Longest NCAA Division I football winning streaks

In American college football the longest NCAA Division I winning streak is held by the University of 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 won 33 consecutive games between 2012 and 2014.

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 2018 season.

#	Team	Streak	Spoiler	Seasons
1.	Oklahoma	47	Notre Dame	1953–1957
2.	Washington^	40	Oregon State†	1908–1914
3.	Yale	37	Princeton	1887–1889
	Yale	37	Princeton	1890–1893
5.	Toledo	35	Tampa	1969–1971
6.	Penn	34	Lafayette	1894–1896
	Miami (FL)	34	Ohio State‡	2000–2003
8.	Penn	31	Harvard	1896–1898
	Pittsburgh	31	Cleveland Naval Reserve	1914–1918
	Oklahoma	31	Kentucky‡	1948–1950
11.	Texas	30	Notre Dame‡	1968–1970
12.	Michigan	29	Minnesota†	1901–1903
	Miami (FL)	29	Alabama‡	1990–1993
	Florida State	29	Oregon‡	2012–2014
15.	Michigan State	28	Purdue	1950–1953
	Oklahoma	28	Kansas	1973–1975
	Alabama	28	Mississippi State	1978–1980
18.	Michigan	26	Chicago	1903–1905
	Cornell	26	Williams	1921–1924
	Nebraska	26	Arizona State	1994–1996
	Alabama	26	Clemson#	2015–2016
22.	USC	25	Oregon State†	1931–1933
	Army	25	Notre Dame†	1944–1946
	Michigan	25	Army	1946–1949
	San Diego State	25	Utah State	1965–1967
	BYU	25	UCLA	1983–1985
	UCF	25	LSU‡	2017-2019

^ 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 through the 2017 season. Only schools that have been FCS members for five years are eligible for inclusion.

#	Teams	Streak	Spoiler	Season(s)
1.	North Dakota State	33	Northern Iowa	2012–2014
2.	James Madison	26	North Dakota State	2016–2017
3.	Penn	24	Columbia	1992–1995
	Montana	24	Eastern Washington	2001–2002
4.	Harvard	22	Penn	2013–2015
5.	Montana	21	Marshall	1995–1996
	Colgate	21	Delaware	2002–2003
7.	Holy Cross	20	Army	1990–1992
	Dayton	20	Cal Poly	1996–1997
9.	Duquesne	19	Robert Morris	1995–1996
10.	Eastern Kentucky	18	Western Kentucky†	1982–1983
	Davidson	18	Jacksonville	1999–2001
	San Diego	18	UC Davis	2005–2006
13.	Robert Morris	17	Buffalo	1999–2000
	Penn	17	Villanova	2002–2004
	Appalachian State	17	Wofford	2006–2007
	Richmond	17	Villanova	2008–2009
17.	Georgia Southern	16	Middle Tennessee	1989–1990
	Sam Houston State	16	North Dakota State	2010–2011
19.	Marshall	15	moved to FBS	1996
	Dartmouth	15	Lehigh	1996–1997
21	Delaware	14	Lehigh	1979–1980
	Youngstown State	14	Kent State	1994
	Georgia Southern	14	Massachusetts	1998
	Charleston Southern	14	Liberty	2005–2006
	Montana	14	Villanova	2009
	North Dakota State	14	South Dakota St.	2015–2016

† Indicates a tie ended the winning streak.