Longest Current Losing Streak: FBS Football

Updated: 10/30/26

Overall Games:

Northern Illinois: 9 Games (last win: 11/12/25 - at UMass 45-3)

Next up: Rice (7 games)

Notes: UMass ended their 16-game overall losing streak and 13-game road losing streak with a convincing 37-21 win at Rutgers in Week 1. In Week 2, Oklahoma State beat Oregon, 39-31, to end their 12-game losing streak. On 10/17, Charlotte ended their 15-game losing streak at Temple. One week later, ULM upset Troy to get their first win in fifteen tries.

Conference Games:

Maryland: 12 Games (last win: 9/20/25 - at Wisconsin 27-10)

Next up: Colorado (9 games)

Note: The Cowboys went up to Morgantown and beat West Virginia last week ending their 18-game losing streak in conference games on 9/26, while Purdue beat Illinois on 10/3 to end their 19-game conference losing streak. Two weeks later on 10/17, Arkansas ended their 14-game streak with a win over Vanderbilt.

Home Games:

Charlotte: 7 Games (last win: 9/13/25 - Monmouth 42-35)

Next up: ULM (6 games)

Note: In Week 1, UMass ended their 8-game losing streak at home with an easy 37-10 win over Sacred Heart, while Georgia Tech ended their 4-game losing streak after beating Mercer on 9/19.

Road Games:

Stanford: 14 Games (last win: 9/20/24 - at Syracuse 26-24)

Next up: Michigan State, UCF and Florida State (12 games)

Note: It had been almost two years between road wins for Ball State when they beat Bowling Green 32-31 in OT.