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

Between October 16, 2016 and October 16, 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	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

1,364

Hoover

RUSH

597

Richard

REC

529

Becker

Team Rankings

PPG

40.2

15th

OPP PPG

11.8

6th

RUSH YDS/G

221.3

21st

PASS YDS/G

241.3

70th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	3-0	6-0
2	UCLA	3-0	5-0
3	Ohio State	3-0	5-1
4	Wisconsin	2-0	4-1
5	USC	3-1	6-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	IND	@	MICH	12:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MINN	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	USC	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	IND	@	WASH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Indiana

6 - 0

Final

Nebraska

5 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

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

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

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	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
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	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	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	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
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