best point differential in a college football season since 2000

Since 2000, the Florida State Seminoles have the highest point differential by a team in a season, with a 553-point differential in 2013.

	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	Boise State	420	2010	13	12	1	0	77	586	45.1	166	12.8	326
11	Alabama	413	2018	15	14	1	0	92	684	45.6	271	18.1	371	52.1	46.7
12	Georgia	402	2022	15	15	0	0	76	616	41.1	214	14.3	375	51.1	86.7
13	LSU	398	2019	15	15	0	0	95	726	48.4	328	21.9	419	49.7	66.7
14	Alabama	389	2012	14	13	1	0	71	542	38.7	153	10.9	303
15	Oregon	388	2023	14	12	2	0	83	619	44.2	231	16.5	372	51.0	76.0
16	Texas Tech	387	2025	14	12	2	0	67	552	39.4	165	11.8	318	49.5	50.0
17	Alabama	387	2016	15	14	1	0	73	582	38.8	195	13.0	319	43.5	58.8
18	Oklahoma	387	2003	14	12	2	0	78	601	42.9	214	15.3	315
19	Florida State	386	2000	12	11	1	0	67	509	42.4	123	10.3	303
20	TCU	385	2010	13	13	0	0	73	541	41.6	156	12.0	327
21	Michigan	382	2023	15	15	0	0	69	538	35.9	156	10.4	298	42.8	77.3
22	Alabama	378	2020	13	13	0	0	84	630	48.5	252	19.4	366	59.6	55.6
23	Houston	376	2011	14	13	1	0	93	690	49.3	314	22.4	393
24	Baylor	375	2013	13	11	2	0	92	681	52.4	306	23.5	398	47.0	56.0
25	Oklahoma	373	2008	14	12	2	0	99	716	51.1	343	24.5	386

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Team Leaders

PASS

928

Daniels

RUSH

397

Kromah

REC

262

Robinson

Team Rankings

PPG

32.0

64th

OPP PPG

25.3

97th

RUSH YDS/G

172.3

64th

PASS YDS/G

235.5

78th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	North Carolina	0-1	2-1
13	Boston College	0-1	2-2
14	Florida State	0-1	2-2
15	NC State	0-1	2-2
16	Georgia Tech	0-1	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	UVA	@	FSU	3:30 PM
Fri 10/9	FSU	@	LOU	7:00 PM
Sat 10/17	FSU	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	CLEM	@	FSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	FSU	@	BC	1:00 PM

Last Game

Central Arkansas

0 - 1

Final

Florida State

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250