List of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams

This is a list of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams, which describes all teams that finished a college football season in the NCAA's Division I, or historic equivalent, without any losses.

Division I Football Bowl Subdivision NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) is the highest division of play in college football. However this nomenclature and these categories of divisional play have only existed since 2006 and 1978, respectively. Prior to the formation of the NCAA in 1906, there was no differentiation between the level of play from one college to another, and thus all intercollegiate teams can be thought of as having played in the same division. Likewise, even after the formation of the NCAA, there was no differentiation into divisions until 1956, when play was separated in the upper "University" division and lower "Collegiate" division. In 1973, a three division reorganization occurred placing teams into NCAA Division I (highest), Division II, or Division III (lowest). In 1978, Division I was further subdivided into Division I-A (highest) and Division I-AA. In 2006, these subdivisions were renamed Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), respectively.

The following categories represent the historical equivalents of the highest level of play over the history of college football, and the subsequent tables list the teams for each season that went undefeated while competing in these highest categories:

uncategorized (pre-NCAA) 1869 to 1905 NCAA 1906 to 1955 NCAA University Division from 1956 until 1972 NCAA Division I from 1973 to 1977 NCAA Division I-A from 1978 to 2005 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) from 2006–present

Undefeated and untied These teams finished the season having won every game in which they played, thus completing a "perfect season".

Pre-1900

Year Team Record Notes 1870 Princeton 1–0–0 1872 Princeton 1–0–0 1872 Yale 1–0–0 1873 Princeton 1–0–0 1874 Princeton 4–0–0 1874 Yale 3–0–0 1875 Harvard 4–0–0 1875 Princeton 2–0–0 1876 Rutgers 1–0–0Dolphin Historical Football Rankings Retrieved December 7, 2006 1876 Yale 3–0–0 1877 Amherst 1–0–0 1878 Princeton 6–0–0 1880 Michigan 1–0–0 1881 Georgetown 1–0–0Source is the College Football Data Warehouse Yearly Results. 1881 Penn State 1–0–0 1882 Michigan 1–0–0 1882 Navy 1–0–0 1882 Yale 8–0–0 1883 California 2–0–0 1883 Princeton 4–0–0 1883 NYU 1–0–0 1883 Albion 1–0–0 1884 Michigan 2–0–0 1884 Navy 1–0–0 1884 Wabash 1–0–0 1884 Yale 9–0–0 1885 Albion 1–0–0 1885 Michigan 3–0–0 Michigan was unscored upon 1885 Princeton 9–0–0 1886 California 4–0–0 1886 Fordham 1–0–0 1886 Michigan 2–0–0 Michigan was unscored upon 1887 Michigan 3–0–0 Michigan was unscored upon 1887 Minnesota 2–0–0 Minnesota was unscored upon 1887 Penn State 2–0–0 Penn State was unscored upon 1887 Yale 9–0–0 1887 Hanover 2–0–0 1888 Colorado Mines 1–0–0 1888 Notre Dame 1–0–0 1888 USC 2–0–0 1888 Yale 13–0–0 Yale was unscored upon 1889 Beloit 1–0–0 1889 Butler 2–0–0 1889 California 4–0–0 1889 Colorado Mines 1–0–0 1889 Miami (OH) 4–0–0 1889 Notre Dame 1–0–0 1889 Ohio State 1–0–0 1889 Princeton 10–0–0 1889 USC 2–0–0 1889 Colorado Mines 6–0–0 1890 Harvard 11–0–0 1890 Kentucky State College 1–0–0 1890 Nebraska 2–0–0 1890 Vanderbilt 1–0–0 1891 Albion 4–0–0 1891 Detroit College 1–0–0 1891 Trinity (KY) 3–0–0 1891 Purdue 4–0–0 1891 Wake Forest 1–0–0 1891 Yale 13–0–0 1892 Case 3–0–0 1892 Colgate 3–0–0 1892 Minnesota 5–0–0 1892 North Carolina A&M 1–0–0 1892 Purdue 8–0–0 1892 USC 1–0–0 1892 Utah Agricultural 1–0–0 1892 Wyoming 1–0–0 1892 Yale 13–0–0 1893 Case 4–0–0 1893 Fordham 4–0–0 1893 Maryland 6–0–0 1893 Minnesota 6–0–0 1893 North Carolina A&M 2–0–0 1893 Princeton 11–0–0 1893 Texas 4–0–0 1894 North Dakota Agricultural 2–0–0 1894 Columbia Physicians & Surgeons 3–0–0 1894 New Mexico A&M 2–0–0 1894 Penn 12–0–0 1894 USC 1–0–0 1894 Wyoming 3–0–0 1894 Yale 16–0–0 1894 Western Reserve 7–0–0 1895 Arkansas Industrial 1–0–0 1895 Bloomsburg 1–0–0 1895 Miami (OH) 3–0–0 1895 Hanover 2–0–0 1895 LSU 3–0–0 1895 Marquette 4–0–0 1895 Oregon 4–0–0 1895 Penn 14–0–0 1895 St. Bonaventure 4–0–0 1895 Texas 5–0–0 Texas was unscored upon 1895 Kendall 1–0–0 1895 Washington Agricultural 2–0–0 1895 Wyoming 1–0–0 1896 Fordham 1–0–0 1896 Georgia 4–0–0 1896 LSU 6–0–0 1896 North Carolina A&M 1–0–0 1896 North Dakota 2–0–0 1896 Oklahoma 2–0–0 1896 Fordham 1–0–0 1896 Tennessee 4–0–0 1896 Wyoming 2–0–0 1897 Alabama 1–0–0 1897 Butler 1–0–0 1897 Buffalo 8–0–0 1897 Oklahoma 2–0–0 1897 Oregon Agricultural 2–0–0 1897 Penn 15–0–0 1897 Washington Agricultural 2–0–0 1897 Fairmount 1–0–0 1897 Wyoming 2–0–0 1898 Colorado Mines 9–0–0 1898 Detroit College 5–0–0 1898 Drexel 7–0–0 Drexel was unscored upon 1898 Harvard 11–0–0 1898 Kalamazoo 7–0–0 MIAA champions 1898 Kentucky State College 7–0–0 Kentucky State College was unscored upon 1898 LSU 1–0–0 1898 Michigan 10–0–0 1898 North Carolina 9–0–0 1898 Oklahoma 2–0–0 1898 Kendall 1–0–0 1899 Sewanee 12–0–0 Retrieved August 26, 2009 1899 New Mexico A&M 1–0–0 1899 North Dakota 6–0–0 1899 Utah Agricultural 1–0–0

1900 to present