Collectively, the Bison have won 36 conference championships, and 16 national championships. They were selected as NCAA College Division II champions by polling three times (1965, 1968, 1969), won the NCAA Division II National Football Championship five times (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990), and have won the NCAA Division I Football Championship eight times in nine seasons (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019). The 2019 Bison are the first of any Division 1 team since 1894 Yale to finish 16–0. From 2012 to 2014, the Bison had a formerly FCS record of 33 straight wins (which is tied for the third longest in modern NCAA history). The current Bison team broke the previous unbeaten run (33 games) with their active 39 game winning streak (2017-2021).