best point differential in a college football history

The Ohio State Buckeyes have the highest point differential by a team all-time, with a 12,549-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Ohio State	12,549	797	632	152	13	24,661	30.9	12,112	15.2
2	Alabama	12,186	828	639	178	11	24,050	29.0	11,864	14.3
3	Oklahoma	11,970	818	609	200	9	26,731	32.7	14,761	18.0
4	Nebraska	10,628	809	568	235	6	24,906	30.8	14,278	17.6
5	Penn State	9,578	803	582	217	4	22,744	28.3	13,166	16.4
6	Michigan	9,543	793	566	215	12	22,496	28.4	12,953	16.3
7	Texas	8,600	807	570	229	8	23,762	29.4	15,162	18.8
8	Florida State	8,593	809	534	261	14	23,571	29.1	14,978	18.5
9	Georgia	8,208	818	575	229	14	22,142	27.1	13,934	17.0
10	Notre Dame	8,175	802	551	243	8	22,722	28.3	14,547	18.1
11	USC	7,931	810	557	236	17	22,995	28.4	15,064	18.6
12	Florida	7,756	809	538	256	15	22,126	27.3	14,370	17.8
13	LSU	7,310	809	539	256	14	21,283	26.3	13,973	17.3
14	Miami	6,815	803	518	280	5	21,252	26.5	14,437	18.0
15	Clemson	6,812	817	539	266	12	21,466	26.3	14,654	17.9
16	Tennessee	6,668	804	521	265	18	21,609	26.9	14,941	18.6
17	Arizona State	6,258	793	499	289	5	23,321	29.4	17,063	21.5
18	BYU	6,242	824	528	290	6	23,663	28.7	17,421	21.1
19	Auburn	6,112	803	524	269	10	20,478	25.5	14,366	17.9
20	Virginia Tech	5,520	808	485	314	9	20,459	25.3	14,939	18.5
21	Boise State	5,492	395	297	98	0	14,266	36.1	8,774	22.2
22	Texas A&M	4,749	804	473	321	10	20,855	25.9	16,106	20.0
23	Arkansas	4,729	797	479	309	9	20,643	25.9	15,914	20.0
24	Oregon	4,414	810	476	322	12	22,359	27.6	17,945	22.2
25	Washington	4,356	794	475	310	9	20,706	26.1	16,350	20.6

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,206

Sayin

RUSH

283

Jackson

REC

617

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

45.0

6th

OPP PPG

12.3

12th

RUSH YDS/G

156.8

85th

PASS YDS/G

365.3

2nd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Nebraska	1-0	4-0
5	Minnesota	1-0	3-1
6	Ohio State	1-0	3-1
7	Oregon	1-0	3-1
8	Wisconsin	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	3:30 PM
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	4:15 PM
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Illinois

2 - 2

Final

Ohio State

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

7.5

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

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

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