best point differential in a college football during the 1990s

From 1990 through 1999, the Nebraska Cornhuskers had the highest point differential by a team, with a 2,916-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Nebraska	2,916	115	103	11	1	4,597	40.0	1,681	14.6
2	Florida State	2,744	113	101	11	1	4,408	39.0	1,664	14.7
3	Florida	2,219	116	97	18	1	4,249	36.6	2,030	17.5
4	Tennessee	1,970	113	92	18	3	3,842	34.0	1,872	16.6
5	Texas A&M	1,781	116	92	22	2	3,591	31.0	1,810	15.6
6	Ohio State	1,738	114	88	23	3	3,464	30.4	1,726	15.1
7	Miami	1,730	111	87	24	0	3,551	32.0	1,821	16.4
8	Penn State	1,710	113	90	23	0	3,745	33.1	2,035	18.0
9	Kansas State	1,526	111	83	27	1	3,425	30.9	1,899	17.1
10	Michigan	1,487	112	86	23	3	3,281	29.3	1,794	16.0
11	Virginia Tech	1,327	110	74	35	1	3,283	29.8	1,956	17.8
12	Notre Dame	1,300	113	81	30	2	3,600	31.9	2,300	20.4
13	Washington	1,261	110	79	30	1	3,366	30.6	2,105	19.1
14	Virginia	1,236	111	76	34	1	3,340	30.1	2,104	19.0
15	Syracuse	1,140	112	76	33	3	3,373	30.1	2,233	19.9
16	Colorado	1,135	111	80	27	4	3,355	30.2	2,220	20.0
17	Alabama	1,090	115	86	28	1	2,871	25.0	1,781	15.5
18	BYU	1,032	119	84	34	1	3,864	32.5	2,832	23.8
19	North Carolina	835	111	73	37	1	2,902	26.1	2,067	18.6
20	Texas	801	114	72	40	2	3,392	29.8	2,591	22.7
21	Air Force	770	116	75	41	0	3,152	27.2	2,382	20.5
22	Auburn	742	111	69	39	3	2,937	26.5	2,195	19.8
23	Fresno State	711	116	67	47	2	3,749	32.3	3,038	26.2
24	Miami (OH)	693	110	65	40	5	2,735	24.9	2,042	18.6
25	Marshall	686	36	33	3	0	1,252	34.8	566	15.7

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Team Leaders

PASS

275

Colandrea

RUSH

122

Rule

REC

65

Nelson

Team Rankings

PPG

49.0

20th

OPP PPG

21.0

82nd

RUSH YDS/G

248.0

26th

PASS YDS/G

275.0

46th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Michigan State	0-0	2-0
8	Minnesota	0-0	1-1
9	Nebraska	0-0	1-0
10	Northwestern	0-0	1-0
11	Ohio State	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	UND	@	NEB	7:15 PM
Sat 9/26	NEB	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MD	@	NEB	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	IND	@	NEB	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	NEB	@	ORE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio

0 - 1

Final

Nebraska

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

767

Jennings

665

Heintschel

653

Mensah

Rush Yards Leaders

374

Sheppard

280

Carter

250

Edwards

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

326

Harris

Pass TD Leaders

8

Boley

8

Mensah

8

Stockton

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

4

Hawkins

4

Wilson

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

281.3

Baker

271.7

Mensah

Sack Leaders

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

3.5

Kinsler

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

66.5

66.0

61.0

59.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

3.0

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

671.0

645.0

644.0

638.0

633.0

Rush Yards Rankings

506.0

431.0

394.0

364.0

329.0

323.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

434.0

427.0

376.5

376.0

373.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

8.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	1	.500
2	Arizona State	1	1	.500
3	BYU	2	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	2	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	1	.500
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.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	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	2	0	1.000
4	Akron	1	1	.500
5	Ball State	1	1	.500
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	1	1	.500
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

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

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

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

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

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

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000