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

1,038

Mateer

RUSH

236

Avant

REC

331

Sategna

Team Rankings

PPG

23.0

109th

OPP PPG

17.6

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

95.8

170th

PASS YDS/G

208.8

106th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Tennessee	2-1	5-1
7	Ole Miss	2-1	4-1
8	Oklahoma	1-1	3-2
9	Florida	2-2	4-2
10	Texas	1-1	4-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	UK	@	OKLA	7:30 PM
Sat 10/24	OKLA	@	MSST	3:30 PM
Sat 10/31	SCAR	@	OKLA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	OKLA	@	FLA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MISS	@	OKLA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Texas

4 - 1

Final

Oklahoma

3 - 2

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

Stokes

18

Maiava

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	Iowa	5	1	.833
7	Nebraska	5	1	.833
8	Minnesota	4	2	.667
9	Purdue	3	4	.429
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	3	2	.600
15	Rutgers	1	4	.200
16	Penn State	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	4	.333
10	South Florida	4	2	.667
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	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	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333