Has a College Football game ever ended 20-17?
It has. 20-17 has been a College Football final 331 times in 84,334 games. The first was Wesleyan (CT) beat Williams on October 30, 1889; the latest was Minnesota beat New Mexico on December 26, 2025.
That makes 20-17 the 41st most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 21-17 has happened 229 times and 20-18 has happened 70 times.
Every 20-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-26 | Minnesota over New Mexico | 2025 | Playoff |
| 2025-11-22 | Iowa over Michigan State | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-15 | New Mexico over Colorado State | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-08 | Iowa State over TCU | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-01 | Army over Air Force | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-18 | UCLA over Maryland | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-05 | Fresno State over Nevada | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-27 | UConn over Buffalo | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Nevada over Sacramento State | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-29 | Nebraska over Cincinnati | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-09 | UCLA over Iowa | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | Kentucky over Ole Miss | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Georgia Southern over Nevada | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-25 | New Mexico State over Jacksonville State | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-18 | Old Dominion over Georgia Southern | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-08 | Ball State over Northern Illinois | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-04 | Michigan State over Nebraska | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-22 | Georgia State over Louisiana | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Ohio over Western Michigan | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-17 | Jacksonville State over Western Kentucky | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-07 | Florida Atlantic over Tulsa | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-24 | Hawai'i over New Mexico State | 2023 | |
| 2022-12-10 | Army over Navy | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-20 | Boise State over Wyoming | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-20 | Oregon over Utah | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-22 | Western Kentucky over UAB | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-01 | South Alabama over Louisiana | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-02 | Old Dominion over Virginia Tech | 2022 | |
| 2022-01-01 | Kentucky over Iowa | 2021 | Playoff |
| 2021-11-20 | Colorado over Washington | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-13 | North Texas over UTEP | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-29 | Navy over Tulsa | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-18 | Maryland over Illinois | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-12 | Jacksonville State over Florida State | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-11 | South Carolina over East Carolina | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-19 | Wisconsin over Minnesota | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-21 | Middle Tennessee over Troy | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-03 | Western Kentucky over Middle Tennessee | 2020 | |
| 2019-12-31 | Navy over Kansas State | 2019 | Playoff |
| 2019-11-29 | West Virginia over TCU | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-21 | Miami (OH) over Akron | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-17 | Cincinnati over South Florida | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-10 | Boise State over Wyoming | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-27 | San Diego State over UNLV | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-26 | North Carolina over Duke | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-12 | South Carolina over Georgia | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-03 | Georgia Southern over South Alabama | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-29 | Arizona over UCLA | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-14 | Temple over Maryland | 2019 | |
| 2018-10-27 | Charlotte over Southern Miss | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Marshall over Western Kentucky | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Michigan over Northwestern | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-15 | Louisville over Western Kentucky | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-25 | San José State over Wyoming | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-18 | Tulane over Houston | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-21 | Western Michigan over Eastern Michigan | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-17 | San Diego State over Stanford | 2017 | |
| 2016-09-02 | Idaho over Montana State | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-28 | UTEP over North Texas | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-28 | Syracuse over Boston College | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-21 | UConn over Houston | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-17 | Clemson over Louisville | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-22 | Florida State over Boston College | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-15 | Utah over Stanford | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-14 | UCLA over Texas | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-13 | Iowa State over Iowa | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-17 | USC over Stanford | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-19 | Minnesota over Northwestern | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-05 | Oklahoma over TCU | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-30 | Louisville over Rutgers | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-17 | Purdue over Illinois | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-28 | Washington over Oregon State | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-27 | Boston College over Maryland | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-08 | Florida over Texas A&M | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-08 | Notre Dame over Purdue | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-04 | Virginia Tech over Georgia Tech | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-01 | UT Martin over Memphis | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-01 | Wake Forest over Liberty | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-01 | Stanford over San José State | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-05 | Rutgers over South Florida | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-20 | Ohio State over Iowa | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-30 | Northwestern over Indiana | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-09 | UL Monroe over Florida Atlantic | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-09 | Purdue over Northwestern | 2010 | |
| 2010-01-02 | Arkansas over East Carolina | 2009 | Playoff |
| 2009-11-28 | Arizona over Arizona State | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-31 | Florida International over Louisiana | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-31 | Ohio over Ball State | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-29 | North Carolina over Virginia Tech | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-11 | New Mexico State over Utah State | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-10 | TCU over Air Force | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-27 | New Mexico State over New Mexico | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-26 | Georgia over Arizona State | 2009 | |
| 2008-10-05 | Ohio State over Wisconsin | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-28 | San José State over Hawai'i | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-27 | Maryland over Clemson | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-20 | Virginia Tech over North Carolina | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-13 | Illinois over Louisiana | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-13 | Virginia Tech over Georgia Tech | 2008 | |
| 2007-12-02 | Arizona State over Arizona | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-18 | Boston College over Clemson | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-04 | California over Washington State | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-03 | Pittsburgh over Syracuse | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-21 | New Mexico over San Diego State | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-13 | Georgia over Vanderbilt | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-06 | Army over Tulane | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-30 | New Mexico State over Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-30 | Auburn over Florida | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-20 | Western Kentucky over Middle Tennessee | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-14 | Air Force over TCU | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-08 | Nebraska over Wake Forest | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-25 | Ole Miss over Mississippi State | 2006 | |
| 2006-11-15 | Ball State over Toledo | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-28 | East Carolina over Southern Miss | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Ball State over Miami (OH) | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-21 | Notre Dame over UCLA | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-14 | Ohio over Illinois | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-09 | Akron over NC State | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-12 | Stanford over Oregon State | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-22 | LSU over Auburn | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-18 | UC Davis over Stanford | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-03 | Air Force over Washington | 2005 | |
| 2004-10-30 | Maryland over Florida State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-23 | Florida State over Wake Forest | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-23 | Oklahoma State over Missouri | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Wisconsin over Purdue | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Pittsburgh over Boston College | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-18 | Northwestern over Kansas | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-05 | BYU over Notre Dame | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-04 | Ole Miss over Florida | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-16 | Temple over Rutgers | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-15 | Louisville over Southern Miss | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-17 | Western Michigan over Central Michigan | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-17 | Michigan over Wisconsin | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Troy over Southern Utah | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | Wisconsin over Ohio State | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-11 | Maryland over Georgia Tech | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-01 | UCLA over Alabama | 2001 | |
| 2001-08-30 | Northern Illinois over South Florida | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-04 | North Carolina over Pittsburgh | 2000 | |
| 2000-11-04 | Buffalo over Kent State | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-07 | South Carolina over Kentucky | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-23 | Buffalo over Bowling Green | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-20 | Utah over BYU | 1999 | |
| 1999-11-20 | Georgia over Ole Miss | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-30 | Oregon over Arizona State | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-23 | West Virginia over Temple | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-23 | Ohio State over Minnesota | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-09 | Wisconsin over Minnesota | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-25 | Rice over Navy | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-11 | Penn State over Pittsburgh | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-04 | Virginia over North Carolina | 1999 | |
| 1998-11-21 | Oklahoma over Texas Tech | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-24 | Notre Dame over Army | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-10 | San José State over Rice | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-10 | Alabama over Ole Miss | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Colorado State over UTEP | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-19 | Tennessee over Florida | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-18 | USC over Notre Dame | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-18 | San Diego State over UNLV | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-18 | Fresno State over Air Force | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-04 | Kansas over Oklahoma | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-04 | Cincinnati over Memphis | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-20 | Minnesota over Memphis | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-20 | Duke over Army | 1997 | |
| 1997-01-01 | Ohio State over Arizona State | 1996 | Playoff |
| 1996-11-16 | Virginia over North Carolina | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Eastern Michigan over Akron | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-02 | Houston over Tulane | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-19 | Air Force over Notre Dame | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-12 | Navy over Air Force | 1996 | |
| 1996-08-31 | Utah State over Utah | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Texas A&M over SMU | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-07 | Ole Miss over Tulane | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-22 | Oklahoma over Kansas | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-03 | Tulsa over Missouri | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-03 | Toledo over Indiana State | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-20 | Virginia Tech over Virginia | 1993 | |
| 1993-11-20 | Utah State over New Mexico State | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-23 | UCLA over Oregon State | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-23 | San Diego State over New Mexico | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-23 | Iowa State over Oklahoma State | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-02 | Ball State over Central Michigan | 1993 | |
| 1992-11-07 | Navy over Tulane | 1992 | |
| 1992-11-07 | Illinois over Purdue | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-31 | Georgia Tech over Duke | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Toledo over Miami (OH) | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Air Force over San Diego State | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Syracuse over West Virginia | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-23 | NC State over Maryland | 1991 | |
| 1991-11-09 | Arkansas State over Troy | 1991 | |
| 1991-11-09 | Alabama over LSU | 1991 | |
| 1991-11-02 | Kentucky over Cincinnati | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-12 | Rice over Baylor | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-27 | Rutgers over Akron | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-20 | Auburn over Florida State | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-29 | Arkansas State over Southern Illinois | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-08 | Washington over San José State | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-01 | Kentucky over Central Michigan | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-28 | Northern Illinois over Temple | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-30 | Kansas State over North Texas | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-23 | Youngstown State over Akron | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-23 | Arizona over Washington | 1989 | |
| 1988-12-29 | BYU over Colorado | 1988 | Playoff |
| 1988-10-22 | North Carolina over Georgia Tech | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-08 | Iowa State over Northern Iowa | 1988 | |
| 1988-01-01 | Michigan State over USC | 1987 | Playoff |
| 1987-12-29 | Georgia over Arkansas | 1987 | Playoff |
| 1987-11-14 | Virginia over North Carolina | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-17 | Ohio State over Purdue | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-26 | Indiana over Missouri | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-12 | Youngstown State over Bowling Green | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-12 | Fresno State over Western Illinois | 1987 | |
| 1986-12-20 | Ole Miss over Texas Tech | 1986 | Playoff |
| 1986-11-22 | Oklahoma over Nebraska | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-15 | Minnesota over Michigan | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-08 | Bowling Green over Ball State | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-18 | Michigan over Iowa | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-13 | Arizona State over Michigan State | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-06 | Hawai'i over Wisconsin | 1986 | |
| 1985-12-30 | Washington over Colorado | 1985 | Playoff |
| 1985-11-16 | Washington over USC | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-26 | Rutgers over Richmond | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-26 | Kansas State over Missouri | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-05 | Drake over Iowa State | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-21 | NC State over Wake Forest | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-21 | Iowa State over Vanderbilt | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-14 | Clemson over Virginia Tech | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-07 | Utah over Boise State | 1985 | |
| 1985-01-01 | USC over Ohio State | 1984 | Playoff |
| 1984-11-03 | Drake over Southern Illinois | 1984 | |
| 1984-11-03 | Cal State Fullerton over Fresno State | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-27 | Texas Tech over Tulsa | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-20 | Hawai'i over Utah | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-22 | Maryland over West Virginia | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-22 | Fresno State over Long Beach State | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-15 | Penn State over Iowa | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-01 | Texas A&M over UTEP | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Eastern Washington over Long Beach State | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-10 | Michigan over Washington State | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-06 | West Virginia over Temple | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-06 | Indiana over Wisconsin | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-30 | Utah State over BYU | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-30 | New Mexico over North Texas | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-04 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-21 | Indiana over Purdue | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-07 | Cal State Fullerton over Boise State | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-24 | Houston over Arkansas | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-03 | Princeton over Brown | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | UL Monroe over Louisiana | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Western Michigan over Kent State | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Marshall over Morehead State | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-22 | UCLA over USC | 1980 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Western Carolina over East Tennessee State | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-04 | Northern Illinois over Southern Illinois | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Virginia over Duke | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-13 | USC over Tennessee | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-13 | McNeese over Toledo | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-13 | Illinois over Michigan State | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-06 | Richmond over Bowling Green | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-06 | McNeese over West Texas A&M | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-24 | Tennessee over Kentucky | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Texas-Arlington over McNeese | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-11 | Syracuse over Navy | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-04 | West Virginia over Virginia | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-04 | Texas A&M over SMU | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-21 | Kent State over Marshall | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Boston University over Dartmouth | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Alabama over Washington | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-19 | LSU over Tulane | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-27 | Northern Arizona over Cal State Fullerton | 1976 | |
| 1976-11-26 | Oklahoma over Nebraska | 1976 | |
| 1976-11-20 | Santa Clara over Fresno State | 1976 | |
| 1976-11-13 | Indiana State over Wichita State | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-16 | Hawai'i over Portland State | 1976 | |
| 1975-10-25 | Miami (OH) over Bowling Green | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-26 | Oklahoma over Miami | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Texas Tech over SMU | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-19 | Western Michigan over Marshall | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-12 | Northern Illinois over Marshall | 1974 | |
| 1973-12-01 | Tennessee over Vanderbilt | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-06 | Richmond over Furman | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-22 | Davidson over Lenoir-Rhyne | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-18 | Notre Dame over Miami | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-28 | Missouri over Colorado | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-21 | Toledo over Dayton | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-14 | Wichita State over Cincinnati | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-30 | Furman over App State | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-23 | Villanova over William & Mary | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-09 | UCLA over Nebraska | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-13 | Michigan over Purdue | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-30 | Cal State Los Angeles over Cal State Fullerton | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-16 | North Texas over Louisville | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-18 | Florida State over Miami | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-07 | Marshall over Kent State | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-03 | Texas over UCLA | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-26 | Ole Miss over Kentucky | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-25 | Florida State over Mississippi State | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-26 | UCLA over Stanford | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-19 | North Texas over Tulsa | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-12 | Wyoming over BYU | 1968 | |
| 1967-09-16 | SMU over Texas A&M | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-26 | Arizona State over Arizona | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-08 | Dayton over Louisville | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-17 | Georgia over Mississippi State | 1966 | |
| 1965-10-30 | Dartmouth over Yale | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-23 | Rice over Texas | 1965 | |
| 1964-12-05 | Mississippi State over Ole Miss | 1964 | |
| 1964-11-28 | USC over Notre Dame | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-03 | Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1964 | |
| 1962-11-24 | Oregon State over Oregon | 1962 | |
| 1962-11-24 | Clemson over South Carolina | 1962 | |
| 1962-11-24 | Arizona over Arizona State | 1962 | |
| 1960-10-15 | Georgia over Mississippi State | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-01 | Oregon over Utah | 1960 | |
| 1959-11-26 | Texas over Texas A&M | 1959 | |
| 1959-11-21 | California over Stanford | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-10 | Colorado over Kansas State | 1959 | |
| 1958-11-08 | California over UCLA | 1958 | |
| 1957-10-12 | Arkansas over Baylor | 1957 | |
| 1956-11-24 | TCU over Rice | 1956 | |
| 1952-10-11 | Arkansas over Baylor | 1952 | |
| 1948-09-25 | Santa Clara over Oklahoma | 1948 | |
| 1946-11-08 | Miami over Miami (OH) | 1946 | |
| 1940-11-23 | Columbia over Colgate | 1940 | |
| 1940-10-05 | Brown over Rhode Island | 1940 | |
| 1938-10-15 | Army over Harvard | 1938 | |
| 1923-10-06 | Minnesota over Iowa State | 1923 | |
| 1920-11-07 | Colorado College over Wyoming | 1920 | |
| 1913-10-18 | Missouri over Oklahoma | 1913 | |
| 1889-10-30 | Wesleyan (CT) over Williams | 1889 |