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100 free College Football trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free college football trivia questions with answers. You think you know college football? Our 100-question quiz covers legendary coaches, iconic rivalries, championship moments, and memorable players throughout NCAA history. Discover how well you really understand the game that defines American college sports.
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Q 01Who was the first player to win the Heisman Trophy twice?
Archie Griffin
Archie Griffin of Ohio State won the Heisman Trophy in both 1974 and 1975, the first player to take the award twice.
Q 02How many AP national championships had Alabama won through the 2020 season?
12
The AP poll began in 1936; Alabama's 12 AP titles through 2020 (first in 1961, latest in 2020) led every program, ahead of Notre Dame's eight.
Q 03What do Ohio State and Michigan call their annual rivalry game?
The Game
Ohio State and Michigan simply call their rivalry 'The Game'; first played in 1897, it closes the regular season and has often decided the Big Ten title.
Q 04Which postseason game, 'The Granddaddy of Them All', is played on New Year's Day in Pasadena?
Rose Bowl
The Rose Bowl, nicknamed 'The Granddaddy of Them All' by broadcaster Keith Jackson, was first played in 1902 as the Tournament East-West game and has been held every year since 1916.
Q 05Big Al, the costumed mascot who roams the sideline for Alabama's Crimson Tide, is what animal?
Elephant
An elephant is an odd fit for a team called the Tide, but the pachyderm link dates to a 1930 sportswriter describing Alabama's huge linemen as 'red elephants' thundering onto the field.
Q 06Which coach's seven claimed national titles are the most in college football history?
Nick Saban
Nick Saban won seven: one at LSU in 2003 and six at Alabama between 2009 and 2020, one more than Bear Bryant's six Alabama titles.
Q 07In what year did the College Football Playoff (CFP) begin?
2014
The College Football Playoff debuted in the 2014-15 season, replacing the BCS system. The first CFP National Championship was won by Ohio State.
Q 08Which university's 'Touchdown Jesus', a library mural of Christ with arms raised, looms over one end of its football stadium?
Notre Dame
Notre Dame, where the 'Word of Life' mural on the Hesburgh Library just happens to look like a referee signalling a touchdown. The Fighting Irish got the nickname for free.
Q 09What prize goes to each season's winner of the three-way series among Army, Navy and Air Force?
Commander-in-Chief's Trophy
The Commander-in-Chief's Trophy has been contested since 1972 among Army, Navy and Air Force; when the three-way series ends in a tie, the previous winner keeps the trophy.
Q 10Keith Jackson popularized "The Big House" as the nickname of which college football venue?
Michigan Stadium
The Ann Arbor venue seats more than 107,000, making it the largest stadium in the Western Hemisphere. Jackson also coined the Rose Bowl's 'Granddaddy of Them All' tag.
Q 11Which SEC rivalry game is known as the 'Iron Bowl'?
Alabama vs. Auburn
Alabama vs. Auburn is the Iron Bowl, named for Birmingham, the South's pig-iron and steel capital and its long-time home at Legion Field; Auburn coach Shug Jordan popularized the name.
Q 12What does Clemson call its pregame entrance after players rub Howard's Rock?
Running Down the Hill
Running Down the Hill: since 1942 Clemson players have entered Memorial Stadium from the hill behind the east end zone, and since 1967 they rub Howard's Rock, placed there in 1966, before the charge.
Q 13Which coach has the most all-time wins in NCAA Division I FBS history?
Joe Paterno
Q 21Which university has played its home football games at the Rose Bowl stadium since 1982?
UCLA
UCLA moved its home games to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena in 1982, leaving the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum it had long shared with USC.
Q 22What is the longest winning streak in major college football history?
47 games (Oklahoma, 1953-57)
Oklahoma holds the record for the longest winning streak in major college football history with 47 consecutive victories from 1953 to 1957 under coach Bud Wilkinson.
Q 23Which Texas A&M quarterback became the first freshman ever to win the Heisman Trophy, in 2012?
Johnny Manziel
Joe Paterno of Penn State holds the record for the most wins in Division I FBS history with 409 official victories spanning his career from 1966 to 2011.
Q 14What is the name of the live Longhorn steer that has served as the University of Texas mascot since 1916?
Bevo
Bevo, named since 1916; one legend says Texas A&M pranksters branded the first steer '13-0', their winning score, and Texas altered the brand to read 'BEVO'.
Q 15Which school's fight song includes the lyric 'Hail to the Victors'?
Michigan
Michigan, and John Philip Sousa reportedly called it the greatest college fight song ever written. Elbel wrote it on the train home after a win over Chicago clinched the 1898 championship.
Q 16Which player won the 2020 Heisman Trophy while playing for Alabama?
DeVonta Smith
DeVonta Smith became the first wide receiver since Desmond Howard in 1991 to win the Heisman Trophy, earning the award in 2020 after a dominant season at Alabama.
Q 17Which SEC school's fans 'Call the Hogs' with a 'Woo Pig Sooie' chant before kickoff?
Arkansas
Arkansas: Razorback fans raise their arms and wiggle their fingers on 'Wooo', drop them on 'Pig' and pump a fist on 'Sooie', before kickoff and after big plays.
Q 18USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington left the Pac-12 in 2024 to join which 18-team conference?
Big Ten
The four West Coast schools made 2024 the league's first 18-team season and its first without divisions since 2010. Colorado, by contrast, went back to the Big 12 the same year.
Q 19Which trophy goes to the winner of the annual USC-UCLA football game?
Victory Bell
The Victory Bell is the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual USC-UCLA football game. The bell was originally a gift to UCLA and was 'stolen' by USC fraternity members in 1941.
Q 20Which university introduced the 'Gator Chomp' as a signature fan gesture?
Florida
The University of Florida Gators' fans perform the 'Gator Chomp' by extending both arms and snapping them together to mimic an alligator's jaws. It became a signature tradition of Gator Nation.
Johnny Manziel, nicknamed 'Johnny Football', won the 2012 Heisman as a redshirt freshman after becoming the first SEC player to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 in one season.
Q 24What nickname did LSU's 1988 win over Auburn earn after the crowd's roar registered on a nearby seismograph?
The Earthquake Game
The Earthquake Game: Tommy Hodson's late touchdown pass to Eddie Fuller beat Auburn 7-6 on October 8, 1988, and the crowd's roar registered on a seismograph in LSU's geoscience building.
Q 25Which coach led Alabama from 1958 to 1982 and earned his nickname by agreeing to wrestle a captive bear at 13?
Paul Bryant
Paul 'Bear' Bryant won six national championships and 13 SEC titles in 25 seasons at Alabama, having earlier coached Maryland, Kentucky and Texas A&M.
Q 26Which major bowl game has been played in New Orleans since 1935?
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl has been played in New Orleans since January 1935 and, with the Rose, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta and Peach, forms the New Year's Six that hosts College Football Playoff games.
Q 27What is a 'Hail Mary' in football?
A long, desperate end-zone heave
A Hail Mary is a long, desperate end-zone heave. The term went mainstream after Roger Staubach's 1975 playoff winner to Drew Pearson; Doug Flutie's 1984 miracle for Boston College cemented it in the college game.
Q 28Which school is known for its 'Midnight Yell Practice' tradition?
Texas A&M
Texas A&M's 'Midnight Yell Practice' takes place at midnight before home games in Kyle Field. Tens of thousands of fans gather to practice yells (not cheers) led by Yell Leaders.
Q 29Which running back set the NCAA single-season rushing record with 2,628 yards in 1988?
Barry Sanders
Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State's junior, piled up 2,628 yards and 37 rushing touchdowns in just 11 games in 1988 and took the Heisman.
Q 30Which Big Ten school paints its visitors' locker room entirely pink, a tradition begun by Hayden Fry?
Iowa
Iowa: Fry, a psychology major, reasoned that pink would calm visiting players and that some would bristle at a 'sissy color'; everything from lockers to urinals at Kinnick Stadium got the treatment.