List of NCAA football teams by wins

This is a list of the college football teams with the most wins 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 960 wins. The all-time win leaders in the FCS Subdivision and Divisions II and III are the Yale Bulldogs (907 wins), Pittsburg State Gorillas (711 wins), and the Mount Union Purple Raiders (798 wins), respectively.

Measured in winning percentage, Mary Hardin–Baylor (Division III) lead all other programs with a winning percentage of .852. The leaders in winning percentage of teams in the Division I Subdivisions (FBS and FCS) and Division II are Michigan Wolverines (.730), Yale Bulldogs (.698), Grand Valley State Lakers (.738), respectively.

On October 12, 2016, Grand Valley State University announced that it had overtaken the University of Michigan as the record holder for all-time college football winning percentage (for schools with over 500 games played, not taking division into consideration).[1]

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

Key

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

Teams ranked by total wins

Updated as of September 29, 2019 for FBS,[2] FCS,[3] Division II,[4] and Division III.[5]

The following list displays the record for all NCAA football programs with 600 or more wins.

Rank Team Won Lost Tied Pct.[a] Games
1 Michigan 960 344 36 .730 1340
2 Ohio State[b] 919 325 53 .728 1293
3 Texas 911 371 33 .705 1311
4 Alabama[c] 910 329 43 .727 1277
5 Yale 909 379 55 .697 1341
6 Nebraska 900 389 40 .692 1325
7 Oklahoma 900 325 53 .725 1278
8 Notre Dame[d] 900 325 42 .727 1268
9 Penn State 895 391 41 .690 1324
10 Harvard 875 397 50 .681 1322
11 Penn 856 495 42 .630 1393
12 (T) USC[e] 839 346 54 .699 1239
12 (T) Tennessee 839 393 53 .674 1281
14 Princeton 832 411 50 .663 1293
15 Georgia 823 423 54 .654 1300
16 LSU 804 415 47 .654 1263
17 Mount Union 798 387 38 .668 1223
18 Wittenberg 773 360 31 .677 1164
19 Auburn 772 441 47 .631 1259
20 West Virginia 750 497 45 .598 1292
21 Clemson 749 459 45 .616 1244
22 (T) Washington & Jefferson 744 392 40 .650 1176
22 (T) Texas A&M 744 483 48 .602 1275
24 Virginia Tech 743 473 46 .607 1262
25 Washington 738 439 50 .622 1239
26 Georgia Tech 736 505 43 .590 1280
27 Florida 730 418 40 .631 1193
28 North Dakota State 725 371 34 .657 1123
29 Pittsburgh 724 534 42 .573 1300
30 Syracuse 719 540 49 .568 1308
31 Arkansas 717 507 40 .583 1264
32 Navy 713 569 57 .554 1339
33 Pittsburg State 711 351 47 .662 1109
34 Wisconsin 709 495 53 .585 1257
35 Dartmouth 706 457 46 .603 1209
36 (T) Colorado 705 508 36 .579 1249
36 (T) Michigan State 705 460 44 .601 1209
38 Widener 703 427 39 .618 1169
39 Delaware 698 460 43 .599 1199
40 (T) Minnesota 695 522 44 .569 1261
40 (T) Army 695 519 51 .570 1265
42 Lehigh 694 603 45 .534 1342
43 North Carolina[f] 693 545 54 .557 1292
44 Tuskegee 691 370 49 .645 1110
45 Miami (OH) 690 461 44 .596 1195
46 Wabash 689 388 59 .632 1136
47 (T) Utah 680 465 31 .591 1174
47 (T) Missouri 680 564 52 .545 1296
49 Dayton 679 374 25 .641 1078
50 Lafayette 678 613 39 .524 1330
51 Ole Miss 673 527 35 .559 1235
52 Northern Iowa 670 421 47 .609 1138
53 Boston College 669 494 37 .573 1195
54 California[g] 668 539 51 .551 1258
55 Virginia 661 611 48 .519 1315
56 Oregon 660 498 46 .567 1200
57 Colgate 656 488 50 .570 1194
58 Stanford 654 462 49 .582 1165
59 TCU 651 547 57 .541 1255
60 Rutgers 650 657 42 .497 1349
61 (T) Williams 649 385 47 .622 1081
61 (T) Iowa 649 558 39 .537 1246
61 (T) Maryland 649 596 43 .521 1288
64 Amherst 647 415 54 .604 1116
65 (T) North Dakota 644 405 30 .611 1079
65 (T) Cornell 644 530 34 .547 1208
67 St. John's (MN) 641 249 24 .714 914
68 Hillsdale 639 431 46 .593 1116
69 Franklin & Marshall 634 495 47 .559 1176
70 Carson-Newman 633 338 31 .647 1002
71 (T) Central Oklahoma 632 415 47 .599 1094
71 (T) Holy Cross 632 529 55 .542 1216
73 Miami (FL) 630 360 19 .634 1009
74 Villanova 622 486 41 .559 1149
75 (T) Central (IA) 621 328 26 .650 975
75 (T) Albion 621 417 43 .594 1081
75 (T) Tulsa 621 502 27 .552 1150
75 (T) Drake 621 515 29 .545 1165
79 Central Michigan 620 425 36 .590 1081
80 (T) St. Thomas (MN) 619 347 32 .636 998
80 (T) Westminster (PA) 619 436 54 .583 1109
82 (T) Centre 618 418 37 .593 1073
82 (T) Kentucky 618 623 44 .498 1281
82 (T) Arizona State 618 395 24 .608 1032
85 (T) Appalachian State 617 335 29 .644 981
85 (T) Louisiana Tech 617 460 37 .570 1114
87 Purdue 615 570 48 .518 1233
88 Cincinnati 614 589 51 .510 1254
89 (T) Coe 613 401 37 .601 1051
89 (T) Arizona 613 465 33 .567 1111
89 (T) Brown 613 586 40 .511 1239
92 (T) Texas A&M-Kingsville 610 317 16 .655 943
92 (T) South Carolina 610 581 44 .512 1235
94 (T) Linfield 609 259 30 .695 898
94 (T) Fresno State 609 424 27 .587 1060
96 (T) Furman 608 476 38 .559 1122
96 (T) Illinois 608 595 50 .505 1253
98 Vanderbilt 607 623 50 .494 1280
99 UCLA 606 424 37 .585 1067
100 West Chester 605 273 17 .685 895
101 Wisconsin-Whitewater 603 257 21 .696 881
102 Eastern Kentucky 602 386 38 .605 1026
103 (T) South Dakota State 601 465 36 .562 1102
103 (T) Bucknell 601 593 51 .503 1245
105 NC State 600 575 55 .510 1230
Chart notes
  1. ^ Win percentage counts each tie as 0.5 win.
  2. ^ Ohio State has had 12 victories vacated as a result of NCAA sanctions.
  3. ^ Alabama has had 21 victories vacated, 8 wins and 1 tie forfeited as a result of NCAA sanctions.
  4. ^ Notre Dame has had 21 victories vacated, as a result of NCAA sanctions.
  5. ^ USC had 13 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2004 & 2005 football seasons.
  6. ^ North Carolina had 16 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2008 & 2009 football seasons.
  7. ^ California had 4 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 1999 football season.

Teams ranked by winning percentage

Updated as of January 8, 2019

The following list displays the record for all NCAA football programs with a winning percentage of .667 or higher, with a minimum of 100 games.

Rank Team Won Lost Tied Pct. Games
1 Mary Hardin-Baylor 225 39 0 .852 264
2 Grand Valley State[1] 398 140 3 .738 541
3 Michigan 960 344 36 .730 1340
4 Boise State 453 167 2 .730 622
5 (T) Ohio State 911 325 53 .727 1289
5 (T) Notre Dame[a] 897 324 42 .727 1267
6 Alabama[b] 905 329 43 .726 1277
8 Oklahoma 896 325 53 .724 1274
9 Thomas More 216 85 0 .718 301
10 St. John's (MN) 641 249 24 .714 914
11 Wesley 260 105 1 .712 366
12 Texas 908 370 33 .705 1311
13 Valdosta State 294 125 3 .700 422
14 USC[c] 839 346 54 .699 1239
15 Yale 907 379 55 .697 1341
16 Wisconsin-Whitewater 603 257 21 .696 881
17 Linfield 609 259 30 .695 898
18 Grambling 569 247 15 .694 831
19 Nebraska 897 388 40 .692 1325
20 Penn State 887 391 41 .688 1319
21 West Chester 605 273 17 .685 895
22 Harvard 875 397 50 .681 1322
23 Wittenberg 773 360 31 .677 1164
24 (T) Tennessee 838 390 53 .675 1281
24 (T) Florida State[d] 544 257 17 .675 818
26 Indiana (PA) 568 270 23 .673 861
27 Mount Union 798 387 38 .668 1223
Chart notes
  1. ^ Notre Dame has had 21 victories vacated, as a result of NCAA sanctions.
  2. ^ Alabama had 8 victories and 1 tie forfeited by the NCAA during the 1993 football season. Alabama had 21 victories vacated by the NCAA between the 2005-2007 football seasons.
  3. ^ USC had 13 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2004 & 2005 football seasons.
  4. ^ FSU had 12 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2006 & 2007 football seasons.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Grand Valley St. | NCAA.com". NCAA.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  2. ^ "2019 NCAA FBS Records" (PDF).
  3. ^ "2019 NCAA FCS Records" (PDF).
  4. ^ "2019 NCAA Division II Records" (PDF).
  5. ^ "2019 NCAA Division III Records" (PDF).

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