Longest Bowl Drought: Current (through 2024 Season)

Updated: 12/8/24

1.       ULM – last appearance:  2012 Independence Bowl (12/28/12)

2.       UMass – No bowl appearances:  Transitioned to FBS 2011, bowl eligible 2013

3.       New Mexico – last appearance:  2016 New Mexico Bowl (12/17/16)

4.       Akron – last appearance:  2017 Boca Raton Bowl (12/19/17)

5.       Stanford – last appearance:  2018 Sun Bowl (12/31/18)

6.       Charlotte – last appearance:  2019 Bahamas Bowl (12/20/19)

7.       FIU – last appearance:  2019 Camellia Bowl (12/21/19)

8.       Temple – last appearance:  2019 Military Bowl (12/27/19)

9.       Virginia – last appearance:  2019 Orange Bowl (12/30/19)

10.   Florida Atlantic – last appearance:  2020 Montgomery Bowl (12/23/20)

11.   Louisiana Tech – last appearance:  2020 New Orleans Bowl (12/23/20)

12.   Hawaii – last appearance:  2020 New Mexico Bowl (12/24/20)

        Just outside:  Ball State, Central Michigan, Kent State, Michigan State, Nevada, Tulsa, and UTEP