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

57th

OPP PPG

13.3

20th

RUSH YDS/G

146.5

105th

PASS YDS/G

232.0

80th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Missouri	0-0	3-0
8	Tennessee	0-1	3-1
9	Texas	1-0	4-0
10	Vanderbilt	0-1	3-1
11	Oklahoma	0-1	2-2

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

1,271

Mestemaker

1,222

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

564

Toney

550

Duff

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

548.3

537.0

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

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	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	3	1	.750
14	South Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Texas A&M	2	2	.500
16	Arkansas	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
2	James Madison	4	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	3	1	.750
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	2	.500
8	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
12	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	2	2	.500
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	1	.750
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	1	.750
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	1	.800
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	3	1	.750
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
4	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250

	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	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
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	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	1	.750
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	2	2	.500
13	Charlotte	0	4	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250