best point differential in a college football season on a per game basis

The Florida State Seminoles have the highest point differential by a team in a season when playing >0 games, with a 553-point differential in 2013.

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Data note: Point Differential: team game data complete from 1995

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	SEASON	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Florida State	553	14	2013	14	0	0	94	723	51.6	170	12.1	396	52.6	75.0
2	Indiana	479	16	2025	16	0	0	87	666	41.6	187	11.7	380	56.5	55.6
3	Clemson	467	15	2018	15	0	0	90	664	44.3	197	13.1	358	46.0	57.9
4	Ohio State	464	14	2019	13	1	0	88	656	46.9	192	13.7	397	55.2	61.5
5	Clemson	456	15	2019	14	1	0	88	659	43.9	203	13.5	393	44.0	50.0
6	Texas	439	13	2005	13	0	0	88	652	50.2	213	16.4	321
7	Florida	430	14	2008	13	1	0	82	611	43.6	181	12.9
8	Kansas State	428	13	2002	11	2	0	79	582	44.8	154	11.8	273
9	Georgia	426	15	2021	14	1	0	73	579	38.6	153	10.2	339	45.0	57.1
10	Nebraska	426	11	1995	11	0	0		576	52.4	150	13.6
11	Boise State	420	13	2010	12	1	0	77	586	45.1	166	12.8
12	Kansas State	416	12	1998	11	1	0		576	48.0	160	13.3
13	Alabama	413	15	2018	14	1	0	92	684	45.6	271	18.1	371	52.1	46.7
14	Georgia	402	15	2022	15	0	0	76	616	41.1	214	14.3	375	51.1	86.7
15	LSU	398	15	2019	15	0	0	95	726	48.4	328	21.9	419	49.7	66.7
16	Alabama	389	14	2012	13	1	0	71	542	38.7	153	10.9
17	Oregon	388	14	2023	12	2	0	83	619	44.2	231	16.5	372	51.0	76.0
18	Texas Tech	387	14	2025	12	2	0	67	552	39.4	165	11.8	318	49.5	50.0
19	Alabama	387	15	2016	14	1	0	73	582	38.8	195	13.0	319	43.5	58.8
20	Oklahoma	387	14	2003	12	2	0	78	601	42.9	214	15.3	315
21	Florida State	386	12	2000	11	1	0	67	509	42.4	123	10.3	303
22	TCU	385	13	2010	13	0	0	73	541	41.6	156	12.0
23	Michigan	382	15	2023	15	0	0	69	538	35.9	156	10.4	298	42.8	77.3
24	Alabama	378	13	2020	13	0	0	84	630	48.5	252	19.4	366	59.6	55.6
25	Houston	376	14	2011	13	1	0	93	690	49.3	314	22.4

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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

49th

OPP PPG

27.9

110th

RUSH YDS/G

180.1

53rd

PASS YDS/G

234.1

74th

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

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

963

Riley

957

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

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

43.8

43.0

42.7

41.1

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

323.1

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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	3	.571
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Marshall	4	3	.571
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
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	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Charlotte	1	7	.125
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	4	4	.500
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	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	4	.500
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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125