worst team point differential by a champion

The Alabama Crimson Tide have the lowest point differential by a team in a season when winning >0 national championships, with a 138-point differential in 1965.

	TEAM	DIFF	Champs	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Alabama	138	1	1965	10	8	1	1	217	21.7	79	7.9
2	Texas	150	1	1963	10	10	0	0	215	21.5	65	6.5
3	Minnesota	150	1	1960	9	8	1	0	221	24.6	71	7.9
4	USC	158	1	1978	12	11	1	0	301	25.1	143	11.9
5	USC	160	1	1967	10	9	1	0	244	24.4	84	8.4
6	Ohio State	162	1	1968	9	9	0	0	296	32.9	134	14.9
7	USC	164	1	1962	10	10	0	0	219	21.9	55	5.5
8	Alabama	166	1	1964	10	10	0	0	233	23.3	67	6.7
9	Colorado	169	1	1990	12	10	1	1	389	32.4	220	18.3
10	Georgia Tech	169	1	1990	11	10	0	1	334	30.4	165	15.0
11	Alabama	170	1	1978	11	10	1	0	331	30.1	161	14.6
12	Ohio State	172	1	1957	9	8	1	0	257	28.6	85	9.4
13	Miami	176	1	1983	11	10	1	0	282	25.6	106	9.6
14	Auburn	179	1	1957	10	10	0	0	207	20.7	28	2.8
15	Oklahoma	182	1	1975	11	10	1	0	330	30.0	148	13.5
16	Georgia	189	1	1980	11	11	0	0	316	28.7	127	11.5
17	Michigan State	189	1	1965	10	10	0	0	251	25.1	62	6.2
18	Penn State	195	1	1982	11	10	1	0	368	33.5	173	15.7
19	Michigan	203	1	1997	11	11	0	0	301	27.4	98	8.9
20	Penn State	203	1	1986	11	11	0	0	326	29.6	123	11.2
21	USC	220	1	1974	11	9	1	1	345	31.4	125	11.4
22	LSU	221	1	1958	10	10	0	0	275	27.5	54	5.4
23	Alabama	223	1	1992	12	12	0	0	332	27.7	109	9.1
24	Notre Dame	224	1	1988	11	11	0	0	359	32.6	135	12.3
25	Pittsburgh	224	1	1976	11	11	0	0	354	32.2	130	11.8

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More Alabama Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,599

Russell

RUSH

301

Brown

REC

415

Coleman-Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

44.2

3rd

OPP PPG

20.7

49th

RUSH YDS/G

182.5

52nd

PASS YDS/G

270.3

33rd

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Georgia	4-0	6-0
2	Alabama	3-1	5-1
3	Kentucky	3-1	5-1
4	Mississippi State	2-1	4-1
5	Missouri	2-1	5-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	ALA	@	TENN	3:30 PM
Sat 10/24	TXAM	@	ALA	3:30 PM
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	ALA	@	VAN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	CHAT	@	ALA	2:00 PM

Last Game

Georgia

6 - 0

Final

Alabama

5 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333