Has a College Football game ever ended 26-17?
It has. 26-17 has been a College Football final 43 times in 84,433 games. The first was Syracuse beat Williams on November 1, 1902; the latest was Miami (OH) beat Western Michigan on October 25, 2025.
That makes 26-17 the 447th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 27-17 has happened 164 times and 26-18 has happened 23 times. At one point the score disappeared for 36 years, between 1902 and 1938.
Every 26-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-25 | Miami (OH) over Western Michigan | 2025 | |
| 2021-11-06 | Ohio State over Nebraska | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-30 | Virginia Tech over Georgia Tech | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-09 | Boise State over BYU | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-12 | BYU over Utah | 2021 | |
| 2018-09-01 | Cincinnati over UCLA | 2018 | |
| 2016-11-12 | Missouri over Vanderbilt | 2016 | |
| 2011-01-01 | Florida State over South Carolina | 2010 | Playoff |
| 2010-01-01 | Ohio State over Oregon | 2009 | Playoff |
| 2008-10-16 | Florida State over NC State | 2008 | |
| 2006-12-02 | California over Stanford | 2006 | |
| 2004-10-30 | New Mexico over Colorado State | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-25 | Buffalo over Ohio | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-09 | Northern Illinois over Bowling Green | 2002 | |
| 2001-12-01 | Army over Navy | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-22 | NC State over SMU | 2001 | |
| 2001-08-25 | Wisconsin over Virginia | 2001 | |
| 1998-11-14 | UAB over Middle Tennessee | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Eastern Michigan over Kent State | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-27 | Duke over Navy | 1997 | |
| 1993-10-30 | Kentucky over Mississippi State | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-30 | Iowa over Purdue | 1993 | |
| 1990-10-27 | UCLA over Oregon State | 1990 | |
| 1989-09-02 | Northern Illinois over Cal State Fullerton | 1989 | |
| 1987-09-26 | Colorado over Washington State | 1987 | |
| 1986-10-18 | Ball State over Kent State | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-20 | Virginia Tech over Syracuse | 1986 | |
| 1984-11-10 | UCLA over Oregon State | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-29 | SMU over TCU | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-08 | Boston University over Richmond | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-02 | New Mexico State over Illinois State | 1982 | |
| 1979-09-15 | New Hampshire over Holy Cross | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-14 | Notre Dame over Pittsburgh | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Purdue over Wake Forest | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-20 | Wisconsin over Minnesota | 1976 | |
| 1974-11-02 | Pacific over Texas-Arlington | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-24 | Stanford over California | 1973 | |
| 1970-11-28 | TCU over SMU | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-26 | Oklahoma State over Houston | 1970 | |
| 1968-11-16 | Oklahoma State over Iowa State | 1968 | |
| 1965-10-16 | Gettysburg over Lehigh | 1965 | |
| 1938-10-15 | Tulane over Rice | 1938 | |
| 1902-11-01 | Syracuse over Williams | 1902 |