Boise State Ties Harvard for Fifth-Most Wins over a 20-Year Period in NCAA Major College Football History

Boise State is now tied with the legendary Harvard teams from 1886 to 1905 for the fifth-most wins in any 20-year history among major college football teams.

The Broncos topped BYU 28-27 for their seventh win of the season and are now 2-3-47 from 1997 to the current year.  Boise State still has as a minimum of five more games and could move into fourth place with one more win.




Most Wins In 20-Year Period:

(no overlap)

 
*Modern Record in Bold 


1.    Yale 227-11-8 (1886-1905)
2.    Pennsylvania 224-36-7 (1889-1908)
3.    Nebraska 213-35-1 (1982-2001)
4.    Florida State 204-41-2 (1985-2004)
5.    Harvard 203-27-5 (1886-1905)
5.    Boise State 203-47 (1997-2016*)
7.    Miami of Florida 202-39-0 (1985-2004)
7.    Florida 202-52-1 (1990-2009)
9.    Princeton 196-17-7 (1884-1903)
9.    Ohio State 196-48-0 (1996-2015)
11.  Alabama 195-33-3 (1961-1980)
12.  Penn State 194-39-2 (1967-1986)
12.  BYU 194-59-2 (1977-1996)
12.  Oklahoma 194-38-4 (1971-1990)
15.  Virginia Tech 192-64-0 (1993-2012)
16.  Oklahoma 191-68-0 (1996-2015)
17.  Tennessee 188-54-5 (1985-2004)
18.  Texas 188-66-1 (1994-2013)
19.  Michigan 187-53-5 (1985-2004)
20.  Oregon 186-66-0 (1995-2014)
20.  LSU 186-68-0 (1996-2015)
20.  Georgia 186-70-0 (1996-2015)
23.  Wisconsin 183-77-0 (1996-2015)
24.  Ohio State 179-45-3 (1967-1986)
24.  Nebraska 179-46-5 (1961-1980)
26.  USC 178-40-9 (1962-1981)
27.  Texas 174-44-4 (1959-1978)
27.  Penn State 174-72-0 (1990-2009)
29.  TCU 173-74-0 (1996-2015)
30.  Washington 172-61-3 (1977-1996)