NCAA Football · Conference

Independents

The FBS Independents — 2 programs since Notre Dame and UConn arrived in 2021, no national titles in the BCS/CFP era, and the highest all-time average of any conference.

72BLIPConference BOOMBLÄT Average · All-Time · 2026 members
No Conference ChampionshipIndependents
Independents don't play a conference championship game, so there is no reigning champion to show — the programs' postseasons run through bowl games and the College Football Playoff (CFP).
Members · All-Time Scores
2026202520242023202220212020
Notre Dame2026: 3–0 · joined 202194BOOMUConn2026: 2–1 · joined 202149BLÄT
Score Distribution2 members on the tier axis · 1 BOOM · 0 BANG · 0 BLIP · 1 BLÄT
0BLÄT55 · BLIP75 · BANG90 · BOOM100
2026 StandingsOverall record incl. postseason · season score · playoff result
TeamRecordSeason ScoreTierPostseason
1Notre Dame3–0—Pending—
2UConn2–1—Pending—
Membership TimelineConference membership is a season attribute in BOOMBLÄT — this is why a program's conference can change from one season to the next as realignment moves it
2020
5 members
No change
2021
7 members
Notre Dame and UConn join
2022
7 members
No change
2023
4 members
BYU, Liberty and New Mexico State leave
2024
3 members
Army leaves
2025
2 members
Massachusetts leaves
2026
2 members
No change