Has a College Football game ever ended 31-26?
It has. 31-26 has been a College Football final 55 times in 84,433 games. The first was Tennessee beat Kentucky on November 22, 1969; the latest was Ohio beat Buffalo on November 28, 2025.
That makes 31-26 the 358th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 32-26 has happened 13 times and 31-27 has happened 106 times.
Every 31-26 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | Ohio over Buffalo | 2025 | |
| 2024-12-20 | Sam Houston over Georgia Southern | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2024-10-26 | West Virginia over Arizona | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-30 | Colorado over North Dakota State | 2024 | |
| 2021-10-16 | Ole Miss over Tennessee | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-11 | Minnesota over Miami (OH) | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-05 | Stanford over Washington | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-30 | Western Kentucky over Middle Tennessee | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-09 | USC over Arizona State | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-09 | Minnesota over Penn State | 2019 | |
| 2017-09-02 | Marshall over Miami (OH) | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-29 | Kansas State over Iowa State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-27 | Ohio over Toledo | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-27 | Massachusetts over Buffalo | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-07 | West Virginia over Texas Tech | 2015 | |
| 2014-10-11 | Oklahoma over Texas | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-10 | UCLA over Arizona | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-21 | Houston over Rice | 2013 | |
| 2012-10-11 | Western Kentucky over Troy | 2012 | |
| 2011-01-05 | Ohio State over Arkansas | 2010 | Playoff |
| 2010-12-31 | South Florida over Clemson | 2010 | Playoff |
| 2008-11-08 | Memphis over SMU | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-27 | Colorado over Texas Tech | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-06 | Illinois over Wisconsin | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-24 | LSU over Arkansas | 2006 | |
| 2002-10-05 | Miami (OH) over Cincinnati | 2002 | |
| 2000-09-16 | Toledo over Eastern Illinois | 2000 | |
| 1999-09-18 | Memphis over Arkansas State | 1999 | |
| 1998-11-07 | Notre Dame over Boston College | 1998 | |
| 1996-01-01 | Florida State over Notre Dame | 1995 | Playoff |
| 1995-10-21 | Texas Tech over Rice | 1995 | |
| 1991-11-30 | Tulsa over SMU | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-07 | Air Force over Colorado State | 1991 | |
| 1989-09-02 | Hawai'i over Tulane | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-15 | Purdue over Ohio State | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-10 | Duke over Tennessee | 1988 | |
| 1987-11-07 | East Carolina over Temple | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-26 | Cincinnati over Miami (OH) | 1987 | |
| 1986-09-27 | Georgia over South Carolina | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-02 | Michigan State over Minnesota | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-22 | Miami (OH) over Cincinnati | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-15 | Richmond over UCF | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-10 | San José State over UNLV | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-23 | Stanford over Washington State | 1982 | |
| 1980-10-11 | Colorado State over New Mexico | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-13 | San José State over Washington State | 1980 | |
| 1977-11-12 | Stanford over San José State | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Memphis over Utah State | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-06 | Ohio over Bowling Green | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-02 | Louisiana over Louisiana Tech | 1976 | |
| 1974-10-19 | Purdue over Northwestern | 1974 | |
| 1973-09-15 | Kentucky over Virginia Tech | 1973 | |
| 1972-09-16 | North Carolina over Maryland | 1972 | |
| 1970-11-26 | Villanova over Temple | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-22 | Tennessee over Kentucky | 1969 |