingard | 6 | 0 | 236 | 7 | 229 | 31.2 |
1918 | Central Michigan[36] | Tambling | 1 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 35 | 35.0 |
1918 | Colorado School of Mines[14] | Barron | 4 | 0 | 184 | 21 | 163 | 40.8 |
1918 | Michigan[7] | Yost | 5 | 0 | 96 | 6 | 90 | 18.0 |
1918 | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5.0 | |
1918 | Oklahoma[27] | Owen | 6 | 0 | 278 | 7 | 271 | 45.2 |
1918 | Presbyterian | Shaw | 2 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 26 | 13.0 |
1918 | Texas[21] | Juneau | 9 | 0 | 194 | 14 | 180 | 20.0 |
1918 | Virginia Tech | Bernier | 7 | 0 | 152 | 13 | 139 | 19.9 |
1918 | Washington (MO) | 6 | 0 | 163 | 27 | 136 | 22.7 | |
1919 | Centre | Moran | 9 | 0 | 485 | 23 | 462 | 51.3 |
1919 | Marshall | Reilly | 8 | 0 | 302 | 13 | 289 | 36.1 |
1919 | Middle Tennessee | Miles | 4 | 0 | 148 | 6 | 142 | 35.5 |
1919 | Notre Dame[15] | Rockne | 9 | 0 | 229 | 47 | 182 | 20.2 |
1919 | Texas A&M[54] | Bible | 10 | 0 | 275 | 0 | 275 | 27.5 |
1920 | Boston College | Cavanaugh | 8 | 0 | 181 | 16 | 165 | 20.6 |
1920 | California[11] | Smith | 9 | 0 | 510 | 14 | 496 | 55.1 |
1920 | Notre Dame[15] | Rockne | 9 | 0 | 251 | 44 | 207 | 23.0 |
1920 | Texas[21] | Whitaker | 9 | 0 | 282 | 13 | 269 | 29.9 |
1920 | USC[16] | Henderson | 6 | 0 | 170 | 21 | 149 | 24.8 |
1920 | VMI | Clarkson | 9 | 0 | 431 | 20 | 411 | 45.7 |
1921 | Cornell[52] | Dobie | 8 | 0 | 392 | 21 | 371 | 46.4 |
1921 | Iowa[56] | Jones | 7 | 0 | 185 | 36 | 149 | 21.3 |
1921 | Lafayette | Sutherland | 9 | 0 | 274 | 26 | 248 | 27.6 |
1921 | Louisiana Tech | Clark | 6 | 0 | 106 | 20 | 86 | 14.3 |
1921 | Miami (OH)[17] | Little | 8 | 0 | 238 | 13 | 225 | 28.1 |
1921 | Texas State[57] | Strahan | 7 | 0 | 185 | 26 | 159 | 22.7 |
1922 | Western Michigan[47] | Olander | 6 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 160 | 26.7 |
1922 | Cornell[52] | Dobie | 8 | 0 | 339 | 27 | 312 | 39.0 |
1922 | Princeton[3] | Roper | 8 | 0 | 127 | 34 | 93 | 11.6 |
1922 | Iowa[56] | Jones | 7 | 0 | 208 | 33 | 175 | 25.0 |
1922 | California[11] | Smith | 9 | 0 | 398 | 34 | 364 | 40.4 |
1922 | Drake | Solem | 7 | 0 | 155 | 26 | 129 | 18.4 |
1923 | Illinois[49] | Zuppke | 8 | 0 | 136 | 20 | 116 | 14.5 |
1923 | Michigan[7] | Yost | 8 | 0 | 150 | 12 | 138 | 17.3 |
1923 | New Mexico State | Brown | 9 | 0 | 218 | 17 | 201 | 22.3 |
1923 | Yale[4] | Jones | 8 | 0 | 230 | 38 | 192 | 24.0 |
1923 | Colorado[45] | Witham | 9 | 0 | 280 | 27 | 253 | 28.1 |
1923 | Cornell[52] | Dobie | 8 | 0 | 320 | 33 | 287 | 35.9 |
1923 | SMU[58] | Freeland Morrison | 9 | 0 | 207 | 9 | 198 | 22.0 |
1924 | Hawaii | Klum | 8 | 0 | 185 | 12 | 173 | 21.6 |
1924 | Notre Dame[15] | Rockne | 10 | 0 | 285 | 54 | 231 | 23.1 |
1925 | Alabama[29] | Wade | 10 | 0 | 297 | 26 | 271 | 27.1 |
1925 | Dartmouth[59] | Hawley | 8 | 0 | 340 | 29 | 311 | 38.9 |
1925 | Eastern Michigan[60] | Rynearson | 8 | 0 | 106 | 6 | 100 | 12.5 |
1925 | Hawaii | Klum | 10 | 0 | 421 | 17 | 404 | 40.4 |
1925 | Louisville | King | 8 | 0 | 133 | 2 | 131 | 16.4 |
1926 | Tuskegee[55] | Abbott | 10 | 0 | 288 | 84 | 204 | 20.4 |
1926 | Utah[61] | Armstrong | 7 | 0 | 164 | 23 | 141 | 20.1 |
1927 | Eastern Michigan[60] | Rynearson | 8 | 0 | 186 | 13 | 173 | 21.6 |
1928 | Boston College | McKenney | 9 | 0 | 263 | 39 | 224 | 24.9 |
1928 | Georgia Tech[53] | Alexander | 10 | 0 | 221 | 47 | 174 | 17.4 |
1928 | Detroit | Dorais | 9 | 0 | 267 | 27 | 240 | 26.7 |
1929 | Notre Dame[15] | Rockne | 9 | 0 | 145 | 38 | 107 | 11.9 |
1929 | Purdue | Phelan | 8 | 0 | 187 | 44 | 143 | 17.9 |
1929 | Tulane | Bierman | 9 | 0 | 279 | 45 | 234 | 26.0 |
1929 | Tuskegee[55] | Abbott | 9 | 0 | 249 | 26 | 223 | 24.8 |
1929 | Utah[61] | Armstrong | 7 | 0 | 219 | 23 | 196 | 28.0 |
1930 | Notre Dame[15] | Rockne | 10 | 0 | 265 | 74 | 191 | 19.1 |
1930 | Fresno State | Borleske | 8 | 0 | 154 | 66 | 88 | 11.0 |
1930 | Alabama[29] | Wade | 10 | 0 | 271 | 13 | 258 | 25.8 |
1930 | Utah[61] | Armstrong | 8 | 0 | 340 | 20 | 320 | 40.0 |
1931 | Louisiana Tech | Bohler | 7 | 0 | 167 | 36 | 131 | 18.7 |
1932 | USC[16] | Jones | 10 | 0 | 201 | 13 | 188 | 18.8 |
1932 | Colgate | Kerr | 9 | 0 | 264 | 0 | 264 | 29.3 |
1932 | Michigan[7] | Kipke | 8 | 0 | 123 | 13 | 110 | 13.8 |
1933 | DePauw | Neal | 7 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 136 | 19.4 |
1933 | Princeton[3] | Crisler | 9 | 0 | 217 | 8 | 209 | 23.2 |
1934 | Minnesota[12] | Bierman | 8 | 0 | 270 | 38 | 232 | 29.0 |
1934 | Alabama[29] | Thomas | 10 | 0 | 316 | 45 | 271 | 27.1 |
1934 | Hawaii | Klum | 6 | 0 | 142 | 21 | 121 | 20.1 |
1935 | Alma[62] | Campbell | 8 | 0 | 180 | 13 | 167 | 20.9 |
1935 | Middle Tennessee | Floyd | 8 | 0 | 128 | 25 | 103 | 12.9 |
1935 | Princeton[3] | Crisler | 9 | 0 | 256 | 32 | 224 | 24.9 |
1935 | Minnesota[12] | Bierman | 8 | 0 | 194 | 46 | 148 | 18.5 |
1936 | Case Western Reserve | Edwards | 10 | 0 | 244 | 28 | 216 | 21.6 |
1938 | Case Western Reserve | Edwards | 9 | 0 | 259 | 31 | 228 | 25.3 |
1938 | Georgetown | Hagerty | 8 | 0 | 185 | 26 | 159 | 19.9 |
1938 | TCU | Meyer | 11 | 0 | 269 | 60 | 209 | 19.0 |
1938 | Memphis | McKeen | 10 | 0 | 281 | 41 | 240 | 24.0 |
1938 | Tennessee[28] | Neyland | 11 | 0 | 293 | 16 | 277 | 25.2 |
1939 | San Jose State | DeGroot | 13 | 0 | 324 | 29 | 295 | 22.7 |
1939 | Texas A&M[54] | Norton | 11 | 0 | 212 | 31 | 181 | 16.5 |
1939 | Cornell[52] | Snavely | 8 | 0 | 197 | 52 | 145 | 18.1 |
1940 | Minnesota[12] | Bierman | 8 | 0 | 154 | 71 | 83 | 10.4 |
1940 | Stanford | Shaughnessy | 10 | 0 | 196 | 85 | 111 | 11.1 |
1940 | Boston College | Leahy | 11 | 0 | 339 | 65 | 274 | 24.9 |
1940 | Hardin–Simmons | Kimbrough | 9 | 0 | 229 | 76 | 153 | 17.0 |
1940 | Lafayette | Mylin | 9 | 0 | 238 | 33 | 205 | 22.8 |
1941 | East Carolina | Christenbury | 7 | 0 | 159 | 20 | 139 | 19.9[63] |
1941 | Western Michigan[47] | Gary | 8 | 0 | 183 | 27 | 156 | 19.5 |
1941 | Minnesota[12] | Bierman | 8 | 0 | 186 | 38 | 148 | 18.5 |
1941 | Duquesne | Donelli | 8 | 0 | 143 | 23 | 120 | 15.0 |
1942 | Alma[62] | MacDonald | 7 | 0 | 163 | 26 | 137 | 19.6 |
1942 | Central Michigan[36] | Finch | 6 | 0 | 93 | 21 | 72 | 12.0 |
1942 | Grambling State | Robinson | 9 | 0 | 164 | 0 | 164 | 18.2 |
1942 | Southern Miss | Green | 4 | 0 | 142 | 7 | 135 | 33.8 |
1943 | Eastern Michigan[60] | Rynearson | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 14.0 |
1943 | New Mexico State | Moulder | 4 | 0 | 107 | 20 | 87 | 21.8 |
1943 | Purdue | Burnham | 9 | 0 | 214 | 55 | 159 | 17.7 |
1943 | USNTC Bainbridge | 7 | 0 | |||||
1943 | Colorado College[48] | 7 | 0 | 199 | 27 | 172 | 24.6 | |
1943 | Vanderbilt[42] | Alley | 5 | 0 | 143 | 33 | 110 | 22.0 |
1944 | Army[36] | Blaik | 9 | 0 | 504 | 35 | 469 | 52.1 |
1944 | Northern Illinois | Evans | 7 | 0 | 113 | 48 | 65 | 9.3 |
1944 | Ohio State[18] | Widdoes | 9 | 0 | 287 | 79 | 208 | 23.1 |
1944 | Randolph Field | 12 | 0 | |||||
1944 | USNTC Bainbridge | 9 | 0 | |||||
1944 | NAS Norman | 9 | 0 | |||||
1944 | Fort Pierce | 9 | 0 | |||||
1945 | Arizona | Casteel | 5 | 0 | 193 | 12 | 181 | 36.2 |
1945 | Army[36] | Blaik | 9 | 0 | 412 | 46 | 366 | 40.7 |
1945 | Alabama[29] | Thomas | 9 | 0 | 430 | 80 | 350 | 38.9 |
1945 | Oklahoma A&M | Lookabaugh | 9 | 0 | 285 | 76 | 209 | 23.2 |
1946 | Georgia | Butts | 11 | 0 | 392 | 110 | 282 | 25.6 |
1946 | Delaware | Murray | 10 | 0 | 358 | 45 | 313 | 31.3 |
1947 | Notre Dame[15] | Leahy | 9 | 0 | 291 | 52 | 239 | 26.6 |
1947 | Michigan[7] | Crisler | 10 | 0 | 394 | 53 | 341 | 34.1 |
1948 | Alma[62] | Sebo | 8 | 0 | 170 | 57 | 113 | 14.1 |
1948 | Clemson[37] | Howard | 11 | 0 | 274 | 76 | 198 | 18.0 |
1948 | Michigan[7] | Oosterbaan | 9 | 0 | 252 | 44 | 208 | 23.1 |
1948 | Michigan Tech | Bovard | 7 | 0 | 209 | 58 | 151 | 21.6 |
1949 | Army[36] | Blaik | 9 | 0 | 354 | 68 | 286 | 31.8 |
1949 | Ball State | Magnabosco | 8 | 0 | 276 | 61 | 215 | 26.9 |
1949 | Notre Dame[15] | Leahy | 10 | 0 | 360 | 86 | 274 | 27.4 |
1949 | Oklahoma[27] | Wilkinson | 11 | 0 | 399 | 88 | 311 | 28.3 |
1949 | Pacific | Siemering | 11 | 0 | 575 | 66 | 509 | 46.3 |
1950 | Florida State | Veller | 8 | 0 | 219 | 54 | 165 | 20.6 |
1950 | Lehigh[64] | Leckonby | 9 | 0 | 301 | 77 | 224 | 24.9 |
1950 | Wyoming | Wyatt | 10 | 0 | 363 | 59 | 304 | 30.4 |
1951 | Michigan State | Munn | 9 | 0 | 270 | 114 | 156 | 17.3 |
1951 | Maryland | Tatum | 10 | 0 | 381 | 75 | 306 | 30.6 |
1951 | Northern Illinois | Evans | 9 | 0 | 223 | 101 | 122 | 13.6 |
1951 | Princeton[3] | Caldwell | 9 | 0 | 310 | 82 | 228 | 25.3 |
1951 | San Francisco | Kuharich | 9 | 0 | 286 | 72 | 214 | 23.8 |
1952 | Georgia Tech[53] | Dodd | 12 | 0 | 325 | 59 | 266 | 22.2 |
1952 | Michigan State | Munn | 9 | 0 | 312 | 84 | 228 | 25.3 |
1954 | Ohio State[18] | Hayes | 10 | 0 | 249 | 75 | 174 | 17.4 |
1954 | UCLA | Sanders | 9 | 0 | 367 | 40 | 327 | 36.3 |
1954 | Oklahoma[27] | Wilkinson | 10 | 0 | 304 | 62 | 242 | 24.2 |
1955 | Oklahoma[27] | Wilkinson | 11 | 0 | 385 | 60 | 325 | 29.5 |
1955 | Miami (OH)[17] | Parseghian | 9 | 0 | 226 | 47 | 179 | 19.9 |
1955 | Drexel[65] | Eddie Allen | 8 | 0 | 198 | 72 | 126 | 15.8 |
1956 | Oklahoma[27] | Wilkinson | 10 | 0 | 466 | 51 | 415 | 41.5 |
1956 | Wyoming | Dickens | 10 | 0 | 252 | 112 | 140 | 14.0 |
1957 | Auburn[34] | Jordan | 10 | 0 | 207 | 28 | 179 | 17.9 |
1957 | Arizona State | Devine | 10 | 0 | 397 | 66 | 331 | 33.1 |
1958 | LSU | Dietzel | 11 | 0 | 282 | 53 | 229 | 20.8 |
1959 | Syracuse | Schwartzwalder | 11 | 0 | 413 | 73 | 340 | 30.9 |
1960 | Yale[4] | Olivar | 9 | 0 | 253 | 73 | 180 | 20.0 |
1960 | Missouri | Devine | 11 | 0 | 295 | 93 | 202 | 18.4 |
1960 | New Mexico State | Woodson | 11 | 0 | 394 | 113 | 281 | 25.5 |
1961 | Alabama[29] | Bryant | 11 | 0 | 297 | 25 | 272 | 24.7 |
1961 | Rutgers | Bateman | 9 | 0 | 246 | 102 | 144 | 16.0 |
1962 | USC[16] | McKay | 11 | 0 | 261 | 92 | 169 | 15.4 |
1962 | Ole Miss | Vaught | 10 | 0 | 247 | 53 | 194 | 19.4 |
1963 | Texas[21] | Royal | 11 | 0 | 243 | 71 | 172 | 15.6 |
1964 | Arkansas[24] | Broyles | 11 | 0 | 231 | 64 | 167 | 15.2 |
1964 | Princeton[3] | Colman | 9 | 0 | 216 | 53 | 163 | 18.1 |
1966 | Alabama[29] | Bryant | 11 | 0 | 301 | 44 | 257 | 23.4 |
1968 | Ohio State[18] | Hayes | 10 | 0 | 323 | 150 | 173 | 17.3 |
1968 | Penn State[9] | Paterno | 11 | 0 | 354 | 120 | 234 | 21.3 |
1969 | Texas[21] | Royal | 11 | 0 | 435 | 119 | 316 | 28.7 |
1969 | Penn State[9] | Paterno | 11 | 0 | 322 | 90 | 232 | 21.1 |
1969 | San Diego State | Coryell | 11 | 0 | 492 | 194 | 298 | 27.1 |
1969 | Toledo[66] | Lauterbur | 11 | 0 | 385 | 160 | 225 | 20.5 |
1970 | Arizona State | Kush | 11 | 0 | 405 | 148 | 257 | 23.4 |
1970 | Toledo[66] | Lauterbur | 12 | 0 | 384 | 88 | 296 | 24.7 |
1970 | Dartmouth[59] | Blackman | 9 | 0 | 311 | 42 | 269 | 29.9 |
1971 | Nebraska[19] | Devaney | 13 | 0 | 507 | 104 | 403 | 31.0 |
1971 | Toledo[66] | Murphy | 12 | 0 | 383 | 96 | 287 | 23.9 |
1972 | USC[16] | McKay | 12 | 0 | 467 | 134 | 333 | 27.8 |
1973 | Notre Dame[15] | Parseghian | 11 | 0 | 382 | 89 | 293 | 26.6 |
1973 | Penn State[9] | Paterno | 12 | 0 | 447 | 129 | 318 | 26.5 |
1973 | Miami (OH)[17] | Mallory | 11 | 0 | 223 | 76 | 147 | 13.4 |
1974 | Oklahoma[27] | Switzer | 11 | 0 | 473 | 92 | 381 | 34.6 |
1975 | Arizona State | Kush | 12 | 0 | 347 | 127 | 220 | 18.3 |
1975 | Arkansas State | Davidson | 11 | 0 | 355 | 81 | 274 | 24.9 |
1976 | Pittsburgh[41] | Majors | 12 | 0 | 381 | 133 | 248 | 20.7 |
1976 | Rutgers | Burns | 12 | 0 | 287 | 81 | 206 | 17.2 |
1979 | Alabama[29] | Bryant | 12 | 0 | 383 | 67 | 316 | 26.3 |
1980 | Georgia | Dooley | 12 | 0 | 333 | 137 | 196 | 16.3 |
1981 | Clemson[37] | Ford | 12 | 0 | 338 | 105 | 233 | 19.4 |
1984 | BYU | Edwards | 13 | 0 | 456 | 183 | 273 | 21.0 |
1986 | Penn State[9] | Paterno | 12 | 0 | 340 | 133 | 207 | 17.3 |
1987 | Miami (FL) | Johnson | 12 | 0 | 412 | 125 | 287 | 23.9 |
1988 | Notre Dame[15] | Holtz | 12 | 0 | 393 | 156 | 237 | 19.8 |
1991 | Miami (FL) | Erickson | 12 | 0 | 386 | 100 | 286 | 23.8 |
1991 | Washington[46] | James | 12 | 0 | 495 | 115 | 380 | 31.7 |
1992 | Alabama[29] | Stallings | 13 | 0 | 366 | 122 | 244 | 18.8 |
1993 | Auburn[34] | Bowden, Terry | 11 | 0 | 353 | 192 | 161 | 14.6 |
1994 | Nebraska | Osborne[19] | 13 | 0 | 459 | 162 | 297 | 22.8 |
1994 | Penn State[9] | Paterno | 12 | 0 | 564 | 252 | 312 | 26.0 |
1995 | Nebraska[19] | Osborne | 12 | 0 | 638 | 174 | 464 | 38.7 |
1997 | Michigan[7] | Carr | 12 | 0 | 322 | 114 | 208 | 17.3 |
1997 | Nebraska[19] | Osborne | 13 | 0 | 607 | 214 | 393 | 30.2 |
1998 | Tennessee[28] | Fulmer | 13 | 0 | 431 | 189 | 242 | 18.6 |
1998 | Tulane | Bowden, Tommy Scelfo | 12 | 0 | 540 | 295 | 245 | 20.4 |
1999 | Florida State | Bowden, Bobby | 12 | 0 | 458 | 203 | 255 | 21.3 |
1999 | Marshall | Pruett | 13 | 0 | 463 | 137 | 326 | 25.1 |
2000 | Oklahoma[27] | Stoops | 13 | 0 | 481 | 194 | 287 | 22.1 |
2001 | Miami (FL) | Coker | 12 | 0 | 512 | 117 | 395 | 32.9 |
2002 | Ohio State[18] | Tressel | 14 | 0 | 410 | 183 | 227 | 16.2 |
2004 | USC[16] | Carroll | 13 | 0 | 496 | 169 | 327 | 25.2 |
2004 | Auburn[34] | Tuberville | 13 | 0 | 417 | 147 | 270 | 20.8 |
2004 | Utah[61] | Meyer | 12 | 0 | 544 | 234 | 310 | 25.8 |
2005 | Texas[21] | Brown | 13 | 0 | 652 | 213 | 439 | 33.8 |
2006 | Boise State | Petersen | 13 | 0 | 516 | 229 | 287 | 22.1 |
2008 | Utah[61] | Whittingham | 13 | 0 | 480 | 224 | 256 | 19.7 |
2009 | Alabama[29] | Saban | 14 | 0 | 449 | 164 | 285 | 20.4 |
2009 | Boise State | Petersen | 14 | 0 | 591 | 240 | 351 | 25.1 |
2010 | Auburn | Chizik | 14 | 0 | 577 | 337 | 240 | 17.1 |
2010 | TCU | Patterson | 13 | 0 | 520 | 137 | 383 | 29.5 |
2012 | Ohio State | Meyer | 12 | 0 | 458 | 276 | 182 | 15.2 |
2013 | Florida State | Fisher | 14 | 0 | 723 | 170 | 553 | 39.5 |
2017 | UCF | Frost | 13 | 0 | 627 | 329 | 298 | 22.9 |
2018 | Clemson | Swinney | 15 | 0 | 664 | 197 | 467 | 31.1 |
2019 | LSU | Orgeron | 15 | 0 | 726 | 328 | 398 | 26.5 |
2020 | Alabama | Saban | 13 | 0 | 630 | 252 | 378 | 29.3 |
2022 | Georgia | Smart | 15 | 0 | 551 | 166 | 385 | 25.7 |
note: In 1917, 1918, 1943, and 1944, football teams from military training facilities competed alongside college programs
Undefeated with ties
These teams all finished the season with no losses, but with ties.[2] This result has been impossible to achieve since the introduction of overtime to college football in 1996 which eliminated ties.
Year | Team | Record | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1873 | Harvard | 1–0–1[5] | |
1877 | Princeton | 2–0–1[3] | |
1877 | Yale | 3–0–1[4] | |
1878 | Columbia | 0–0–2[6] | |
1879 | Princeton | 4–0–1[3] | |
1879 | Michigan | 1–0–1 | |
1879 | Yale | 3–0–2[4] | |
1879 | Navy | 0–0–1 | |
1880 | Princeton | 4–0–1[3] | |
1880 | Yale | 4–0–1[4] | |
1881 | Princeton | 7–0–2[3] | |
1881 | Yale | 5–0–1[4] | |
1881 | Dartmouth | 1–0–1[59] | |
1883 | Yale | 3–0–1[4] | |
1884 | Yale | 3–0–1[4] | |
1884 | Princeton | 3–0–1[3] | |
1884 | Penn | 3–0–1[23] | |
1886 | Wabash | 2–0–1[8] | |
1886 | Yale | 9–0–1[4] | |
1886 | Princeton | 7–0–1[3] | |
1888 | Depauw | 0–0–1[8] | |
1889 | South Dakota | 1–0–1[8] | |
1890 | Butler | 3–0–1[8] | |
1890 | Washington | 0–0–1[46] | |
1892 | Stanford | 4–0–2[8] | |
1893 | Auburn | 3–0–2[34] | |
1892 | Stanford | 9–0–1[8] | |
1894 | Penn State | 6–0–1[9] | |
1895 | Stanford | 4–0–1[8] | |
1895 | Washington | 4–0–1[46] | |
1896 | Princeton | 10–0–1[3] | |
1896 | Lafayette | 11–0–1[6] | |
1896 | Texas A&M | 2–0–1[54] | |
1897 | Auburn | 2–0–1[34] | |
1897 | Yale | 9–0–2[4] | |
1897 | Hanover | 4–0–1[8] | |
1898 | Princeton | 11–0–1[3] | |
1899 | Denver | 0–0–1[8] | |
1899 | Ohio State | 9–0–1[18] | Ohio State allowed only five points. |
1899 | Harvard | 10–0–1[5] | |
1899 | Chicago | 16–0–2[43] | |
1899 | Iowa | 8–0–1[56] | |
1899 | Wabash | 1–0–1[8] | |
1900 | Iowa | 7–0–1[56] | |
1900 | Minnesota | 10–0–2[12] | |
1901 | Georgia Tech | 4–0–1[53] | |
1901 | Marquette | 4–0–1[8] | |
1902 | Texas A&M | 7–0–2[54] | |
1902 | Yale | 11–0–1[4] | |
1903 | Michigan | 11–0–1[7] | |
1903 | Minnesota | 14–0–1[12] | |
1903 | Stanford | 8–0–3[8] | |
1904 | Colorado School of Mines | 5–0–1[14] | |
1904 | Dartmouth | 7–0–1[59] | |
1904 | Colorado School of Mines | 4–0–1[14] | |
1904 | Albion | 7–0–1[8] | |
1905 | Penn | 12–0–1[23] | |
1905 | Georgia Tech | 6–0–1[53] | |
1905 | Colorado School of Mines | 5–0–1[14] | |
1906 | Colorado School of Mines | 3–0–2[14] | |
1906 | Princeton | 9–0–1[3] | |
1906 | Yale | 9–0–1[4] | |
1906 | Clemson | 4–0–3[37] | |
1906 | Colorado School of Mines | 3–0–2[14] | |
1906 | Eastern Michigan | 5–0–1[60] | |
1907 | Yale | 9–0–1[4] | |
1907 | Notre Dame | 6–0–1[67] | |
1908 | Albion | 5–0–2[8] | |
1908 | Penn | 11–0–1[23] | |
1908 | Harvard | 9–0–1[5] | |
1908 | Chicago | 5–0–1[43] | |
1908 | Kansas | 12–0–1[44] | |
1908 | Virginia | 7–0–1[6] | |
1908 | Washington | 6–0–1[46] | Part of NCAA Division I FBS record 64-game unbeaten streak[68] |
1909 | Texas A&M | 7–0–1[54] | |
1909 | Lafayette | 7–0–1[6] | |
1909 | Penn State | 5–0–2[9] | |
1909 | Missouri | 7–0–1[6] | |
1910 | Harvard | 8–0–1[5] | |
1910 | Michigan | 3–0–3 | |
1910 | Vanderbilt | 12–0–1[42] | |
1910 | Navy | 8–0–1 | |
1910 | Michigan | 3–0–3[6] | |
1910 | Baylor | 6–0–2[35] | |
1910 | NC State | 4–0–2[6] | |
1911 | Princeton | 8–0–2[3] | |
1911 | Minnesota | 6–0–1[12] | |
1911 | Penn State | 8–0–1[9] | |
1911 | Navy | 6–0–3 | |
1911 | Florida | 5–0–1[6] | |
1913 | Washington & Jefferson[69] | 10–0–1 | |
1914 | Auburn | 8–0–1[34] | |
1914 | Harvard | 7–0–2[5] | |
1914 | Colorado School of Mines | 5–0–1[14] | |
1914 | Nebraska | 7–0–1[19] | |
1914 | Oregon State | 7–0–2[30] | |
1914 | Washington | 6–0–1[46] | Part of NCAA Division I FBS record 64-game unbeaten streak[68] |
1915 | Minnesota | 6–0–1[12] | |
1915 | Georgia Tech | 7–0–1[53] | |
1915 | Illinois | 5–0–2[49] | |
1916 | Miami (OH) | 7–0–1[17] | |
1916 | Georgia Tech | 8–0–1[53] | |
1916 | Oregon | 7–0–1[25] | |
1916 | Tennessee | 8–0–1[28] | |
1916 | Colorado State | 5–0–2[51] | |
1916 | Washington | 6–0–1[46] | Part of NCAA Division I FBS record 64-game unbeaten streak[68] |
1917 | Miami (OH) | 6–0–2[17] | |
1917 | Ohio State | 8–0–1[18] | |
1917 | Washington State | 6–0–1[26] | |
1917 | Utah State | 7–0–1[20] | |
1918 | Miami (OH) | 5–0–1[17] | |
1918 | Naval Station Great Lakes | 6–0–2[6] | |
1919 | Harvard | 9–0–1[5] | |
1920 | Oklahoma | 6–0–1[27] | |
1920 | Georgia | 8–0–1[6] | |
1920 | Harvard | 8–0–1[5] | |
1920 | Pittsburgh | 6–0–2[41] | |
1920 | Princeton | 6–0–1[3] | |
1920 | Penn State | 7–0–2[9] | |
1921 | Washington & Jefferson | 10–0–1[69] | |
1921 | Vanderbilt | 7–0–1[42] | |
1921 | Penn State | 8–0–2[9] | |
1921 | California | 9–0–1[11] | |
1922 | West Virginia | 10–0–1[6] | |
1922 | Michigan | 6–0–1[6] | |
1922 | Vanderbilt | 8–0–1[42] | |
1922 | Army | 8–0–2[36] | |
1923 | California | 9–0–1[11] | |
1923 | Kansas | 5–0–3[44] | |
1923 | King | 8–0–1[70] | |
1923 | Texas | 8–0–1[21] | |
1924 | California | 8–0–2[11] | |
1924 | Connecticut[71] | 6–0–2 | |
1924 | Dartmouth | 7–0–1[59] | |
1924 | Gonzaga | 5–0–2[6] | |
1924 | Yale | 6–0–2[4] | |
1925 | Colgate | 7–0–2[6] | |
1925 | North Dakota State | 5–0–2[22] | |
1925 | Tulane | 9–0–1[6] | |
1926 | Alabama | 9–0–1[29] | |
1926 | Stanford | 10–0–1[72] | |
1926 | Navy | 9–0–1 | |
1926 | SMU | 8–0–1[58] | |
1926 | Brown | 9–0–1[6] | |
1927 | Illinois | 10–0–1[49] | |
1927 | Minnesota | 6–0–2[12] | |
1927 | Texas A&M | 8–0–1[54] | |
1927 | Washington & Jefferson | 7–0–2[69] | |
1927 | Tennessee | 8–0–1[28] | |
1928 | USC | 9–0–1[16] | |
1928 | Tennessee | 9–0–1[28] | |
1928 | Utah | 5–0–2[61] | |
1929 | Memphis | 8–0–2[73] | |
1929 | TCU | 9–0–1[6] | |
1929 | Tennessee | 9–0–1[28] | |
1929 | SMU | 6–0–4[58] | |
1930 | Michigan | 8–0–1[6] | |
1930 | Marquette | 8–0–1[6] | |
1932 | Auburn | 9–0–1[34] | |
1932 | Western Michigan | 6–0–1[47] | |
1933 | Michigan | 7–0–1[72] | |
1933 | LSU | 7–0–3[74] | |
1935 | Case Western Reserve | 9–0–1 | |
1936 | Alabama | 8–0–1[29] | |
1937 | Pittsburgh | 9–0–1[41] | |
1937 | California | 10–0–1[11] | |
1937 | Fordham | 7–0–1 | |
1937 | Villanova | 8–0–1 | |
1937 | Dartmouth | 7–0–2[59] | |
1937 | Holy Cross | 8–0–2 | |
1937 | Marshall | 9–0–1 | |
1938 | Villanova | 8–0–1 | |
1939 | USC | 8–0–2[16] | |
1939 | UCLA | 6–0–4 | |
1939 | Duquesne | 8–0–1 | |
1940 | Mississippi State | 10–0–1 | |
1941 | Notre Dame | 8–0–1[15] | |
1941 | Utah | 6–0–2[61] | |
1944 | USC | 8–0–2[16] | |
1945 | Eastern Michigan | 5–0–1[60] | |
1945 | Indiana | 9–0–1 | |
1946 | Notre Dame | 8–0–1[15] | |
1946 | Army | 9–0–1[36] | |
1947 | Miami (OH) | 9–0–1[17] | |
1947 | SMU | 9–0–2[58] | |
1947 | Penn State | 9–0–1[9] | |
1947 | Penn | 7–0–1[23] | |
1948 | Notre Dame | 9–0–1[15] | |
1948 | Army | 8–0–1[36] | |
1950 | Clemson | 9–0–1[37] | |
1951 | Illinois | 9–0–1[49] | |
1951 | Georgia Tech | 11–0–1[53] | |
1953 | Notre Dame | 9–0–1[15] | |
1954 | Virginia Poletechnic | 8–0–1[75] | |
1956 | Texas A&M | 9–0–1[54] | |
1957 | VMI | 9–0–1 | |
1958 | Army | 8–0–1[36] | |
1958 | Auburn | 9–0–1[34] | |
1958 | Air Force | 9–0–2 | |
1960 | Ole Miss | 10–0–1 | |
1961 | Ohio State | 8–0–1[18] | |
1963 | Memphis State | 9–0–1[76] | |
1966 | Notre Dame | 9–0–1[15] | |
1966 | Michigan State | 9–0–1 | |
1969 | USC | 10–0–1[16] | |
1970 | Nebraska | 11–0–1[19] | |
1973 | Michigan | 10–0–1 | |
1973 | Ohio State | 10–0–1[18] | |
1973 | Oklahoma | 10–0–1[27] | |
1974 | Miami (OH) | 10–0–1[17] | |
1979 | Central Michigan | 10–0–1[36] | |
1979 | USC | 11–0–1[16] | |
1982 | SMU | 11–0–1[58] | |
1985 | Fresno State | 11–0–1 | |
1987 | Syracuse | 11–0–1 | |
1990 | Georgia Tech | 11–0–1[53] | |
1992 | Michigan | 9–0–3 | |
1994 | Texas A&M | 10–0–1[54] | |
1995 | Toledo | 11–0–1[66] |
- note: In 1917, 1918, 1943, and 1944, football teams from military training facilities competed alongside college programs
- note: In 1996, the NCAA eliminated ties with a new overtime system
Teams with multiple undefeated seasons
Teams ordered by the number of undefeated seasons in the top division. Teams in italics no longer compete in Division I FBS.
Coaches with multiple undefeated seasons
Coaches ordered by the number of undefeated seasons in the top division.
Division I Football Championship Subdivision
This section covers teams that competed in the second tier of Division I since it was split in 1978:
- Division I-AA from 1978 to 2005
- Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) from 2006
Note that Division I FCS features a single-elimination championship tournament, reducing the likelihood of multiple teams finishing the season with undefeated records. However, several conferences voluntarily do not compete in the tournament, thus there exists a chance to have multiple undefeated teams in the same year.
In both lists in this section, teams in bold competed in the I-AA or FCS playoffs, thereby winning the national title.
Undefeated and untied
These teams finished the season with no losses or ties in Division I-AA or FCS football since 1978.[104]
Year | Team | Record | Coach |
---|---|---|---|
1982 | Eastern Kentucky | 13–0–0 | Kidd |
1984 | Tennessee State | 11–0 | Thomas |
1986 | Penn | 10–0–0[23] | Zubrow |
1987 | Holy Cross | 11–0–0 | Duffner |
1989 | Georgia Southern | 15–0–0 | Russell |
1991 | Holy Cross | 11–0–0 | Duffner |
1993 | Penn | 10–0–0[23] | Bagnoli |
1994 | Penn | 9–0–0[23] | Bagnolli |
1996 | Marshall | 15–0 | Pruett |
1996 | Dayton | 11–0 | Kelly |
1996 | Dartmouth | 11–0[59] | Lyons |
2000 | Davidson | 11–0 | Susan |
2000 | Robert Morris | 10–0 | Walton |
2001 | Sacred Heart | 10–0 | Fleming |
2001 | Harvard[5] | 9–0 | Murphy |
2003 | Penn | 10–0[23] | Bagnoli |
2004 | Harvard[5] | 10–0 | Murphy |
2009 | South Alabama | 7–0 | Jones |
2010 | South Alabama | 10–0 | Jones |
2013 | North Dakota State | 15–0 | Bohl |
2014 | Harvard | 10–0 | Murphy |
2017 | North Carolina A&T | 12–0 | Broadway |
2018 | Princeton | 10–0 | Surace |
2018 | North Dakota State | 15–0 | Klieman |
2019 | North Dakota State | 16–0 | Entz |
2020 | Alabama A&M | 5–0 | Maynor |
2020 | Sam Houston | 11–0 | Keeler |
Undefeated with ties
These teams finished the season with no losses, but with ties, in Division I-AA or FCS football since 1978.
Year | Team | Record | Coach |
---|---|---|---|
1991 | Alabama State | 11–0–1[105] | Markham |
1994 | Youngstown State | 14–0–1[106] | Tressel |
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