Record Book

College Football Belt's record book distills more than a century of championship lineage into a quick reference for the curious fan.

The summary below ranks programs by record book superlatives: the longest reign, teams that have piled up wins, and those that keep falling short. Use these tables alongside the All Teams Records directory to study how individual schools stack up, or visit the about page for background on how the belt travels from champion to champion.

Yale logoLongest Reign: Yale with 36 defenses
Most Losses Without a Win: Wesleyan with 30 losses
Washington logoMost Reigns: Washington with 12 reigns
Yale logoMost Wins: Yale with 140 wins
Pennsylvania logoMost Losses: Pennsylvania with 40 losses

Top 5 Most Played Belt Matchups

Princeton vs Yale: 23 belt games
Pennsylvania vs Princeton: 20 belt games
Harvard vs Yale: 20 belt games
Wesleyan vs Yale: 20 belt games
Princeton vs Rutgers: 14 belt games

Major FBS Teams That Have Never Held the Belt