Has a College Football game ever ended 26-21?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 26-21 90 times. It first happened on October 10, 1931, when Vanderbilt beat Ohio State, and most recently on November 15, 2025, when USC beat Iowa.
That makes 26-21 the 236th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 27-21 has happened 166 times and 26-22 has happened 20 times.
Every 26-21 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-15 | USC over Iowa | 2025 | |
| 2024-12-28 | East Carolina over NC State | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2024-11-02 | Washington over USC | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-21 | Western Kentucky over Toledo | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Duke over UConn | 2024 | |
| 2022-11-19 | Charlotte over Louisiana Tech | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-02 | Georgia Tech over Pittsburgh | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Marshall over Notre Dame | 2022 | |
| 2020-11-21 | Nevada over San Diego State | 2020 | |
| 2019-12-07 | Miami (OH) over Central Michigan | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-30 | UAB over North Texas | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-16 | Utah State over Wyoming | 2019 | |
| 2016-11-23 | Eastern Michigan over Central Michigan | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-25 | Ohio over Northern Illinois | 2015 | |
| 2012-11-24 | Ohio State over Michigan | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-01 | Wisconsin over Northern Iowa | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-05 | Florida over Vanderbilt | 2011 | |
| 2010-12-04 | Miami (OH) over Northern Illinois | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-28 | SMU over Tulane | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-27 | Alabama over Auburn | 2009 | |
| 2009-01-01 | Nebraska over Clemson | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2008-10-02 | Pittsburgh over South Florida | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-27 | UConn over Louisville | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-20 | LSU over Auburn | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-13 | UAB over Tulane | 2007 | |
| 2005-10-15 | Virginia over Florida State | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-27 | Southern Miss over UAB | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Akron over UCF | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-07 | New Mexico State over Utah State | 2003 | |
| 2003-11-02 | Texas Tech over Colorado | 2003 | |
| 2003-08-30 | Michigan State over Western Michigan | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-02 | Houston over Memphis | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-26 | New Mexico State over Arkansas State | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-20 | Marshall over UCF | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-14 | Northwestern over Duke | 2002 | |
| 2000-11-11 | Rhode Island over UConn | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-09 | Florida State over Georgia Tech | 2000 | |
| 1998-11-07 | Nevada over Utah State | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-25 | Auburn over Arkansas | 1997 | |
| 1995-11-04 | Arkansas over Mississippi State | 1995 | |
| 1992-11-14 | Tennessee over Memphis | 1992 | |
| 1991-09-21 | William & Mary over Navy | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Virginia Tech over West Virginia | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-07 | California over San José State | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-22 | Arkansas over Houston | 1988 | |
| 1985-11-02 | Houston over TCU | 1985 | |
| 1983-10-01 | Bowling Green over Eastern Michigan | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-16 | Ohio State over Illinois | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-21 | Wisconsin over Minnesota | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-07 | Georgia over Florida | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-08 | Georgia over Florida | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-04 | Notre Dame over Michigan State | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-03 | Florida State over Cincinnati | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | UNLV over Nevada | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Florida State over Cincinnati | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Penn State over SMU | 1978 | |
| 1974-11-23 | Arizona State over Colorado State | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-24 | Chattanooga over East Tennessee State | 1973 | |
| 1973-11-10 | The Citadel over Furman | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-07 | Army over Lehigh | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-09 | Ohio over Central Michigan | 1972 | |
| 1970-09-19 | Colgate over Boston University | 1970 | |
| 1968-11-23 | Pennsylvania over Dartmouth | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-04 | Auburn over Florida | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-07 | Navy over Michigan | 1967 | |
| 1965-11-20 | Purdue over Indiana | 1965 | |
| 1964-10-31 | West Virginia over Kentucky | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-24 | USC over California | 1964 | |
| 1964-09-26 | Nebraska over Minnesota | 1964 | |
| 1962-11-24 | Washington over Washington State | 1962 | |
| 1962-11-03 | Northwestern over Indiana | 1962 | |
| 1959-11-26 | Wichita State over Tulsa | 1959 | |
| 1959-11-07 | Virginia Tech over West Texas A&M | 1959 | |
| 1958-09-27 | Clemson over North Carolina | 1958 | |
| 1957-11-23 | New Mexico State over Western Colorado | 1957 | |
| 1957-11-16 | Texas Tech over Hardin-Simmons | 1957 | |
| 1953-10-24 | UTEP over North Texas | 1953 | |
| 1952-10-18 | San José State over Pacific | 1952 | |
| 1952-01-01 | Houston over Dayton | 1951 | Playoff |
| 1951-11-24 | Colgate over Rutgers | 1951 | |
| 1950-11-25 | Holy Cross over Temple | 1950 | |
| 1950-11-18 | Fordham over Temple | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-14 | Virginia over Washington and Lee | 1950 | |
| 1948-11-06 | Dartmouth over Columbia | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-09 | Army over Illinois | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-08 | Minnesota over Purdue | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-01 | Miami over Villanova | 1946 | |
| 1945-10-13 | Ole Miss over Louisiana Tech | 1945 | |
| 1944-11-11 | Mississippi State over Auburn | 1944 | |
| 1931-10-10 | Vanderbilt over Ohio State | 1931 |