worst point differential by a college football team in a single season since 1996

Since 1996, the Washington State Cougars have the lowest point differential by a team in a season, with a -405-point differential in 2008.

		TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1		Washington State	-405	2008	13	2	11	0	20	165	12.7	570	43.8	184
2		UMass	-395	2019	12	1	11	0	31	237	19.8	632	52.7	190	34.4	37.9
3		Temple	-391	2005	11	0	11	0	13	107	9.7	498	45.3	165
4		Louisiana	-377	1997	11	1	10	0		176	16.0	553	50.3
5		Kansas	-370	2015	12	0	12	0	24	183	15.3	553	46.1	212	36.5	26.9
6		Temple	-365	2006	12	1	11	0	18	131	10.9	496	41.3	138
7		SMU	-363	2014	12	1	11	0	15	133	11.1	496	41.3	179	32.4	50.0
8		Kent State	-362	2024	12	0	12	0	22	167	13.9	529	44.1	156	18.5	38.1
9		New Mexico	-356	2011	12	1	11	0	18	144	12.0	500	41.7	187
10		Colorado	-349	2022	12	1	11	0	22	185	15.4	534	44.5	191	31.7	36.7
11		Idaho	-343	2013	12	1	11	0	8	218	18.2	561	46.8	74	31.9	28.6
12		New Mexico	-342	2010	12	1	11	0	24	190	15.8	532	44.3	188
13		UConn	-339	2018	12	1	11	0	36	266	22.2	605	50.4	250	42.1	54.2
14		Colorado	-338	2012	12	1	11	0	28	214	17.8	552	46.0	206
15		San José State	-336	2017	13	2	11	0	24	206	15.8	542	41.7	225	30.9	40.0
16		Utah State	-332	2006	12	1	11	0	18	130	10.8	462	38.5	170
17		North Texas	-331	2008	12	1	11	0	30	240	20.0	571	47.6	247
18		UMass	-330	2025	12	0	12	0	15	133	11.1	463	38.6	186	30.7	23.1
19		UMass	-330	2012	12	1	11	0		152	12.7	482	40.2	206
20		FIU	-327	2013	12	1	11	0	1	117	9.8	444	37.0	23	17.8	50.0
21		UMass	-321	2021	12	1	11	0	25	196	16.3	517	43.1	195	32.7	44.0
22		Idaho	-319	2012	12	1	11	0	19	190	15.8	509	42.4	189
23		Louisiana-Monroe	-319	2000	11	1	10	0	12	96	8.7	415	37.7	157
24		Washington State	-318	2009	12	1	11	0	18	144	12.0	462	38.5	159
25		Eastern Michigan	-316	2013	12	2	10	0	4	226	18.8	542	45.2	55	30.2	60.0

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

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1	North Texas	10	1	.909
2	Tulane	9	2	.818

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1	Notre Dame	9	2	.818
2	UConn	9	3	.750

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2	Georgia	10	1	.909

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1	Texas Tech	10	1	.909
2	BYU	10	1	.909

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 10/31	MIA	@	SMU	20-26
Fri 10/31	VAN	@	TEX	31-34
Fri 10/31	ARMY	@	AFA	20-17
Fri 10/31	DUKE	@	CLEM	46-45
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Fri 11/28	UTAH	@	KU	12:00 PM
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