college football teams to win 5 games or less in a season, sorted by highest point differential

The Utah State Aggies have the highest point differential by a team with 5 or fewer wins in a season, with a 158-point differential in 1964.

TEAMDIFFWSEASONGPLTTDPTSPPGOPP PTSOPP PPG1DWN3DWN%4DWN%
1Utah State
Utah State
158
5
1964
10
4
1
294
29.4
136
13.6
2New Mexico State
New Mexico State
146
5
1961
10
4
1
341
34.1
195
19.5
3San Diego State
San Diego State
133
4
1968
4
0
0
186
46.5
53
13.3
4Iowa
Iowa
133
5
1959
9
4
0
233
25.9
100
11.1
5Florida State
Florida State
132
5
2025
12
7
0
51
396
33.0
264
22.0
290
50.3
56.7
6Cincinnati
Cincinnati
129
5
1977
11
4
2
250
22.7
121
11.0
7Kentucky
Kentucky
125
5
1960
10
4
1
206
20.6
81
8.1
8Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
124
4
1969
10
5
1
234
23.4
110
11.0
9Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
117
5
1973
11
4
2
303
27.5
186
16.9
10Army
Army
114
5
1995
11
5
1
325
29.5
211
19.2
11Georgia
Georgia
111
5
1969
10
4
1
212
21.2
101
10.1
12UCF
UCF
105
5
2011
12
7
0
40
325
27.1
220
18.3
252
13Central Michigan
Central Michigan
105
3
1974
4
1
0
140
35.0
35
8.8
14Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech
104
5
1974
5
0
0
160
32.0
56
11.2
15Cincinnati
Cincinnati
101
4
1973
11
7
0
210
19.1
109
9.9
16Florida State
Florida State
101
4
1962
10
3
3
170
17.0
69
6.9
17Ole Miss
Ole Miss
100
5
1993
11
6
0
242
22.0
142
12.9
18Louisville
Louisville
98
5
1967
10
5
0
260
26.0
162
16.2
19Ole Miss
Ole Miss
97
5
1964
10
4
1
210
21.0
113
11.3
20Arizona State
Arizona State
94
5
1984
11
6
0
297
27.0
203
18.5
21Hawaii
Hawaii
94
4
1970
5
1
0
137
27.4
43
8.6
22Michigan State
Michigan State
93
5
1962
9
4
0
189
21.0
96
10.7
23Southern Miss
Southern Miss
93
3
1960
10
2
0
189
18.9
96
9.6
24Georgia
Georgia
89
5
1970
10
5
0
242
24.2
153
15.3
25BYU
BYU
86
5
1973
11
6
0
334
30.4
248
22.5
StatMuse has team, season-level data for point differential going back to the 1956 season.

More Utah State Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

39th

OPP PPG

28.3

98th

RUSH YDS/G

171.1

58th

PASS YDS/G

251.3

56th

2025 MWC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
5
Fresno State Fresno State
5-3
8-4
6
Hawaii Hawaii
5-3
8-4
7
Utah State Utah State
4-4
6-6
8
Air Force Air Force
3-5
4-8
9
Nevada Nevada
2-6
3-9
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/22
WSU WSU
@
USU USU
2:00 PM
Last Game

25

Final

24

Fri 28 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
9
4
.692
2
New Mexico New Mexico
9
3
.750
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Duke Duke
8
5
.615
2
Miami Miami
10
2
.833
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
12
1
.923
2
Ole Miss Ole Miss
11
1
.917
Big 10WLPCT
1
Indiana Indiana
13
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
12
1
.923
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
10
2
.833
2
UConn UConn
9
3
.750
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
12
1
.923
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Tulane Tulane
11
2
.846
2
Navy Navy
9
2
.818
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
6
6
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
2
10
.167
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
9
4
.692
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
7
6
.538
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
12
1
.923
2
Troy Troy
8
5
.615
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
10
3
.769
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
8
5
.615

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/7
CIT CIT
@
MISS MISS
0-49
Mon
11/10
KENT KENT
@
AKR AKR
42-35
Mon
11/10
OHIO OHIO
@
WMU WMU
13-17
Tue
11/11
NIU NIU
@
MASS MASS
45-3
Tue
11/11
TOL TOL
@
M-OH M-OH
24-3

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/13
ARMY ARMY
@
NAVY NAVY
3:00 PM
Sat
12/13
BSU BSU
@
WASH WASH
8:00 PM
Tue
12/16
TROY TROY
@
JVST JVST
9:00 PM
Wed
12/17
ODU ODU
@
USF USF
5:00 PM
Wed
12/17
UL UL
@
DEL DEL
8:30 PM