FBS Independents
Two current members, 242 former. Our membership records under this name start in 1869.
2026 records
| Team | Overall | AP | Elo | Last 5 | Next | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Notre Dame | 6–1 | 2 | 1752 | WWWWL | vs. Navy Oct 31 | |
 UConn | 3–3 | 1535 | LWLLW | vs. Massachusetts Oct 23 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, week 7. Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Members
- Princeton
- Rutgers
- Columbia
- Yale
- Harvard
- Pennsylvania
- Brown
- Michigan
- Navy
- Bucknell
- Dartmouth
- Fordham
- Georgetown
- Kentucky
- Richmond
- Lafayette
- Minnesota
- Northwestern
- Cincinnati
- California
- Cornell
- Indiana
- Notre Dame
- Penn State
- Purdue
- North Carolina
- Virginia
- Wake Forest
- Duke
- Furman
- Iowa
- Syracuse
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Army
- Colgate
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Ohio State
- Pittsburgh
- Vanderbilt
- Georgia
- Holy Cross
- Mercer
- Stanford
- Tennessee
- VMI
- West Virginia
- Alabama
- Auburn
- Boston College
- Georgia Tech
- Iowa State
- Maine
- Maryland
- NC State
- New Mexico
- South Carolina
- Utah
- Utah State
- Virginia Tech
- Drake
- LSU
- New Mexico State
- Ole Miss
- Texas
- Tulane
- William & Mary
- Wyoming
- Arkansas
- Idaho
- Temple
- Texas A&M
- Villanova
- Washington State
- Mississippi State
- Oklahoma
- Tulsa
- Davidson
- Kansas State
- Nevada
- Oregon
- TCU
- Amherst
- Arizona State
- Carlisle
- Dickinson
- Franklin & Marshall
- Montana
- Montana State
- Trinity (CT)
- Tufts
- Wesleyan (CT)
- Williams
- Beloit
- Bowdoin
- Kansas
- MIT
- Oregon State
- Arizona
- Baylor
- Chattanooga
- Grinnell
- Knox
- Lake Forest
- Bates
- Oklahoma State
- Vermont
- Colorado College
- Colorado School of Mines
- Denver
- Haskell
- Sewanee
- Simpson (IA)
- Union (NY)
- Washington St. Louis
- Cornell (IA)
- Cumberland (TN)
- Lombard
- Swarthmore
- Colby
- Nashville
- Tennessee Medical College
- Wabash
- Coe
- Lawrence
- The Citadel
- Washburn
- Washington & Jefferson
- Florida
- Maryville (TN)
- Drury
- Hamilton
- Saint Louis
- Washington and Lee
- George Washington
- Michigan State
- Carnegie Mellon
- Southwestern U
- Mississippi College
- Rice
- West Virginia Wesleyan
- Newberry
- UTEP
- Mare Island Marines
- Great Lakes Navy
- Centre
- Erskine
- Oglethorpe
- Spring Hill
- UCLA
- Birmingham-Southern
- Phillips
- Fort Benning
- Gonzaga
- Hampden Sydney
- Boston University
- Whitman
- Millsaps
- Regis (CO)
- Western Colorado
- Texas Tech
- Creighton
- Detroit Mercy
- Marquette
- New York University
- Centenary (LA)
- Duquesne
- Saint Mary’s (CA)
- San Francisco
- Santa Clara
- Loyola Marymount
- Loyola (LA)
- Xavier
- Manhattan
- Hardin Simmons
- Rhodes
- Georgia Pre-Flight
- Iowa Pre-Flight
- Jacksonville Naval Air Station
- Miami
- North Carolina Pre-Flight
- Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight
- Alameda Coast Guard
- Camp Grant
- Del Monte Pre-Flight
- Fort Riley
- March Field
- Miami (OH)
- Pacific
- Amarillo Field
- Coast Guard
- Fort Warren
- Lubbock Field
- Norman Naval Air Station
- Randolph Field
- Second Air Force
- Merchant Marine
- Ohio
- Louisville
- Portland
- Houston
- San José State
- Florida State
- Memphis
- Southern Miss
- Dayton
- Air Force
- Buffalo
- Colorado State
- East Carolina
- West Texas
- Quantico Marines
- Tampa
- Marshall
- Northern Illinois
- Hawai’i
- Texas–Arlington
- UL Monroe
- Southern Illinois
- North Texas
- Illinois State
- San Diego State
- Tennessee State
- UNLV
- Louisiana
- Wichita State
- Akron
- Louisiana Tech
- Arkansas State
- UAB
- UCF
- Middle Tennessee
- South Florida
- UConn
- Troy
- Florida A&M
- Florida Atlantic
- Western Kentucky
- BYU
- Massachusetts
- Liberty
Every school and its years (244)
Members now
- Notre Dame 1887–1889, 1892–2019, 2021 on
- UConn 2000–2003, 2021 on
Former members
- Massachusetts 2016–2024
- Army 1890–1997, 2005–2023
- BYU 2011–2022
- Liberty 2018–2022
- New Mexico State 1893–1930, 1962–1970, 2013, 2018–2022
- Navy 1879–2014
- Idaho 1894–1895, 1897, 1899–1907, 1959–1964, 2013
- Western Kentucky 2008
- Temple 1894–1905, 1907–1917, 1922–1953, 1971–1990, 2005–2006
- Florida A&M 2004
- Florida Atlantic 2004
- Troy 2001–2003
- South Florida 2000–2002
- Utah State 1892, 1896, 1898–1901, 1962–1977, 2001–2002
- UCF 1996–2001
- Louisiana 1982–1992, 1996–2000
- Louisiana Tech 1989–1992, 1996–2000
- Middle Tennessee 1999–2000
- UL Monroe 1972–1981, 1994–2000
- Arkansas State 1990–1992, 1996–1998
- UAB 1996–1998
- East Carolina 1962–1964, 1977–1996
- Northern Illinois 1969–1974, 1986–1992, 1996
- Cincinnati 1885–1909, 1941–1942, 1945–1946, 1953–1956, 1970–1981, 1984–1995
- Louisville 1946–1947, 1949–1962, 1975–1995
- Memphis 1955–1967, 1973–1995
- North Texas 1975–1981, 1995
- Southern Miss 1955–1995
- Tulane 1893–1894, 1966–1995
- Tulsa 1895–1913, 1933–1934, 1986–1995
- Penn State 1887–1890, 1892–1992
- Akron 1987–1991
- Florida State 1951–1991
- South Carolina 1892–1921, 1971–1991
- Boston College 1892–1990
- Miami 1942, 1944–1990
- Pittsburgh 1890–1990
- Rutgers 1869–1870, 1872–1892, 1895–1936, 1952–1957, 1962–1990
- Syracuse 1889–1942, 1944–1990
- Virginia Tech 1892–1897, 1899–1911, 1965–1990
- West Virginia 1891–1917, 1919–1924, 1928–1949, 1968–1990
- Wichita State 1986
- Georgia Tech 1892–1915, 1964–1982
- Colgate 1890–1917, 1919–1981
- Holy Cross 1891, 1896–1981
- Richmond 1881–1882, 1885–1895, 1897–1899, 1922–1926, 1976–1981
- UNLV 1978–1981
- William & Mary 1893–1894, 1896–1902, 1922–1926, 1977–1981
- Illinois State 1976–1980
- Tennessee State 1977–1980
- Villanova 1894–1980
- Air Force 1957–1979
- Hawai’i 1971, 1974–1978
- San Diego State 1976–1977
- Dayton 1956–1976
- Marshall 1969–1976
- Southern Illinois 1973–1976
- Houston 1950, 1960–1975
- Tampa 1966–1968, 1971–1974
- Texas–Arlington 1971–1974
- Xavier 1935, 1959–1973
- Buffalo 1957–1970
- Drake 1893–1907, 1952–1970
- West Texas 1962–1970
- Pacific 1943, 1950–1968
- San José State 1950–1968
- Colorado State 1962–1967
- UTEP 1914–1934, 1962–1967
- Quantico Marines 1965
- Boston University 1923–1924, 1947–1964
- Detroit Mercy 1927–1942, 1945–1948, 1957–1964
- Oregon 1896–1901, 1903–1907, 1959–1963
- Oregon State 1898–1901, 1903–1907, 1909–1911, 1959–1963
- Hardin Simmons 1939–1940, 1962
- Montana 1897–1917, 1919–1923, 1950, 1962
- Arizona 1899–1917, 1919–1930, 1961
- Washington State 1894–1916, 1918, 1959–1961
- Marquette 1927–1960
- Oklahoma State 1901–1914, 1957–1959
- Texas Tech 1925–1931, 1957–1959
- Brown 1878, 1880, 1886, 1889–1955
- Columbia 1870, 1872–1884, 1889–1891, 1899–1905, 1915–1955
- Cornell 1887–1917, 1919–1940, 1946–1955
- Dartmouth 1881–1884, 1886, 1890–1892, 1900–1955
- Harvard 1873–1884, 1886–1955
- Pennsylvania 1876, 1878–1955
- Princeton 1869–1870, 1872–1955
- Yale 1872–1917, 1919–1940, 1946–1955
- Fordham 1881–1893, 1896–1909, 1912–1918, 1920–1940, 1946–1954
- Nevada 1896–1924, 1941–1953
- Virginia 1888–1899, 1906–1911, 1937–1953
- Maryland 1892–1893, 1898–1916, 1952
- Michigan State 1908–1942, 1944–1952
- New York University 1927–1941, 1944–1952
- Santa Clara 1932–1942, 1946–1952
- Loyola Marymount 1933–1942, 1949–1951
- San Francisco 1932–1943, 1946–1951
- Chattanooga 1899–1913, 1946–1948, 1950
- Duquesne 1930–1942, 1947–1950
- Georgetown 1881–1906, 1922–1940, 1946–1950
- Lafayette 1882–1936, 1938–1940, 1946–1950
- Saint Mary’s (CA) 1930–1943, 1945–1950
- Bucknell 1881–1883, 1887–1936, 1938–1947
- Merchant Marine 1945–1947
- Portland 1946–1947
- Miami (OH) 1943–1946
- Ohio 1945–1946
- Coast Guard 1944–1945
- Colorado College 1902–1909, 1943–1945
- Great Lakes Navy 1918, 1942–1945
- Alameda Coast Guard 1943–1944
- Amarillo Field 1944
- Fort Warren 1944
- Iowa Pre-Flight 1942–1944
- Lubbock Field 1944
- March Field 1943–1944
- Norman Naval Air Station 1944
- Randolph Field 1944
- Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 1942–1944
- Second Air Force 1944
- Camp Grant 1943
- Del Monte Pre-Flight 1943
- Fort Riley 1943
- Georgia Pre-Flight 1942–1943
- North Carolina Pre-Flight 1942–1943
- Jacksonville Naval Air Station 1942
- Manhattan 1936–1942
- Centenary (LA) 1930–1941
- Gonzaga 1922–1925, 1930–1941
- Sewanee 1902–1921, 1940–1941
- Carnegie Mellon 1910, 1922–1940
- George Washington 1908, 1932–1940
- Hampden Sydney 1922, 1925, 1938–1940
- Rhodes 1939
- Erskine 1919, 1921–1922, 1924, 1936
- Loyola (LA) 1934–1936
- Saint Louis 1907–1908, 1932–1936
- Centre 1919–1925, 1935
- Wake Forest 1888–1889, 1891–1893, 1895, 1908–1935
- Washington & Jefferson 1905–1934
- Davidson 1896–1915, 1922–1931
- Furman 1889–1893, 1895–1896, 1900–1901, 1913–1914, 1930–1931
- Arizona State 1897–1916, 1919–1930
- New Mexico 1892–1930
- Regis (CO) 1924, 1929–1930
- Duke 1889–1894, 1920–1928
- Creighton 1927
- Newberry 1914–1917, 1919–1925
- Oglethorpe 1919–1925
- Birmingham-Southern 1920–1922, 1924
- Millsaps 1924
- Mississippi College 1911–1912, 1915–1916, 1919–1924
- Western Colorado 1924
- Whitman 1923–1924
- Fort Benning 1922
- Spring Hill 1919, 1921–1922
- TCU 1896–1913, 1921–1922
- VMI 1891–1899, 1907–1917, 1922
- North Carolina 1888–1891, 1895–1898, 1903–1916, 1919–1921
- Phillips 1921
- Southwestern U 1910–1914, 1917–1921
- Nebraska 1890–1891, 1898–1906, 1919–1920
- Washington and Lee 1907–1920
- UCLA 1919
- Mare Island Marines 1917–1918
- Carlisle 1897–1915, 1917
- Haskell 1902–1910, 1914–1916
- Michigan 1879–1891, 1894–1895, 1907–1916
- Montana State 1897–1916
- West Virginia Wesleyan 1913–1916
- California 1886–1905, 1915
- Arkansas 1894–1914
- Baylor 1899–1914
- Oklahoma 1895–1914
- Rice 1912–1914
- Swarthmore 1903–1907, 1912
- Florida 1906–1911
- Kentucky 1881–1895, 1905–1911
- Texas A&M 1894–1902, 1909–1911
- Dickinson 1897–1910
- Colorado School of Mines 1902–1909
- Denver 1902–1909
- Utah 1892–1909
- Kansas State 1896–1908
- Texas 1893–1895, 1905–1908
- Drury 1907
- Grinnell 1899–1905, 1907
- Hamilton 1907
- Iowa State 1892–1907
- Maryville (TN) 1906–1907
- The Citadel 1905–1907
- Washington 1889–1907
- Amherst 1897–1906
- Kansas 1898–1906
- Missouri 1890–1892, 1898–1906
- Williams 1897–1906
- Bates 1901, 1904–1905
- Beloit 1898–1905
- Bowdoin 1898–1901, 1904–1905
- Coe 1905
- Colorado 1890–1892, 1905
- Cumberland (TN) 1903, 1905
- Knox 1899–1900, 1902–1903, 1905
- Lawrence 1905
- Stanford 1891–1905
- Tufts 1897–1905
- Vermont 1901–1905
- Wabash 1904–1905
- Washburn 1905
- Washington St. Louis 1902–1905
- Wesleyan (CT) 1897–1905
- Colby 1904
- Franklin & Marshall 1897–1898, 1904
- Nashville 1904
- Ole Miss 1893–1904
- Tennessee Medical College 1904
- Wyoming 1893–1904
- Cornell (IA) 1903
- Lombard 1903
- Simpson (IA) 1902–1903
- Union (NY) 1902
- Ohio State 1890–1901
- Trinity (CT) 1897–1901
- Indiana 1887–1899
- Iowa 1889–1891, 1898–1899
- Lake Forest 1899
- MIT 1898–1899
- NC State 1892–1897
- Georgia 1891–1895
- Illinois 1890–1895
- LSU 1893–1895
- Minnesota 1882–1891, 1894–1895
- Mississippi State 1895
- Northwestern 1882–1891, 1894–1895
- Purdue 1887–1890, 1895
- Tennessee 1891–1895
- Wisconsin 1889–1891, 1894–1895
- Alabama 1892–1894
- Auburn 1892–1894
- Mercer 1891–1892, 1894
- Maine 1892
- Vanderbilt 1890–1891
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1869; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
80 earlier moves
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. † Our membership records (CollegeFootballData.com) date the move to another season, or don’t show it. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in 4,767 of 4,768 team-seasons from 1869. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
Honors while members
Heisman winners 22
| Notre Dame | 7 |
| Army | 3 |
| Navy | 2 |
| Yale | 2 |
| Boston College | 1 |
Consensus All-Americans 715
| Notre Dame | 111 |
| Yale | 96 |
| Harvard | 85 |
| Princeton | 59 |
| Pennsylvania | 47 |
NFL first-round picks 245
| Notre Dame | 73 |
| Miami | 24 |
| Penn State | 20 |
| Pittsburgh | 18 |
| Syracuse | 11 |
Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1869); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.