best point differential in a college football last 10 years each year

Between May 11, 2016 and May 11, 2026, the Indiana Hoosiers have the highest point differential by a team in a season, with a 479-point differential in 2025.

	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	Clemson	467	2018	15	15	0	0	90	664	44.3	197	13.1	358	46.0	57.9
3	Ohio State	464	2019	14	13	1	0	88	656	46.9	192	13.7	397	55.2	61.5
4	Clemson	456	2019	15	14	1	0	88	659	43.9	203	13.5	393	44.0	50.0
5	Georgia	426	2021	15	14	1	0	73	579	38.6	153	10.2	339	45.0	57.1
6	Alabama	413	2018	15	14	1	0	92	684	45.6	271	18.1	371	52.1	46.7
7	Georgia	402	2022	15	15	0	0	76	616	41.1	214	14.3	375	51.1	86.7
8	LSU	398	2019	15	15	0	0	95	726	48.4	328	21.9	419	49.7	66.7
9	Oregon	388	2023	14	12	2	0	83	619	44.2	231	16.5	372	51.0	76.0
10	Texas Tech	387	2025	14	12	2	0	67	552	39.4	165	11.8	318	49.5	50.0
11	Alabama	387	2016	15	14	1	0	73	582	38.8	195	13.0	319	43.5	58.8
12	Michigan	382	2023	15	15	0	0	69	538	35.9	156	10.4	298	42.8	77.3
13	Alabama	378	2020	13	13	0	0	84	630	48.5	252	19.4	366	59.6	55.6
14	Alabama	372	2019	13	11	2	0	84	614	47.2	242	18.6	318	52.3	68.4
15	Ohio State	365	2024	16	14	2	0	76	571	35.7	206	12.9	332	43.8	71.4
16	Alabama	352	2017	14	13	1	0	66	519	37.1	167	11.9	312	40.4	83.3
17	Georgia	343	2023	14	13	1	0	71	562	40.1	219	15.6	363	54.8	75.0
18	Michigan	341	2022	14	13	1	0	69	566	40.4	225	16.1	326	45.2	81.0
19	Michigan	341	2016	13	10	3	0	68	524	40.3	183	14.1	289	43.2	65.0
20	Ohio State	338	2025	14	12	2	0	60	468	33.4	130	9.3	317	53.3	66.7
21	BYU	338	2020	12	11	1	0	69	522	43.5	184	15.3	308	49.2	54.5
22	Washington	337	2016	14	12	2	0	77	585	41.8	248	17.7	317	44.1	50.0
23	Indiana	334	2024	13	11	2	0	72	537	41.3	203	15.6	306	47.2	59.1
24	Notre Dame	330	2024	16	14	2	0	76	578	36.1	248	15.5	326	41.3	73.3
25	Utah State	329	2018	13	11	2	0	80	618	47.5	289	22.2	304	47.0	60.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,535

Mendoza

RUSH

1,120

Hemby

REC

937

Cooper

Team Rankings

PPG

41.9

6th

OPP PPG

10.8

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

221.2

11th

PASS YDS/G

251.6

55th

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	9-0	15-0
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	UNT	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	HOW	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	WKU	@	IND	1:00 PM
Fri 9/25	NW	@	IND	8:00 PM
Sat 10/3	IND	@	RUTG	1:00 PM

Last Game

Miami

3 - 1

Final

Indiana

3 - 0

Mon 19 Jan 2026

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.7

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167