With a 752 – 495 – 45 record as of the conclusion of the 2018 season , WVU ranks 14th in victories among NCAA FBS programs , and has the most victories among those programs that never claimed nor won a national championship . West Virginia was originally classified as a College Division school in the 1937 season , and joined the University Division , forerunner of Division I , in 1939 . It has been a member of Division I FBS since 1978 ( known as Division I-A until 2006 ) . The Mountaineers have registered 82 winning seasons in their history , including one unbeaten season ( 10 – 0 – 1 ) in 1922 and nine seasons with at least ten wins ( 1922 , 1969 , 1988 , 1993 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2011 , 2016 ) . The Mountaineers have won or shared a total of 15 conference championships , including eight Southern Conference titles and seven Big East Conference titles
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