best point differential in college football since 2023 in a single season

Since 2023, the Indiana Hoosiers have the highest point differential by a team in a season, with a 479-point differential in 2025.

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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	Indiana	479	2025	16	16	0	0	87	666	41.6	187	11.7	380	56.5	55.6
2	Oregon	388	2023	14	12	2	0	83	619	44.2	231	16.5	372	51.0	76.0
3	Texas Tech	387	2025	14	12	2	0	67	552	39.4	165	11.8	318	49.5	50.0
4	Michigan	382	2023	15	15	0	0	69	538	35.9	156	10.4	298	42.8	77.3
5	Ohio State	365	2024	16	14	2	0	76	571	35.7	206	12.9	332	43.8	71.4
6	Georgia	343	2023	14	13	1	0	71	562	40.1	219	15.6	363	54.8	75.0
7	Ohio State	338	2025	14	12	2	0	60	468	33.4	130	9.3	317	53.3	66.7
8	Indiana	334	2024	13	11	2	0	72	537	41.3	203	15.6	306	47.2	59.1
9	Notre Dame	330	2024	16	14	2	0	76	578	36.1	248	15.5	326	41.3	73.3
10	Ole Miss	315	2024	13	10	3	0	62	502	38.6	187	14.4	322	42.3	58.6
11	Notre Dame	302	2023	13	10	3	0	66	509	39.2	207	15.9	273	44.5	58.8
12	Penn State	296	2023	13	10	3	0	59	471	36.2	175	13.5	292	40.5	76.9
13	Notre Dame	293	2025	12	10	2	0	70	504	42.0	211	17.6	272	48.1	54.8
14	SMU	293	2023	14	11	3	0	69	542	38.7	249	17.8	334	43.1	58.6
15	Utah	291	2025	13	11	2	0	72	537	41.3	246	18.9	331	52.6	64.0
16	Oregon	286	2025	15	13	2	0	71	554	36.9	268	17.9	331	46.5	56.3
17	Texas	283	2024	16	13	3	0	69	528	33.0	245	15.3	354	42.6	54.5
18	Penn State	266	2024	16	13	3	0	69	530	33.1	264	16.5	367	45.9	72.0
19	JMU	262	2025	14	12	2	0	68	519	37.1	257	18.4	318	46.7	52.4
20	North Texas	260	2025	14	12	2	0	85	631	45.1	371	26.5	361	46.2	69.4
21	Miami	258	2025	16	13	3	0	63	495	30.9	237	14.8	348	46.5	68.2
22	Tennessee	255	2024	13	10	3	0	57	464	35.7	209	16.1	304	47.2	61.1
23	Ohio State	251	2023	13	11	2	0	50	397	30.5	146	11.2	276	42.9	55.6
24	Miami	242	2024	13	10	3	0	73	571	43.9	329	25.3	351	56.3	65.0
25	Miami	239	2026	8	8	0	0	52	381	47.6	142	17.8	224	54.5	44.4

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More Indiana Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,860

Hoover

RUSH

745

Richard

REC

875

Becker

Team Rankings

PPG

32.4

42nd

OPP PPG

12.4

4th

RUSH YDS/G

186.2

43rd

PASS YDS/G

233.3

75th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UCLA	5-0	8-0
2	Indiana	5-1	8-1
3	Ohio State	4-1	6-2
4	USC	4-2	7-2
5	Illinois	3-2	5-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	USC	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	IND	@	WASH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	PUR	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

Minnesota

5 - 3

Final

Indiana

8 - 1

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	Texas State	4	4	.500
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	3	5	.375
6	Fresno State	5	3	.625
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