NCAA Football · Conference

Independents

The FBS Independents — 4 programs since Notre Dame and UConn arrived in 2021, no national titles in the BCS/CFP era, and the #6 all-time average of 11 conferences.

57BLIPConference BOOMBLÄT Average · All-Time · 2023 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 Dame2023: 10–3 · joined 202194BOOMArmy2023: 6–662BLIPUConn2023: 3–9 · joined 202149BLÄTMassachusetts2023: 3–923BLÄT
Score Distribution4 members on the tier axis · 1 BOOM · 0 BANG · 1 BLIP · 2 BLÄT
0BLÄT55 · BLIP75 · BANG90 · BOOM100
2023 StandingsOverall record incl. postseason · season score · playoff result
TeamRecordSeason ScoreTierPostseason
1Notre Dame10–396BOOMBowl
2Army6–639BLÄT—
3Massachusetts3–930BLÄT—
4UConn3–928BLÄT—
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