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Independents

The FBS Independents — 7 programs since Notre Dame and UConn arrived in 2021, no national titles in the BCS/CFP era, and the #7 all-time average of 11 conferences.

58BLIPConference BOOMBLÄT Average · All-Time · 2021 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 Dame2021: 11–2 · joined 202194BOOMBYU2021: 10–374BLIPLiberty2021: 8–565BLIPArmy2021: 9–462BLIPUConn2021: 1–11 · joined 202149BLÄTNew Mexico State2021: 2–1038BLÄTMassachusetts2021: 1–1123BLÄT
Score Distribution7 members on the tier axis · 1 BOOM · 0 BANG · 3 BLIP · 3 BLÄT
0BLÄT55 · BLIP75 · BANG90 · BOOM100
2021 StandingsOverall record incl. postseason · season score · playoff result
TeamRecordSeason ScoreTierPostseason
1Notre Dame11–295BOOMBowl
2BYU10–382BANGBowl
3Army9–483BANGBowl
4Liberty8–581BANGBowl
5New Mexico State2–1026BLÄT—
6UConn1–1121BLÄT—
7Massachusetts1–1121BLÄT—
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