best point differential in a college football season since 1990

Since 1990, 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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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	Florida	430	2008	14	13	1	0	82	611	43.6	181	12.9	306
8	Kansas State	428	2002	13	11	2	0	79	582	44.8	154	11.8	273
9	Georgia	426	2021	15	14	1	0	73	579	38.6	153	10.2	339	45.0	57.1
10	Nebraska	426	1995	11	11	0	0		576	52.4	150	13.6
11	Boise State	420	2010	13	12	1	0	77	586	45.1	166	12.8	326
12	Kansas State	416	1998	12	11	1	0		576	48.0	160	13.3
13	Alabama	413	2018	15	14	1	0	92	684	45.6	271	18.1	371	52.1	46.7
14	Florida State	405	1993	12	11	1	0		518	43.2	113	9.4
15	Georgia	402	2022	15	15	0	0	76	616	41.1	214	14.3	375	51.1	86.7
16	LSU	398	2019	15	15	0	0	95	726	48.4	328	21.9	419	49.7	66.7
17	Alabama	389	2012	14	13	1	0	71	542	38.7	153	10.9	303
18	Oregon	388	2023	14	12	2	0	83	619	44.2	231	16.5	372	51.0	76.0
19	Texas Tech	387	2025	14	12	2	0	67	552	39.4	165	11.8	318	49.5	50.0
20	Alabama	387	2016	15	14	1	0	73	582	38.8	195	13.0	319	43.5	58.8
21	Oklahoma	387	2003	14	12	2	0	78	601	42.9	214	15.3	315
22	Florida State	386	2000	12	11	1	0	67	509	42.4	123	10.3	303
23	TCU	385	2010	13	13	0	0	73	541	41.6	156	12.0	327
24	Michigan	382	2023	15	15	0	0	69	538	35.9	156	10.4	298	42.8	77.3
25	Alabama	378	2020	13	13	0	0	84	630	48.5	252	19.4	366	59.6	55.6

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More Florida State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,968

Daniels

RUSH

609

Kromah

REC

438

Robinson

Team Rankings

PPG

30.6

54th

OPP PPG

28.9

113th

RUSH YDS/G

165.8

66th

PASS YDS/G

248.6

48th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
13	California	2-4	3-6
14	Syracuse	2-4	4-4
15	Stanford	2-4	4-5
16	Florida State	1-4	3-5
17	Georgia Tech	1-4	2-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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

Clemson

5 - 3

Final

Florida State

3 - 5

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
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	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	5	3	.625
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375