which college football team has the most losses in history

The Northwestern Wildcats have lost the most games by a team all-time, with 708 losses.

	TEAM	L	GP	W	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Northwestern	708	1,321	573	40	22,419	17.0	27,572	20.9
2	Wake Forest	692	1,222	499	31	21,841	17.9	26,156	21.4
3	Indiana	692	1,244	514	38	23,388	18.8	26,420	21.2
4	Iowa State	678	1,292	569	45	24,099	18.7	25,581	19.8
5	Kansas	675	1,287	558	54	23,768	18.5	27,171	21.1
6	Rice	672	1,195	491	32	21,954	18.4	26,739	22.4
7	Tulane	658	1,254	561	35	24,089	19.2	25,781	20.6
8	Vanderbilt	656	1,273	575	42	24,729	19.4	23,996	18.8
9	Kansas State	646	1,211	530	35	23,584	19.5	25,648	21.2
10	Virginia	637	1,295	620	38	25,477	19.7	24,693	19.1
11	New Mexico State	633	990	344	13	20,282	20.5	27,750	28.0
12	Illinois	626	1,315	640	49	25,173	19.1	23,799	18.1
13	Colorado State	619	1,193	542	32	23,866	20.0	26,045	21.8
14	Purdue	615	1,293	630	48	26,182	20.2	24,400	18.9
15	UTEP	611	978	349	18	20,136	20.6	26,241	26.8
16	Oregon State	608	1,145	501	36	22,229	19.4	24,594	21.5
17	Wyoming	603	1,178	548	27	23,383	19.8	25,238	21.4
18	Rutgers	603	1,153	525	25	21,976	19.1	24,187	21.0
19	Kentucky	602	1,190	551	37	22,819	19.2	22,437	18.9
20	New Mexico	600	1,053	435	18	21,798	20.7	26,065	24.8
21	Baylor	600	1,269	628	41	25,943	20.4	24,749	19.5
22	Mississippi State	597	1,243	609	37	24,068	19.4	22,549	18.1
23	Navy	595	1,374	727	52	28,230	20.5	23,414	17.0
24	South Carolina	593	1,253	618	42	23,841	19.0	22,688	18.1
25	NC State	589	1,262	626	47	24,400	19.3	23,324	18.5

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,898

Chiles

RUSH

618

Komolafe

REC

761

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

33.6

34th

OPP PPG

18.8

29th

RUSH YDS/G

200.9

28th

PASS YDS/G

237.3

69th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Iowa	3-2	6-2
8	Oregon	3-2	5-3
9	Northwestern	3-2	6-2
10	Wisconsin	3-2	5-3
11	Washington	2-3	5-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	IOWA	@	NW	7:30 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

Northwestern

6 - 2

Final

Oregon

5 - 3

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	5	3	.625
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375