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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
School Opponent Consecutive wins Year started Last win Uninterrupted series? Notes/References
Notre Dame Navy 43 1964 2006 Yes Navy won in 2007[5][6]
Nebraska Kansas 36 1969 2004 Yes KU won in 2005[7]
Princeton Rutgers 33 1869 1937 No (68-year period) [7]
Oklahoma Kansas State 32 1937 1968 Yes [7]
Penn State Temple 31 1952 2014 No (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 31 1987 2017 Yes Longest in-conference streak in Southeastern Conference history. Kentucky snapped the streak in 2018.
Nebraska Kansas State 29 1969 1997 Yes [7]
Clemson Virginia 29 1955 1989 No (35-year period) [7]
Ohio State Indiana 28† 1991 2023 No [8] The 2010 game was vacated due to self-imposed sanctions by Ohio State [9]
Texas Rice 28 1966 1993 Yes [7]
Princeton Penn 28 1876 1891 No (25-year period) [7]
Syracuse Hobart 26 1906 1931 Yes [7]
USC Oregon State 26 1968 1999 No (32-year period) [7]
Tennessee Kentucky 26 1985 2010 Yes Kentucky won in 2011.[10] Rivalry formerly known as the Battle for the Barrel
Penn State West Virginia 25 1959 1983 Yes [7]
Michigan Indiana 24 1988 2019 No [11] Indiana snapped the streak in 2020.
Texas TCU 24 1968 1991 Yes [7]
Nebraska Oklahoma State 24 1974 1999 No [12]
Texas A&M TCU 24† 1973 2001 No (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 24 1979 2002 Yes [7]
Penn State Maryland 24 1962 1988 No (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 23 1985 2022 No [15]
Oregon Idaho 24† 1951 2024 No
Oklahoma Iowa State 23 1937 1959 Yes [1]
Ohio State Indiana 23 1960 1986 No [8]
Tennessee Vanderbilt 22 1983 2005 Yes [7]
Arkansas TCU 22 1959 1980 Yes [7]
Alabama Mississippi State 22 1958 1979 Yes
Iowa Northwestern 22 1974 1994 Yes [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 22† 1902 2009 No (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 22 1989 2012 No (24-year period) The series was uninterrupted since 1992 (21 wins). Vanderbilt won in 2013 [17]
Florida State Duke 22 1992 2023 No (31-year period) [7] Duke snapped the 0-22 streak in 2024 with their first victory over Florida State [7]
Oklahoma Kansas State 22 1971 1992 Yes [7][18]
Ohio State Northwestern 21 1972 2003 No (33-year period) Northwestern won in 2004.[7][19]
Ohio State Wisconsin 21 1960 1980 Yes [20]
Harvard Brown 21 1893 1913 No (30-year period) [7]
Purdue Iowa 20 1961 1980 Yes [7]
Oklahoma Baylor 20 1901 2011 No (111-year period) Baylor ended the streak with a 45–38 victory in 2011.[2]

† Active Streaks in bold

References and sources

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