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

865

Manning

RUSH

198

Smothers

REC

239

Wingo

Team Rankings

PPG

33.3

58th

OPP PPG

13.3

21st

RUSH YDS/G

146.5

105th

PASS YDS/G

232.0

81st

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Georgia	2-0	4-0
4	Mississippi State	2-0	4-0
5	Texas	1-0	4-0
6	Ole Miss	1-1	3-1
7	Auburn	1-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	TEX	@	OKLA	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	FLA	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MISS	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MSST	@	TEX	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	TEX	@	MIZZ	1:00 PM

Last Game

Texas

4 - 0

Final

Tennessee

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

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

7.0

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

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

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	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	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

	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

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

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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	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