With a 712 – 471 – 45 record as of the conclusion of the 2013 season , WVU ranks 14th in victories among NCAA FBS programs , as well as the most victories among those programs that never claimed nor won a National Championship . WVU received Division I classification in 1973 , becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 – 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present . The Mountaineers have registered 80 winning seasons in their history , including one unbeaten season ( 10 – 0 – 1 in 1922 ) and five 11-win seasons ( 1988 , 1993 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 ) . The Mountaineers have won a total of 15 conference championships , including eight Southern Conference titles and seven Big East Conference titles
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