best point differential in a college football history

The Ohio State Buckeyes have the highest point differential by a team all-time, with a 12,470-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Ohio State	12,470	795	630	152	13	24,560	30.9	12,090	15.2
2	Alabama	12,141	826	637	178	11	23,951	29.0	11,810	14.3
3	Oklahoma	11,990	816	608	199	9	26,704	32.7	14,714	18.0
4	Nebraska	10,583	807	566	235	6	24,841	30.8	14,258	17.7
5	Penn State	9,540	801	581	216	4	22,669	28.3	13,129	16.4
6	Michigan	9,509	791	565	214	12	22,425	28.4	12,916	16.3
7	Florida State	8,580	807	533	260	14	23,501	29.1	14,921	18.5
8	Texas	8,573	805	568	229	8	23,712	29.5	15,139	18.8
9	Georgia	8,152	816	573	229	14	22,056	27.0	13,904	17.0
10	Notre Dame	8,119	800	549	243	8	22,646	28.3	14,527	18.2
11	USC	7,938	808	556	235	17	22,926	28.4	14,988	18.5
12	Florida	7,727	807	536	256	15	22,030	27.3	14,303	17.7
13	LSU	7,289	807	538	255	14	21,224	26.3	13,935	17.3
14	Clemson	6,790	815	537	266	12	21,414	26.3	14,624	17.9
15	Miami	6,753	801	516	280	5	21,167	26.4	14,414	18.0
16	Tennessee	6,638	802	520	264	18	21,550	26.9	14,912	18.6
17	Arizona State	6,251	792	498	289	5	23,297	29.4	17,046	21.5
18	BYU	6,224	823	527	290	6	23,622	28.7	17,398	21.1
19	Auburn	6,111	801	523	268	10	20,418	25.5	14,307	17.9
20	Virginia Tech	5,504	806	483	314	9	20,403	25.3	14,899	18.5
21	Boise State	5,453	393	295	98	0	14,196	36.1	8,743	22.2
22	Texas A&M	4,788	802	473	319	10	20,828	26.0	16,040	20.0
23	Arkansas	4,729	795	478	308	9	20,592	25.9	15,863	20.0
24	Washington	4,327	792	474	309	9	20,634	26.1	16,307	20.6
25	Oregon	4,316	808	474	322	12	22,234	27.5	17,918	22.2

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

598

Sayin

RUSH

157

Jackson

REC

315

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

39.5

42nd

OPP PPG

13.5

38th

RUSH YDS/G

165.5

79th

PASS YDS/G

356.0

5th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Illinois	0-0	1-1
13	Minnesota	0-0	1-1
14	Ohio State	0-0	1-1
15	Oregon	0-0	1-1
16	Purdue	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio State

1 - 1

Final

Texas

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.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	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

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

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

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333