best point differential by season big 12 football

The Texas Longhorns have the highest point differential by a team in the Big 12 in a season, with a 439-point differential in 2005.

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Texas	439	2005	13	13	0	0	88	652	50.2	213	16.4	321
2	Kansas State	428	2002	13	11	2	0	79	582	44.8	154	11.8	273
3	Kansas State	416	1998	12	11	1	0		576	48.0	160	13.3
4	Texas Tech	387	2025	14	12	2	0	67	552	39.4	165	11.8	318	49.5	50.0
5	Oklahoma	387	2003	14	12	2	0	78	601	42.9	214	15.3	315
6	Baylor	375	2013	13	11	2	0	92	681	52.4	306	23.5	398	47.0	56.0
7	Oklahoma	373	2008	14	12	2	0	99	716	51.1	343	24.5	386
8	Nebraska	368	1997	12	12	0	0		565	47.1	197	16.4
9	Nebraska	359	1996	12	10	2	0		512	42.7	153	12.8
10	TCU	357	2014	13	12	1	0	77	604	46.5	247	19.0	352	42.9	50.0
11	Kansas	343	2007	13	12	1	0	72	556	42.8	213	16.4	326
12	Oklahoma	325	2002	14	12	2	0	70	541	38.6	216	15.4	276
13	Texas	316	2009	14	13	1	0	68	550	39.3	234	16.7	330
14	Oklahoma	308	2007	14	11	3	0	80	592	42.3	284	20.3	314
15	Texas	307	2008	13	12	1	0	74	551	42.4	244	18.8	352
16	Texas	306	2001	12	10	2	0	60	470	39.2	164	13.7	266
17	Kansas State	305	2003	15	11	4	0	73	549	36.6	244	16.3	319
18	Baylor	295	2014	13	11	2	0	82	627	48.2	332	25.5	408	46.7	73.5
19	Utah	291	2025	13	11	2	0	72	537	41.3	246	18.9	331	52.6	64.0
20	Kansas State	289	1999	11	10	1	0		433	39.4	144	13.1
21	Oklahoma State	285	2011	13	12	1	0	81	633	48.7	348	26.8	337
22	Oklahoma	280	2015	13	11	2	0	73	566	43.5	286	22.0	354	45.3	52.9
23	Oklahoma	276	2000	12	12	0	0	61	468	39.0	192	16.0	259
24	Kansas State	274	2000	13	10	3	0	66	514	39.5	240	18.5	276
25	Nebraska	261	1999	12	11	1	0		411	34.3	150	12.5

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Team Leaders

PASS

500

Manning

RUSH

144

Smothers

REC

143

Wingo

Team Rankings

PPG

41.5

32nd

OPP PPG

15.0

46th

RUSH YDS/G

148.5

99th

PASS YDS/G

277.5

41st

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	South Carolina	0-0	2-0
10	Tennessee	0-0	2-0
11	Texas	0-0	2-0
12	Texas A&M	0-0	2-0
13	Vanderbilt	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	UTSA	@	TEX	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	TEX	@	TENN	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TEX	@	OKLA	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	FLA	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MISS	@	TEX	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio State

1 - 1

Final

Texas

2 - 0

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

396.5

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