best point differential in a college football season before 1970

Before 1970, 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	Syracuse	331	1959	10	10	0	0	390	39.0	59	5.9
3	Arizona State	331	1957	10	10	0	0	397	39.7	66	6.6
4	Notre Dame	324	1966	10	9	0	1	362	36.2	38	3.8
5	Texas	312	1969	10	10	0	0	414	41.4	102	10.2
6	Utah State	309	1961	10	9	0	1	387	38.7	78	7.8
7	Ole Miss	308	1959	10	9	1	0	329	32.9	21	2.1
8	Ohio State	290	1969	9	8	1	0	383	42.6	93	10.3
9	Ole Miss	286	1961	10	9	1	0	326	32.6	40	4.0
10	San Diego State	277	1969	10	10	0	0	464	46.4	187	18.7
11	New Mexico State	274	1960	10	10	0	0	374	37.4	100	10.0
12	Houston	271	1968	10	6	2	2	425	42.5	154	15.4
13	Alabama	265	1961	10	10	0	0	287	28.7	22	2.2
14	LSU	258	1969	10	9	1	0	349	34.9	91	9.1
15	Wyoming	258	1966	10	9	1	0	327	32.7	69	6.9
16	Memphis	257	1961	10	8	2	0	332	33.2	75	7.5
17	Arkansas	255	1969	10	9	1	0	331	33.1	76	7.6
18	Arizona State	251	1968	10	8	2	0	414	41.4	163	16.3
19	Tulsa	251	1964	10	8	2	0	384	38.4	133	13.3
20	UTEP	240	1956	10	9	1	0	305	30.5	65	6.5
21	Penn State	233	1968	10	10	0	0	339	33.9	106	10.6
22	Alabama	233	1962	10	9	1	0	272	27.2	39	3.9
23	Texas	232	1961	10	9	1	0	291	29.1	59	5.9
24	Nebraska	231	1965	10	10	0	0	321	32.1	90	9.0
25	Alabama	230	1966	10	10	0	0	267	26.7	37	3.7

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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