best point differential in a college football season

The Florida State Seminoles have the highest point differential by a team in a season, with a 553-point differential in 2013.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Point Differential: team season data complete from 1956

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Florida State	553	2013	14	14	0	0	94	723	51.6	170	12.1	396	52.6	75.0
2	Indiana	479	2025	16	16	0	0	87	666	41.6	187	11.7	380	56.5	55.6
3	Clemson	467	2018	15	15	0	0	90	664	44.3	197	13.1	358	46.0	57.9
4	Ohio State	464	2019	14	13	1	0	88	656	46.9	192	13.7	397	55.2	61.5
5	Clemson	456	2019	15	14	1	0	88	659	43.9	203	13.5	393	44.0	50.0
6	Texas	439	2005	13	13	0	0	88	652	50.2	213	16.4	321
7	Houston	439	1989	11	9	2	0		589	53.5	150	13.6
8	Nebraska	438	1983	12	12	0	0		624	52.0	186	15.5
9	Florida	430	2008	14	13	1	0	82	611	43.6	181	12.9	306
10	Kansas State	428	2002	13	11	2	0	79	582	44.8	154	11.8	273
11	Georgia	426	2021	15	14	1	0	73	579	38.6	153	10.2	339	45.0	57.1
12	Nebraska	426	1995	11	11	0	0		576	52.4	150	13.6
13	Boise State	420	2010	13	12	1	0	77	586	45.1	166	12.8	326
14	Kansas State	416	1998	12	11	1	0		576	48.0	160	13.3
15	Oklahoma	415	1956	10	10	0	0		466	46.6	51	5.1
16	Alabama	413	2018	15	14	1	0	92	684	45.6	271	18.1	371	52.1	46.7
17	Florida State	405	1993	12	11	1	0		518	43.2	113	9.4
18	Georgia	402	2022	15	15	0	0	76	616	41.1	214	14.3	375	51.1	86.7
19	LSU	398	2019	15	15	0	0	95	726	48.4	328	21.9	419	49.7	66.7
20	Oklahoma	397	1987	11	11	0	0		479	43.5	82	7.5
21	Oklahoma	393	1986	11	10	1	0		466	42.4	73	6.6
22	Alabama	389	2012	14	13	1	0	71	542	38.7	153	10.9	303
23	Oregon	388	2023	14	12	2	0	83	619	44.2	231	16.5	372	51.0	76.0
24	Texas Tech	387	2025	14	12	2	0	67	552	39.4	165	11.8	318	49.5	50.0
25	Alabama	387	2016	15	14	1	0	73	582	38.8	195	13.0	319	43.5	58.8

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More Florida State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,618

Daniels

RUSH

609

Kromah

REC

407

Robinson

Team Rankings

PPG

31.6

50th

OPP PPG

27.9

110th

RUSH YDS/G

180.1

53rd

PASS YDS/G

234.1

76th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Virginia	2-3	4-4
13	California	2-3	3-5
14	Florida State	1-3	3-4
15	NC State	1-3	3-4
16	Georgia Tech	1-3	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	CLEM	@	FSU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	FSU	@	BC	12:00 PM
Fri 11/13	FSU	@	PITT	7:00 PM
Sat 11/21	NCST	@	FSU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	FLA	@	FSU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Florida State

3 - 4

Final

Miami

6 - 0

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

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

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
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	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
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	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
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