Most consecutive NCAA football wins over one opponent

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	29†	1991	2024	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] Vanderbilt won in 2024.
Oregon	Idaho	24†	1951	2024	No
Oklahoma	Iowa State	23	1937	1959	Yes
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.

† Active Streaks in bold