The College Football BeltThe CFB Belt
Who took it from whom

The web of the belt

331 title changes between 105 programs make 289 distinct handoffs. Each ribbon is one pairing, colored by the program that took the belt; the 30 most involved programs get their own arc and everyone else is grouped (handoffs between two grouped programs are left out of the picture). Hover a ribbon for the count.

Baylor → Others: 6 title changesYale → Princeton: 5 title changesHarvard → Yale: 5 title changesNotre Dame → Others: 5 title changesOthers → Baylor: 5 title changesOthers → Navy: 4 title changesHarvard → Others: 4 title changesOthers → Harvard: 4 title changesOthers → Miami: 4 title changesOthers → Georgia: 4 title changesClemson → Others: 4 title changesOthers → Washington: 4 title changesPrinceton → Harvard: 3 title changesNavy → Others: 3 title changesOthers → Michigan: 3 title changesMichigan → Ohio State: 3 title changesUSC → Stanford: 3 title changesStanford → Others: 3 title changesOthers → Alabama: 3 title changesAlabama → Others: 3 title changesOthers → Tennessee: 3 title changesMiami → Others: 3 title changesUCLA → USC: 3 title changesWashington → Others: 3 title changesArizona → Others: 3 title changesOthers → Oklahoma: 3 title changesOthers → Princeton: 2 title changesPrinceton → Yale: 2 title changesPrinceton → Pennsylvania: 2 title changesPennsylvania → Others: 2 title changesOthers → Pennsylvania: 2 title changesOhio State → Others: 2 title changesOthers → Penn State: 2 title changesOthers → Stanford: 2 title changesOthers → Notre Dame: 2 title changesGeorgia → Auburn: 2 title changesAuburn → Others: 2 title changesTennessee → Ole Miss: 2 title changesOle Miss → LSU: 2 title changesLSU → Others: 2 title changesGeorgia → Ole Miss: 2 title changesNotre Dame → Purdue: 2 title changesMichigan → USC: 2 title changesAuburn → Alabama: 2 title changesOthers → UCLA: 2 title changesUSC → Notre Dame: 2 title changesPurdue → Others: 2 title changesOthers → Clemson: 2 title changesUSC → Alabama: 2 title changesArizona State → Washington: 2 title changesWashington → USC: 2 title changesUSC → Washington: 2 title changesWashington → Michigan: 2 title changesUCLA → Others: 2 title changesMichigan → Washington: 2 title changesFlorida → Auburn: 2 title changesUSC → UCLA: 2 title changesOthers → Arizona: 2 title changesSouth Carolina → Others: 2 title changesWashington → UCLA: 2 title changesArizona State → Arizona: 2 title changesOthers → Texas: 2 title changesTexas → Others: 2 title changesArkansas → Others: 2 title changesOthers → Arkansas: 2 title changesPennsylvania → Harvard: 1 title changeYale → Harvard: 1 title changePrinceton → Navy: 1 title changeNavy → Harvard: 1 title changeYale → Others: 1 title changeHarvard → Princeton: 1 title changePrinceton → Notre Dame: 1 title changePenn State → Notre Dame: 1 title changeStanford → USC: 1 title changeOthers → Auburn: 1 title changeAuburn → Tennessee: 1 title changeTennessee → USC: 1 title changeAlabama → Georgia: 1 title changeNavy → Princeton: 1 title changePennsylvania → Penn State: 1 title changePenn State → Others: 1 title changeMiami → Auburn: 1 title changeTennessee → Baylor: 1 title changeBaylor → Miami: 1 title changeLSU → Tennessee: 1 title changeLSU → Ole Miss: 1 title changeOle Miss → Alabama: 1 title changeAlabama → Texas: 1 title changeTexas → Arkansas: 1 title changeArkansas → LSU: 1 title changeTennessee → Others: 1 title changeOle Miss → Tennessee: 1 title changeTennessee → Oklahoma: 1 title changeOklahoma → Notre Dame: 1 title changePurdue → Ohio State: 1 title changeOhio State → Michigan: 1 title changeUCLA → Michigan: 1 title changeOhio State → USC: 1 title changeClemson → Tennessee: 1 title changeTennessee → UCLA: 1 title changeUCLA → Ohio State: 1 title changeOhio State → UCLA: 1 title changeAlabama → USC: 1 title changeUSC → Arizona State: 1 title changeMichigan → Others: 1 title changeOhio State → Stanford: 1 title changeStanford → Arizona State: 1 title changeWashington → LSU: 1 title changeLSU → Florida: 1 title changeAuburn → Miami: 1 title changeMiami → Michigan: 1 title changeUCLA → Washington: 1 title changeArizona → UCLA: 1 title changeAlabama → Penn State: 1 title changePenn State → Alabama: 1 title changeAlabama → Florida: 1 title changeFlorida → LSU: 1 title changeLSU → Alabama: 1 title changeAlabama → Notre Dame: 1 title changeNotre Dame → Penn State: 1 title changePenn State → Clemson: 1 title changeGeorgia → South Carolina: 1 title changeOklahoma → USC: 1 title changeWashington → Arizona: 1 title changeArizona → USC: 1 title changeUCLA → Arizona State: 1 title changeOthers → Arizona State: 1 title changeMiami → Ohio State: 1 title changeOthers → Purdue: 1 title changePurdue → Michigan: 1 title changeUSC → Texas: 1 title changeTexas → Ohio State: 1 title changeOhio State → Florida: 1 title changeAuburn → LSU: 1 title changeLSU → Arkansas: 1 title changeOklahoma → Florida: 1 title changeFlorida → Alabama: 1 title changeAlabama → South Carolina: 1 title changeGeorgia → Florida: 1 title changeFlorida → South Carolina: 1 title changeSouth Carolina → Auburn: 1 title changeAuburn → Clemson: 1 title changeOklahoma → Others: 1 title changeAlabama → Clemson: 1 title changePenn State → Ohio State: 1 title changeOhio State → Purdue: 1 title changeOthers → Ohio State: 1 title changeOhio State → Clemson: 1 title changeClemson → LSU: 1 title changeArkansas → Auburn: 1 title changeAuburn → South Carolina: 1 title changeSouth Carolina → LSU: 1 title changeLSU → Auburn: 1 title changeOthers → Ole Miss: 1 title changeOle Miss → Baylor: 1 title changeMichigan → Texas: 1 title changeTexas → Georgia: 1 title changeOle Miss → Florida: 1 title changeFlorida → Others: 1 title changeStanford → Notre Dame: 1 title changeUSC: 26 title changes involvedAlabama: 22 title changes involvedWashington: 22 title changes involvedHarvard: 20 title changes involvedAuburn: 18 title changes involvedMichigan: 18 title changes involvedOhio State: 18 title changes involvedPrinceton: 18 title changes involvedUCLA: 18 title changes involvedNotre Dame: 17 title changes involvedLSU: 16 title changes involvedBaylor: 14 title changes involvedTennessee: 14 title changes involvedYale: 14 title changes involvedClemson: 12 title changes involvedFlorida: 12 title changes involvedGeorgia: 12 title changes involvedMiami: 12 title changes involvedOle Miss: 12 title changes involvedStanford: 12 title changes involvedArizona: 10 title changes involvedNavy: 10 title changes involvedPenn State: 10 title changes involvedTexas: 10 title changes involvedArizona State: 8 title changes involvedArkansas: 8 title changes involvedOklahoma: 8 title changes involvedPennsylvania: 8 title changes involvedPurdue: 8 title changes involvedSouth Carolina: 8 title changes involvedOthers: 123 title changes involvedUSCAlabamaWashingtonHarvardAuburnMichiganOhio StatePrincetonUCLANotre DameLSUBaylorTennesseeYaleClemsonFloridaGeorgiaMiamiOle MissStanfordArizonaNavyPenn StateTexasArizona StateArkansasOklahomaPennsylvaniaPurdueSouth CarolinaOthers
Most common handoffs

The belt’s regular routes

Harvard → Yale5 times
Yale → Princeton5 times
Michigan → Ohio State3 times
Princeton → Harvard3 times
UCLA → USC3 times
USC → Stanford3 times
Arizona State → Arizona2 times
Arizona State → Washington2 times
Auburn → Alabama2 times
California → Washington2 times
Florida → Auburn2 times
Georgia → Auburn2 times
Georgia → Ole Miss2 times
Harvard → Cornell2 times
Michigan → USC2 times
Trade partners

Back and forth the most

Princeton ↔ Yale7 handoffs
Harvard ↔ Yale6 handoffs
UCLA ↔ USC5 handoffs
Harvard ↔ Princeton4 handoffs
Michigan ↔ Ohio State4 handoffs
Michigan ↔ Washington4 handoffs
Stanford ↔ USC4 handoffs
USC ↔ Washington4 handoffs
Widest webs

Most different partners

Taken the belt from the most different programs: USC (9), Alabama (8), Harvard (8), Michigan (8), Notre Dame (8), Auburn (7), LSU (7), and Ohio State (7).
Lost it to the most different programs: Alabama (11), Ohio State (9), Auburn (8), LSU (8), Washington (8), Baylor (7), UCLA (7), and USC (7).

Six degrees

How did the belt get from A to B?

The tool finds the fewest handoffs between one of A’s reigns and a later reign by B — the shortest stretch of the lineage that starts with A holding the belt and ends with B holding it. Every program that has ever held the belt is connected to every other one this way, because there is only one belt.