highest point differential in losses by a team in a single season

7 teams are tied for the highest point differential in a season in a loss, with a -1-point differential. The first three are the Ohio State Buckeyes this season, the Liberty Flames in 2020 and the Clemson Tigers in 2016.

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Assumption:All-time
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	Ohio State	-1	2026	1	0	1	0	2	23	23.0	24	24.0	19	42.9	0.0
2	Liberty	-1	2020	1	0	1	0	2	14	14.0	15	15.0	17	40.0	0.0
3	Clemson	-1	2016	1	0	1	0	6	42	42.0	43	43.0	33	66.7	50.0
4	Marshall	-1	2014	1	0	1	0	9	66	66.0	67	67.0	37	63.6
5	Boise State	-1	2011	1	0	1	0	5	35	35.0	36	36.0
6	Boise State	-1	2008	1	0	1	0	1	16	16.0	17	17.0	15
7	Florida	-1	2008	1	0	1	0	4	30	30.0	31	31.0
8	Air Force	-1	1998	1	0	1	0		34	34.0	35	35.0
9	Penn State	-2	2005	1	0	1	0	3	25	25.0	27	27.0	20
10	Boise State	-2	2003	1	0	1	0	3	24	24.0	26	26.0	18
11	Northwestern	-2	1995	1	0	1	0		28	28.0	30	30.0
12	James Madison	-3	2026	1	0	1	0	4	31	31.0	34	34.0	19	13.3	100.0
13	Georgia	-3	2026	1	0	1	0	3	24	24.0	27	27.0	24	50.0
14	Georgia	-3	2023	1	0	1	0	3	24	24.0	27	27.0	19	33.3	100.0
15	Cincinnati	-3	2020	1	0	1	0	3	21	21.0	24	24.0	16	21.4	100.0
16	Coastal Carolina	-3	2020	1	0	1	0	4	34	34.0	37	37.0	24	27.3	50.0
17	Ohio	-3	2020	1	0	1	0	4	27	27.0	30	30.0	16	36.4	0.0
18	Louisiana	-3	2020	1	0	1	0	4	27	27.0	30	30.0	19	44.4
19	Appalachian State	-3	2019	1	0	1	0	3	21	21.0	24	24.0	23	35.3	50.0
20	Houston	-3	2015	1	0	1	0	2	17	17.0	20	20.0	13	40.0	0.0
21	Ohio State	-3	2015	1	0	1	0	2	14	14.0	17	17.0	5	28.6	100.0
22	TCU	-3	2014	1	0	1	0	7	58	58.0	61	61.0	29	35.0	33.3
23	Louisville	-3	2013	1	0	1	0	5	35	35.0	38	38.0	24	63.6
24	UCF	-3	2013	1	0	1	0	3	25	25.0	28	28.0	22	54.5
25	Oregon	-3	2012	1	0	1	0	2	14	14.0	17	17.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,007

Sayin

RUSH

516

Jackson

REC

984

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

39.3

10th

OPP PPG

13.4

7th

RUSH YDS/G

153.1

84th

PASS YDS/G

323.1

5th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UCLA	5-0	7-0
2	Ohio State	4-0	6-1
3	Indiana	4-1	7-1
4	Northwestern	3-1	6-1
5	Minnesota	3-1	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	OSU	@	NEB	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	MICH	@	OSU	12:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio State

6 - 1

Final

Indiana

6 - 1

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

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

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

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

33.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

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	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	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