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	5-0	1.000	5	5	0	0	20	168	33.6	49	9.8	100	43.1	66.7
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	487-114-6	.807	607	487	114	6		20,014	33.0	10,042	16.5
15	James Madison	45-11	.804	56	45	11	0	259	2,026	36.2	1,072	19.1	1,219	41.2	46.7
16	Alabama	478-138-3	.775	619	478	138	3		19,132	30.9	9,812	15.9
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	453-153-4	.746	610	453	153	4		18,123	29.7	11,120	18.2
23	Chattanooga	44-14-4	.742	62	44	14	4		1,582	25.5	1,091	17.6
24	Michigan	432-157-5	.731	594	432	157	5		17,773	29.9	10,373	17.5
25	Jackson State	8-3	.727	11	8	3	0		231	21.0	112	10.2

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Team Leaders

PASS

995

Hayes

RUSH

298

Scott

REC

358

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

33.6

54th

OPP PPG

9.8

4th

RUSH YDS/G

171.0

66th

PASS YDS/G

206.8

107th

2026 MWC Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Sat 11/14	NDSU	@	HAW	11:00 PM

Last Game

Wyoming

2 - 3

Final

North Dakota State

5 - 0

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,530

Sayin

1,519

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

613

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith

8

Dixon

7

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

7.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.0

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

524.6

523.3

514.4

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.0

361.3

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

22.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	1	.800
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	2	.600
8	Kentucky	4	1	.800
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	4	1	.800
11	Tennessee	4	1	.800
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	3	.400
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	1	.800
4	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	3	.400
14	Maryland	2	3	.400
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	2	3	.400
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	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	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	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	1	.800
2	Kent State	2	3	.400
3	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Toledo	4	1	.800
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
7	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
8	Ohio	3	2	.600
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	4	.200
11	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	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	2	.600
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	3	.400
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	3	.400
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	3	2	.600
15	NC State	3	2	.600
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	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	3	2	.600
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	4	1	.800
6	Marshall	3	2	.600
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	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	UNLV	3	2	.600
3	Wyoming	2	3	.400
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	4	.200
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	WKU	@	UGA	20-70
Sat 9/12	STON	@	BALL	17-41
Sat 9/12	ULM	@	UAB	20-26
Sat 9/12	UNLV	@	UNT	6-44
Sat 9/12	UCD	@	SMU	10-56

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	FRES	@	WSU	9:30 PM
Sat 10/3	TXST	@	SDSU	10:30 PM
Sat 10/3	BAY	@	ASU	10:30 PM
Sat 10/3	CIN	@	ARIZ	11:00 PM
Sun 10/4	SJSU	@	HAW	12:00 AM

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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652

644

613

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603

585

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11

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9

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8

7

228.2

204.6

202.0

7.5

7.0

7.0

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