The 1923 college football season saw several teams finish their seasons unbeaten and untied. Illinois (coached by Bob Zuppke) and Michigan (coached by "Hurry-Up" Yost, both members of what is now the Big Ten Conference, finished with records of 8-0-0 as did future Ivy League teams Yale and Cornell. Southern Methodist University (SMU) had a record of 9-0-0. Teams that had no defeats, but had been tied, were California (9-0-1), Texas (8-0-1), and Kansas (5-0-3).