best college football team for the past 50 years

Between October 3, 1976 and October 3, 2026, 11 teams are tied for the best record. The first three are the North Dakota State Bison, the Eastern Washington Eagles and the Howard Bison.

	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	Eastern Washington	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		35	35.0	17	17.0	26
3	Howard	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		26	26.0	16	16.0
4	Texas Lutheran	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		19	19.0	14	14.0
5	South Carolina State	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		31	31.0	7	7.0
6	Texas A&M-Kingsville	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		28	28.0	13	13.0
7	Tennessee Tech	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		41	41.0	21	21.0
8	New Hampshire	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		27	27.0	14	14.0
9	Northern Arizona	2-0	1.000	2	2	0	0		44	22.0	26	13.0
10	Montana State	2-0	1.000	2	2	0	0		52	26.0	21	10.5
11	Northern Michigan	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		41	41.0	13	13.0
12	Grambling	10-1	.909	11	10	1	0		462	42.0	175	15.9
13	Yale	43-8-2	.830	53	43	8	2		1,241	23.4	634	12.0
14	Ohio State	486-114-6	.807	606	486	114	6		19,983	33.0	10,028	16.5
15	James Madison	44-11	.800	55	44	11	0	253	1,981	36.0	1,055	19.2	1,194	41.0	46.7
16	Alabama	477-138-3	.774	618	477	138	3		19,076	30.9	9,789	15.8
17	Boise State	294-94	.758	388	294	94	0		14,054	36.2	8,598	22.2
18	Tennessee State	8-2-2	.750	12	8	2	2		274	22.8	126	10.5
19	Southeastern Louisiana	3-1	.750	4	3	1	0		105	26.3	82	20.5
20	Oklahoma	451-151-6	.747	608	451	151	6		20,892	34.4	12,111	19.9
21	McNeese	46-15-2	.746	63	46	15	2		1,466	23.3	955	15.2
22	Georgia	452-153-4	.745	609	452	153	4		18,085	29.7	11,106	18.2
23	Chattanooga	44-14-4	.742	62	44	14	4		1,582	25.5	1,091	17.6
24	Michigan	432-156-5	.733	593	432	156	5		17,759	29.9	10,353	17.5
25	Jackson State	8-3	.727	11	8	3	0		231	21.0	112	10.2

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More North Dakota State Stats

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	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	2	.500
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	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

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

	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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
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

	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

	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	MSU	@	WIS	12:30 PM
Sat 10/3	VAN	@	UGA	12:45 PM
Sat 10/3	WMU	@	BUFF	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TOL	@	BALL	2:00 PM
Sat 10/3	SAM	@	UAB	3:30 PM

Between October 3, 1976 and October 3, 2026, 11 teams are tied for the best record. The first three are the North Dakota State Bison, the Eastern Washington Eagles and the Howard Bison.

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1,453

644

600

592

617

585

564

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11

9

9

7

7

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228.2

209.1

204.6

7.5

7.0

6.5

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