Has a College Football game ever ended 31-20?
It has. 31-20 has been a College Football final 90 times in 84,334 games. The first was Baylor beat Arkansas on October 19, 1929; the latest was Michigan beat Michigan State on October 25, 2025.
That makes 31-20 the 236th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 32-20 has happened 36 times and 31-21 has happened 188 times.
Every 31-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-25 | Michigan over Michigan State | 2025 | |
| 2024-12-01 | Air Force over San Diego State | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Akron over Colgate | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-18 | Clemson over North Carolina | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-10 | Hawai'i over UAlbany | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-19 | Washington State over Arizona | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-01 | UNLV over New Mexico | 2022 | |
| 2022-08-27 | Utah State over UConn | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-30 | Auburn over Ole Miss | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | Oklahoma State over Kansas State | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-05 | Texas A&M over Auburn | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-17 | NC State over Duke | 2020 | |
| 2019-09-07 | UAB over Akron | 2019 | |
| 2019-01-01 | Northwestern over Utah | 2018 | Playoff |
| 2018-12-15 | Fresno State over Arizona State | 2018 | Playoff |
| 2018-11-17 | Michigan over Indiana | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-14 | USC over Colorado | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Michigan State over Central Michigan | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-25 | Ohio State over Michigan | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-02 | Northwestern over Nevada | 2017 | |
| 2014-11-22 | Memphis over South Florida | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-25 | Louisiana Tech over Southern Miss | 2014 | |
| 2013-12-27 | Marshall over Maryland | 2013 | Playoff |
| 2012-10-27 | San José State over Texas State | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-05 | TCU over Wyoming | 2011 | |
| 2010-09-25 | Toledo over Purdue | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-14 | Penn State over Indiana | 2009 | |
| 2008-12-06 | Florida over Alabama | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-22 | Colorado State over Wyoming | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-03 | Iowa State over Kansas State | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-28 | Arizona State over California | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-20 | Bowling Green over Kent State | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-29 | Navy over Air Force | 2007 | |
| 2005-10-22 | Wisconsin over Purdue | 2005 | |
| 2004-09-04 | Oklahoma State over UCLA | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-25 | Louisiana over Idaho | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-08 | UNLV over Kansas | 2002 | |
| 2001-12-09 | LSU over Tennessee | 2001 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Kentucky over Arkansas | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Clemson over North Carolina | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Nevada over UNLV | 1998 | |
| 1996-10-19 | Cincinnati over Houston | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-18 | Toledo over Ohio | 1995 | |
| 1995-11-11 | Northwestern over Iowa | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-28 | Air Force over Fresno State | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-23 | Eastern Michigan over Ohio | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-22 | Oregon over Washington | 1994 | |
| 1991-10-05 | UCF over Arkansas State | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-28 | East Carolina over South Carolina | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Illinois over Ohio State | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-29 | Arkansas over Colorado State | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-15 | Arizona State over Colorado State | 1990 | |
| 1988-10-29 | LSU over Ole Miss | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-08 | Ball State over Kent State | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-24 | Minnesota over Northern Illinois | 1988 | |
| 1986-09-13 | Stanford over Texas | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-02 | Wisconsin over Indiana | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-13 | Tulsa over East Carolina | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-05 | Indiana State over West Texas A&M | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-23 | Central Michigan over Kent State | 1982 | |
| 1979-10-13 | San Diego State over Miami | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-11 | Cal State Fullerton over Cal State Northridge | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-16 | Indiana State over Western Illinois | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-29 | West Texas A&M over Indiana State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-29 | Arkansas State over UL Monroe | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-24 | North Texas over West Texas A&M | 1977 | |
| 1975-10-18 | Colorado over Missouri | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-11 | Pacific over Cal State Fullerton | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-13 | Texas Tech over Florida State | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-13 | Memphis over Auburn | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-26 | VMI over William & Mary | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-28 | Purdue over Notre Dame | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-03 | Utah State over Wyoming | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-29 | Bowling Green over Western Michigan | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-14 | North Carolina over Kentucky | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-14 | Arkansas over Baylor | 1972 | |
| 1971-09-25 | Washington State over Minnesota | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-31 | Cornell over Columbia | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-17 | Pennsylvania over Lafayette | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-08 | Marshall over Kent State | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-11 | Michigan over Purdue | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-05 | Penn State over West Virginia | 1968 | |
| 1967-10-21 | Arizona State over Washington State | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-05 | Arkansas over Rice | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-17 | Iowa over Arizona | 1966 | |
| 1963-11-30 | Pittsburgh over Miami | 1963 | |
| 1960-10-01 | Ole Miss over Memphis | 1960 | |
| 1954-10-16 | Furman over The Citadel | 1954 | |
| 1935-10-12 | Yale over Pennsylvania | 1935 | |
| 1929-10-19 | Baylor over Arkansas | 1929 |