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. Teams are ranked by the number of consecutive wins they've posted against a specific opponent. All streaks of at least 20 games are in the list.

Most consecutive wins over an opponent

School	Opponent	Number	From	Through	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]
Nebraska	Kansas State	29	1969	1997	Yes	[3]
Clemson	Virginia	29	1955	1989	No, the games were played over a 35-year period.	[3]
Penn State	Temple	29 †	1952	Present	No, the games have been played over a 60-year period.	Penn State won in 2011.[4] Penn State has an unbeaten streak dating back 10 more years. Temple's last win over Penn State was a 14-0 victory in 1941.
Texas	Rice	28	1966	1993	Yes	[3]
Syracuse	Hobart	26	1906	1931	Yes	[3]
USC	Oregon State	26	1968	1999	No, the games were played over a 32-year period.	[3]
Tennessee	Kentucky	26 †	1985	Present	Yes	Tennessee won in 2008.[5][6]
Penn State	West Virginia	25	1959	1983	Yes	[3]
Texas	TCU	24	1968	1991	Yes	[3]
Texas A&M	TCU	24 †	1973	Present	No, the games have been played over a 28-year period.	Texas A&M won 23 consecutive times from 1973 to 1995, then beat TCU in the Galleryfurniture.com bowl in 2001. The two teams have not played since but A&M still holds the active streak.[7]
Nebraska	Missouri	24	1979	2002	Yes	[3]
Nebraska	Oklahoma State	24	1974	1999	No, the games were played over a 26-year period.	[3]
Penn State	Maryland	24	1962	1988	No, the games were played over a 27-year period.	The streak began following Maryland's only win in the 37-game series in 1961, and finally ended with the only tie in 1989.[8]
Florida	Kentucky	24 †	1987	Present	Yes	Florida won in 2010[9]
Oklahoma	Iowa State	23	1937	1959	Yes	[1]
Tennessee	Vanderbilt	22	1983	2004	Yes	[3]
Nebraska	Oklahoma State	22	1974	1995	Yes	These games were a subset of the non-continuous series 1974-1999.[3]
Arkansas	TCU	22	1959	1980	Yes	[3]
Alabama	Mississippi State	22	1958	1979	Yes	[3]
Iowa	Northwestern	22	1974	1994	Yes	[3] In 1995, Northwestern also ended a 19 game (30 year) losing streak to Michigan and a 14 game (33 year) streak to Notre Dame.
Ohio State	Northwestern	21	1972	2004	No, these games were played over a 32-year period.	[3]
LSU	Louisiana Lafayette	22 †	1902	Present	No, the games were played over a 107 year period.	[3]
Purdue	Iowa	20	1961	1980	Yes	[3]
Oklahoma	Baylor	20	1901	2011	No, the games were played over a 109 year period.	Baylor ended the streak with a 45-38 victory in 2011.[2]

† Active Streak

References and sources

1. ^ "Notre Dame's NCAA-record 43-game win streak over Navy ends". ESPN.com. 3 November 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=273070087. Retrieved 2007-11-03. 
2. ^ "Navy 46, Notre Dame 44 - Play by Play". ESPN.com. November 3, 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=273070087&confId=18. Retrieved 2007-11-03. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s} "Streaks and Rivalries" (PDF). Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (NCAA): p. 112. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930220759/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2007/2007_d1_football_records_book.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-07. 
4. ^ "Penn State vs Temple Historical Record". stassen.com. http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1951&end=2011&team1=Penn+State&team2=Temple. Retrieved 2008-09-23. 
5. ^ "2008 Tennessee Football Schedule". University of Tennessee. http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/112908aaa.html. Retrieved 2008-11-30. 
6. ^ "2008 Football Schedule". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071027120454/http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=39&change_well_id=9996. Retrieved 2007-11-07. 
7. ^ "All-Time Football Scores: TCU". aggieathletics.com. http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/tcu.html. Retrieved 2008-05-07. 
8. ^ "Penn State vs Maryland Historical Record". stassen.com. http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1961&end=1989&team1=Penn+State&team2=Maryland. Retrieved 2007-12-31. 
9. ^ "History of Opponents". GatorZone.com. 2007-08-10. http://gatorzone.com/football/history/opponents.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-10. 

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