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.

	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	Syracuse	121	1995	11	8	3	0		334	30.4	213	19.4
25	LSU	119	1995	11	6	4	1		279	25.4	160	14.5

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More Nebraska Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,406

Colandrea

RUSH

386

Rule

REC

418

Gilmer

Team Rankings

PPG

39.2

21st

OPP PPG

15.2

20th

RUSH YDS/G

213.8

28th

PASS YDS/G

247.8

57th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Purdue	2-1	3-3
7	Iowa	2-1	5-1
8	Nebraska	2-1	5-1
9	Minnesota	2-1	4-2
10	Northwestern	1-1	4-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	NEB	@	ORE	11:00 PM
Sat 10/31	WASH	@	NEB	1:00 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

Last Game

Indiana

6 - 0

Final

Nebraska

5 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333