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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 886 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
1 Michigan[1] 887 308 36 .735 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 Penn[2] 808 463 42 .631 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 Texas Christian 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] 884 304 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[]

  • List of college football coaches with 200 career wins
  • NCAA Division I FBS football win-loss records

Notes[]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 "NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records". National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. pp. 62–63. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2010/2010FBS.pdf. 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.)
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 "NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Records". National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009. p. 172. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FCS.pdf. 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.)
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 "NCAA Division II Records". National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2008. p. 43. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/D2/2008/Division%20II.pdf. 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.)
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 "NCAA Division III Records". National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2008. p. 87. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/D2/2008/Division%20III.pdf. 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.)

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