cfb team highest point differential since 2016 to 2017

Between the 2016 and 2017 seasons, the Alabama Crimson Tide had the highest point differential by a team, with a 739-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Alabama	739	29	27	2	0	139	1,101	38.0	362	12.5	631	42.1	71.4
2	Ohio State	621	27	23	4	0	141	1,088	40.3	467	17.3	665	46.8	65.1
3	Washington	599	27	22	5	0	139	1,056	39.1	457	16.9	591	44.6	50.0
4	Clemson	594	29	26	3	0	140	1,054	36.3	460	15.9	715	48.3	65.9
5	Penn State	490	27	22	5	0	138	1,060	39.3	570	21.1	583	40.2	52.9
6	Wisconsin	457	28	24	4	0	108	870	31.1	413	14.8	579	46.2	55.6
7	Oklahoma	449	27	23	4	0	160	1,203	44.6	754	27.9	693	47.1	52.8
8	Michigan	424	26	18	8	0	107	852	32.8	428	16.5	516	37.7	61.1
9	Auburn	399	27	18	9	0	104	880	32.6	481	17.8	599	43.4	47.2
10	Louisville	383	26	17	9	0	135	1,048	40.3	665	25.6	679	42.8	65.2
11	Western Michigan	364	26	19	7	0	127	989	38.0	625	24.0	606	47.1	75.0
12	Oklahoma State	360	26	20	6	0	137	1,087	41.8	727	28.0	666	44.7	56.3
13	UCF	352	26	19	7	0	130	1,001	38.5	649	25.0	577	36.6	45.5
14	San Diego State	347	27	21	6	0	114	893	33.1	546	20.2	535	42.1	45.5
15	Virginia Tech	345	27	19	8	0	106	856	31.7	511	18.9	620	41.6	48.8
16	South Florida	335	25	21	4	0	134	1,028	41.1	693	27.7	610	43.7	74.4
17	Troy	321	26	21	5	0	108	848	32.6	527	20.3	565	39.8	64.4
18	Appalachian State	320	26	19	7	0	103	815	31.3	495	19.0	562	36.9	54.7
19	Miami	310	26	19	7	0	101	824	31.7	514	19.8	512	32.5	54.5
20	Toledo	302	27	20	7	0	127	1,003	37.1	701	26.0	640	44.9	42.9
21	Memphis	300	26	18	8	0	142	1,097	42.2	797	30.7	635	41.8	57.1
22	Georgia	292	28	21	7	0	105	850	30.4	558	19.9	567	43.5	56.0
23	Western Kentucky	275	27	17	10	0	126	968	35.9	693	25.7	640	45.3	40.9
24	Boise State	271	27	21	6	0	116	894	33.1	623	23.1	597	46.5	35.3
25	LSU	259	25	17	8	0	88	694	27.8	435	17.4	496	42.5	27.8

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More Alabama Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,567

Simpson

RUSH

504

Miller

REC

862

Bernard

Team Rankings

PPG

31.2

43rd

OPP PPG

17.4

12th

RUSH YDS/G

116.2

142nd

PASS YDS/G

273.2

28th

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Georgia	7-1	12-2
2	Alabama	7-1	11-4
3	Ole Miss	7-1	13-2
4	Texas A&M	7-1	11-2
5	Texas	6-2	10-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	ECU	@	ALA	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ALA	@	UK	3:30 PM
Sat 9/19	FSU	@	ALA	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	SCAR	@	ALA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ALA	@	MSST	1:00 PM

Last Game

Alabama

1 - 1

Final

Indiana

1 - 0

Thu 1 Jan 2026

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167