best college football team for the past 30 years

Between October 3, 1996 and October 3, 2026, 6 teams are tied for the best record. The first three are the North Dakota State Bison, the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats and the McNeese Cowboys.

	TEAM	REC	W%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	North Dakota State	4-0	1.000	4	4	0	0	17	140	35.0	49	12.3	77	42.3	72.7
2	Bethune-Cookman	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		58	58.0	52	52.0	29
3	McNeese	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		30	30.0	27	27.0	27
4	Nicholls	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		42	42.0	25	25.0	20
5	Eastern Washington	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		35	35.0	17	17.0	26
6	Rhode Island	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		26	26.0	21	21.0	18
7	Ohio State	321-63	.836	384	321	63	0		13,440	35.0	6,446	16.8
8	James Madison	44-11	.800	55	44	11	0	253	1,981	36.0	1,055	19.2	1,194	41.0	46.7
9	Georgia	302-88	.774	390	302	88	0		12,541	32.2	7,344	18.8
10	Boise State	292-89	.766	381	292	89	0		13,919	36.5	8,409	22.1
11	Alabama	301-93	.764	394	301	93	0		13,057	33.1	6,700	17.0
12	Oklahoma	290-98	.747	388	290	98	0		14,080	36.3	8,691	22.4
13	Oregon	276-100	.734	376	276	100	0		13,992	37.2	9,311	24.8
14	LSU	271-109	.713	380	271	109	0		11,926	31.4	7,587	20.0
15	Clemson	274-111	.712	385	274	111	0		12,273	31.9	7,678	19.9
16	Michigan	260-111	.701	371	260	111	0		11,215	30.2	7,336	19.8
17	Texas	266-114	.700	380	266	114	0		13,039	34.3	8,574	22.6
18	Florida State	260-118	.688	378	260	118	0		12,095	32.0	7,822	20.7
19	USC	259-118	.687	377	259	118	0		12,452	33.0	8,651	22.9
20	Appalachian State	108-50	.684	158	108	50	0	678	5,267	33.3	3,639	23.0	3,549	41.0	60.1
21	Notre Dame	256-119	.683	375	256	119	0		11,355	30.3	7,967	21.2
22	Florida	255-121	.678	376	255	121	0		11,792	31.4	7,594	20.2
23	Wisconsin	257-123	.676	380	257	123	0		11,119	29.3	7,418	19.5
24	Utah	234-114	.672	348	234	114	0		10,663	30.6	7,178	20.6
25	TCU	248-123	.668	371	248	123	0		11,753	31.7	8,138	21.9

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Team Leaders

PASS

808

Hayes

RUSH

225

Scott

REC

283

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

35.0

46th

OPP PPG

12.3

10th

RUSH YDS/G

158.8

80th

PASS YDS/G

211.8

101st

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	North Dakota State	1-0	4-0
2	UNLV	1-0	2-2
3	Wyoming	1-0	2-2
4	Air Force	1-1	2-1
5	New Mexico	0-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	WYO	@	NDSU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/10	NDSU	@	UNLV	7:00 PM
Sat 10/17	NEV	@	NDSU	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	NDSU	@	UNM	10:00 PM
Sat 10/31	UTEP	@	NDSU	3:30 PM

Last Game

North Dakota State

4 - 0

Final

Sacramento State

1 - 3

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	3	1	.750
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	4	1	.800
4	Delaware	2	3	.400
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36
Sat 9/12	ASU	@	TXAM	20-48

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MEM	@	CHAR	11:00 AM
Sat 10/3	SYR	@	CONN	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MTU	@	KU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	STAN	@	WAKE	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	12:00 PM

Between October 3, 1996 and October 3, 2026, 6 teams are tied for the best record. The first three are the North Dakota State Bison, the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats and the McNeese Cowboys.

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592

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585

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11

9

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7

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209.1

204.6

7.5

7.0

6.5

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