most point differential since 2016 by big ten team

Since 2016, the Ohio State Buckeyes have the highest point differential by a team in the Big 10, with a 3,145-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	GP	W	L	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Ohio State	3,145	137	119	18	718	5,481	40.0	2,336	17.1	3,376	48.0	64.6
2	Penn State	2,044	135	97	38	587	4,586	34.0	2,542	18.8	2,923	40.7	60.4
3	Michigan	1,872	132	99	33	529	4,255	32.2	2,383	18.1	2,685	42.1	59.9
4	Iowa	1,147	132	90	42	395	3,345	25.3	2,198	16.7	2,256	36.2	56.5
5	Wisconsin	1,049	130	82	48	436	3,469	26.7	2,420	18.6	2,555	41.2	54.9
6	Indiana	689	128	71	57	477	3,794	29.6	3,105	24.3	2,754	42.0	45.6
7	Minnesota	655	128	79	49	419	3,425	26.8	2,770	21.6	2,523	42.0	63.1
8	Oregon	599	33	29	4	159	1,232	37.3	633	19.2	750	47.7	56.5
9	USC	316	32	21	11	136	1,081	33.8	765	23.9	763	48.7	60.4
10	Washington	236	31	18	13	111	880	28.4	644	20.8	654	41.0	52.7
11	Nebraska	97	124	56	68	413	3,254	26.2	3,157	25.5	2,556	41.0	47.9
12	Northwestern	-147	127	62	65	345	2,776	21.9	2,923	23.0	2,453	37.8	50.0
13	UCLA	-161	28	12	16	71	618	22.1	779	27.8	517	41.2	48.0
14	Maryland	-337	122	53	69	413	3,238	26.5	3,575	29.3	2,364	37.3	47.6
15	Michigan State	-357	124	60	64	334	2,784	22.5	3,141	25.3	2,445	37.5	50.2
16	Illinois	-359	125	56	69	359	2,995	24.0	3,354	26.8	2,340	37.1	47.8
17	Purdue	-641	124	48	76	380	3,096	25.0	3,737	30.1	2,609	38.8	49.6
18	Rutgers	-1,127	125	41	84	323	2,602	20.8	3,729	29.8	2,173	34.7	49.2

StatMuse has team, season-level data for point differential going back to the 1956 season.

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,530

Sayin

RUSH

354

Jackson

REC

823

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

42.2

15th

OPP PPG

12.6

10th

RUSH YDS/G

157.6

78th

PASS YDS/G

357.0

2nd

2026 Big 10 Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	4:15 PM
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	12:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio State

4 - 1

Final

Iowa

4 - 1

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
2	Liberty	4	1	.800
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Missouri State	1	3	.250
6	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
7	Delaware	2	3	.400
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200