College Football Bowl Streaks

Many teams had their bowl streaks interrupted during the
Covid-19 pandemic, but there are some teams with streaks
extending beyond that point in the past.

Longest Bowl Participation Streaks:
• Alabama (29 years)
• Oklahoma (27 years)
• Georgia (22 years)
• Clemson (20 years)
• Ohio State (13 years)

There were some teams who received an invitation to a bowl game
in 2020 or 2021, but that game was canceled because of Covid-19.

Bowl Participation Streaks:
• Iowa, 13 years (Missouri withdrew from the 2020 Music City Bowl)
• Memphis, 12 years (Hawai'i withdrew from the 2021 Aloha Bowl)
• Oregon (9 years)
• Marshall (9 years)
• Louisiana (8 years)
• SMU, 7 years (opted out of the 2020 Frisco Bowl, and Virginia withdrew from the 2021 Fenway Bowl)
• Liberty (7 years)
• Western Kentucky (7 years)
• North Carolina State (6 years) (UCLA withdrew from the 2021 Holiday Bowl)
• Missouri (6 years) (withdrew from the 2020 Music City Bowl)
• Mississippi, UT - San Antonio, Coastal Carolina (6 years each)

The following have received bowl invitations for five straight years:
Boise State (the 2021 Desert Bowl vs CMU was canceled),
Louisville, Penn State, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas Tech,
LSU, Tennessee, Toledo, Miami-Ohio, Fresno State

The following have played in bowl games for the past four years:
Duke, Washington, Southern Cal, Texas,
Tulane, Ohio, Georgia Southern

The following have played in bowl games for the past three years:
Miami (Florida), Georgia Tech, California, Texas A&M, UNLV,
South Florida, North Texas, Jax State, Arkansas State, Texas State

The following have played in bowl games for the past two years:
Pittsburgh, Illinois, Nebraska, Indiana, Arizona State, Brigham Young, TCU, Vanderbilt
Army, Navy, East Carolina, Western Michigan, James Madison, Washington State

The following played in a bowl game at the end of the 2025 season, but not 2024:
Delaware, Missouri State, Kennesaw State, Virginia, New Mexico,
Florida International, Louisiana Tech, Centra Michigan, Hawai'i,
Wake Forest, Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego State, Southern Miss.,
Connecticut, Northwestern, Utah, Arizona, Utah State, Old Dominion,
Troy, Georgia Southern, Rice, Appalachian State, Mississippi State

The following played in a bowl game at the end of the 2024 season, but not 2025:
• Notre Dame (ended 8-game streak, after being shafted by the CFP selection committee)
• North Carolina (ends a 6-game streak)
• Kansas State and Iowa State, after losing their coaches this year,
  each paid a $500K fine in order to decline their bowl bids
• Northern Illinois, Wyoming, Syracuse, Bowling Green, San Jose State, South Alabama,
• Virginia Tech, Boston College, Rutgers, West Virginia, Baylor, Colorado, Oregon State,
• South Carolina, Forida, Arkansas, Sam Houston State, Buffalo, Colorado State

The following have not gone bowling for the past two years:
Florida State, Wisconsin, UCLA, Maryland, Auburn, Kansas,
Central Florida, Oklahoma State, New Mexico State, Eastern Michigan, Air Force

The following have not gone bowling for the past three years:
Purdue, UAB, Middle Tennessee

The following have not gone bowling for the past four years:
Michigan State, Tulas, Texas - El Paso,
Ball State, Kent State, Nevada

The following have not gone bowling for the past five years or more:

• Florida Atlantic (5 years)
• Stanford, Temple, Charlotte (6 years each)
• Akron (8 years)
• UL-Monroe (13 years)

And finally, Massachusetts, after 14 years playing at the FBS level,
still has yet to receive a bid to a bowl game.

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