best point differential in 2025 college football season

The Indiana Hoosiers had the highest point differential by a team in 2025, with a 479-point differential.

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Data note: Point Differential: team season data complete from 1956

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Indiana	479	2025	16	16	0	0	87	666	41.6	187	11.7	380	56.5	55.6
2	Texas Tech	387	2025	14	12	2	0	67	552	39.4	165	11.8	318	49.5	50.0
3	Ohio State	338	2025	14	12	2	0	60	468	33.4	130	9.3	317	53.3	66.7
4	Notre Dame	293	2025	12	10	2	0	70	504	42.0	211	17.6	272	48.1	54.8
5	Utah	291	2025	13	11	2	0	72	537	41.3	246	18.9	331	52.6	64.0
6	Oregon	286	2025	15	13	2	0	71	554	36.9	268	17.9	331	46.5	56.3
7	JMU	262	2025	14	12	2	0	68	519	37.1	257	18.4	318	46.7	52.4
8	North Texas	260	2025	14	12	2	0	85	631	45.1	371	26.5	361	46.2	69.4
9	Miami	258	2025	16	13	3	0	63	495	30.9	237	14.8	348	46.5	68.2
10	Ole Miss	238	2025	15	13	2	0	65	554	36.9	316	21.1	383	43.1	67.7
11	Toledo	228	2025	13	8	5	0	52	401	30.8	173	13.3	276	40.2	23.5
12	South Florida	222	2025	13	9	4	0	67	526	40.5	304	23.4	309	46.4	61.9
13	Georgia	203	2025	14	12	2	0	57	449	32.1	246	17.6	339	43.4	75.0
14	Vanderbilt	203	2025	13	10	3	0	66	500	38.5	297	22.8	312	51.1	52.6
15	Washington	200	2025	13	9	4	0	59	443	34.1	243	18.7	292	50.3	55.0
16	Old Dominion	175	2025	13	10	3	0	53	416	32.0	241	18.5	293	42.0	31.3
17	BYU	172	2025	14	12	2	0	53	440	31.4	268	19.1	305	41.4	58.1
18	Iowa	172	2025	13	9	4	0	45	381	29.3	209	16.1	227	43.5	66.7
19	USC	166	2025	13	9	4	0	57	465	35.8	299	23.0	308	51.3	63.6
20	Texas A&M	166	2025	13	11	2	0	56	439	33.8	273	21.0	292	40.8	70.6
21	East Carolina	164	2025	13	9	4	0	54	425	32.7	261	20.1	303	47.2	46.9
22	Arizona	159	2025	13	9	4	0	51	410	31.5	251	19.3	290	41.0	64.5
23	Virginia	157	2025	14	11	3	0	51	431	30.8	274	19.6	303	49.8	46.9
24	Alabama	155	2025	15	11	4	0	56	443	29.5	288	19.2	305	41.7	61.1
25	SMU	152	2025	13	9	4	0	54	419	32.2	267	20.5	269	40.8	66.7

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More Indiana Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,741

Hoover

RUSH

711

Richard

REC

726

Becker

Team Rankings

PPG

33.6

38th

OPP PPG

12.0

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

191.5

39th

PASS YDS/G

228.1

83rd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UCLA	5-0	7-0
2	Ohio State	4-0	6-1
3	Indiana	4-1	7-1
4	Northwestern	3-1	6-1
5	Minnesota	3-1	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	MINN	@	IND	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	USC	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	IND	@	WASH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	PUR	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

Indiana

7 - 1

Final

Michigan

4 - 3

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
5	Delaware	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286