NCAA Football · Conference

Independents

The FBS Independents — 3 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.

55BLIPConference BOOMBLÄT Average · All-Time · 2024 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 Dame2024: 14–2 · CFP Runner-Up · joined 202194BOOMUConn2024: 9–4 · joined 202149BLÄTMassachusetts2024: 2–1023BLÄT
Score Distribution3 members on the tier axis · 1 BOOM · 0 BANG · 0 BLIP · 2 BLÄT
0BLÄT55 · BLIP75 · BANG90 · BOOM100
2024 StandingsOverall record incl. postseason · season score · playoff result
TeamRecordSeason ScoreTierPostseason
1Notre Dame14–295BOOMCFP Runner-Up
2UConn9–476BANGBowl
3Massachusetts2–1025BLÄT—
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