List of NCAA football teams by wins
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This is a list of the winningest college football teams in the history of college football as measured in both total wins and winning percentage. It includes teams from the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, Division II and Division III.
Measured in total wins, the Michigan Wolverines lead all other football programs across all divisions with 895 wins.[1] The all-time win leaders in the FCS Subdivision and Divisions II and III are the Yale Bulldogs (862 wins),[2] Pittsburg State Gorillas (697 wins),[3] and the Wittenberg Tigers (638 wins),[4] respectively.
Measured in winning percentage, the Michigan Wolverines lead all other programs with a .736 winning percentage. The highest winning percentages in the FCS Subdivision and Divisions II and III are held by the Georgia Southern Eagles (.724),[2] Grand Valley State Lakers (.729),[3] and the Saint John's Johnnies (.708),[4] respectively.
Key
No shading | Division I FBS programs |
Peach shading | Division I FCS programs |
Yellow shading | Division II programs |
Maize shading | Division III programs |
G | Games played through the 2009 college football season |
PS | Points scored through the 2009 college football season |
APS | Average points scored per game through the 2009 college football season |
PA | Points allowed through the 2009 college football season |
APA | Average points allowed per game through the 2009 college football season |
Delta | Difference between points scored and points allowed through the 2009 college football season |
AD | Average delta between points scored and points allowed per game through the 2009 college football season |
Teams ranked by total wins
- Updated as of November 1, 2010
The following list displays the record for all NCAA football programs with 550 or more wins.
Rank | Team | W | L | T | Pct. | G | PS | APS | PA | APA | Delta | AD |
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1 | Michigan[1] | 895 | 310 | 36 | .736 | 1215 | 29929 | 24.6 | 13448 | 11.1 | 16481 | 13.6 |
2 | Yale[2] | 863 | 349 | 55 | .703 | 1251 | 26981 | 21.6 | 12928 | 10.3 | 14053 | 11.2 |
3 | Texas[1] | 849 | 322 | 33 | .719 | 1196 | 28858 | 24.0 | 15214 | 12.7 | 13644 | 11.4 |
4 | Notre Dame[1] | 845 | 295 | 42 | .733 | 1169 | 29404 | 25.2 | 14468 | 12.4 | 14936 | 12.8 |
5 | Nebraska[1] | 833 | 342 | 41 | .702 | 1208 | 29928 | 24.6 | 15551 | 12.8 | 14377 | 11.8 |
6 | Ohio State[1] | 831 | 309 | 53 | .719 | 1193 | 27242 | 23.1 | 14012 | 11.9 | 13230 | 11.2 |
7 | Penn State | 816 | 354 | 41 | .691 | 1203 | 27526 | 22.8 | 14843 | 12.3 | 12683 | 10.5 |
8 | Harvard[2] | 811 | 379 | 50 | .674 | 1233 | 25010 | 20.3 | 13786 | 11.2 | 11224 | 9.1 |
9 | Oklahoma | 808 | 303 | 53 | .716 | 1164 | 30916 | 26.8 | 14471 | 12.5 | 16445 | 14.2 |
10 | TCU[1] | 808 | 464 | 17 | .633 | 1313 | 25501 | 19.5 | 16695 | 12.8 | 8806 | 6.7 |
11 | Alabama[1] | 799 | 317 | 43 | .708 | 1151 | 27188 | 23.6 | 13126 | 11.4 | 14062 | 12.2 |
12 | Princeton[2] | 789 | 374 | 50 | .671 | 1206 | 25482 | 21.1 | 13750 | 11.4 | 11732 | 9.7 |
13 | Tennessee[1] | 785 | 339 | 53 | .689 | 1170 | 26036 | 22.3 | 14771 | 12.6 | 11265 | 9.6 |
14 | USC[1] | 766 | 310 | 54 | .702 | 1122 | 26843 | 22.9 | 14163 | 12.6 | 12680 | 11.3 |
15 | Georgia[1] | 735 | 394 | 54 | .644 | 1174 | 24349 | 20.7 | 16016 | 13.6 | 8333 | 7.1 |
16 | LSU | 716 | 388 | 47 | .642 | 1143 | 24094 | 21.1 | 14973 | 13.1 | 9121 | 8.0 |
17 | Auburn[1] | 698 | 400 | 47 | .630 | 1136 | 23173 | 20.3 | 15466 | 13.5 | 7707 | 6.7 |
18 | Wittenberg[4] | 699 | 345 | 31 | .664 | |||||||
19 | West Virginia[1] | 687 | 453 | 45 | .599 | 1177 | 23926 | 20.3 | 17847 | 15.2 | 6079 | 5.2 |
20 | Syracuse | 684 | 482 | 49 | .583 | 1207 | 24494 | 20.3 | 18051 | 15.0 | 6443 | 5.3 |
21 | Mount Union[4] | 681 | 387 | 37 | .633 | 1097 | 24858 | 22.7 | 14554 | 13.3 | 10304 | 9.4 |
22 | Georgia Tech | 678 | 452 | 43 | .596 | 1165 | 23823 | 20.4 | 16865 | 14.4 | 6958 | 6.0 |
23 | Virginia Tech | 673 | 431 | 46 | .605 | 1142 | 22754 | 19.9 | 15768 | 13.8 | 6986 | 6.1 |
24 | Washington & Jefferson[4] | 672 | 373 | 40 | .638 | |||||||
25 | Texas A&M | 670 | 443 | 48 | .598 | 1153 | 23832 | 20.7 | 16166 | 14.0 | 7666 | 6.6 |
26 | Colorado | 669 | 440 | 36 | .600 | 1137 | 23858 | 20.9 | 18360 | 16.1 | 5498 | 4.8 |
27 | Pitt | 668 | 481 | 42 | .579 | 1183 | 22834 | 19.3 | 18413 | 15.6 | 4421 | 3.7 |
28 | Arkansas | 665 | 449 | 40 | .594 | 1146 | 23132 | 20.1 | 16859 | 14.7 | 6273 | 5.5 |
29 | Washington | 659 | 411 | 50 | .611 | 1113 | 23977 | 21.5 | 16680 | 15.0 | 7297 | 6.6 |
30 | Florida | 659 | 377 | 40 | .631 | 1068 | 23639 | 22.1 | 15398 | 14.4 | 8241 | 7.7 |
31 | Miami (OH) | 655 | 394 | 44 | .619 | 1084 | 22028 | 20.2 | 15328 | 14.1 | 6700 | 6.1 |
32 | North Carolina | 652 | 491 | 54 | .567 | 1189 | 22018 | 18.5 | 17887 | 15.0 | 4131 | 3.5 |
33 | Lafayette[2] | 650 | 549 | 39 | .541 | 1230 | 22252 | 18.1 | 19257 | 15.7 | 2995 | 2.4 |
33 | Dartmouth[2] | 649 | 432 | 46 | .596 | 1120 | 22074 | 19.7 | 15341 | 13.7 | 6733 | 6.0 |
35 | Delaware[2] | 648 | 418 | 45 | .604 | 1103 | 22972 | 20.8 | 16624 | 15.1 | 6348 | 5.8 |
36 | Navy | 647 | 523 | 57 | .551 | 1219 | 23119 | 19.0 | 18366 | 15.1 | 4753 | 3.9 |
36 | California | 647 | 491 | 52 | .566 | 1182 | 22875 | 19.7 | 18476 | 15.9 | 4399 | 3.8 |
36 | Army | 647 | 459 | 51 | .581 | 1149 | 23580 | 20.5 | 17138 | 14.9 | 6442 | 5.6 |
39 | Clemson | 645 | 441 | 45 | .590 | 1123 | 21979 | 19.6 | 16385 | 14.6 | 5594 | 5.0 |
40 | Minnesota | 641 | 471 | 44 | .574 | 1147 | 24288 | 21.1 | 18447 | 16.0 | 5841 | 5.1 |
41 | Widener[4] | 640 | 401 | 39 | .611 | |||||||
42 | Pittsburg State[3] | 638 | 327 | 47 | .654 | 1007 | 23238 | 23.1 | 14113 | 14.0 | 9125 | 9.1 |
43 | Lehigh[2] | 637 | 567 | 45 | .528 | 1241 | 23095 | 18.6 | 20925 | 16.9 | 2170 | 1.7 |
44 | Tuskegee[3] | 628 | 342 | 51 | .640 | 1012 | 19859 | 19.6 | 13462 | 13.3 | 6397 | 6.3 |
45 | Michigan State | 624 | 426 | 44 | .590 | 1085 | 24119 | 22.1 | 16673 | 15.3 | 7446 | 6.8 |
46 | Wisconsin | 620 | 466 | 53 | .568 | 1131 | 22495 | 19.9 | 17913 | 15.8 | 4582 | 4.0 |
47 | Williams[4] | 621 | 345 | 47 | .636 | 1007 | ||||||
48 | Cornell[2] | 620 | 470 | 34 | .567 | 1117 | 21967 | 16453 | 5514 | 4.9 | ||
49 | Dayton[2] | 619 | 344 | 26 | .639 | 980 | 21792 | 22.2 | 13020 | 13.3 | 8772 | 9.0 |
50 | Mississippi | 618 | 473 | 35 | .564 | 1118 | 21462 | 17811 | 3651 | 3.3 | ||
50 | Boston College | 618 | 435 | 37 | .584 | 1082 | 21389 | 19.7 | 16735 | 15.5 | 4654 | 4.3 |
52 | Virginia | 618 | 546 | 48 | .530 | 1204 | 22859 | 19790 | 3069 | 2.5 | ||
53 | Wabash[4] | 615 | 380 | 57 | .612 | 1044 | 20963 | 20.1 | 14495 | 13.9 | 6468 | 6.2 |
54 | Missouri | 614 | 518 | 52 | .541 | 1176 | 22203 | 18.8 | 19588 | 16.6 | 2615 | 2.2 |
55 | Utah | 613 | 420 | 31 | .591 | 1056 | 24147 | 22.9 | 18330 | 17.4 | 5817 | 5.5 |
56 | North Dakota State[2] | 611 | 361 | 34 | .624 | 998 | 22227 | 22.3 | 14971 | 15.0 | 7256 | 7.3 |
57 | Northern Iowa[2] | 610 | 380 | 47 | .611 | 1029 | 21550 | 15843 | 5707 | 5.5 | ||
58 | Maryland | 608 | 533 | 43 | .532 | 1179 | 20505 | 19005 | 1500 | 1.3 | ||
58 | Rutgers | 607 | 595 | 42 | .505 | 1237 | 21484 | 21105 | 379 | 0.3 | ||
60 | North Dakota[3] | 606 | 362 | 30 | .622 | 990 | 20795 | 21.0 | 14536 | 14.7 | 6259 | 6.3 |
61 | Colgate[2] | 601 | 449 | 51 | .569 | 1093 | 22216 | 17616 | 4600 | 4.2 | ||
62 | Holy Cross[2] | 596 | 474 | 55 | .554 | 1117 | 20251 | 16836 | 3415 | 3.1 | ||
62 | Amherst[4] | 596 | 409 | 58 | .588 | 1057 | 17197 | 13723 | 3474 | 3.3 | ||
64 | Central Oklahoma[3] | 588 | 348 | 46 | .622 | |||||||
65 | Hillsdale[3] | 586 | 392 | 46 | .595 | |||||||
66 | Iowa | 584 | 514 | 39 | .531 | 1129 | 22149 | 19518 | 2631 | 2.3 | ||
67 | Franklin & Marshall[4] | 581 | 460 | 47 | .556 | 1080 | 18083 | 15621 | 2462 | 2.3 | ||
68 | Purdue | 579 | 498 | 48 | .536 | 1117 | 21925 | 18582 | 3343 | 3.0 | ||
69 | Eastern Washington | 576 | 513 | 57 | .527 | 1137 | 19515 | 18849 | 666 | 0.6 | ||
70 | Brown[2] | 575 | 541 | 40 | .515 | 1149 | 19603 | 18485 | 1118 | 1.0 | ||
71 | Albion[4] | 575 | 380 | 45 | .598 | 991 | 17967 | 13283 | 4684 | 4.7 | ||
72 | Carson–Newman[3] | 574 | 305 | 31 | .648 | |||||||
72 | Oregon | 574 | 470 | 46 | .548 | 1082 | 20522 | 17792 | 2730 | 2.5 | ||
74 | Central Michigan | 572 | 364 | 36 | .607 | 963 | 20323 | 15429 | 4894 | 5.1 | ||
74 | Texas A&M – Kingsville[3] | 572 | 264 | 16 | .681 | 843 | 20660 | 24.5 | 12814 | 15.2 | 7846 | 9.3 |
76 | Kentucky | 571 | 563 | 44 | .503 | 1169 | 21132 | 18585 | 2547 | 2.2 | ||
76 | Drake[2] | 571 | 488 | 30 | .538 | 1080 | 20811 | 19007 | 1804 | 1.7 | ||
78 | Illinois | 571 | 525 | 50 | .520 | 1138 | 20721 | 18701 | 2020 | |||
79 | Saint John's (MN)[4] | 570 | 228 | 24 | .708 | 814 | 19973 | 24.5 | 9930 | 12.2 | 10043 | 12.3 |
79 | Villanova[2] | 570 | 444 | 39 | .560 | 1045 | 19046 | 16654 | 2392 | 2.3 | ||
81 | Kansas | 569 | 556 | 58 | .505 | 1175 | 20973 | 20831 | 142 | 0.1 | ||
82 | Furman[2] | 567 | 424 | 38 | .569 | 1021 | 20898 | 17355 | 3543 | |||
82 | Stanford | 567 | 433 | 49 | .564 | 1041 | 21349 | 17782 | 3567 | |||
84 | Miami (FL) | 566 | 317 | 19 | .638 | 893 | ||||||
85 | Westminster[4] | 565 | 390 | 53 | .586 | |||||||
86 | Bucknell[2] | 563 | 543 | 53 | .509 | 1151 | 18972 | 18456 | 516 | |||
87 | Central (IA)[4] | 562 | 296 | 26 | .650 | 876 | ||||||
88 | Arizona | 561 | 410 | 33 | .575 | 996 | 21322 | 17203 | 4119 | |||
89 | Tulsa | 560 | 433 | 27 | .562 | 1012 | ||||||
90 | Coe[4] | 558 | 369 | 37 | .598 | |||||||
91 | Arizona State | 553 | 347 | 24 | .611 | 916 | ||||||
91 | Louisiana Tech | 552 | 417 | 37 | .567 | 998 | ||||||
93 | Fresno State | 550 | 372 | 27 | .594 | 942 |
Teams ranked by winning percentage
- Updated as of October 27, 2010
The following list displays the record for all NCAA football programs with a winning percentage of .666 or higher.
Rank | Team | W | L | T | Pct. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michigan[1] | 895 | 310 | 36 | .736 |
2 | Notre Dame[1] | 841 | 294 | 42 | .732 |
3 | Grand Valley State[3] | 325 | 120 | 3 | .729 |
4 | Georgia Southern[2] | 260 | 99 | 1 | .724 |
5 | Texas[1] | 849 | 321 | 33 | .719 |
6 | Ohio State[1] | 831 | 309 | 53 | .719 |
7 | Oklahoma | 805 | 303 | 53 | .716 |
8 | Boise State | 360 | 144 | 2 | .713 |
9 | Bentley[3] | 162 | 66 | 1 | .710 |
10 | Grambling[2] | 523 | 210 | 15 | .709 |
11 | Alabama[1] | 799 | 317 | 43 | .708 |
12 | Saint John's (MN)[4] | 569 | 228 | 24 | .708 |
13 | Yale[2] | 862 | 349 | 55 | .703 |
14 | Nebraska[1] | 832 | 342 | 41 | .702 |
15 | USC[1] | 766 | 309 | 54 | .702 |
16 | Penn State | 815 | 354 | 41 | .690 |
16 | Tennessee[1] | 785 | 338 | 53 | .690 |
16 | Florida A&M[2] | 552 | 243 | 18 | .690 |
19 | Valdosta State[3] | 222 | 100 | 3 | .688 |
20 | West Chester[3] | 534 | 245 | 17 | .682 |
21 | Texas A&M – Kingsville[3] | 571 | 264 | 16 | .680 |
22 | Wisconsin–La Crosse | 564 | 257 | 47 | .677 |
23 | Harvard[2] | 810 | 379 | 50 | .674 |
23 | Linfield[4] | 525 | 246 | 30 | .674 |
25 | Florida State[4] | 469 | 225 | 18 | .671 |
25 | Princeton[2] | 789 | 373 | 50 | .672 |
27 | Ithaca[4] | 447 | 218 | 11 | .669 |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. pp. 62–63. Retrieved October 27, 2010.(The NCAA record book for the Football Bowl Subdivision reflects win-loss records through the 2009 season. Information on the 2010 season has been retrieved from the ESPN.com college football page.)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. p. 172. Retrieved October 27, 2010.(The NCAA record book for the Football Championship Subdivision reflects win-loss records through the 2008 season. Information on 2009 and 2010 seasons has been retrieved from the web site of each college and university.)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "NCAA Division II Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2008. p. 43. Retrieved October 27, 2010.(The NCAA guide reflects win-loss records through the 2007 season. Information on 2008, 2009, and 2010 seasons has been retrieved from the web site of each college and university.)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "NCAA Division III Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2008. p. 87. Retrieved October 27, 2010.(The NCAA record book reflects win-loss records through the 2007 season. Information on 2008, 2009, and 2010 seasons has been retrieved from the web site of each college and university.)