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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 · 2022 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 Dame2022: 9–4 · joined 202194BOOMBYU2022: 8–574BLIPLiberty2022: 8–565BLIPArmy2022: 6–662BLIPUConn2022: 6–7 · joined 202149BLÄTNew Mexico State2022: 7–638BLÄTMassachusetts2022: 1–1123BLÄT
Score Distribution7 members on the tier axis · 1 BOOM · 0 BANG · 3 BLIP · 3 BLÄT
0BLÄT55 · BLIP75 · BANG90 · BOOM100
2022 StandingsOverall record incl. postseason · season score · playoff result
TeamRecordSeason ScoreTierPostseason
1Notre Dame9–479BANGBowl
2Liberty8–572BLIPBowl
3BYU8–557BLIPBowl
4New Mexico State7–655BLIPBowl
5Army6–664BLIP—
6UConn6–742BLÄTBowl
7Massachusetts1–1123BLÄT—
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