biggest point differential in an college football game since 2020

Since 2020, the James Madison Dukes have the highest point differential by a team in a game, with an 84-point differential against Wagner on Saturday.

	TEAM	DIFF	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	James Madison	84	9/12/2026	JMU	vs	WAG	W 87-3	12	27	588	204	62.5	0.0
2	South Alabama	77	9/12/2024	USA	vs	NWST	W 87-10	12	22	620	237	57.1
3	Ole Miss	76	8/31/2024	MISS	vs	FUR	W 76-0	10	37	772	172	61.5	50.0
4	Oklahoma	76	9/11/2021	OKLA	vs	WCU	W 76-0	10	31	624	178	66.7	100.0
5	Louisiana Tech	74	9/5/2026	LT	vs	NWST	W 80-6	11	23	528	129	63.6	100.0
6	Florida State	74	9/6/2025	FSU	vs	TXA	W 77-3	11	29	729	197	71.4	100.0
7	Indiana	74	9/6/2024	IND	vs	WIU	W 77-3	11	33	701	121	77.8	50.0
8	Oregon	74	9/2/2023	ORE	vs	PRST	W 81-7	11	38	729	200	42.9	100.0
9	NC State	73	9/11/2026	NCST	vs	RICH	W 73-0	10	31	734	110	80.0
10	Indiana	73	9/12/2025	IND	vs	INST	W 73-0	10	33	680	77	75.0
11	Alabama	73	9/6/2025	ALA	vs	ULM	W 73-0	10	29	583	148	75.0	100.0
12	Oklahoma	73	9/2/2023	OKLA	vs	ARST	W 73-0	10	36	642	208	78.6
13	Western Kentucky	73	9/24/2022	WKU	vs	FIU	W 73-0	10	32	688	185	50.0	0.0
14	Houston	71	9/12/2026	HOU	vs	SOU	W 77-6	13	34	591	121	100.0
15	Tennessee	71	9/14/2024	TENN	vs	KENT	W 71-0	9	32	740	112	60.0	75.0
16	Miami	70	9/10/2026	MIA	vs	FAMU	W 77-7	11	42	856	107	33.3	0.0
17	Virginia Tech	70	9/5/2026	VT	vs	VMI	W 73-3	10	30	619	83	37.5	50.0
18	Cincinnati	70	9/13/2025	CIN	vs	NWST	W 70-0	10	27	605	102	50.0
19	Ohio State	70	9/6/2025	OSU	vs	GRAM	W 70-0	10	32	651	166	71.4	100.0
20	Auburn	70	8/31/2024	AUB	vs	AAMU	W 73-3	10	18	628	240	66.7
21	Arkansas	70	8/29/2024	ARK	vs	UAPB	W 70-0	10	34	687	130	100.0
22	Pittsburgh	70	9/25/2021	PITT	vs	UNH	W 77-7	11	35	707	160	63.6	100.0
23	BYU	69	8/30/2025	BYU	vs	PRST	W 69-0	9	28	606	51	60.0	100.0
24	SMU	69	9/16/2023	SMU	vs	PRV	W 69-0	10	28	566	156	71.4	0.0
25	Miami	69	9/25/2021	MIA	vs	CCSU	W 69-0	10	31	739	198	77.8	0.0

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More James Madison Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

228

Coleman

RUSH

135

Herman

REC

73

Scott

Team Rankings

PPG

53.5

8th

OPP PPG

8.0

12th

RUSH YDS/G

231.5

27th

PASS YDS/G

208.0

97th

2026 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Troy	0-0	2-0
3	Georgia State	0-0	2-0
4	James Madison	0-0	2-0
5	Arkansas State	0-0	1-1
6	Coastal Carolina	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	JMU	@	SDSU	10:00 PM
Sat 9/26	JMU	@	ODU	6:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MRSH	@	JMU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	JMU	@	GASO	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	GAST	@	JMU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Wagner

0 - 1

Final

James Madison

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333