which college football team has the most losses in history

The Northwestern Wildcats have lost the most games by a team all-time, with 707 losses.

	TEAM	L	GP	W	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Northwestern	707	1,320	573	40	22,393	17.0	27,538	20.9
2	Wake Forest	692	1,221	498	31	21,790	17.8	26,149	21.4
3	Indiana	692	1,243	513	38	23,365	18.8	26,404	21.2
4	Iowa State	678	1,291	568	45	24,048	18.6	25,532	19.8
5	Kansas	674	1,286	558	54	23,752	18.5	27,149	21.1
6	Rice	672	1,195	491	32	21,954	18.4	26,739	22.4
7	Tulane	658	1,253	560	35	24,051	19.2	25,750	20.6
8	Vanderbilt	656	1,273	575	42	24,729	19.4	23,996	18.8
9	Kansas State	645	1,210	530	35	23,560	19.5	25,621	21.2
10	Virginia	636	1,294	620	38	25,470	19.7	24,642	19.0
11	New Mexico State	633	990	344	13	20,282	20.5	27,750	28.0
12	Illinois	626	1,314	639	49	25,153	19.1	23,782	18.1
13	Colorado State	618	1,192	542	32	23,852	20.0	26,014	21.8
14	Purdue	614	1,292	630	48	26,165	20.3	24,369	18.9
15	UTEP	610	977	349	18	20,129	20.6	26,210	26.8
16	Oregon State	607	1,144	501	36	22,207	19.4	24,556	21.5
17	Wyoming	603	1,178	548	27	23,383	19.8	25,238	21.4
18	Kentucky	602	1,190	551	37	22,819	19.2	22,437	18.9
19	Rutgers	602	1,152	525	25	21,955	19.1	24,159	21.0
20	New Mexico	600	1,052	434	18	21,777	20.7	26,049	24.8
21	Baylor	600	1,268	627	41	25,902	20.4	24,740	19.5
22	Mississippi State	596	1,242	609	37	24,065	19.4	22,518	18.1
23	Navy	594	1,373	727	52	28,217	20.6	23,379	17.0
24	South Carolina	593	1,252	617	42	23,799	19.0	22,663	18.1
25	NC State	589	1,261	625	47	24,369	19.3	23,314	18.5

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,617

Chiles

RUSH

551

Komolafe

REC

615

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

34.7

35th

OPP PPG

16.6

25th

RUSH YDS/G

204.6

26th

PASS YDS/G

231.0

78th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
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
6	Wisconsin	3-1	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	NW	@	ORE	3:30 PM
Sat 11/7	IOWA	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	NW	@	MINN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	ILL	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Rutgers

2 - 5

Final

Northwestern

6 - 1

Sat 24 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

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

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

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

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	6	2	.750
3	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Delaware	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	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