60 free College Football Trivia 2023 trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
College football trivia 2023 covers one of the wildest seasons in memory. Michigan went 15–0 and won the national title while its head coach served two separate suspensions, Florida State became the first undefeated Power Five champion ever left out of the playoff, and Deion Sanders turned a 1–11 Colorado team into the biggest story in the sport for a month before finishing 4–8. The questions run from the January 2023 title game (Georgia 65, TCU 7) through the 2024 Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl and championship game in Houston. Along the way you will find Jayden Daniels' Heisman, Texas walking into Tuscaloosa and winning, Alabama's fourth-and-31 miracle at Auburn, the last-ever Pac-12 championship game, Jimbo Fisher's $77.5 million buyout, and the winter that saw Nick Saban retire and Jim Harbaugh bolt for the Chargers. Every answer is checked against the record for that game or season, so scores, dates and names are exact. Around a third of the questions are easy enough for a casual Saturday fan; the rest reward the people who watched the 11 a.m. kickoffs too.
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Q 01Which team won the national championship for the 2023 college football season?
Michigan Wolverines
It was the program's first title of the College Football Playoff era and its first consensus national championship since 1948.
Q 02What was the final score of the 2024 CFP National Championship game between Michigan and Washington?
34–13
Donovan Edwards ripped off two first-quarter touchdown runs of more than 40 yards to set the tone.
Q 03The 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship was played at which venue?
NRG Stadium, Houston
It was the last title game of the four-team playoff era before the field expanded to twelve.
Q 04Who was offensive MVP of the 2024 national championship game with two fourth-quarter scores?
Blake Corum
He also left Ann Arbor as the school's all-time leader in rushing touchdowns.
Q 05Michigan finished the 2023 season with what record?
15–0
They became only the fourth FBS national champion ever to finish 15–0 and outscored opponents 538 to 156.
Q 06With a win over Maryland in November 2023, Michigan became the first college program to reach how many wins?
1,000
The milestone came during Jim Harbaugh's Big Ten suspension, with Sherrone Moore running the sideline.
Q 07Who won the 2023 Heisman Trophy?
Jayden Daniels
The LSU quarterback led the FBS in total yards and set the single-season passer-rating record.
Q 08Before transferring to LSU, the 2023 Heisman winner played three seasons for which school?
Arizona State
He won the Sun Devils' starting job as a true freshman in 2019.
Q 09Which quarterback's second place in the 2023 Heisman voting was Washington's best ever finish?
Michael Penix Jr.
He also won the Maxwell Award after leading the nation in passing yards.
Q 10Where did Oregon's Bo Nix, third in the 2023 Heisman vote, play his first three college seasons?
Auburn
He was the 2019 SEC Freshman of the Year before transferring west.
Q 11Which Ohio State receiver won the 2023 Fred Biletnikoff Award and finished fourth in Heisman voting?
Marvin Harrison Jr.
The son of the Colts Hall of Famer went fourth overall to Arizona in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Q 12Which undefeated Power Five champion was left out of the 2023 four-team College Football Playoff?
Florida State
It was the first time an unbeaten Power Five champion had been excluded; the committee cited the loss of quarterback Jordan Travis.
Q 13Against which opponent did FSU quarterback Jordan Travis suffer his career-ending injury in November 2023?
North Alabama
Q 21Who was Michigan's acting head coach for the November 2023 win over Ohio State?
Sherrone Moore
Both teams entered undefeated for the second straight year; Moore was later promoted to head coach when Harbaugh left.
Q 22How many games did the Big Ten suspend Jim Harbaugh in November 2023 over sign-stealing?
Three
He missed Penn State, Maryland and Ohio State, then returned for the Big Ten title game.
Q 23Which Michigan staffer was at the centre of the 2023 sign-stealing scandal?
Connor Stalions
The NCAA said he called his network of scouts the 'KGB' and referred to sideline footage as 'dirty film'.
The Seminoles still finished 13–0 and beat Louisville for the ACC title without him.
Q 14Georgia's 63–3 win over the Seminoles in the 2023 Orange Bowl set what record?
Largest margin of victory in FBS postseason history
The 60-point margin broke Georgia's own record of 58, set against TCU in the title game a year earlier.
Q 15Alabama's 27–24 win in the 2023 SEC Championship Game ended Georgia's winning streak at how many games?
29
It was the longest winning streak in SEC history and had begun in the 2021 Orange Bowl semifinal.
Q 16In the 2023 Iron Bowl, Milroe's fourth-down winning touchdown to Bond came from how many yards?
31
Bond nicknamed the play 'Gravedigger'; it came with 31 seconds left and turned out to be Nick Saban's last Iron Bowl.
Q 17Which team handed Alabama its only regular-season loss of 2023, winning 34–24 in Tuscaloosa in September?
Texas
It was the second leg of a home-and-home series, and the Longhorns' final season in the Big 12.
Q 18Quinn Ewers set a Big 12 Championship Game record with how many passing yards in 2023?
452
He also threw four touchdowns as Texas won its first Big 12 title since 2009 in its final season in the league.
Q 19Michigan won the 2023 Big Ten Championship Game 26–0 over which team?
Iowa
It was the last Big Ten title game of the divisional era; the East Division finished 10–0 in those matchups.
Q 20The 2023 Iowa Hawkeyes were nicknamed the "Best Worst Team Ever" because of what combination?
Great defense, historically bad offense
Offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz, the head coach's son, was told in October he would not be retained.
Q 24Jim Harbaugh left Michigan weeks after the 2023 title to coach which NFL team?
Los Angeles Chargers
He signed on January 24, 2024, returning to a franchise he had played for as a quarterback in 1999–2000.
Q 25Michigan beat Alabama 27–20 in the 2024 Rose Bowl semifinal. How was the game decided?
A fourth-down stop in overtime
Roman Wilson's touchdown with 94 seconds left forced overtime; the Tide were stopped on fourth-and-goal from the 3.
Q 26On what date did Nick Saban announce his retirement after the 2024 Rose Bowl?
January 10, 2024
He left after 17 seasons in Tuscaloosa and seven national titles overall.
Q 27Who did Alabama hire from Washington to replace Nick Saban, days after the title game?
Kalen DeBoer
He had just led the Huskies to a 14–1 season and their first Pac-12 title since 2018.
Q 28Washington beat Texas in the 2024 Sugar Bowl semifinal by what score?
37–31
It made the Huskies only the second Pac-12 team ever to win a College Football Playoff game.
Q 29The 2023 Washington Huskies were the first team to do what since the Pac-12 expanded to 12 teams in 2011?
Go undefeated in conference play
They clinched it with the Apple Cup win over Washington State, then beat Oregon again in the title game.
Q 30The 2023 Pac-12 Championship Game between Washington and Oregon was notable for being what?
The last one ever played
All but two members left the conference for 2024, leaving Oregon State and Washington State to arrange a Mountain West scheduling deal.