Most consecutive wins over one opponent (NCAA football)

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.

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[1][2]
Nebraska	Kansas	36	1969	2004	Yes	KU won in 2005[3]
Oklahoma	Kansas State	32	1937	1968	Yes	[3]
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	29†	1987	2015	Yes	Longest in-conference streak in Southeastern Conference history
Nebraska	Kansas State	29	1969	1997	Yes	[3]
Clemson	Virginia	29	1955	1989	No (35-year period)	[3]
Texas	Rice	28	1966	1993	Yes	[3]
Syracuse	Hobart	26	1906	1931	Yes	[3]
USC	Oregon State	26	1968	1999	No (32-year period)	[3]
Tennessee	Kentucky	26	1985	2010	Yes	Kentucky won in 2011.[4] Rivalry formerly known as the Battle for the Barrel
Penn State	West Virginia	25	1959	1983	Yes	[3]
Texas	TCU	24	1968	1991	Yes	[3]
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.[5]
Nebraska	Missouri	24	1979	2002	Yes	[3]
Nebraska	Oklahoma State	24	1974	1999	No (26-year period)	[3]
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.[6]
Oklahoma	Iowa State	23	1937	1959	Yes
Tennessee	Vanderbilt	22	1983	2004	Yes	[3]
Arkansas	TCU	22	1959	1980	Yes	[3]
Alabama	Mississippi State	22	1958	1979	Yes	[3]
Iowa	Northwestern	22	1974	1994	Yes	[3] 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 - Lafayette	22†	1902	2009	No (108-year period)	[3]
Florida	Vanderbilt	22	1989	2012	No (24-year period)	The series was uninterrupted since 1992 (21 wins). Vanderbilt won in 2013 [7]
Ohio State	Northwestern	21	1972	2004	No (33-year period)	[3]
Ohio State	Wisconsin	21	1960	1980	Yes	[8]
Michigan	Indiana	20†	1988	2015	No
Purdue	Iowa	20	1961	1980	Yes	[3]
Oklahoma	Baylor	20	1901	2011	No (111-year period)	Baylor ended the streak with a 45-38 victory in 2011.

† Active Streaks in bold

References and sources

1. "Notre Dame's NCAA-record 43-game win streak over Navy ends". ESPN.com. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
2. "Navy 46, Notre Dame 44 - Play by Play". ESPN.com. November 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
3. "Streaks and Rivalries" (PDF). Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (NCAA). 2007. p. 112. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
4. Associated Press (November 26, 2011). "Kentucky ends 26-game skid vs. Tennessee, which will miss bowl". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
5. "All-Time Football Scores: TCU". aggieathletics.com. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
6. "Penn State vs Maryland Historical Record". stassen.com. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
7. "Florida’s nightmare season continues with first loss to Vanderbilt since 1988".
8. "Ohio State vs Wisconsin". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2013-03-26.

• "Streaks and Rivalries" (PDF). Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (NCAA). 2007. p. 112. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-11-07., ISSN 0735-5475