I just got my first-ever 11th non-con game, with Colorado (DIII Rupp). And so I'm thinking...

Everyone gets 27 games: the 10 non-cons, the 16 conference games, and the CT first (or second) round. So we're all used to 0-27 and 35-0 as the extremes. But every year or so, a couple of teams get an 11th non-con game (it's randomly assigned and makes the scheduling robot's job easier.) 

So in order to play 37, you'd need:

*An extra non-con game (10+1)
*Conference play (16)
*No bye in the first round of the CT, but make the CT final (4)
*Make the NT final (6)

...for 37 total.

Obviously 37-0 is impossible - you'd get a bye in the CT, so 36-0 would be the record. 36-1 is the same way - if you're 15-1 in conference play, you can't be on the low end of a three-way tie in your division. 35-2 (14-2), though, is possible - three teams sweeping conference play but winning at home against each other.

So 35-2 (11-0, 14-2 and a 3-seed, win the CT, win the NT) is possible, as is anything below that as far as, uh, 9-28 (0-11, 0-16 and a 6-seed, win the CT, lose the NT final).

Anyone have an example of a team that's done this?

That actually wouldn't be possible.  If you had three teams tie at 14-2, all splitting with each other, the second tiebreaker is overall record.  With that extra win in the 11th game, you'd have the tiebreaker advantage over both of those other teams.  Assuming, of course, that they didn't ALSO have the extra non-conference game.  I suppose that technically it might be possible for three teams in the same division to have the extra game and for all of them to win it but I venture the odds on that are astronomical.

It may be possible to actually have 37 games, but the scenario laid out above would be extremely unlikely.

phalla
D3 Emory --rupp


Season 66: Emory #1
28-9 (overall)/10-6 (conf), RPI: 4
Conference Tournament Champion
National Champion


I have a huge excel database that i created a while back.  It is only D3 and doesnt include the past year or two.   the season above was the only one in D3 at that point in time where a team had 37 games.

semi related is this interesting tidbit:

has any team ever won 34 games in a season without winning either their CT or NT?

yes,  i found one instance of this in my database:

kkyutzy
D3 Suffolk - smith

Season 49: Suffolk #2
34-2 (overall)/16-0 (conf), RPI: 5
Conference Champion
NT (Championship Game)

the only 36 win team i had at that point was:

bluedog129 
D3 Johns Hopkins -  wooden

Season 3: Johns Hopkins #2
36-0 (overall)/16-0 (conf), RPI: 1
Conf Champion
Conference Tournament Champion
National Champion