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

Between October 31, 2016 and October 31, 2026, the Indiana Hoosiers have the highest point differential by a team in a season, with a 479-point differential in 2025.

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Data note: Point Differential: team game data complete from 1995

	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	Michigan	382	2023	15	15	0	0	69	538	35.9	156	10.4	298	42.8	77.3
12	Alabama	378	2020	13	13	0	0	84	630	48.5	252	19.4	366	59.6	55.6
13	Alabama	372	2019	13	11	2	0	84	614	47.2	242	18.6	318	52.3	68.4
14	Ohio State	365	2024	16	14	2	0	76	571	35.7	206	12.9	332	43.8	71.4
15	Alabama	352	2017	14	13	1	0	66	519	37.1	167	11.9	312	40.4	83.3
16	Georgia	343	2023	14	13	1	0	71	562	40.1	219	15.6	363	54.8	75.0
17	Michigan	341	2022	14	13	1	0	69	566	40.4	225	16.1	326	45.2	81.0
18	Ohio State	338	2025	14	12	2	0	60	468	33.4	130	9.3	317	53.3	66.7
19	BYU	338	2020	12	11	1	0	69	522	43.5	184	15.3	308	49.2	54.5
20	Indiana	334	2024	13	11	2	0	72	537	41.3	203	15.6	306	47.2	59.1
21	Notre Dame	330	2024	16	14	2	0	76	578	36.1	248	15.5	326	41.3	73.3
22	Utah State	329	2018	13	11	2	0	80	618	47.5	289	22.2	304	47.0	60.0
23	Penn State	320	2017	13	11	2	0	72	534	41.1	214	16.5	296	48.0	57.1
24	Ole Miss	315	2024	13	10	3	0	62	502	38.6	187	14.4	322	42.3	58.6
25	Ohio State	310	2017	14	12	2	0	75	576	41.1	266	19.0	354	46.5	68.2

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More Indiana Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,741

Hoover

RUSH

711

Richard

REC

726

Becker

Team Rankings

PPG

33.6

38th

OPP PPG

12.0

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

191.5

40th

PASS YDS/G

228.1

82nd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UCLA	5-0	7-0
2	Ohio State	4-0	6-1
3	Indiana	4-1	7-1
4	Northwestern	3-1	6-1
5	Minnesota	3-1	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	MINN	@	IND	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	USC	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	IND	@	WASH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	PUR	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

Indiana

7 - 1

Final

Michigan

4 - 3

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

963

Riley

957

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

43.0

42.7

41.1

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

323.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	3	.571
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Marshall	4	3	.571
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Charlotte	1	7	.125
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	4	4	.500
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125