Season simulation · 1 Nov 2026
Who will win the national title?
<1%Wisconsin's chance
From 20,000 simulated seasons, updated daily. The frozen, scored forecast names the leading sides only.

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Season simulation · 1 Nov 2026
<1%Wisconsin's chance
From 20,000 simulated seasons, updated daily. The frozen, scored forecast names the leading sides only.
Full odds: College Football · every title race
The Damned · Never won it, waiting since 1892
lost the final, 1962 · playoff run died early, 2019 · playoff run died early, 2017 · playoff run died early, 2016
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Covers NCAA major, I-AA/FCS and their NCAA precursors (College Division 1962-72, Division II 1973-77) only. NAIA, Division III and club seasons are not included.
| Year | Record | Conference | Conf | Conf Champ | AP | Bowl / notes | Natl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026In progress | 5-3 | Big Ten | 3-2 | NRas of Nov 1 | |||
| 2025 | 4-8 | Big Ten | 2-7 | ||||
| 2024 | 5-7 | Big Ten | 3-6 | ||||
| 2023 | 7-6 | Big Ten | 5-4 | ReliaQuest Bowl (L) | |||
| 2022 | 7-6 | Big Ten | 4-5 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl (W) | |||
| 2021 | 9-4 | Big Ten | 6-3 | Las Vegas Bowl (W) | |||
| 2020 | 4-3 | Big Ten | 3-3 | Duke's Mayo Bowl (W) | |||
| 2019 | 10-4 | Big Ten | 7-2 | #11 | Rose Bowl (L)MajorCFP | ||
| 2018 | 8-5 | Big Ten | 5-4 | Pinstripe Bowl (W) | |||
| 2017 | 13-1 | Big Ten | 9-0 | #7 | Orange Bowl (W)MajorCFP | ||
| 2016 | 11-3 | Big Ten | 7-2 | #9 | Cotton Bowl (W)MajorCFP | ||
| 2015 | 10-3 | Big Ten | 6-2 | #21 | Holiday Bowl (W) | ||
| 2014 | 11-3 | Big Ten | 7-1 | #13 | Outback Bowl (W) | ||
| 2013 | 9-4 | Big Ten | 6-2 | #22 | Capital One Bowl (L) | ||
| 2012 | 8-6 | Big Ten | 4-4 | ★ | Rose Bowl (L)MajorBCS | ||
| 2011 | 11-3 | Big Ten | 6-2 | ★ | #10 | Rose Bowl (L)MajorBCS | |
| 2010 | 11-2 | Big Ten | 7-1 | ★ | #7 | Rose Bowl (L)MajorBCS | |
| 2009 | 10-3 | Big Ten | 5-3 | #16 | Champs Sports Bowl (W) | ||
| 2008 | 7-6 | Big Ten | 3-5 | Champs Sports Bowl (L) | |||
| 2007 | 9-4 | Big Ten | 5-3 | #24 | Outback Bowl (L) | ||
| 2006 | 12-1 | Big Ten | 7-1 | #7 | Capital One Bowl (W) | ||
| 2005 | 10-3 | Big Ten | 5-3 | #15 | Capital One Bowl (W) | ||
| 2004 | 9-3 | Big Ten | 6-2 | #17 | Outback Bowl (L) | ||
| 2003 | 7-6 | Big Ten | 4-4 | Music City Bowl (L) | |||
| 2002 | 8-6 | Big Ten | 2-6 | Alamo Bowl (W) | |||
| 2001 | 5-7 | Big Ten | 3-5 | ||||
| 2000 | 9-4 | Big Ten | 4-4 | #23 | Sun Bowl (W) | ||
| 1999 | 10-2 | Big Ten | 7-1 | ★ | #4 | Rose Bowl (W)MajorBCS | |
| 1998 | 11-1 | Big Ten | 7-1 | ★ | #6 | Rose Bowl (W)MajorBCS | |
| 1997 | 8-5 | Big Ten | 5-3 | Outback Bowl (L) | |||
| 1996 | 8-5 | Big Ten | 3-5 | Copper Bowl (W) | |||
| 1995 | 4-5-2 | Big Ten | 3-4-1 | ||||
| 1994 | 7-4-1 | Big Ten | 4-3-1 | Hall of Fame Bowl (W) | |||
| 1993 | 10-1-1 | Big Ten | 6-1-1 | ★ | #6 | Rose Bowl (W)MajorBC | |
| 1992 | 5-6 | Big Ten | 3-5 | ||||
| 1991 | 5-6 | Big Ten | 2-6 | ||||
| 1990 | 1-10 | Big Ten | 0-8 | ||||
| 1989 | 2-9 | Big Ten | 1-7 | ||||
| 1988 | 1-10 | Big Ten | 1-7 | ||||
| 1987 | 3-8 | Big Ten | 1-7 | ||||
| 1986 | 3-9 | Big Ten | 2-6 | ||||
| 1985 | 5-6 | Big Ten | 2-6 | ||||
| 1984 | 7-4-1 | Big Ten | 5-3-1 | Hall of Fame Bowl (L) | |||
| 1983 | 7-4 | Big Ten | 5-4 | ||||
| 1982 | 7-5 | Big Ten | 5-4 | Independence Bowl (W) | |||
| 1981 | 7-5 | Big Ten | 6-3 | Garden State Bowl (L) | |||
| 1980 | 4-7 | Big Ten | 3-5 | ||||
| 1979 | 4-7 | Big Ten | 3-5 | ||||
| 1978 | 5-4-2 | Big Ten | 3-4-2 | ||||
| 1977 | 5-6 | Big Ten | 3-6 | ||||
| 1976 | 5-6 | Big Ten | 3-5 | ||||
| 1975 | 4-6-1 | Big Ten | 3-4-1 | ||||
| 1974 | 7-4 | Big Ten | 5-3 | ||||
| 1973 | 4-7 | Big Ten | 3-5 | ||||
| 1972 | 4-7 | Big Ten | 2-6 | ||||
| 1971 | 4-6-1 | Big Ten | 3-5 | ||||
| 1970 | 4-5-1 | Big Ten | 3-4 | ||||
| 1969 | 3-7 | Big Ten | 3-4 | ||||
| 1968 | 0-10 | Big Ten | 0-7 | ||||
| 1967 | 0-9-1 | Big Ten | 0-6-1 | ||||
| 1966 | 3-6-1 | Big Ten | 2-4-1 | ||||
| 1965 | 2-7-1 | Big Ten | 2-5 | ||||
| 1964 | 3-6 | Big Ten | 2-5 | ||||
| 1963 | 5-4 | Big Ten | 3-4 | ||||
| 1962 | 8-2 | Big Ten | 6-1 | ★ | #2 | Rose Bowl (L)Major | |
| 1961 | 6-3 | Big Ten | 4-3 | ||||
| 1960 | 4-5 | Big Ten | 2-5 | ||||
| 1959 | 7-3 | Big Ten | 5-2 | ★ | #6 | Rose Bowl (L)Major | |
| 1958 | 7-1-1 | Big Ten | 5-1-1 | #7 | |||
| 1957 | 6-3 | Big Ten | 4-3 | #19 | |||
| 1956 | 1-5-3 | Big Ten | 0-4-3 | ||||
| 1955 | 4-5 | Big Ten | 3-4 | ||||
| 1954 | 7-2 | Big Ten | 5-2 | #9 | |||
| 1953 | 6-2-1 | Big Ten | 4-1-1 | #15 | |||
| 1952 | 6-3-1 | Big Nine | 4-1-1 | ★ | #11 | Rose Bowl (L)Major | |
| 1951 | 7-1-1 | Big Nine | 5-1-1 | #8 | |||
| 1950 | 6-3 | Big Nine | 5-2 | ||||
| 1949 | 5-3-1 | Big Nine | 3-2-1 | ||||
| 1948 | 2-7 | Big Nine | 1-5 | ||||
| 1947 | 5-3-1 | Big Nine | 3-2-1 | ||||
| 1946 | 4-5 | Big Nine | 2-5 | ||||
| 1945 | 3-4-2 | Big Nine | 2-3-1 | ||||
| 1944 | 3-6 | Big Nine | 2-4 | ||||
| 1943 | 1-9 | Big Nine | 1-6 | ||||
| 1942 | 8-1-1 | Big Nine | 4-1 | #3 | |||
| 1941 | 3-5 | Big Nine | 3-3 | ||||
| 1940 | 4-4 | Big Nine | 3-3 | ||||
| 1939 | 1-6-1 | Big Ten | 0-5-1 | ||||
| 1938 | 5-3 | Big Ten | 3-2 | ||||
| 1937 | 4-3-1 | Big Ten | 2-2-1 | ||||
| 1936 | 2-6 | Big Ten | 0-4 | ||||
| 1935 | 1-7 | Big Ten | 1-4 | ||||
| 1934 | 4-4 | Big Ten | 2-3 | ||||
| 1933 | 2-5-1 | Big Ten | 0-5-1 | ||||
| 1932 | 6-1-1 | Big Ten | 4-1-1 | ||||
| 1931 | 5-4-1 | Big Ten | 3-3 | ||||
| 1930 | 6-2-1 | Big Ten | 2-2-1 | ||||
| 1929 | 4-5 | Big Ten | 1-4 | ||||
| 1928 | 7-1-1 | Big Ten | 3-1-1 | ||||
| 1927 | 4-4 | Big Ten | 1-4 | ||||
| 1926 | 5-2-1 | Big Ten | 3-2-1 | ||||
| 1925 | 6-1-1 | Big Ten | 3-1-1 | ||||
| 1924 | 2-3-3 | Big Ten | 0-2-2 | ||||
| 1923 | 3-3-1 | Big Ten | 1-3-1 | ||||
| 1922 | 4-2-1 | Big Ten | 2-2-1 | ||||
| 1921 | 5-1-1 | Big Ten | 3-1-1 | ||||
| 1920 | 6-1 | Big Ten | 4-1 | ||||
| 1919 | 5-2 | Big Ten | 3-2 | ||||
| 1918 | 3-3 | Big Ten | 1-2 | ||||
| 1917 | 4-2-1 | Big Ten | 3-2 | ||||
| 1916 | 4-2-1 | Big Nine | 1-2-1 | ||||
| 1915 | 4-3 | Big Nine | 2-3 | ||||
| 1914 | 4-2-1 | Big Nine | 2-2-1 | ||||
| 1913 | 3-3-1 | Big Nine | 1-2-1 | ||||
| 1912 | 7-0 | Western Intercollegiate | 5-0 | ★ | |||
| 1911 | 5-1-1 | Western Intercollegiate | 2-1-1 | ||||
| 1910 | 1-2-2 | Western Intercollegiate | 1-2-1 | ||||
| 1909 | 3-1-1 | Western Intercollegiate | 2-1-1 | ||||
| 1908 | 5-1 | Western Intercollegiate | 2-1 | ||||
| 1907 | 3-1-1 | Western Intercollegiate | 3-1-1 | ||||
| 1906 | 5-0 | Western Intercollegiate | 3-0 | ★ | |||
| 1905 | 8-2 | Western Intercollegiate | 1-2 | ||||
| 1904 | 5-3 | Western Intercollegiate | 0-3 | ||||
| 1903 | 6-3-1 | Western Intercollegiate | 0-3-1 | ||||
| 1902 | 6-3 | Western Intercollegiate | 1-3 | ||||
| 1901 | 9-0 | Western Intercollegiate | 2-0 | ★ | |||
| 1900 | 8-1 | Western Intercollegiate | 2-1 | ||||
| 1899 | 9-2 | Western Intercollegiate | 4-1 | ||||
| 1898 | 9-1 | Western Intercollegiate | 2-1 | ||||
| 1897 | 9-1 | Western Intercollegiate | 3-0 | ★ | |||
| 1896 | 7-1-1 | Western Intercollegiate | 2-0-1 | ★ | |||
| 1895 | 5-2-1 | Independent | |||||
| 1894 | 5-2 | Independent | |||||
| 1893 | 4-2 | Independent | |||||
| 1892 | 4-3 | Independent |
52 major award winners and consensus All-Americans.
| Year | Player | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Jonathan Taylor | Consensus All-American |
| 2019 | Tyler Biadasz | Consensus All-American |
| 2019 | Zack Baun | Consensus All-American |
| 2019 | Tyler Biadasz | Dave Rimington Trophy |
| 2019 | Jonathan Taylor | Doak Walker Award |
| 2018 | Jonathan Taylor | Consensus All-American |
| 2018 | Beau Benzschawel | Consensus All-American |
| 2018 | Jonathan Taylor | Doak Walker Award |
| 2016 | Ryan Ramczyk | Consensus All-American |
| 2014 | Melvin Gordon | Consensus All-American |
| 2014 | Melvin Gordon | Doak Walker Award |
| 2014 | Melvin Gordon | Heisman Finalist |
| 2012 | Montee Ball | Consensus All-American |
| 2012 | Montee Ball | Doak Walker Award |
| 2011 | Montee Ball | Consensus All-American |
| 2011 | Kevin Zeitler | Consensus All-American |
| 2011 | Montee Ball | Heisman Finalist |
| 2010 | Lance Kendricks | Consensus All-American |
| 2010 | Gabe Carimi | Consensus All-American |
| 2010 | Scott Tolzien | Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award |
| 2010 | J. J. Watt | Lott Trophy |
| 2010 | Gabe Carimi | Outland Trophy |
| 2006 | Joe Thomas | Consensus All-American |
| 2006 | Joe Thomas | Outland Trophy |
| 2004 | Erasmus James | Consensus All-American |
| 2000 | Jamar Fletcher | Consensus All-American |
| 2000 | Jamar Fletcher | Jim Thorpe Award |
| 2000 | Kevin Stemke | Ray Guy Award |
| 1999 | Chris McIntosh | Consensus All-American |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Consensus All-American |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Doak Walker Award |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Heisman Trophy★ |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Maxwell Award |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Walter Camp Award |
| 1998 | Aaron Gibson | Consensus All-American |
| 1998 | Tom Burke | Consensus All-American |
| 1994 | Cory Raymer | Consensus All-American |
| 1993 | Barry Alvarez | AFCA Coach of the Year Award |
| 1981 | Tim Krumrie | Consensus All-American |
| 1975 | Dennis Lick | Consensus All-American |
| 1962 | Pat Richter | Consensus All-American |
| 1959 | Dan Lanphear | Consensus All-American |
| 1954 | Alan Ameche | Consensus All-American |
| 1954 | Alan Ameche | Heisman Trophy★ |
| 1942 | Dave Schreiner | Consensus All-American |
| 1930 | Milo Lubratovich | Consensus All-American |
| 1923 | Marty Below | Consensus All-American |
| 1920 | Ralph Scott | Consensus All-American |
| 1919 | Charles Carpenter | Consensus All-American |
| 1915 | Howard Buck | Consensus All-American |
| 1913 | Ray Keeler | Consensus All-American |
| 1912 | Robert Butler | Consensus All-American |