Longest Active College Football Winning Streaks Heading Into 2016-17
The longest active college football winning streaks heading into the 2016-17 season. Only 11 teams have three or more wins.
A look at the longest active college football winning streaks heading into the 2016-17 season.
No FBS team escaped the 2015 season with an unblemished record. The Clemson Tigers were the closest, carrying a 14-0 record into the national championship game against the Alabama Crimson Tide, but they were handed their first loss of the season in a 45-40 defeat.
Only one other team in the country joins Alabama with a double-digit winning streak, the San Diego State Aztecs. The Aztecs have ripped off 10 straight wins, including a Mountain West title game victory over Air Force and a Hawai’i Bowl defeat of Cincinnati.
Tennessee and Western Kentucky are each riding six game winning streaks.
In total, just 11 teams have won three games or more in a row. Below are the longest active college football winning streaks entering the 2016 season.
Wins are listed in chronological order.
Alabama – 12
Wins: Louisiana-Monroe, Georgia, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, LSU, Mississippi State, Charleston Southern, Auburn, Florida, Michigan State, Clemson
San Diego State – 10
Wins: Fresno State, Hawaii, San Jose State, Utah State, Colorado State, Wyoming, UNLV, Nevada, Air Force, Cincinnati
Tennessee – 6
Wins: Kentucky, South Carolina, North Texas, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Northwestern
Western Kentucky – 6
Wins: Old Dominion, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Marshall, Southern Miss, South Florida
Akron – 5
Wins: UMass, Miami (OH), Buffalo, Kent State, Utah State
Georgia – 5
Wins: Kentucky, Auburn, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Penn State
Appalachian State – 4
Wins: Idaho, Louisiana-Lafayette, South Alabama, Ohio
Stanford – 4
Wins: California, Notre Dame, USC, Iowa
Houston – 3
Wins: Navy, Temple, Florida State
Ole Miss – 3
Wins: LSU, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State
Washington – 3
Wins: Oregon State, Washington State, Southern Miss
