Longest Bowl Drought: Current (through 2025 Season)

Updated: 12/6/25 - Five teams are falling off the list from a year ago: New Mexico (last bowl 2016), FIU (2019), Virginia (2019), Louisiana Tech (2020) and Hawaii (2020)

1.       ULM – last appearance:  2012 Independence Bowl (12/28/12)

2.       UMass – No bowl appearances:  Transitioned to FBS 2011, bowl eligible 2013

3.       Akron – last appearance:  2017 Boca Raton Bowl (12/19/17)

4.       Stanford – last appearance:  2018 Sun Bowl (12/31/18)

5.       Charlotte – last appearance:  2019 Bahamas Bowl (12/20/19)

6.       Temple – last appearance:  2019 Military Bowl (12/27/19)

7.   Florida Atlantic – last appearance:  2020 Montgomery Bowl (12/23/20)

8. Kent State - last appearance: 2021 New Mexico Bowl (12/18/21)

9. Tulsa - last appearance: 2021 Myrtle Beach Bowl (12/20/21)

10. Kent State - last appearance: 2021 Idaho Potato Bowl (12/21/21)

11. Ball State - last appearance: 2021 Camellia Bowl (12/25/21)

12. Nevada - last appearance: 2021 Quick Lane Bowl (12/27/21)

        Just outside:  Michigan State (missed list by three days), Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, Purdue and UAB