best point differential in college football season after 2000

Since 2001, 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	TCU	385	2010	13	13	0	0	73	541	41.6	156	12.0	327
20	Michigan	382	2023	15	15	0	0	69	538	35.9	156	10.4	298	42.8	77.3
21	Alabama	378	2020	13	13	0	0	84	630	48.5	252	19.4	366	59.6	55.6
22	Houston	376	2011	14	13	1	0	93	690	49.3	314	22.4	393
23	Baylor	375	2013	13	11	2	0	92	681	52.4	306	23.5	398	47.0	56.0
24	Oklahoma	373	2008	14	12	2	0	99	716	51.1	343	24.5	386
25	Alabama	372	2019	13	11	2	0	84	614	47.2	242	18.6	318	52.3	68.4

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More Florida State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,111

Daniels

RUSH

477

Kromah

REC

280

Robinson

Team Rankings

PPG

33.2

59th

OPP PPG

21.6

62nd

RUSH YDS/G

194.0

44th

PASS YDS/G

225.0

90th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Wake Forest	2-1	4-1
6	Clemson	2-1	3-2
7	Florida State	1-1	3-2
8	Virginia	1-1	3-2
9	Virginia Tech	1-1	4-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Fri 11/13	FSU	@	PITT	7:00 PM

Last Game

Virginia

3 - 2

Final

Florida State

3 - 2

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200