best point differential in a college football last 10 years

Between October 15, 2016 and October 15, 2026, the Alabama Crimson Tide have the highest point differential by a team, with a 3,041-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Alabama	3,041	140	120	20	0	714	5,515	39.4	2,474	17.7	3,224	47.6	61.7
2	Ohio State	2,962	133	115	18	0	688	5,260	39.5	2,298	17.3	3,267	47.7	64.9
3	Georgia	2,659	138	119	19	0	610	4,898	35.5	2,239	16.2	3,125	46.0	64.4
4	Clemson	2,304	137	109	28	0	616	4,799	35.0	2,495	18.2	3,207	43.3	58.5
5	Notre Dame	2,198	130	105	25	0	599	4,627	35.6	2,429	18.7	2,855	44.3	61.5
6	Penn State	2,024	130	93	37	0	567	4,426	34.0	2,402	18.5	2,822	41.1	60.9
7	Oklahoma	1,726	131	99	32	0	636	4,985	38.1	3,259	24.9	3,071	43.4	58.6
8	Oregon	1,652	128	95	33	0	615	4,649	36.3	2,997	23.4	2,982	45.0	58.2
9	Michigan	1,634	126	93	33	0	486	3,955	31.4	2,321	18.4	2,546	41.8	59.6
10	Utah	1,446	124	83	41	0	500	3,982	32.1	2,536	20.5	2,746	42.7	50.4
11	LSU	1,369	130	90	40	0	551	4,400	33.8	3,031	23.3	2,997	43.7	57.6
12	Texas	1,366	130	87	43	0	543	4,334	33.3	2,968	22.8	2,891	41.2	52.3
13	UCF	1,330	127	80	47	0	588	4,502	35.4	3,172	25.0	2,951	42.1	55.6
14	Boise State	1,297	130	94	36	0	541	4,256	32.7	2,959	22.8	2,866	46.3	54.1
15	Miami	1,278	129	83	46	0	515	4,114	31.9	2,836	22.0	2,828	40.2	56.6
16	Appalachian State	1,265	128	86	42	0	540	4,225	33.0	2,960	23.1	2,846	40.3	59.6
17	Washington	1,265	124	84	40	0	490	3,883	31.3	2,618	21.1	2,707	44.0	57.5
18	Memphis	1,209	129	88	41	0	621	4,813	37.3	3,604	27.9	3,046	44.7	57.9
19	Iowa	1,096	127	87	40	0	378	3,219	25.3	2,123	16.7	2,172	36.2	55.8
20	Toledo	1,093	126	80	46	0	535	4,162	33.0	3,069	24.4	2,757	39.9	48.5
21	Army	1,087	128	83	45	0	491	3,668	28.7	2,581	20.2	2,557	47.2	68.1
22	Texas A&M	1,016	125	77	48	0	476	3,872	31.0	2,856	22.8	2,722	41.4	52.7
23	Wisconsin	980	125	78	47	0	421	3,339	26.7	2,359	18.9	2,455	41.2	55.1
24	SMU	967	125	82	43	0	591	4,570	36.6	3,603	28.8	2,946	43.8	59.5
25	James Madison	957	57	46	11	0	262	2,053	36.0	1,096	19.2	1,242	41.0	48.4

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More Alabama Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,599

Russell

RUSH

301

Brown

REC

415

Coleman-Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

44.2

3rd

OPP PPG

20.7

49th

RUSH YDS/G

182.5

52nd

PASS YDS/G

270.3

33rd

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Georgia	4-0	6-0
2	Alabama	3-1	5-1
3	Kentucky	3-1	5-1
4	Mississippi State	2-1	4-1
5	Missouri	2-1	5-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	ALA	@	TENN	3:30 PM
Sat 10/24	TXAM	@	ALA	3:30 PM
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	ALA	@	VAN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	CHAT	@	ALA	2:00 PM

Last Game

Georgia

6 - 0

Final

Alabama

5 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333