college football point differential this season ranking

The Miami Hurricanes have the highest point differential by a team this season, with a 171-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Miami	171	2026	4	4	0	0	29	207	51.8	36	9.0	123	55.6	50.0
2	Georgia	166	2026	4	4	0	0	30	219	54.8	53	13.3	85	51.2	66.7
3	Notre Dame	136	2026	4	4	0	0	22	169	42.3	33	8.3	83	41.5	71.4
4	Indiana	135	2026	4	4	0	0	23	174	43.5	39	9.8	90	52.3	62.5
5	Utah	132	2026	4	4	0	0	23	173	43.3	41	10.3	101	54.2	42.9
6	Ohio State	131	2026	4	3	1	0	24	180	45.0	49	12.3	103	44.4	66.7
7	James Madison	130	2026	4	4	0	0	22	179	44.8	49	12.3	83	38.8	75.0
8	Florida	123	2026	4	4	0	0	28	214	53.5	91	22.8	105	47.7	75.0
9	Pittsburgh	123	2026	4	4	0	0	20	157	39.3	34	8.5	105	50.0	66.7
10	Nebraska	122	2026	4	4	0	0	23	170	42.5	48	12.0	100	52.9	62.5
11	Alabama	111	2026	4	4	0	0	24	192	48.0	81	20.3	95	45.8	100.0
12	New Mexico	110	2026	4	3	1	0	20	156	39.0	46	11.5	82	38.5	71.4
13	Virginia	110	2026	4	3	1	0	22	162	40.5	52	13.0	96	37.7	84.6
14	Virginia Tech	109	2026	4	4	0	0	22	173	43.3	64	16.0	104	45.0	66.7
15	UCLA	104	2026	4	4	0	0	24	179	44.8	75	18.8	93	48.9	33.3
16	Duke	101	2026	4	4	0	0	19	145	36.3	44	11.0	89	43.1	50.0
17	Kansas State	101	2026	4	3	1	0	21	162	40.5	61	15.3	103	65.0	50.0
18	Penn State	101	2026	4	3	1	0	18	147	36.8	46	11.5	85	40.4	40.0
19	Iowa	99	2026	4	4	0	0	17	131	32.8	32	8.0	87	39.2	20.0
20	Tennessee	98	2026	4	3	1	0	21	160	40.0	62	15.5	101	41.2	62.5
21	Oregon	97	2026	4	3	1	0	25	190	47.5	93	23.3	96	50.0	40.0
22	Houston	96	2026	4	3	1	0	24	178	44.5	82	20.5	112	71.1	100.0
23	LSU	93	2026	4	3	1	0	20	155	38.8	62	15.5	102	51.6	71.4
24	North Dakota State	91	2026	4	4	0	0	17	140	35.0	49	12.3	77	42.3	72.7
25	Mississippi State	88	2026	4	4	0	0	22	172	43.0	84	21.0	108	47.8	80.0

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More Miami Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,211

Mensah

RUSH

230

Fletcher

REC

564

Toney

Team Rankings

PPG

51.8

3rd

OPP PPG

9.0

5th

RUSH YDS/G

227.5

22nd

PASS YDS/G

361.3

4th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Miami	2-0	4-0
2	Clemson	2-0	3-1
3	Duke	1-0	4-0
4	Pittsburgh	1-0	4-0
5	Louisville	1-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MIA	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	FSU	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	PITT	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MIA	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MIA	@	ND	7:30 PM

Last Game

Central Michigan

2 - 2

Final

Miami

4 - 0

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,271

Mestemaker

1,222

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

564

Toney

550

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

537.0

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	1	.750
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	3	1	.750
14	South Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Texas A&M	2	2	.500
16	Arkansas	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
2	James Madison	4	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	3	1	.750
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	2	.500
8	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
12	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	2	2	.500
7	Washington State	1	3	.250
8	Utah State	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	1	.750
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	1	.750
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	3	1	.750
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	1	.800
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	3	1	.750
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
4	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	1	.750
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	2	2	.500
13	Charlotte	0	4	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250