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Program · last held it 2014

West Virginia

2Reigns
297Days held
6Defenses

West Virginia last held the belt November 1, 2014. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the West Virginia belt badge →

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West Virginia and the belt

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Belt-game record8–11–1

6–2 defending it · 2–9–1 challenging for it · 20 belt games since 1927

Biggest belt winby 37

70–33 vs. Clemson, January 4, 2012

Worst belt lossby 42

3–45 at Miami, October 25, 2001

Most belt games againstBaylor

Baylor (3) · Miami (2) · TCU (2)

Took the belt2

times · 2 reigns in all · first belt game November 24, 1927

All-time rank of 106 programs56th

in days held (297) · 43rd in reigns · 48th in defenses (6) · records

Without it for4,381 days

since November 1, 2014, lost to TCU · longest droughts

This season

The belt and West Virginia right now

Every path →
If the belt moves

If Kansas beats UCF on November 6 and holds on, West Virginia plays them at home on November 14 — that’s the game.

Season outlook

under 1% to hold the belt when the season’s games run out, per the season outlook.

Every reign

West Virginia’s belt history

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October 18, 2014 – November 1, 2014 14 days
Won from Baylor, 41–27 Lost to TCU, 31–30 1 defense
January 4, 2012 – October 13, 2012 283 days
Won from Clemson, 70–33 Lost to Texas Tech, 49–14 5 defenses
Every belt game 20 games, newest first
October 29, 2015 · West Virginia at TCU 10–40 as challengerlostNovember 1, 2014 · West Virginia vs. TCU 30–31 as holderlost the beltOctober 25, 2014 · West Virginia at Oklahoma State 34–10 as holderdefendedOctober 18, 2014 · West Virginia vs. Baylor 41–27 as challengertook the beltSeptember 20, 2014 · West Virginia vs. Oklahoma 33–45 as challengerlostOctober 5, 2013 · West Virginia at Baylor 42–73 as challengerlostOctober 13, 2012 · West Virginia at Texas Tech 14–49 as holderlost the beltOctober 6, 2012 · West Virginia at Texas 48–45 as holderdefendedSeptember 29, 2012 · West Virginia vs. Baylor 70–63 as holderdefendedSeptember 22, 2012 · West Virginia vs. Maryland 31–21 as holderdefendedSeptember 15, 2012 · West Virginia vs. James Madison 42–12 as holderdefendedSeptember 1, 2012 · West Virginia vs. Marshall 69–34 as holderdefendedJanuary 4, 2012 · West Virginia vs. Clemson 70–33 as challengertook the beltOctober 26, 2002 · West Virginia vs. Miami 23–40 as challengerlostOctober 25, 2001 · West Virginia at Miami 3–45 as challengerlostNovember 1, 1986 · West Virginia vs. Penn State 0–19 as challengerlostNovember 2, 1946 · West Virginia at Army 0–19 as challengerlostOctober 12, 1935 · West Virginia at Pittsburgh 6–24 as challengerlostNovember 1, 1930 · West Virginia at Fordham 2–18 as challengerlostNovember 24, 1927 · West Virginia at Washington & Jefferson 6–6 as challengertie, holder kept it
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Same school, other belts

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