[3][4] Only six teams have completed wire-to-wire seasons in Major League Baseball, occupying top position of the standings for every day of their season and winning the World Series: the 1927 New York Yankees, 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1984 Detroit Tigers, 1990 Cincinnati Reds, 2005 Chicago White Sox and 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers.
In the KBO League, the SSG Landers accomplished this feat by occupying the top position for every day of the 2022 season and then subsequently winning the Korean Series.
[5] Per the Elias Sports Bureau four National Basketball Association teams have completed wire-to-wire victories to clinch an NBA title since 1970: the 1982 Los Angeles Lakers, the 1986 Boston Celtics, the 2020 Lakers, and the 2024 Celtics.
[6][7] The term is used in golf referencing a player who wins a title while holding the lowest aggregate score at the close of each round.
Not Notre Dame, not USC, not Alabama, not Michigan, not Ohio State, nor Army; no other D-1 program had ever accomplished that feat.