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Independents

The FBS Independents — 5 programs in 2020, no national titles in the BCS/CFP era, and the #9 all-time average of 11 conferences.

53BLÄTConference BOOMBLÄT Average · All-Time · 2020 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
BYU2020: 11–174BLIPLiberty2020: 10–165BLIPArmy2020: 9–362BLIPNew Mexico State2020 member38BLÄTMassachusetts2020: 0–423BLÄT
Score Distribution5 members on the tier axis · 0 BOOM · 0 BANG · 3 BLIP · 2 BLÄT
0BLÄT55 · BLIP75 · BANG90 · BOOM100
2020 StandingsOverall record incl. postseason · season score · playoff result
TeamRecordSeason ScoreTierPostseason
1BYU11–199BOOMBowl
2Liberty10–195BOOMBowl
3Army9–379BANGBowl
4Massachusetts0–420BLÄT—
5New Mexico State0–0—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