Drought clocks

Days since the belt

Fresno State has waited longest among today’s programs: 34,337 days since October 1, 1932. Every program that has held the belt, by how long it has been without it. The clocks keep counting on this page; the belt only moves when someone beats the holder.

Programs playing today

Belt holders with a belt game in the last five seasons, by days without it

1Fresno State34,337last held it October 1, 1932 · 1 reign

2North Carolina25,188last held it October 19, 1957 · 1 reign

3Tulane20,106last held it September 18, 1971 · longest wait ever 5,509 days, ended by Colorado in 1970 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

4Washington State15,731last held it September 10, 1983 · longest wait ever 14,959 days, ended by Washington in 1982 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

5Oregon State14,947last held it November 2, 1985 · longest wait ever 16,065 days, ended by Washington in 1985 · 2 reigns

6Colorado12,805last held it September 14, 1991 · longest wait ever 7,325 days, ended by Notre Dame in 1991 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

7Rice12,770last held it October 19, 1991 · longest wait ever 9,142 days, ended by Baylor in 1991 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

8UCLA12,014last held it November 13, 1993 · longest wait ever 1,813 days, ended by Washington in 1990 · longest wait yet · 9 reigns

9Utah11,657last held it November 5, 1994 · 1 reign

10Arizona State11,273last held it November 24, 1995 · longest wait ever 4,018 days, ended by UCLA in 1993 · longest wait yet · 4 reigns

11Arizona10,985last held it September 7, 1996 · longest wait ever 1,764 days, ended by Illinois in 1990 · longest wait yet · 5 reigns

12Tulsa10,943last held it October 19, 1996 · 1 reign

13Florida State9,494last held it October 7, 2000 · longest wait ever 3,668 days, ended by NC State in 1999 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

14Wisconsin8,388last held it October 18, 2003 · longest wait ever 21,847 days, ended by Michigan in 1981 · 3 reigns

15USC7,579last held it January 4, 2006 · longest wait ever 10,659 days, ended by Michigan in 1970 · 13 reigns

16Virginia Tech5,419last held it December 4, 2011 · 1 reign

17Oklahoma4,384last held it October 4, 2014 · longest wait ever 8,748 days, ended by Texas Tech in 1992 · 4 reigns

18Purdue2,900last held it October 27, 2018 · longest wait ever 10,605 days, ended by Wisconsin in 2003 · 4 reigns

19Michigan State2,886last held it November 10, 2018 · longest wait ever 29,519 days, ended by Purdue in 2018 · 2 reigns

20Mississippi State2,193last held it October 3, 2020 · longest wait ever 12,748 days, ended by Southern Miss in 1989 · 3 reigns

21Baylor1,486last held it September 10, 2022 · longest wait ever 12,397 days, ended by Colorado in 1991 · 7 reigns

22BYU1,479last held it September 17, 2022 · longest wait ever 9,135 days, ended by Baylor in 2022 · 3 reigns

23Oregon1,423last held it November 12, 2022 · 1 reign

24Washington1,001last held it January 8, 2024 · longest wait ever 9,184 days, ended by Oregon in 2022 · 11 reigns

25Michigan758last held it September 7, 2024 · longest wait ever 18,291 days, ended by Ohio State in 1969 · 9 reigns

26Texas716last held it October 19, 2024 · longest wait ever 12,095 days, ended by Texas A&M in 1998 · 5 reigns

27Georgia695last held it November 9, 2024 · longest wait ever 8,771 days, ended by Georgia Tech in 1966 · 6 reigns

28Ole Miss681last held it November 23, 2024 · longest wait ever 19,719 days, ended by Texas A&M in 2021 · 6 reigns

29Florida394last held it September 6, 2025 · longest wait ever 7,038 days, ended by Ohio State in 2007 · 6 reigns

30South Florida387last held it September 13, 2025 · 1 reign

31Miami353last held it October 17, 2025 · longest wait ever 9,817 days, ended by Auburn in 1984 · 6 reigns

32Louisville331last held it November 8, 2025 · 1 reign

33California317last held it November 22, 2025 · longest wait ever 11,718 days, ended by Louisville in 2025 · 3 reigns

34Stanford310last held it November 29, 2025 · longest wait ever 15,750 days, ended by California in 2025 · 6 reigns

35Notre Dameholdingthe current holder · longest wait ever 12,751 days, ended by Stanford in 2025 · 9 reigns

Holders from another era

Programs with no belt game in the last five seasons — many stopped playing major football

1Rutgers57,304last held it November 13, 1869 · 1 reign

2Lafayette47,098last held it October 23, 1897 · 1 reign

3Swarthmore43,794last held it November 10, 1906 · longest wait ever 371 days, ended by Pennsylvania in 1906 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

4Carlisle43,066last held it November 7, 1908 · 1 reign

5Yale42,359last held it October 15, 1910 · longest wait ever 2,550 days, ended by Harvard in 1900 · longest wait yet · 7 reigns

6Colgate39,790last held it October 27, 1917 · 1 reign

7Brown39,783last held it November 3, 1917 · longest wait ever 336 days, ended by Colgate in 1917 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

8Chicago37,963last held it October 28, 1922 · 1 reign

9West Virginia Wesleyan36,878last held it October 17, 1925 · 1 reign

10Lehigh36,864last held it October 31, 1925 · 1 reign

11Muhlenberg36,838last held it November 26, 1925 · 1 reign

12Lebanon Valley36,528last held it October 2, 1926 · 1 reign

13Washington & Jefferson35,786last held it October 13, 1928 · 1 reign

14Duquesne35,772last held it October 27, 1928 · 1 reign

15Geneva35,765last held it November 3, 1928 · 1 reign

16Grove City35,751last held it November 17, 1928 · 1 reign

17Villanova35,394last held it November 9, 1929 · longest wait ever 784 days, ended by Grove City in 1928 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

18Bucknell35,380last held it November 23, 1929 · 1 reign

19Fordham35,023last held it November 15, 1930 · 1 reign

20Saint Mary's (CA)34,666last held it November 7, 1931 · 1 reign

21Olympic Club34,652last held it November 21, 1931 · 1 reign

22Loyola Marymount34,644last held it November 29, 1931 · 1 reign

23San Diego Marines34,344last held it September 24, 1932 · 1 reign

24West Coast Army34,323last held it October 15, 1932 · 1 reign

25Northwestern32,825last held it November 21, 1936 · 1 reign

26Carnegie Mellon32,489last held it October 23, 1937 · longest wait ever 3,654 days, ended by Notre Dame in 1937 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

27Temple32,475last held it November 6, 1937 · 1 reign

28Columbia28,492last held it October 2, 1948 · longest wait ever 4,753 days, ended by Army in 1947 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

29Harvard28,485last held it October 9, 1948 · longest wait ever 11,641 days, ended by Columbia in 1948 · longest wait yet · 10 reigns

30Cornell28,471last held it October 23, 1948 · longest wait ever 11,669 days, ended by Harvard in 1948 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

31Army27,701last held it December 2, 1950 · longest wait ever 12,817 days, ended by Navy in 1945 · longest wait yet · 3 reigns

32Navy27,393last held it October 6, 1951 · longest wait ever 9,863 days, ended by Columbia in 1934 · longest wait yet · 5 reigns

33Princeton27,022last held it October 11, 1952 · longest wait ever 10,213 days, ended by Navy in 1951 · longest wait yet · 9 reigns

34Pennsylvania27,001last held it November 1, 1952 · longest wait ever 16,800 days, ended by Princeton in 1952 · longest wait yet · 4 reigns

35Memphis26,630last held it November 7, 1953 · 1 reign

36Arkansas State26,301last held it October 2, 1954 · 1 reign

37Vanderbilt25,881last held it November 26, 1955 · 1 reign

38Maryland25,181last held it October 26, 1957 · 1 reign

39Duke18,979last held it October 19, 1974 · longest wait ever 10,591 days, ended by Purdue in 1974 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

40Tennessee18,643last held it September 20, 1975 · longest wait ever 5,808 days, ended by Vanderbilt in 1955 · longest wait yet · 7 reigns

41Minnesota16,410last held it October 31, 1981 · 1 reign

42Southern Miss13,540last held it September 9, 1989 · longest wait ever 13,090 days, ended by Florida State in 1989 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

43Virginia13,426last held it January 1, 1990 · 1 reign

44Illinois13,176last held it September 8, 1990 · longest wait ever 25,251 days, ended by Virginia in 1990 · 2 reigns

45New Mexico11,650last held it November 12, 1994 · 1 reign

46Wyoming11,349last held it September 9, 1995 · 1 reign

47Air Force11,342last held it September 16, 1995 · longest wait ever 9,058 days, ended by Wyoming in 1995 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

48Colorado State11,328last held it September 30, 1995 · longest wait ever 329 days, ended by Air Force in 1995 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

49Iowa10,971last held it September 21, 1996 · longest wait ever 5,432 days, ended by Arizona in 1996 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

50Nebraska10,222last held it October 10, 1998 · longest wait ever 17,570 days, ended by Alabama in 1972 · 3 reigns

51NC State9,879last held it September 18, 1999 · longest wait ever 3,584 days, ended by Texas in 1999 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

52Missouri6,568last held it October 11, 2008 · 1 reign

53Kentucky5,826last held it October 23, 2010 · 1 reign

54Georgia Tech5,443last held it November 10, 2011 · longest wait ever 16,408 days, ended by Clemson in 2011 · 3 reigns

55Texas Tech5,091last held it October 27, 2012 · longest wait ever 5,903 days, ended by Texas in 2008 · 3 reigns

56Kansas State5,070last held it November 17, 2012 · 1 reign

57West Virginia4,356last held it November 1, 2014 · longest wait ever 735 days, ended by Baylor in 2014 · longest wait yet · 2 reigns

58Oklahoma State3,971last held it November 21, 2015 · longest wait ever 1,855 days, ended by Baylor in 2013 · longest wait yet · 3 reigns

59TCU3,677last held it September 10, 2016 · longest wait ever 8,379 days, ended by Oklahoma in 2014 · 4 reigns

60Syracuse3,271last held it October 21, 2017 · longest wait ever 23,661 days, ended by Clemson in 2017 · 4 reigns

61Pittsburgh2,949last held it September 8, 2018 · longest wait ever 29,987 days, ended by Miami in 2017 · 2 reigns

62Penn State2,928last held it September 29, 2018 · longest wait ever 12,404 days, ended by Alabama in 1986 · 5 reigns

63Ohio State2,473last held it December 28, 2019 · longest wait ever 17,857 days, ended by Purdue in 1968 · 9 reigns

64Clemson2,457last held it January 13, 2020 · longest wait ever 8,400 days, ended by Auburn in 2011 · 6 reigns

65Arkansas2,186last held it October 10, 2020 · longest wait ever 15,301 days, ended by LSU in 2007 · 4 reigns

66South Carolina2,172last held it October 24, 2020 · longest wait ever 7,651 days, ended by Alabama in 2010 · 4 reigns

67LSU2,165last held it October 31, 2020 · longest wait ever 7,287 days, ended by Auburn in 2007 · 8 reigns

68Auburn2,137last held it November 28, 2020 · longest wait ever 8,433 days, ended by Florida in 2007 · 9 reigns

69Alabama1,822last held it October 9, 2021 · longest wait ever 8,057 days, ended by Florida in 2009 · 11 reigns

70Texas A&M1,787last held it November 13, 2021 · longest wait ever 20,736 days, ended by Nebraska in 1998 · 4 reigns

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