Has a College Football game ever ended 31-30?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 31-30 79 times. It first happened on November 4, 1961, when Davidson beat William & Mary, and most recently on November 15, 2025, when Texas A&M beat South Carolina.
That makes 31-30 the 275th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 32-30 has happened 16 times and 31-31 has happened 11 times.
Every 31-30 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-15 | Texas A&M over South Carolina | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-04 | Buffalo over Eastern Michigan | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-04 | Arkansas State over Texas State | 2025 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Virginia over Wake Forest | 2024 | |
| 2023-10-15 | Colorado State over Boise State | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-26 | South Carolina over Clemson | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-05 | UL Monroe over Texas State | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-23 | Miami over NC State | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-23 | App State over Marshall | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-10 | Boston College over Pittsburgh | 2020 | |
| 2020-09-19 | Louisiana Tech over Southern Miss | 2020 | |
| 2019-12-01 | Louisiana over UL Monroe | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-25 | Hawai'i over San Diego State | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-21 | UCLA over Arizona | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-20 | Army over Miami (OH) | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | UCF over Memphis | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-22 | SMU over Navy | 2018 | |
| 2016-09-24 | Vanderbilt over Western Kentucky | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-24 | Penn State over Maryland | 2015 | |
| 2014-12-27 | Penn State over Boston College | 2014 | Playoff |
| 2014-11-01 | TCU over West Virginia | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-18 | Kansas State over Oklahoma | 2014 | |
| 2013-10-26 | Western Michigan over Massachusetts | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-03 | Texas over Iowa State | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-08 | SMU over Montana State | 2013 | |
| 2012-10-20 | Navy over Indiana | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-12 | Baylor over Kansas | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-22 | Northern Illinois over Buffalo | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-06 | Nebraska over Iowa State | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-23 | Wisconsin over Iowa | 2010 | |
| 2009-09-12 | Ohio over North Texas | 2009 | |
| 2008-12-27 | West Virginia over North Carolina | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2008-11-28 | Arkansas over LSU | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-01 | UL Monroe over Troy | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-27 | Ole Miss over Florida | 2008 | |
| 2006-09-09 | Tennessee over Air Force | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-03 | Houston over Rice | 2006 | |
| 2005-12-02 | Akron over Northern Illinois | 2005 | |
| 2005-11-13 | Auburn over Georgia | 2005 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Texas Tech over Kansas | 2004 | |
| 2003-12-31 | Minnesota over Oregon | 2003 | Playoff |
| 2002-10-12 | Oregon over UCLA | 2002 | |
| 2000-09-16 | Houston over Army | 2000 | |
| 1998-09-26 | Notre Dame over Purdue | 1998 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Northern Illinois over Arkansas State | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-04 | USC over Stanford | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-29 | UCLA over Stanford | 1994 | |
| 1993-10-09 | Ball State over Toledo | 1993 | |
| 1990-11-17 | Louisiana Tech over Colorado State | 1990 | |
| 1990-11-03 | Kansas over Oklahoma State | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-11 | Bowling Green over Western Michigan | 1989 | |
| 1989-11-04 | Fresno State over San José State | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-28 | Oklahoma State over Missouri | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-07 | Texas over Rice | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-16 | SMU over UConn | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-15 | Notre Dame over Miami | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Vanderbilt over Rutgers | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Miami over Michigan | 1988 | |
| 1986-10-18 | Texas A&M over Baylor | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-13 | BYU over New Mexico | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-19 | UCLA over Washington State | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-21 | Louisiana over Idaho State | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-07 | Montana over Cal State Fullerton | 1985 | |
| 1985-08-31 | Pittsburgh over Purdue | 1985 | |
| 1984-01-02 | Miami over Nebraska | 1983 | Playoff |
| 1983-11-19 | Purdue over Indiana | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-22 | Wichita State over West Texas A&M | 1983 | |
| 1982-09-18 | Texas Tech over Air Force | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-14 | Fresno State over Long Beach State | 1981 | |
| 1979-10-20 | Central Michigan over Ball State | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-04 | Brown over Harvard | 1978 | |
| 1976-11-06 | Air Force over Arizona State | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-30 | Penn State over Temple | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-18 | Villanova over Dayton | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-18 | Temple over Grambling | 1976 | |
| 1975-10-18 | Notre Dame over Air Force | 1975 | |
| 1972-12-18 | Georgia Tech over Iowa State | 1972 | Playoff |
| 1969-11-01 | North Texas over Cincinnati | 1969 | |
| 1961-11-04 | Davidson over William & Mary | 1961 |