biggest point differential in the first 12 games of the season

The Nebraska Cornhuskers had the highest point differential by a team in a season in their first 12 games, with a 426-point differential in 1995.

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Data note: Point Differential: team game data complete from 1995

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Nebraska	426	1995	11	11	0	0		576	52.4	150	13.6
2	Florida	333	1995	12	12	0	0		534	44.5	201	16.8
3	Florida State	312	1995	11	9	2	0		532	48.4	220	20.0
4	Ohio State	261	1995	12	11	1	0		461	38.4	200	16.7
5	Kansas State	257	1995	11	9	2	0		402	36.5	145	13.2
6	Marshall	228	1997	12	10	2	0		453	37.8	225	18.8
7	Tennessee	197	1995	11	10	1	0		411	37.4	214	19.5
8	Georgia Southern	188	2014	12	9	3	0	64	469	39.1	281	23.4	267	49.7	62.5
9	Auburn	184	1995	11	8	3	0		424	38.5	240	21.8
10	JMU	177	2022	11	8	3	0	53	407	37.0	230	20.9	249	39.7	45.0
11	Colorado	172	1995	11	9	2	0		406	36.9	234	21.3
12	Virginia Tech	166	1995	11	9	2	0		321	29.2	155	14.1
13	Miami (OH)	161	1995	11	8	2	1		326	29.6	165	15.0
14	Texas A&M	157	1995	11	8	3	0		305	27.7	148	13.5
15	Texas	153	1995	12	10	1	1		380	31.7	227	18.9
16	Notre Dame	150	1995	11	9	2	0		366	33.3	216	19.6
17	Western Kentucky	149	2007	11	7	4	0		372	33.8	223	20.3
18	Nevada	149	1995	11	9	2	0		484	44.0	335	30.5
19	Toledo	144	1995	11	10	0	1		371	33.7	227	20.6
20	Northwestern	139	1995	11	10	1	0		279	25.4	140	12.7
21	USC	134	1995	11	8	2	1		314	28.5	180	16.4
22	Clemson	125	1995	11	8	3	0		303	27.5	178	16.2
23	Texas Tech	124	1995	11	8	3	0		330	30.0	206	18.7
24	North Dakota State	122	2026	8	6	2	0	27	222	27.8	100	12.5	150	40.2	56.3
25	Syracuse	121	1995	11	8	3	0		334	30.4	213	19.4

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More Nebraska Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,570

Colandrea

RUSH

391

Rule

REC

492

Gilmer

Team Rankings

PPG

35.6

29th

OPP PPG

15.4

17th

RUSH YDS/G

194.4

34th

PASS YDS/G

235.9

73rd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Oregon	2-2	4-3
11	Iowa	2-2	5-2
12	Nebraska	2-2	5-2
13	Michigan	1-3	4-3
14	Washington	1-3	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	WASH	@	NEB	8:00 PM
Fri 11/6	NEB	@	ILL	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NEB	@	RUTG	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	OSU	@	NEB	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	NEB	@	IOWA	12:00 PM

Last Game

Nebraska

5 - 2

Final

Oregon

4 - 2

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