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This is a list of the college football teams with the most wins in the history of NCAA College Football as measured in both total wins and winning percentage. It includes teams from the NCAA Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), Division I-NCAA Division I-Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), NCAA Division II, and NCAA Division III.

Measured in winning percentage, the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders (Division III) lead all other programs with a winning percentage of .859. The leaders in winning percentage of teams in the Division I Subdivisions (FBS and FCS) and Division II are the Ohio State (.734), Yale Bulldogs (.698), and the Grand Valley State Lakers (.744), respectively.

Key

Division I FBS programs
Division I FCS programs
Division II programs
Division III programs

The lists below reflect official results after vacated and forfeited games.

NCAA football teams ranked by total wins (through November 18, 2023)

The following list displays the records for the top 100 football programs by total wins in the NCAA (all divisions). The last tied game in college football was in 1995, with overtime rules coming into effect in the 1996 season. This list has been updated with win totals through November 18, 2023 for all division one schools. The division two and three schools will continue to be updated as more information is researched.

Rank Team Won Lost Tied Pct Total Games
1 Michigan 1000 353 36 .733 1,389
2 Ohio State 963 331 53 .735 1,347
3 Alabama 962 336 43 .733 1,341
4 Texas 945 391 33 .702 1,369
5 Notre Dame 945 338 42 .729 1,325
6 Oklahoma 942 340 53 .726 1,335
7 Yale 935 390 55 .698 1,380
8 Penn State 928 408 42 .689 1,378
9 Nebraska 917 422 40 .680 1,379
10 Harvard 901 419 50 .676 1,370
11 Georgia 878 428 54 .665 1,360
12 Penn 878 508 42 .630 1,428
13 USC 874 367 54 .696 1,295
14 Tennessee 874 413 53 .672 1,340
15 Princeton 856 416 50 .666 1,322
16 Mount Union 850 388 38 .681 1,276
17 LSU 840 434 47 .654 1,321
18 Auburn 799 468 47 .626 1,314
19 Wittenberg 799 375 32 .676 1,206
20 Clemson 795 472 45 .623 1,312
21 North Dakota State 781 381 34 .667 1,196
22 West Virginia 780 524 45 .595 1,349
23 Washington & Jefferson 780 403 40 .654 1,223
24 Texas A&M 777 502 48 .604 1,327
25 Virginia Tech 772 502 46 .602 1,320
26 Washington 770 464 50 .619 1,282
27 Pittsburgh 760 557 42 .575 1,359
28 Florida 759 441 40 .628 1,240
29 Georgia Tech 753 538 43 .581 1,334
30 Pittsburg State 750 360 48 .668 1,158
31 Syracuse 741 574 49 .561 1,364
32 Wisconsin 740 515 53 .586 1,308
33 Arkansas 738 537 40 .576 1,315
34 Navy 736 597 57 .550 1,390
35 Minnesota 732 539 44 .573 1,315
36 Dartmouth 730 470 46 .604 1,246
37 Delaware 728 480 43 .599 1,251
38 Michigan State 728 485 44 .597 1,261
39 North Carolina 727 566 54 .560 1,347
40 Colorado 723 540 36 .570 1,299
41 Army 722 545 51 .567 1,318
42 Miami (OH) 720 483 44 .595 1,247
43 Widener 720 443 39 .615 1,202
44 Utah 717 479 31 .597 1,227
45 Wabash 717 400 52 .636 1,169
46 Missouri 709 587 52 .545 1,348
47 Tuskegee 707 386 49 .641 1,142
48 Lehigh 705 631 45 .527 1,381
49 Dayton 701 384 25 .643 1,110
50 Northern Iowa 700 441 47 .607 1,183
51 Oregon 700 510 46 .575 1,255
52 Lafayette 699 637 39 .520 1,367
53 Boston College 696 520 37 .570 1,253
54 Iowa 692 574 39 .545 1,304
55 California 691 569 51 .546 1,311
56 Virginia 684 638 48 .517 1,369
57 TCU 683 571 57 .543 1,311
58 St. John's (MN) 680 256 24 .721 960
59 North Dakota 679 426 30 .611 1,135
60 Maryland 674 622 43 .519 1,339
61 Ole Miss 673 545 35 .551 1,254
62 Rutgers 672 693 42 .493 1,407
63 Stanford 669 487 49 .575 1,203
64 Williams 668 393 47 .624 1,108
65 Colgate 668 512 50 .563 1,230
66 Holy Cross 664 539 55 .550 1,258
67 West Chester 661 321 18 .670 1,000
68 Cincinnati 660 603 50 .522 1,313
69 Amherst 658 431 30 .601 1,119
70 Hillsdale 658 450 46 .590 1,154
71 Appalachian State 658 356 28 .645 1,042
72 Central (IA) 656 334 26 .657 1,012
73 Cornell 655 549 34 .543 1,238
74 Central Oklahoma 655 427 46 .601 1,128
75 Franklin & Marshall 654 508 47 .560 1,209
76 Miami (FL) 654 382 19 .630 1,057
77 Carson-Newman 650 355 31 .642 1,036
78 Kentucky 650 644 44 .502 1,338
79 Albion 650 422 43 .602 1,115
80 Villanova 649 500 41 .563 1,190
81 Linfield 649 271 28 .699 948
82 Central Michigan 648 446 36 .589 1,130
83 Westminster (PA) 647 446 54 .588 1,147
84 Tulsa 646 531 27 .548 1,204
85 Wisconsin-Whitewater 643 264 21 .702 921
86 South Dakota State 643 477 36 .571 1,155
87 Fresno State 643 442 27 .588 1,105
88 Furman 643 497 38 .562 1,178
89 Louisiana Tech 641 486 37 .565 1,161
90 St. Thomas (MN) 640 354 32 .639 1,026
91 Purdue 639 589 48 .519 1,274
92 Centre 639 431 37 .594 1,107
93 Arizona State 637 415 24 .602 1,074
94 Coe 636 411 37 .603 1,082
95 NC State 636 595 55 .513 1,279
96 Drake 634 539 29 .540 1,202
97 Oklahoma State 634 571 47 .526 1,251
98 South Carolina 633 611 44 .509 1,289
99 Illinois 632 623 50 .503 1,305
100 Baylor 630 601 44 .511 1,275

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Teams ranked by winning percentage

The following list displays the record for all NCAA football programs with a winning percentage of .667 or higher, with a minimum of 250 games. In the event of a tie, the team with more wins is listed first.


Rank Team Won Lost Tied Pct Games
1 Mary Hardin-Baylor 243 40 0 .859 283
2 Grand Valley State 428 146 3 .744 577
3 Ohio State 961 331 53 .734 1345
4 Michigan 1000 353 36 .733 1389
5 Alabama 960 336 43 .733 1339
6 Notre Dame 938 334 42 .730 1314
7 Oklahoma 941 339 53 .726 1333
8 Boise State 486 185 2 .724 673
9 St. John's (MN) 674 254 24 .721 952
10 Valdosta State 321 134 3 .704 458
11 Wisconsin-Whitewater 636 264 21 .702 921
12 Texas 936 390 33 .701 1359
13 Linfield 638 263 30 .701 931
14 Yale 929 387 55 .698 1371
15 USC 867 363 54 .696 1284
16 Penn State 920 406 41 .688 1367
17 West Chester 627 285 17 .684 929
18 Nebraska 912 417 40 .681 1369
19 Harvard 893 409 50 .679 1352
20 Indiana (PA) 595 277 23 .678 895
21 Grambling 582 273 15 .678 870
22 Mount Union 840 390 38 .677 1268
23 Wittenberg 792 371 31 .676 1194
24 Tennessee 873 412 53 .672 1338
25 Bentley 231 114 1 .669 346
26 Princeton 857 416 50 .667 1323
27 North Dakota State 774 378 34 .667 1186
28 Ithaca 527 260 11 .667 798

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See also

References

  1. ^ "2022 NCAA FBS Records" (PDF).
  2. ^ "2022 NCAA FCS Records" (PDF).
  3. ^ "2022 NCAA Division II Records" (PDF).
  4. ^ "2022 NCAA Division III Records" (PDF).
  5. ^ "2022 College Football Standings ESPN".
  6. ^ "2022 NCAA FBS Records" (PDF).
  7. ^ "2022 NCAA FCS Records" (PDF).
  8. ^ "2022 NCAA Division II Records" (PDF).
  9. ^ "2022 NCAA Division III Records" (PDF).
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