best point differential in college football history

The Ohio State Buckeyes have the highest point differential by a team all-time, with a 12,595-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Ohio State	12,595	799	634	152	13	24,737	31.0	12,142	15.2
2	Alabama	12,216	830	640	179	11	24,123	29.1	11,907	14.3
3	Oklahoma	11,973	819	610	200	9	26,758	32.7	14,785	18.1
4	Nebraska	10,650	811	569	236	6	24,971	30.8	14,321	17.7
5	Penn State	9,549	805	582	219	4	22,780	28.3	13,231	16.4
6	Michigan	9,537	794	566	216	12	22,510	28.4	12,973	16.3
7	Florida State	8,600	811	535	262	14	23,629	29.1	15,029	18.5
8	Texas	8,597	808	570	230	8	23,786	29.4	15,189	18.8
9	Notre Dame	8,237	804	553	243	8	22,817	28.4	14,580	18.1
10	Georgia	8,235	820	577	229	14	22,200	27.1	13,965	17.0
11	USC	7,943	812	559	236	17	23,051	28.4	15,108	18.6
12	Florida	7,709	811	538	258	15	22,162	27.3	14,453	17.8
13	LSU	7,358	811	540	257	14	21,380	26.4	14,022	17.3
14	Miami	6,843	804	519	280	5	21,293	26.5	14,450	18.0
15	Clemson	6,784	818	539	267	12	21,479	26.3	14,695	18.0
16	Tennessee	6,685	806	523	265	18	21,657	26.9	14,972	18.6
17	BYU	6,263	826	530	290	6	23,704	28.7	17,441	21.1
18	Arizona State	6,240	795	500	290	5	23,370	29.4	17,130	21.5
19	Auburn	6,102	804	524	270	10	20,492	25.5	14,390	17.9
20	Boise State	5,518	397	299	98	0	14,341	36.1	8,823	22.2
21	Virginia Tech	5,513	810	485	316	9	20,512	25.3	14,999	18.5
22	Texas A&M	4,755	806	474	322	10	20,895	25.9	16,140	20.0
23	Arkansas	4,695	799	479	311	9	20,667	25.9	15,972	20.0
24	Oregon	4,412	811	476	323	12	22,374	27.6	17,962	22.1
25	Washington	4,335	796	475	312	9	20,751	26.1	16,416	20.6

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,772

Sayin

RUSH

460

Jackson

REC

916

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

42.7

8th

OPP PPG

13.2

11th

RUSH YDS/G

165.7

68th

PASS YDS/G

337.8

4th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	3-0	6-0
2	UCLA	3-0	5-0
3	Ohio State	3-0	5-1
4	Wisconsin	2-0	4-1
5	USC	3-1	6-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	12:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	OSU	@	NEB	1:00 PM

Last Game

Maryland

2 - 4

Final

Ohio State

5 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

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

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

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	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
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	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	4	.333
7	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	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

	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	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333