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▼ Below its 5-year level -7▼ Down 5 this season
Career60since 1936
Peak862021
Last 571seasons
#73 nationally · 4-1 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #38 · record ahead of its play
Schedule so far #81
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Cincinnati Bearcats
Big 12 · Cincinnati, OH · Nippert Stadium · Head coach Scott Satterfield
Rival
Miami (OH) · also UCF
Established rivalry
36-34-1 all time (71 meetings since 1954)
Cincinnati leads
Last: won 35-31 (2026) · Cincinnati has won 2 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
3AP top-10
5All-Americans
79NFL picks
49.6%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1893. Every season →
Chemistry
66
64Foundation
68Gel
gel counts 40% so far
▲ Above its norm +6Trending up
early · #24 of 138
HC year4
Ret. starters18%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 4-1 | Big 12 | — | #73 | 64 | Scott Satterfield |
| 2025 | 7-6 | Big 12 | — | #57 | 68 | Scott Satterfield |
| 2024 | 5-7 | Big 12 | — | #52 | 70 | Scott Satterfield |
| 2023 | 3-9 | Big 12 | — | #83 | 60 | Scott Satterfield |
| 2022 | 9-4 | American Athletic | — | #39 | 72 | Luke Fickell; Kerry Coombs |
| 2021 | 13-1 | American Athletic | #4 | #5 | 86 | Luke Fickell |
| 2020 | 9-1 | American Athletic | #8 | — | — | Luke Fickell |
| 2019 | 11-3 | American Athletic | #21 | #31 | 74 | Luke Fickell |
| 2018 | 11-2 | American Athletic | #24 | #39 | 72 | Luke Fickell |
| 2017 | 4-8 | American Athletic | — | #106 | 53 | Luke Fickell |
| 2016 | 4-8 | American Athletic | — | #105 | 53 | Tommy Tuberville |
| 2015 | 7-6 | American Athletic | — | #69 | 65 | Tommy Tuberville |
| 2014 | 9-4 | American Athletic | — | #54 | 66 | Tommy Tuberville |
| 2013 | 9-4 | American Athletic | — | #64 | 65 | Tommy Tuberville |
| 2012 | 10-3 | Big East | — | #26 | 75 | Butch Jones |
| 2011 | 10-3 | Big East | #25 | #28 | 73 | Butch Jones |
| 2010 | 4-8 | Big East | — | #66 | 62 | Butch Jones |
| 2009 | 12-1 | Big East | #8 | #17 | 79 | Brian Kelly |
| 2008 | 11-3 | Big East | #17 | #40 | 69 | Brian Kelly |
| 2007 | 10-3 | Big East | #17 | #12 | 82 | Brian Kelly |
| 2006 | 8-5 | Big East | — | #50 | 69 | Mark Dantonio; Brian Kelly |
| 2005 | 4-7 | Big East | — | #93 | 56 | Mark Dantonio |
| 2004 | 7-5 | Conference USA | — | #54 | 66 | Mark Dantonio |
| 2003 | 5-7 | Conference USA | — | #74 | 59 | Rick Minter |
| 2002 | 7-7 | Conference USA | — | #48 | 69 | Rick Minter |
| 2001 | 7-5 | Conference USA | — | #76 | 61 | Rick Minter |
| 2000 | 7-5 | Conference USA | — | #72 | 62 | Rick Minter |
| 1999 | 3-8 | Conference USA | — | #46 | 69 | Rick Minter |
| 1998 | 2-9 | Conference USA | — | #105 | 47 | Rick Minter |
| 1997 | 8-4 | Conference USA | — | #59 | 64 | Rick Minter |
| 1996 | 6-5 | Conference USA | — | #58 | 63 | Rick Minter |
| 1995 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #29 | 72 | Rick Minter |
| 1994 | 2-8-1 | FBS Independents | — | #95 | 52 | Rick Minter |
| 1993 | 8-3 | FBS Independents | — | #58 | 62 | Tim Murphy |
| 1992 | 3-8 | FBS Independents | — | #84 | 55 | Tim Murphy |
| 1991 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #80 | 55 | Tim Murphy |
| 1990 | 1-10 | FBS Independents | — | #102 | 35 | Tim Murphy |
| 1989 | 1-9-1 | FBS Independents | — | #100 | 40 | Tim Murphy |
| 1988 | 3-8 | FBS Independents | — | #94 | 40 | Dave Currey |
| 1987 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #75 | 55 | Dave Currey |
| 1986 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #72 | 58 | Dave Currey |
| 1985 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #70 | 58 | Dave Currey |
| 1984 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #97 | 39 | Dave Currey |
| 1981 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #51 | 67 | Mike Gottfried |
| 1980 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #104 | 52 | Ralph Staub |
| 1979 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #88 | 57 | Ralph Staub |
| 1978 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #60 | 65 | Ralph Staub |
| 1977 | 5-4-2 | FBS Independents | — | #56 | 66 | Ralph Staub |
| 1976 | 8-3 | FBS Independents | — | #28 | 73 | Tony Mason |
| 1975 | 6-5 | FBS Independents | — | #55 | 65 | Tony Mason |
| 1974 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #53 | 66 | Tony Mason |
| 1973 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #67 | 60 | Tony Mason |
| 1972 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #99 | 33 | Ray Callahan |
| 1971 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #68 | 60 | Ray Callahan |
| 1970 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #62 | 61 | Ray Callahan |
| 1969 | 4-6 | Missouri Valley | — | #102 | 44 | Ray Callahan |
| 1968 | 5-4-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #80 | 55 | Homer Rice |
| 1967 | 3-6 | Missouri Valley | — | #88 | 53 | Homer Rice |
| 1966 | 3-7 | Missouri Valley | — | #82 | 55 | Charles Studley |
| 1965 | 5-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #95 | 50 | Charles Studley |
| 1964 | 8-2 | Missouri Valley | — | #43 | 69 | Charles Studley |
| 1963 | 6-4 | Missouri Valley | — | #56 | 65 | Charles Studley |
| 1962 | 2-8 | Missouri Valley | — | #86 | 54 | Charles Studley |
| 1961 | 3-7 | Missouri Valley | — | #88 | 49 | Charles Studley |
| 1960 | 4-6 | Missouri Valley | — | #90 | 41 | George Blackburn |
| 1959 | 5-4-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #70 | 59 | George Blackburn |
| 1958 | 6-2-2 | Missouri Valley | — | #60 | 61 | George Blackburn |
| 1957 | 5-4-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #67 | 56 | George Blackburn |
| 1956 | 4-5 | FBS Independents | — | #61 | 60 | George Blackburn |
| 1955 | 1-6-2 | FBS Independents | — | #78 | 53 | George Blackburn |
| 1954 | 8-2 | FBS Independents | — | #40 | 68 | Sid Gillman |
| 1953 | 3-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1952 | 2-1-1 | Mid-American | — | — | — | |
| 1951 | 5-0 | Mid-American | — | — | — | |
| 1950 | 3-3 | Mid-American | — | — | — | |
| 1949 | 2-2 | Mid-American | — | — | — | |
| 1948 | 0-4-1 | Mid-American | — | — | — | |
| 1947 | 1-1 | Mid-American | — | — | — | |
| 1946 | 3-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1945 | 1-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1942 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1941 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1909 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1908 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1906 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1905 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | 1-0 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1903 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1899 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1898 | 1-0 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1897 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1893 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.