best ncaa football winning percentage since 1996

Since 1996, 6 teams are tied for the best winning percentage, winning 100.0 percent of the time. The first three are the North Dakota State Bison, the McNeese Cowboys and the Nicholls Colonels.

	TEAM	W%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	North Dakota State	1.000	3	3	0	0	13	109	36.3	39	13.0	60	40.0	88.9
2	McNeese	1.000	1	1	0	0		30	30.0	27	27.0	27
3	Nicholls	1.000	1	1	0	0		42	42.0	25	25.0	20
4	Bethune-Cookman	1.000	1	1	0	0		58	58.0	52	52.0	29
5	Eastern Washington	1.000	1	1	0	0		35	35.0	17	17.0	26
6	Rhode Island	1.000	1	1	0	0		26	26.0	21	21.0	18
7	Ohio State	.836	385	322	63	0	1,539	13,510	35.1	6,447	16.7
8	James Madison	.792	53	42	11	0	245	1,909	36.0	1,022	19.3	1,153	41.4	44.8
9	Georgia	.770	391	301	90	0	1,403	12,491	31.9	7,360	18.8
10	Alabama	.765	396	303	93	0	1,501	13,054	33.0	6,696	16.9
11	Boise State	.756	385	291	94	0	1,589	13,970	36.3	8,528	22.2
12	Oklahoma	.743	389	289	100	0	1,671	14,115	36.3	8,746	22.5
13	Oregon	.731	379	277	102	0	1,641	14,047	37.1	9,472	25.0
14	LSU	.717	381	273	108	0	1,351	11,984	31.5	7,605	20.0
15	Clemson	.710	389	276	113	0	1,434	12,408	31.9	7,786	20.0
16	Michigan	.705	373	263	110	0	1,261	11,242	30.1	7,343	19.7
17	Texas	.696	382	266	116	0	1,467	13,107	34.3	8,632	22.6
18	Florida State	.691	379	262	117	0	1,298	12,133	32.0	7,789	20.6
19	USC	.689	379	261	118	0	1,462	12,517	33.0	8,628	22.8
20	Appalachian State	.686	156	107	49	0	671	5,210	33.4	3,577	22.9	3,509	41.0	60.4
21	Notre Dame	.682	377	257	120	0	1,277	11,371	30.2	8,007	21.2
22	Florida	.680	378	257	121	0	1,293	11,913	31.5	7,591	20.1
23	Wisconsin	.675	382	258	124	0	1,239	11,151	29.2	7,431	19.5
24	Penn State	.674	377	254	123	0	1,210	11,100	29.4	7,079	18.8
25	Utah	.671	346	232	114	0	1,241	10,599	30.6	7,167	20.7

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Team Leaders

PASS

598

Hayes

RUSH

180

Mitchell

REC

149

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

36.3

49th

OPP PPG

13.0

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

161.0

84th

PASS YDS/G

212.3

95th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	North Dakota State	1-0	3-0
2	UNLV	1-0	1-2
3	New Mexico	0-0	2-0
4	San Jose State	0-0	2-1
5	Nevada	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	NDSU	@	SAC	10:30 PM
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

Last Game

North Dakota State

3 - 0

Final

Air Force

1 - 1

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	15-10
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	26-42
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	8-34
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	7-33
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	17-28

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	SYR	@	PITT	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Fri 9/18	PRST	@	ORE	10:30 PM
Sat 9/19	CCAR	@	DEL	11:30 AM

Since 1996, 6 teams are tied for the best winning percentage, winning 100.0 percent of the time. The first three are the North Dakota State Bison, the McNeese Cowboys and the Nicholls Colonels.

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794

375

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319

376

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8

6

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5

5

5

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284.5

271.7

243.9

5.0

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4.0

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