ncaa football most losses from 1850 to 2024

Between the 1850 and 2024 seasons, the Northwestern Wildcats lost the most games by a team, with 700 losses.

	TEAM	L	GP	W	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Northwestern	700	1,300	560	40	21,846	16.8	27,164	20.9
2	Indiana	691	1,219	490	38	22,430	18.4	26,121	21.4
3	Wake Forest	687	1,201	483	31	21,163	17.6	25,726	21.4
4	Iowa State	670	1,272	557	45	23,538	18.5	25,121	19.7
5	Kansas	663	1,267	550	54	23,198	18.3	26,660	21.0
6	Rice	657	1,174	485	32	21,538	18.3	26,057	22.2
7	Tulane	651	1,232	546	35	23,521	19.1	25,243	20.5
8	Vanderbilt	648	1,252	562	42	24,047	19.2	23,457	18.7
9	Kansas State	636	1,191	520	35	22,977	19.3	25,153	21.1
10	Virginia	629	1,272	605	38	24,813	19.5	24,211	19.0
11	New Mexico State	620	970	337	13	19,851	20.5	27,217	28.1
12	Illinois	619	1,294	626	49	24,559	19.0	23,298	18.0
13	Colorado State	604	1,173	537	32	23,360	19.9	25,336	21.6
14	Purdue	600	1,273	625	48	25,721	20.2	23,761	18.7
15	Oregon State	595	1,125	494	36	21,690	19.3	24,041	21.4
16	New Mexico	595	1,032	419	18	21,166	20.5	25,680	24.9
17	UTEP	594	958	346	18	19,743	20.6	25,584	26.7
18	Kentucky	594	1,170	539	37	22,280	19.0	21,922	18.7
19	Wyoming	592	1,158	539	27	23,035	19.9	24,832	21.4
20	Baylor	590	1,249	618	41	25,325	20.3	24,236	19.4
21	Rutgers	590	1,133	518	25	21,410	18.9	23,544	20.8
22	Navy	587	1,353	714	52	27,600	20.4	22,850	16.9
23	Mississippi State	585	1,222	600	37	23,460	19.2	21,931	17.9
24	South Carolina	582	1,233	609	42	23,274	18.9	22,221	18.0
25	NC State	580	1,241	614	47	23,750	19.1	22,764	18.3

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,400

Stone

RUSH

941

Komolafe

REC

880

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

22.5

114th

OPP PPG

20.9

36th

RUSH YDS/G

167.1

66th

PASS YDS/G

181.8

138th

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Washington	5-4	9-4
10	Nebraska	4-5	7-6
11	Northwestern	4-5	7-6
12	Penn State	3-6	7-6
13	UCLA	3-6	3-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	SDST	@	NW	8:00 PM
Sat 9/19	COLO	@	NW	7:30 PM
Fri 9/25	NW	@	IND	8:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM
Sat 10/10	BALL	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Central Michigan

0 - 1

Final

Northwestern

1 - 0

Fri 26 Dec 2025

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