best point differential per game in a college football season since 1990

Since 1990, the Florida State Seminoles have the highest point differential per game played by a team in a season, with 39.5 in 2013.

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Data note: Point Differential: team season data complete from 1956

	TEAM	DIFF/GP	DIFF	GP	SEASON	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Florida State	39.5	553	14	2013	14	0	0	94	723	51.6	170	12.1	396	52.6	75.0
2	Nebraska	38.73	426	11	1995	11	0	0		576	52.4	150	13.6
3	Kansas State	34.67	416	12	1998	11	1	0		576	48.0	160	13.3
4	Miami	33.82	372	11	2001	11	0	0	59	475	43.2	103	9.4	242
5	Texas	33.77	439	13	2005	13	0	0	88	652	50.2	213	16.4	321
6	Florida State	33.75	405	12	1993	11	1	0		518	43.2	113	9.4
7	Miami	33.71	236	7	2026	7	0	0	47	343	49.0	107	15.3	199	54.5	28.6
8	Ohio State	33.14	464	14	2019	13	1	0	88	656	46.9	192	13.7	397	55.2	61.5
9	Kansas State	32.92	428	13	2002	11	2	0	79	582	44.8	154	11.8	273
10	Washington	32.73	360	11	1991	11	0	0		461	41.9	101	9.2
11	Boise State	32.31	420	13	2010	12	1	0	77	586	45.1	166	12.8	326
12	Florida State	32.17	386	12	2000	11	1	0	67	509	42.4	123	10.3	303
13	Clemson	31.13	467	15	2018	15	0	0	90	664	44.3	197	13.1	358	46.0	57.9
14	Virginia Tech	30.82	339	11	1999	11	0	0		455	41.4	116	10.5
15	Florida	30.71	430	14	2008	13	1	0	82	611	43.6	181	12.9	306
16	Nebraska	30.67	368	12	1997	12	0	0		565	47.1	197	16.4
17	Clemson	30.4	456	15	2019	14	1	0	88	659	43.9	203	13.5	393	44.0	50.0
18	Louisville	30.08	361	12	2004	11	1	0	80	597	49.8	236	19.7	323
19	Indiana	29.94	479	16	2025	16	0	0	87	666	41.6	187	11.7	380	56.5	55.6
20	Nebraska	29.92	359	12	1996	10	2	0		512	42.7	153	12.8
21	Florida	29.83	358	12	1996	11	1	0		559	46.6	201	16.8
22	Florida	29.73	327	11	2001	9	2	0	61	482	43.8	155	14.1	292
23	Tennessee	29.73	327	11	1993	9	1	1		471	42.8	144	13.1
24	TCU	29.62	385	13	2010	13	0	0	73	541	41.6	156	12.0	327
25	Ohio State	29.18	321	11	1996	10	1	0		435	39.5	114	10.4

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,618

Daniels

RUSH

609

Kromah

REC

407

Robinson

Team Rankings

PPG

31.6

50th

OPP PPG

27.9

111th

RUSH YDS/G

180.1

53rd

PASS YDS/G

234.1

75th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Virginia	2-3	4-4
13	California	2-3	3-5
14	Florida State	1-3	3-4
15	NC State	1-3	3-4
16	Georgia Tech	1-3	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	CLEM	@	FSU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	FSU	@	BC	12:00 PM
Fri 11/13	FSU	@	PITT	7:00 PM
Sat 11/21	NCST	@	FSU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	FLA	@	FSU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Florida State

3 - 4

Final

Miami

6 - 0

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
5	Delaware	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286