cfb teams with the most losses of all-time before 2024

Before 2024, the Northwestern Wildcats lost the most games by a team, with 692 losses.

	TEAM	L	GP	W	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Northwestern	692	1,288	556	40	21,632	16.8	26,848	20.8
2	Indiana	689	1,206	479	38	21,893	18.2	25,918	21.5
3	Wake Forest	679	1,189	479	31	20,855	17.5	25,336	21.3
4	Iowa State	667	1,258	546	45	23,103	18.4	24,800	19.7
5	Kansas	656	1,255	545	54	22,842	18.2	26,348	21.0
6	Rice	649	1,162	481	32	21,272	18.3	25,752	22.2
7	Tulane	646	1,218	537	35	23,030	18.9	24,954	20.5
8	Vanderbilt	642	1,239	555	42	23,692	19.1	23,153	18.7
9	Kansas State	632	1,178	511	35	22,576	19.2	24,849	21.1
10	Virginia	622	1,260	600	38	24,541	19.5	23,866	18.9
11	Illinois	616	1,281	616	49	24,191	18.9	23,016	18.0
12	New Mexico State	611	958	334	13	19,592	20.5	26,782	28.0
13	Colorado State	599	1,160	529	32	23,043	19.9	25,001	21.6
14	Purdue	589	1,261	624	48	25,532	20.2	23,282	18.5
15	Oregon State	588	1,113	489	36	21,399	19.2	23,682	21.3
16	New Mexico	588	1,020	414	18	20,764	20.4	25,224	24.7
17	Kentucky	586	1,158	535	37	22,033	19.0	21,657	18.7
18	UTEP	585	946	343	18	19,509	20.6	25,196	26.6
19	Baylor	585	1,236	610	41	24,878	20.1	23,889	19.3
20	Navy	584	1,340	704	52	27,193	20.3	22,562	16.8
21	Rutgers	584	1,120	511	25	21,034	18.8	23,214	20.7
22	Wyoming	583	1,146	536	27	22,803	19.9	24,492	21.4
23	South Carolina	578	1,220	600	42	22,878	18.8	21,986	18.0
24	Mississippi State	575	1,210	598	37	23,150	19.1	21,522	17.8
25	NC State	573	1,228	608	47	23,379	19.0	22,372	18.2

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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

79th

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

2,302

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

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

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	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	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