best point differential in a college football season before 1957

Before 1957, the Oklahoma Sooners had the highest point differential by a team in a season, with a 415-point differential in 1956.

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Oklahoma	415	1956	10	10	0	0	466	46.6	51	5.1
2	UTEP	240	1956	10	9	1	0	305	30.5	65	6.5
3	Arizona State	223	1956	10	9	1	0	306	30.6	83	8.3
4	Georgia Tech	194	1956	10	9	1	0	227	22.7	33	3.3
5	Tennessee	193	1956	10	10	0	0	268	26.8	75	7.5
6	West Texas A&M	193	1956	9	7	2	0	276	30.7	83	9.2
7	Virginia Tech	166	1956	10	7	2	1	264	26.4	98	9.8
8	Michigan State	152	1956	9	7	2	0	239	26.6	87	9.7
9	Yale	149	1956	9	8	1	0	246	27.3	97	10.8
10	Colorado	145	1956	10	7	2	1	267	26.7	122	12.2
11	Texas A&M	142	1956	10	9	0	1	223	22.3	81	8.1
12	Wyoming	140	1956	10	10	0	0	252	25.2	112	11.2
13	Navy	131	1956	9	6	1	2	207	23.0	76	8.4
14	Ole Miss	125	1956	10	7	3	0	207	20.7	82	8.2
15	Baylor	122	1956	10	8	2	0	189	18.9	67	6.7
16	TCU	120	1956	10	7	3	0	203	20.3	83	8.3
17	Iowa	119	1956	9	8	1	0	184	20.4	65	7.2
18	Penn State	117	1956	9	6	2	1	177	19.7	60	6.7
19	Syracuse	114	1956	8	7	1	0	203	25.4	89	11.1
20	Michigan	110	1956	9	7	2	0	233	25.9	123	13.7
21	Miami	108	1956	10	8	1	1	161	16.1	53	5.3
22	Tulsa	102	1956	10	7	2	1	169	16.9	67	6.7
23	Princeton	102	1956	9	7	2	0	237	26.3	135	15.0
24	Houston	95	1956	10	7	2	1	185	18.5	90	9.0
25	Pacific	93	1956	10	6	3	1	241	24.1	148	14.8

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More Oklahoma Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,885

Mateer

RUSH

480

Blaylock

REC

965

Sategna

Team Rankings

PPG

26.4

84th

OPP PPG

13.9

7th

RUSH YDS/G

123.9

126th

PASS YDS/G

229.9

77th

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Texas A&M	7-1	11-2
5	Texas	6-2	10-3
6	Oklahoma	6-2	10-3
7	Vanderbilt	6-2	10-3
8	Missouri	4-4	8-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	UTEP	@	OKLA	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	OKLA	@	MICH	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UNM	@	OKLA	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	OKLA	@	UGA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TEX	@	OKLA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Alabama

1 - 0

Final

Oklahoma

0 - 1

Fri 19 Dec 2025

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