Between November 24, 1975 and November 24, 2025, 8 teams are tied for the best record, with a record of 1-0. The first three are the Eastern Washington Eagles, the Howard Bison and the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs.

	TEAM	REC	W%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Eastern Washington	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		35	35.0	17	17.0	26
2	Howard	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		26	26.0	16	16.0
3	Texas Lutheran	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		19	19.0	14	14.0
4	South Carolina State	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		31	31.0	7	7.0
5	Northern Arizona	2-0	1.000	2	2	0	0		44	22.0	26	13.0
6	Northern Michigan	2-0	1.000	2	2	0	0		69	34.5	19	9.5
7	Texas A&M-Kingsville	2-0	1.000	2	2	0	0		84	42.0	34	17.0
8	Eastern Kentucky	1-0	1.000	1	1	0	0		21	21.0	7	7.0
9	Grambling	11-2	.846	13	11	2	0		526	40.5	229	17.6
10	Yale	45-9-2	.821	56	45	9	2		1,289	23.0	664	11.9
11	Ohio State	484-112-7	.808	603	484	112	7		19,844	32.9	9,993	16.6
12	JMU	38-10	.792	48	38	10	0	216	1,678	35.0	931	19.4	1,043	41.7	42.3
13	Alabama	474-138-3	.773	615	474	138	3		18,946	30.8	9,646	15.7
14	McNeese	51-15-2	.765	68	51	15	2		1,596	23.5	1,007	14.8
15	Boise State	289-92	.759	381	289	92	0		13,846	36.3	8,430	22.1
16	Oklahoma	452-148-6	.751	606	452	148	6		20,863	34.4	12,039	19.9
17	Tennessee State	8-2-2	.750	12	8	2	2		274	22.8	126	10.5
18	Southeastern Louisiana	3-1	.750	4	3	1	0		105	26.3	82	20.5
19	Georgia	451-152-4	.746	607	451	152	4		17,948	29.6	11,060	18.2
20	Michigan	433-153-5	.737	591	433	153	5		17,814	30.1	10,267	17.4
21	Jackson State	8-3	.727	11	8	3	0		231	21.0	112	10.2
22	Chattanooga	46-16-4	.727	66	46	16	4		1,669	25.3	1,150	17.4
23	Florida State	432-163-3	.725	598	432	163	3		19,643	32.8	11,604	19.4
24	Clemson	427-168-8	.715	603	427	168	8		17,643	29.3	10,929	18.1
25	Nebraska	424-170-2	.713	596	424	170	2		19,984	33.5	11,395	19.1