best point differential in a college football team all-time

The Ohio State Buckeyes have the highest point differential by a team all-time, with a 12,471-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Ohio State	12,471	794	630	151	13	24,537	30.9	12,066	15.2
2	Alabama	12,113	825	636	178	11	23,906	29.0	11,793	14.3
3	Oklahoma	11,997	815	608	198	9	26,694	32.8	14,697	18.0
4	Nebraska	10,534	806	565	235	6	24,785	30.8	14,251	17.7
5	Penn State	9,522	800	580	216	4	22,642	28.3	13,120	16.4
6	Michigan	9,502	790	564	214	12	22,408	28.4	12,906	16.3
7	Florida State	8,580	807	533	260	14	23,501	29.1	14,921	18.5
8	Texas	8,572	804	567	229	8	23,688	29.5	15,116	18.8
9	Georgia	8,102	815	572	229	14	21,986	27.0	13,884	17.0
10	Notre Dame	8,067	799	548	243	8	22,594	28.3	14,527	18.2
11	USC	7,919	807	555	235	17	22,877	28.3	14,958	18.5
12	Florida	7,678	806	535	256	15	21,978	27.3	14,300	17.7
13	LSU	7,258	806	537	255	14	21,179	26.3	13,921	17.3
14	Clemson	6,775	814	536	266	12	21,392	26.3	14,617	18.0
15	Miami	6,683	800	515	280	5	21,090	26.4	14,407	18.0
16	Tennessee	6,617	801	519	264	18	21,505	26.8	14,888	18.6
17	Arizona State	6,279	791	498	288	5	23,277	29.4	16,998	21.5
18	BYU	6,213	822	526	290	6	23,594	28.7	17,381	21.1
19	Auburn	6,076	800	522	268	10	20,375	25.5	14,299	17.9
20	Virginia Tech	5,481	805	482	314	9	20,359	25.3	14,878	18.5
21	Boise State	5,435	392	294	98	0	14,158	36.1	8,723	22.3
22	Arkansas	4,762	794	478	307	9	20,582	25.9	15,820	19.9
23	Texas A&M	4,760	801	472	319	10	20,780	25.9	16,020	20.0
24	Washington	4,325	791	473	309	9	20,618	26.1	16,293	20.6
25	Oregon	4,324	807	474	321	12	22,203	27.5	17,879	22.2

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

320

Sayin

RUSH

83

Jackson

REC

151

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

56.0

19th

OPP PPG

3.0

10th

RUSH YDS/G

237.0

39th

PASS YDS/G

434.0

3rd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Nebraska	0-0	1-0
10	Northwestern	0-0	1-0
11	Ohio State	0-0	1-0
12	Oregon	0-0	1-0
13	Penn State	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

0 - 1

Final

Ohio State

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

428.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000