LIST OF UNDEFEATED DIVISION I FOOTBALL TEAMS

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This is a 'list of undefeated Division I football teams', which describes all teams that finished the NCAA College Football season without any losses. In the very early years of college football (prior to the 1930s) records are incomplete.

Contents

Undefeated Division I-A

Undefeated and untied

Undefeated, but with ties

Teams with multiple undefeated seasons

Undefeated Division I-AA/FCS

Undefeated but with ties

Undefeated and untied

References

Undefeated Division I-A

This section covers teams that played in college football's highest division:

★ University Division until 1972

★ Division I from 1973 - 1977

★ Division I-A from 1978 - 2005

★ Football Bowl Subdivision from 2006 (despite the official NCAA change in nomenclature, most sports media still use the "I-A" identifier)

Undefeated and untied

These teams all finished the season having won every game in which they appeared, also called a "Perfect Season".

Year	Team	Final W-L-T record	Notes
1870	Princeton University	1-0-0
1872	Princeton University	1-0-0
1872	Yale University	1-0-0
1873	Princeton University	1-0-0
1874	Yale University	3-0-0
1874	Princeton University	4-0-0
1875	Harvard University	4-0-0
1875	Princeton University	2-0-0
1876	Yale University	3-0-0
1876	Rutgers University	1-0-0
1877	Amherst College	1-0-0
1878	Princeton University	6-0-0Dolphin Historical Football Rankings Retrieved December 7, 2006
1882	Yale University	8-0-0
1883	Princeton University	4-0-0
1884	Yale University	9-0-0
1885	Princeton University	9-0-0
1887	Pennsylvania State University	2-0-0[1]
1887	Yale University	9-0-0
1888	Yale University	13-0-0	Yale University was unscored upon.
1889	Princeton University	10-0-0
1889	Miami University (OH)	4-0-09
1890	Harvard University	11-0-0
1891	Yale University	13-0-0
1892	Yale University	13-0-0
1882	Purdue University	8-0-0
1893	University of Maryland	6-0-0
1893	Princeton University	11-0-0
1893	University of Minnesota	6-0-0
1893	University of Texas	4-0-0[2]
1894	Yale University	16-0-0
1894	University of Pennsylvania	12-0-0
1895	Miami University (OH)	3-0-09
1895	University of Texas	5-0-0
1895	University of Pennsylvania	14-0-0
1895	University of Texas	5-0-0	University of Texas was also unscored upon.
1896	University of Oklahoma	2-0-010
1897	Oregon State University	2-0-0
1897	University of Oklahoma	2-0-010
1897	University of Pennsylvania	15-0-0
1897	University of Michigan	10-0-0
1898	Harvard University	11-0-0
1898	University of Kentucky	7-0-0[3]
1900	Yale University	12-0-0
1900	Auburn University	4-0-05
1900	University of Texas	6-0-0
1900	Yale University	12-0-0
1901	University of Michigan	11-0-0
1901	University of Wisconsin-Madison	9-0-0
1901	Harvard University	12-0-0
1902	University of Michigan	11-0-0	University of Michigan was also unscored upon.
1902	University of Nebraska	10-0-0
1903	Princeton University	11-0-0
1903	University of Nebraska	11-0-0
1904	University of Pennsylvania	12-0-0
1904	University of Michigan	10-0-0
1904	University of Minnesota	13-0-0
1904	Vanderbilt University	9-0-0
1904	Auburn University	6-0-0
1905	University of Chicago	11-0-0
1905	Yale University	10-0-0
1906	University of Wisconsin-Madison	5-0-0
1907	Oregon State University	6-0-0
1908	Miami University (OH)	7-0-09
1908	Louisiana State University	10-0-0
1909	Yale University	10-0-0
1909	University of Arkansas	7-0-0
1909	University of Colorado	6-0-0
1909	University of Washington	7-0-0
1910	University of Pittsburgh	9-0-0
1910	University of Illinois	9-0-0
1910	Colorado College	7-0-0
1910	University of Colorado	6-0-0
1910	University of Washington	6-0-0
1911	University of Oklahoma	8-0-010
1911	University of Colorado	6-0-0
1911	University of Washington	7-0-0
1912	Harvard University	9-0-0
1912	University of Wisconsin-Madison	7-0-0
1912	Pennsylvania State University	8-0-0
1912	University of Washington	6-0-0
1913	Harvard University	9-0-0
1913	Auburn University	8-0-05
1913	University of Chicago	7-0-0
1913	University of Notre Dame	7-0-0
1913	University of Nebraska	8-0-0
1913	University of Washington	7-0-0
1914	Army	9-0-0
1914	University of Texas	8-0-0
1914	University of Illinois	7-0-0
1914	University of Tennessee	9-0-0
1914	Washington & Lee University	9-0-0
1915	Cornell University	9-0-0
1915	University of Oklahoma	10-0-010
1915	University of Nebraska	8-0-0
1915	University of Pittsburgh	8-0-0
1915	Colorado State University	7-0-0
1915	University of Washington	7-0-0
1916	University of Pittsburgh	8-0-0
1916	Army	9-0-0
1916	Ohio State University	7-0-0
1917	Georgia Tech	9-0-0
1917	University of Pittsburgh	10-0-0
1917	Texas A&M University	8-0-0	Texas A&M was also unscored upon
1917	Mare Island Marines	8-0-0
1917	University of Denver	8-0-0
1918	University of Oklahoma	6-0-010
1918	University of Texas	9-0-0
1918	University of Michigan	5-0-0
1918	Washington University (MO)	6-0-0
1918	Virginia Tech	7-0-0
1918	Presbyterian College	2-0-0
1918	Colorado School of Mines	4-0-0
1919	Centre College	9-0-0
1919	University of Notre Dame	9-0-0
1919	Texas A&M University	10-0-0	Texas A&M was also unscored upon
1920	University of Texas	9-0-0
1920	University of California	9-0-0
1920	VMI	9-0-0
1920	University of Notre Dame	9-0-0
1921	Cornell University	8-0-0
1921	University of Iowa	7-0-0
1921	Lafayette College	9-0-0
1921	Miami University (OH)	8-0-09
1922	Cornell University	8-0-0
1922	Princeton University	8-0-0
1922	University of Iowa	7-0-0
1922	University of California	9-0-0
1922	Drake University	7-0-0
1923	University of Illinois	8-0-0
1923	University of Michigan	8-0-0
1923	Yale University	8-0-0
1923	University of Colorado	9-0-0
1923	Cornell University	8-0-0
1923	Southern Methodist University	9-0-0
1924	University of Notre Dame	10-0-0
1925	University of Alabama	10-0-0
1925	Dartmouth College	8-0-0
1926	University of Utah	7-0-0
1928	Georgia Tech	10-0-0
1928	University of Detroit	9-0-0
1929	University of Notre Dame	9-0-0
1929	Purdue University	8-0-0
1929	Tulane University	9-0-0
1929	University of Utah	7-0-0
1930	University of Notre Dame	10-0-0
1930	University of Alabama	10-0-0
1930	University of Utah	8-0-0
1932	University of Southern California	10-0-0
1932	Colgate University	9-0-0[4]	Colgate University was also unscored upon.
1932	University of Michigan	8-0-0
1934	University of Minnesota	8-0-0
1934	University of Alabama	10-0-0
1935	University of Minnesota	8-0-0
1938	Texas Christian University	11-0-0
1938	University of Tennessee	11-0-0
1939	Texas A&M University	11-0-0
1939	Cornell University	8-0-0
1940	University of Minnesota	8-0-0
1940	Stanford University	10-0-0
1940	Boston College	11-0-0
1940	Hardin-Simmons University	9-0-0
1940	Lafayette College	9-0-0
1941	University of Minnesota	8-0-0
1941	Duquesne University	8-0-0
1943	Purdue University	9-0-0
1943	USNTC Bainbridge	7-0-0
1943	Colorado College	7-0-0
1944	Army	9-0-0
1944	Ohio State University	9-0-0
1944	Randolph Field	12-0-0
1944	USNTC Bainbridge	9-0-0
1944	NAS Norman	9-0-0
1944	Fort Pierce	9-0-0
1945	Army	9-0-0
1945	University of Alabama	9-0-0
1945	Oklahoma State University	9-0-0
1946	University of Georgia	11-0-0
1946	University of Delaware	10-0-0
1947	University of Notre Dame	9-0-0
1947	University of Michigan	10-0-0
1948	University of Michigan	9-0-0
1948	Clemson University	11-0-0
1949	University of Notre Dame	10-0-0
1949	University of Oklahoma	11-0-010
1949	University of the Pacific	11-0-0
1950	Princeton University	9-0-0
1950	University of Wyoming	10-0-0
1951	Michigan State University	9-0-0
1951	University of Maryland	10-0-0
1951	Princeton University	9-0-0
1951	University of San Francisco	9-0-0
1952	Michigan State University	9-0-0
1954	Ohio State University	10-0-0
1954	UCLA	9-0-0
1954	University of Oklahoma	10-0-010
1955	University of Oklahoma	11-0-010
1955	Miami University (OH)	9-0-09
1956	University of Oklahoma	10-0-010
1957	Auburn University	10-0-05
1957	Arizona State University	10-0-0
1958	Louisiana State University	11-0-0
1959	Syracuse University	11-0-0
1960	Yale University	9-0-0
1960	New Mexico State University	11-0-0
1961	University of Alabama	11-0-0
1961	Rutgers University	9-0-0
1962	University of Southern California	11-0-0
1962	University of Mississippi	10-0-0
1963	University of Texas	11-0-0
1964	University of Arkansas	11-0-0
1966	University of Alabama	11-0-0
1966	San Diego State University	11-0-0
1968	Ohio State University	10-0-0
1968	Pennsylvania State University	11-0-0
1969	University of Texas	11-0-0
1969	Pennsylvania State University	11-0-0
1969	University of Toledo	11-0-0
1970	Arizona State University	11-0-0
1970	University of Toledo	12-0-0
1970	Dartmouth College	9-0-0
1971	University of Nebraska	13-0-0
1971	University of Toledo	12-0-0
1972	University of Southern California	12-0-0
1973	University of Notre Dame	11-0-0
1973	Pennsylvania State University	12-0-0
1973	Miami University	11-0-0
1974	University of Oklahoma	11-0-010
1975	Arizona State University	12-0-0
1975	Arkansas State University	11-0-0
1976	University of Pittsburgh	12-0-0
1976	Rutgers University	12-0-0
1979	University of Alabama	12-0-0
1980	University of Georgia	12-0-0
1981	Clemson University	12-0-0
1984	Brigham Young University	13-0-0
1986	Pennsylvania State University	12-0-0
1987	University of Miami (FL)	12-0-0
1988	University of Notre Dame	12-0-0
1991	University of Miami (FL)	12-0-0
1991	University of Washington	12-0-0
1992	University of Alabama	13-0-0
1993	Auburn University	11-0-05
1994	University of Nebraska	13-0-0
1994	Pennsylvania State University	12-0-0
1995	University of Nebraska	12-0-0
1997	University of Michigan	12-0-0
1997	University of Nebraska	13-0-0
1998	University of Tennessee	13-0-0
1998	Tulane University	12-0-0
1999	Florida State University	12-0-0
1999	Marshall University	13-0-0
2000	University of Oklahoma	13-0-010
2001	University of Miami (FL)	12-0-0
2002	Ohio State University	14-0-0
2004	University of Southern California	13-0-0
2004	Auburn University	13-0-05
2004	University of Utah	12-0-0
2005	University of Texas	13-0-0
2006	Boise State University	13-0-0

note: in 1917, 1918, 1943 and 1944, football teams from military training facilities competed alongside college programs

Undefeated, but with ties

These teams all finished the season with no losses, but with some games tied. Associated Press Final Season Polls Retrieved December 5, 2006. Unless otherwise noted, all records are from this reference.

Year	Team	Final W-L-T record
1877	Princeton University	2-0-1
1877	Yale University	3-0-1
1878	Columbia University	0-0-2
1879	Princeton University	4-0-1
1879	Yale University	3-0-2
1880	Princeton University	4-0-1
1880	Yale University	4-0-1
1881	Princeton University	7-0-2
1881	Yale University	5-0-1
1881	Dartmouth College	1-0-1
1883	Yale University	3-0-1
1884	Yale University	3-0-1
1884	Princeton University	3-0-1
1884	University of Pennsylvania	3-0-1
1886	Yale University	9-0-1College Football National Champions Retrieved December 7, 2006
1886	Princeton University	7-0-1
1893	Auburn University	3-0-2[5]
1894	Pennsylvania State University	6-0-1[1]
1895	University of Washington	4-0-1
1896	Princeton University	10-0-1
1896	Lafayette College	11-0-1
1896	Texas A&M University	2-0-1[7]
1897	Auburn University	2-0-15
1897	Yale University	9-0-2
1898	Princeton University	11-0-1
1899	Harvard University	10-0-1
1899	University of Chicago	16-0-2
1899	University of Iowa	8-0-1
1900	University of Iowa	7-0-1
1900	University of Minnesota	10-0-2
1902	Texas A&M University	7-0-27
1902	Yale University	11-0-1
1903	University of Michigan	11-0-1
1903	University of Minnesota	14-0-1
1904	Dartmouth College	7-0-1
1904	Colorado School of Mines	4-0-1
1905	University of Pennsylvania	12-0-1
1905	Georgia Tech	6-0-1
1905	Colorado School of Mines	5-0-1
1906	Princeton University	9-0-1
1906	Yale University	9-0-1
1906	Clemson University	4-0-3
1906	Colorado School of Mines	3-0-2
1907	Yale University	9-0-1
1908	University of Pennsylvania	11-0-1
1908	Harvard University	9-0-1
1908	University of Chicago	5-0-1
1908	University of Kansas	12-0-1
1908	University of Virginia	7-0-1
1908	University of Washington	6-0-1
1909	Texas A&M University	7-0-1
1909	Lafayette College	7-0-1
1909	Pennsylvania State University	5-0-2
1909	University of Missouri	7-0-1
1910	Harvard University	8-0-1
1910	Vanderbilt University	12-0-1
1910	United States Naval Academy (Navy)	8-0-1
1910	University of Michigan	3-0-3
1910	Baylor University	6-0-2
1910	North Carolina State University	4-0-2
1911	Princeton University	8-0-2
1911	University of Minnesota	6-0-1
1911	Pennsylvania State University	8-0-1
1911	Navy	6-0-3
1911	University of Florida	5-0-1
1913	Washington & Jefferson College	10-0-1
1914	Auburn University	8-0-15
1914	Harvard University	7-0-2
1914	Colorado School of Mines	5-0-1
1914	University of Nebraska	7-0-1
1914	Oregon State University	7-0-2 [8]
1914	University of Washington	6-0-1
1915	University of Minnesota	6-0-1
1915	Georgia Tech	7-0-1
1915	University of Illinois	5-0-2
1916	Miami University(OH)	7-0-1[9]
1916	Georgia Tech	8-0-1
1916	University of Washington	6-0-1
1916	University of Oregon	7-0-1
1916	University of Tennessee	8-0-1
1916	Colorado State University	5-0-2
1916	University of Washington	6-0-1
1917	Miami University (OH)	6-0-29
1917	Ohio State University	8-0-1
1917	Washington State University	6-0-1
1917	Utah State University	7-0-1
1918	Miami University (OH)	5-0-19
1918	Naval Station Great Lakes	6-0-2
1919	Harvard University	9-0-1
1920	University of Oklahoma	6-0-1[10]
1920	University of Georgia	8-0-1
1920	Harvard University	8-0-1
1920	University of Pittsburgh	6-0-2
1920	Princeton University	6-0-1
1920	Pennsylvania State University	7-0-2
1921	Washington & Jefferson College	10-0-1
1921	Vanderbilt University	7-0-1
1921	Pennsylvania State University	8-0-2
1921	University of California	9-0-1
1922	West Virginia University	10-0-1
1922	University of Michigan	6-0-1
1922	Vanderbilt University	8-0-1
1922	Army	8-0-2
1923	University of Texas	8-0-1
1923	University of California	9-0-1
1923	University of Kansas	5-0-3
1924	University of California	8-0-2
1924	Dartmouth College	7-0-1
1924	Yale University	6-0-2
1924	Gonzaga University	5-0-2
1925	Tulane University	9-0-1
1925	Colgate University	7-0-2
1925	University of Washington	11-0-1
1926	University of Alabama	9-0-1
1926	Stanford University	10-0-1
1926	Navy	9-0-1
1926	Southern Methodist University	8-0-1
1926	Brown University	9-0-1
1927	University of Illinois	10-0-1
1927	University of Minnesota	6-0-2
1927	Texas A&M University	8-0-1
1927	Washington & Jefferson College	7-0-2
1927	University of Tennessee	8-0-1
1928	University of Southern California	9-0-1
1928	University of Tennessee	9-0-1
1929	Texas Christian University	9-0-1
1929	University of Tennessee	9-0-1
1929	Southern Methodist University	6-0-4
1930	University of Michigan	8-0-1
1930	Marquette University	8-0-1
1933	University of Michigan	7-0-1
1932	Auburn University	9-0-15
1936	University of Alabama	8-0-1
1937	University of Pittsburgh	9-0-1
1937	University of California	10-0-1
1937	Fordham University	7-0-1
1937	Villanova University	8-0-1
1937	Dartmouth College	7-0-2
1937	College of the Holy Cross	8-0-2
1938	Villanova University	8-0-1
1939	University of Southern California	8-0-2
1939	UCLA	6-0-4
1939	Duquesne University	8-0-1
1940	Mississippi State University	10-0-1
1941	University of Notre Dame	8-0-1
1944	University of Southern California	8-0-2
1945	Indiana University	9-0-1
1946	University of Notre Dame	8-0-1
1946	Army	9-0-1
1947	Miami University (OH)	9-0-19
1947	SMU	9-0-2
1947	Pennsylvania State University	9-0-1
1947	University of Pennsylvania	7-0-1
1948	University of Notre Dame	9-0-1
1948	Army	8-0-1
1950	Clemson University	9-0-1
1951	University of Illinois	9-0-1
1951	Georgia Tech	11-0-1
1953	University of Notre Dame	9-0-1
1956	Texas A&M University	9-0-1
1957	Virginia Military Institute	9-0-1
1958	Army	8-0-1
1958	Auburn University	9-0-15
1958	Air Force	9-0-2
1960	University of Mississippi	10-0-1
1961	Ohio State University	8-0-1
1966	University of Notre Dame	9-0-1
1966	Michigan State University	9-0-1
1969	University of Southern California	10-0-1
1970	University of Nebraska	11-0-1
1970	University of Notre Dame	10-0-1
1973	Ohio State University	10-0-1
1973	University of Michigan	10-0-1
1973	University of Oklahoma	10-0-110
1974	Miami University (OH)	10-0-1
1979	University of Southern California	11-0-1
1982	SMU	11-0-1
1985	Fresno State University	11-0-1
1987	Syracuse University	11-0-1
1990	Georgia Tech	11-0-1
1992	University of Michigan	9-0-3
1994	Texas A&M University	10-0-1
1995	University of Toledo	11-0-1

: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-A.

Team	Undefeated	Perfect
''Yale University''	''29''	''16''
''Princeton University''	''25''	''14''
University of Notre Dame	16	10
University of Michigan	16	9
University of Oklahoma	14	11
Pennsylvania State University	12	7
University of Washington	12	7
Miami University (OH)	11	6
Auburn University	11	6
University of Minnesota	11	6
University of Texas	10	9
University of Alabama	10	8
University of Nebraska	9	7
''Harvard University''	''9''	''5''
Texas A&M University	9	3
Ohio State University	8	5
University of Southern California	8	4
University of Pennsylvania	8	4
Army	8	4
University of Pittsburgh	7	5
University of Tennessee	7	3
Georgia Tech	7	2
University of Illinois	6	3
''Dartmouth College''	''6''	''2''
University of California	6	2
''Cornell University''	''5''	''5''
''Colorado School of Mines''	''5''	''1''
University of Colorado	4	4
University of Utah	4	4
Clemson University	4	2
''University of Chicago''	''4''	''2''
University of Iowa	4	2
''Lafayette College''	''4''	''2''
Vanderbilt University	4	1
Arizona State University	3	3
Rutgers University	3	3
University of Miami (FL)	3	3
University of Wisconsin-Madison	3	3
Purdue University	3	3
Michigan State University	3	2
Oregon State University	3	2
University of Toledo	3	2
University of Georgia	3	2
Tulane University	3	2
Southern Methodist University	3	1
Navy	3	0
''Washington & Jefferson College''	''3''	''0''
Southern Methodist University	3	0
University of Arkansas	2	2
''USNTC Bainbridge''	''2''	''2''
Louisiana State University	2	2
''Colorado College''	''2''	''2''
UCLA	2	1
''Duquesne University''	''2''	''1''
Syracuse University	2	1
Stanford University	2	1
Colorado State University	2	1
University of Kansas	2	1
Texas Christian University	2	1
''Villanova University''	''2''	''0''

Undefeated Division I-AA/FCS

This section covers teams that competed in the second tier of Division I since it was split in 1978:

★ Division I-AA from 1978 - 2005

★ Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) from 2006
Note that Division I FCS, still generally identified by sports media as Division I-AA despite the official NCAA change of nomenclature, features a single-elimination playoff, reducing the likelihood of having multiple teams finishing the season with undefeated records. However, several conferences voluntarily do not compete in the playoff, meaning that there is still 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, in the relevant season.

Undefeated but with ties

These teams finished the season with no losses, but with some ties, after 1978 in Division I-AA or FCS football.

Year	Team	Final W-L-T Record
1991	Alabama State University	11-0-1[11]
1994	'Youngstown State University'	'14-0-1'[12]

Undefeated and untied

These teams all finished the season with no losses or ties after 1978 in Division I-AA or FCS football.^[13]

Year	Team	Final W-L-T record
1982	'Eastern Kentucky University'	'13-0-0'
1984	Tennessee State University	11-0-0
1986	University of Pennsylvania	10-0-0
1987	College of the Holy Cross	11-0-0
1989	'Georgia Southern University'	'15-0-0'
1991	College of the Holy Cross	11-0-0
1993	University of Pennsylvania	10-0-0
1994	University of Pennsylvania	9-0-0
1996	'Marshall University'	'15-0-0'
1996	University of Dayton	11-0-0
1996	Dartmouth College	11-0-0
2000	Davidson College	11-0-0
2000	Robert Morris College (now Robert Morris University)	10-0-0
2001	Sacred Heart University	10-0-0
2001	Harvard University	9-0-0
2003	University of Pennsylvania	10-0-0
2004	Harvard University	10-0-0

References

1. Division I-A Historical Scores
2. University of Texas - all time records
3. Kentucky Football 2006 Media Guide: Year-By-Year Records
4. ?
5. 2006 Auburn Football Media Guide
6. Division I-A Historical Scores
7. Aggie Football Through the Years
8. 2006 Oregon State University Football Media Guide
9. 2006 Miami University Football Media Guide
10. Football Seasons
11. Alabama State Hornets Historical Football Records Retrieved December 11, 2006
12. Youngstown State Penguins Historical Football Records Retrieved December 11, 2006
13. Official 2006 NCAA Divisions I-A and I-AA Football Record Book