Has a College Football game ever ended 40-17?
It has. 40-17 has been a College Football final 31 times in 84,433 games. The first was Virginia beat North Carolina on November 11, 1967; the latest was Louisville beat Bowling Green on September 20, 2025.
That makes 40-17 the 555th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 41-17 has happened 87 times and 40-18 has happened 9 times.
Every 40-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-20 | Louisville over Bowling Green | 2025 | |
| 2023-10-01 | Alabama over Mississippi State | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-08 | Mississippi State over Arkansas | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-06 | South Carolina over Florida | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-02 | Utah over Weber State | 2021 | |
| 2019-12-01 | Florida over Florida State | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-05 | Minnesota over Illinois | 2019 | |
| 2017-11-11 | Auburn over Georgia | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-29 | Minnesota over Illinois | 2016 | |
| 2014-10-11 | Massachusetts over Kent State | 2014 | |
| 2012-11-24 | Houston over Tulane | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-12 | USC over Washington | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-03 | Navy over Delaware | 2011 | |
| 2010-12-18 | Northern Illinois over Fresno State | 2010 | Playoff |
| 2004-11-20 | North Carolina over Duke | 2004 | |
| 2003-08-31 | Hawai'i over App State | 2003 | |
| 2003-08-30 | Alabama over South Florida | 2003 | |
| 2001-11-03 | Northern Illinois over Eastern Michigan | 2001 | |
| 1996-11-16 | Clemson over NC State | 1996 | |
| 1994-09-17 | Minnesota over San Diego State | 1994 | |
| 1991-10-31 | BYU over Colorado State | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-12 | Rutgers over Maine | 1991 | |
| 1985-10-05 | UCLA over Arizona State | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-07 | Duke over Northwestern | 1985 | |
| 1977-12-23 | Florida State over Texas Tech | 1977 | Playoff |
| 1976-11-13 | Colorado over Kansas | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-15 | Louisiana over Northwestern State | 1975 | |
| 1971-11-06 | Pacific over Hawai'i | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-14 | Richmond over VMI | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-04 | Missouri over Michigan | 1969 | |
| 1967-11-11 | Virginia over North Carolina | 1967 |