Has a College Football game ever ended 26-20?
It has. 26-20 has been a College Football final 87 times in 84,433 games. The first was Drake beat Oklahoma on November 29, 1923; the latest was SMU beat Miami on November 1, 2025.
That makes 26-20 the 253rd most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 27-20 has happened 217 times and 26-21 has happened 90 times.
Every 26-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-01 | SMU over Miami | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-02 | Northwestern over Purdue | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-21 | Texas A&M over Bowling Green | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Duke over Northwestern | 2024 | |
| 2023-10-07 | Alabama over Texas A&M | 2023 | |
| 2022-09-11 | BYU over Baylor | 2022 | |
| 2021-01-02 | Ole Miss over Indiana | 2020 | Playoff |
| 2020-11-27 | Iowa over Nebraska | 2020 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Iowa over Purdue | 2019 | |
| 2018-10-27 | Cincinnati over SMU | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-29 | New Mexico State over Utah State | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2017-09-16 | Florida over Tennessee | 2017 | |
| 2015-10-18 | Oregon over Washington | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-21 | Kansas State over West Virginia | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-06 | Southern Miss over Alcorn State | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-23 | Georgia Southern over Florida | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-08 | Stanford over Oregon | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-05 | South Florida over Cincinnati | 2013 | |
| 2011-09-24 | Mississippi State over Louisiana Tech | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-10 | Marshall over Southern Miss | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-06 | Miami over Maryland | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-12 | Northern Illinois over Ball State | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Michigan State over Michigan | 2009 | |
| 2006-11-05 | Arkansas over South Carolina | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-21 | Maryland over NC State | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-07 | USC over Washington | 2006 | |
| 2004-11-26 | Colorado over Nebraska | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-30 | Clemson over NC State | 2004 | |
| 2002-09-26 | Louisville over Florida State | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-14 | Pittsburgh over UAB | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-24 | Ohio State over Michigan | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | Arkansas State over Louisiana | 2001 | |
| 2000-09-16 | Youngstown State over Kent State | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Boise State over Utah | 1999 | |
| 1997-11-01 | Louisiana Tech over Alabama | 1997 | |
| 1991-10-12 | Miami over Penn State | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-14 | Minnesota over San José State | 1991 | |
| 1989-09-30 | Miami over Michigan State | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-12 | Memphis over Tulsa | 1988 | |
| 1984-11-10 | UNLV over Cal State Fullerton | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-15 | Wyoming over Air Force | 1984 | |
| 1983-09-24 | Kansas over USC | 1983 | |
| 1982-09-18 | Army over Lafayette | 1982 | |
| 1978-10-28 | Western Illinois over Illinois State | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-12 | Arkansas over Texas A&M | 1977 | |
| 1973-09-15 | Arizona State over Oregon | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-04 | Auburn over Florida | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-09 | Wake Forest over Davidson | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-09 | Louisville over Memphis | 1971 | |
| 1970-12-05 | Tulsa over North Texas | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-26 | Southern Miss over Texas-Arlington | 1970 | |
| 1968-10-12 | Texas over Oklahoma | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-12 | Air Force over Navy | 1968 | |
| 1964-10-03 | Minnesota over California | 1964 | |
| 1962-11-03 | New Mexico State over Trinity (Texas) | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-11 | Notre Dame over Pittsburgh | 1961 | |
| 1960-11-05 | Pacific over San José State | 1960 | |
| 1958-11-28 | Hardin-Simmons over New Mexico State | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-25 | Iowa over Northwestern | 1958 | |
| 1957-10-26 | VMI over George Washington | 1957 | |
| 1956-11-10 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-20 | Columbia over Harvard | 1956 | |
| 1956-09-22 | Wyoming over Arizona | 1956 | |
| 1955-10-22 | Princeton over Cornell | 1955 | |
| 1954-10-30 | Tennessee over North Carolina | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-08 | Miami over Holy Cross | 1954 | |
| 1953-09-26 | Washington State over Pacific | 1953 | |
| 1952-12-06 | Tulsa over Texas Tech | 1952 | |
| 1951-10-27 | Dartmouth over Harvard | 1951 | |
| 1950-10-14 | Rutgers over Temple | 1950 | |
| 1949-11-26 | Tennessee over Vanderbilt | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-13 | Army over Pennsylvania | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-30 | BYU over Montana | 1948 | |
| 1948-09-18 | Stanford over San José State | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-27 | Denver over Colorado | 1947 | |
| 1947-11-22 | Texas Tech over New Mexico | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-30 | Michigan State over Washington State | 1946 | |
| 1946-11-28 | Saint Louis over Bradley | 1946 | |
| 1946-11-28 | Pennsylvania over Cornell | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-19 | UTEP over West Texas A&M | 1946 | |
| 1944-10-07 | VMI over Richmond | 1944 | |
| 1940-10-12 | Notre Dame over Georgia Tech | 1940 | |
| 1939-10-07 | Washburn over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1939 | |
| 1937-11-06 | Rice over Arkansas | 1937 | |
| 1935-11-28 | Nebraska over Oregon State | 1935 | |
| 1934-11-03 | Purdue over Chicago | 1934 | |
| 1923-11-29 | Drake over Oklahoma | 1923 |