All-Time College Football Wins

Ever wonder which school leads the nation in all-time college football wins? How about highest winning percentage or most games played? Wonder no more because Tex Noel has answered all those questions and more with the following charts. [Note all stats are current through the 2009 season only. They do not include wins or losses from the current, on-going season.]

And, we give you the definitive list of losers as well. We list them by college football teams with the most losses in history and the lowest winning percentage.

At the bottom is some BONUS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CHARTS that tell you which teams have won the most National Championships – so check them out too.

Ranking All-Time College Football Teams With Most Wins 1869-2010 Min. 500 Games Played

Rank	Team	Won	Lost	Tied	Games	W%
1	Michigan	884	308	36	1228	0.73453
2	Texas	850	325	33	1208	0.7173
3	Notre Dame	845	295	42	1182	0.73266
4	Nebraska	837	345	40	1222	0.70131
5	Ohio State	819	309	53	1181	0.71592
6	Penn State	818	357	42	1217	0.6894
7	Oklahoma	811	304	53	1168	0.71704
8	Alabama	802	319	43	1164	0.70747
9	Tennessee	789	340	53	1182	0.68993
10	USC	783	312	54	1149	0.70496

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All-Time College Football Teams Highest Winning Percentage 1869-2010 Min. 500 Games Played

Rank	Team	Won	Lost	Tied	W%	Games
1	Michigan	884	308	36	0.735	1228
2	Notre Dame	845	295	42	0.733	1182
3	Texas	850	325	33	0.7173	1208
5	Ohio State	819	309	53	0.716	1181
4	Oklahoma	811	304	53	0.7170	1168
6	Alabama	802	319	43	0.707	1164
7	USC	783	312	54	0.705	1149
8	Nebraska	837	345	40	0.701	1222
9	Tennessee	789	340	53	0.690	1182
10	Penn State	818	357	42	0.689	1217

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All-Time College Football Teams With Most Games Played 1869-2010 Min. 500 Games Played

Rank	Team	Won	Lost	Tied	Games	W%
1	Rutgers	610	600	42	1252	0.504
2	Navy	651	523	58	1232	0.552
3	Michigan	884	308	36	1228	0.735
4	Nebraska	837	345	40	1222	0.701
5	Syracuse	686	484	49	1219	0.583
6	Penn State	818	357	42	1217	0.689
7	Virginia	618	550	48	1216	0.528
8	Texas	850	325	33	1208	0.717
9	North Carolina	655	493	54	1202	0.568
10	Pittsburgh	671	483	42	1196	0.579

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All-Time CFB Lowest Winning Percentage 1869-2010 Min. 500 Games Played

Rank	Team	Won	Lost	Tied	Games	W%
1	Kent	311	499	28	838	0.388
2	Idaho	305	468	26	799	0.398
3	Texas-El Paso	364	527	29	920	0.411
4	Wake Forest	412	602	33	1047	0.409
5	Louisiana-Monroe	251	352	19	622	0.419
6	Indiana	449	617	44	1110	0.424
7	Northwestern	468	628	42	1138	0.430
8	New Mexico State	422	566	32	1020	0.429
9	Kansas State	466	610	41	1117	0.436
10	Nevada-Las Vegas	209	273	4	486	0.434

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All-Time CFB Most Losses in History 1869-2010 Min. 500 Games Played

Rank	Team	Won	Lost	Tied	Games	W%
1	Northwestern	468	628	42	1138	0.430
2	Indiana	449	617	44	1110	0.424
3	Kansas State	466	610	41	1117	0.434
4	Wake Forest	412	602	33	1047	0.411
5	Rutgers	610	600	42	1252	0.505
6	Iowa State	494	587	45	1126	0.4591
7	Tulane	488	583	38	1109	0.4585
8	Kentucky	573	565	44	1182	0.504
9	Vanderbilt	558	567	50	1175	0.499
10	New Mexico State	422	566	32	1020	0.433

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Successful Teams: Official National Championship Era (Circa 1936) Min. 500 Games
By Tex Noel/1st-N-Goal; StatHistorian/SEC SportsFan.com

Nat'l Championship Era:(1936-2010) College Football Teams With Highest Winning Percentage

Rank	Team	W	L	T	W%	GP
1	Oklahoma	624	201	22	0.750	847
2	Texas	588	240	15	0.706	843
3	Penn State	583	216	15	0.725	814
4	Ohio State	575	192	22	0.743	789
5	Tennessee	579	237	28	0.703	844
6t	Alabama	574	232	24	0.706	830
6t	Nebraska	574	258	13	0.687	845
8	USC	567	241	36	0.693	844
9	Michigan	565	225	17	0.711	807
10	Notre Dame	564	234	20	0.702	818

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Nat'l Champ. Era (1936 - 2010): College Football Teams With Most Wins

Rank	Team	W	L	T	W%	GP
1	Boise State	231	69	2	0.768	302
2	Oklahoma	624	201	22	0.750	847
3	Ohio State	575	192	22	0.743	789
4	Penn State	583	216	15	0.725	814
5	Michigan	565	225	17	0.711	807
6	Texas	588	240	15	0.7064	843
7	Tennessee	579	237	28	0.703	844
8	Alabama	574	232	24	0.7160	830
9	Notre Dame	564	234	20	0.701	818
10	USC	567	241	36	0.693	844

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Nat'l Champ. Era (1936 - 2010): College Football Teams With Most Wins

Rank	Team	W	L	T	W%	GP
1	Oklahoma	624	201	22	0.750	847
2	Texas	588	240	15	0.7064	843
3	Penn State	583	216	15	0.725	814
4	Tennessee	579	237	28	0.703	844
5	Ohio State	575	192	22	0.743	789
6	Alabama	574	232	24	0.7060	830
7	Nebraska	574	258	13	0.687	845
8	Michigan	565	225	17	0.7160	807
9	Notre Dame	564	234	20	0.711	818
10	USC	567	241	36	0.693	844

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National Championship Era -- College Football Teams With Most Games Played

Rank	Team	W	L	T	W%	GP
1	Georgia	549	277	28	0.659	854
2	Oklahoma	624	201	22	0.750	847
3t	Nebraska	574	258	13	0.687	845
3t	USC	567	241	36	0.693	844
3t	Texas	588	240	15	0.7064	843
3t	Tennessee	579	237	28	0.703	844
7t	Georgia Tech	487	335	21	0.590	843
7t	Texas Tech	458	364	21	0.556	843
9	Louisiana State	526	286	28	0.643	840
10	Arkansas	494	327	18	0.600	839

************************************************** Nat'l Champ. Era (1936-2010):College Football Most Team LOSSES
Most Losses

Rank	Team	Won	Lost	Tied	Gms PLYD	W%
1	Kansas State	301	489	15	805	0.38323
2	New Mexico State	271	487	8	766	0.35901
3	Vanderbilt	283	481	24	788	0.37437
4	Northwestern	289	465	14	761	0.380
5t	Rice	321	471	19	811	0.40752
5t	Tulane	307	471	18	796	0.39698
7	Texas-El Paso	297	465	18	780	0.39231
8	Indiana	296	462	17	775	0.3929
9	Wake Forest	323	459	17	799	0.41489
10	New Mexico	346	453	14	813	0.43419

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National Championship Era -- College Football Teams With Lowest Winning Percentage

Lowest Winning %

Rank	Team	Won	Lost	Tied	Gms Plyd	W%
1	Kent	306	492	28	826	0.387
2	Idaho	299	461	26	786	0.397
3	Texas-El-Paso	358	520	29	907	0.4107
4	Wake Forest	409	593	33	1035	0.4111
5	Louisiana-Monroe	246	345	19	610	0.419
6	Indiana	444	610	44	1098	0.424
7	Northwestern	461	622	42	1125	0.428
8	New Mexico state	420	556	32	1008	0.432
9	Kansas State	459	604	41	1104	0.434
10	Temple	408	533	52	993	0.437

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NC Era: College Football Championships
Seasons Cons Selection Titles

Rank	Team	Seasons	Total Titles

1	Notre Dame	9	20.5
2	Oklahoma	7	23
	USC	7	23
4	Alabama	8	19
	Ohio State	7	14.5
6	Nebraska	5	17
	Miami FL	5	20
8	Texas	4	14.5
	Minnesota	4	6
10	LSU	3	8
	Florida	3	12
	Michigan State	3	5.5

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Rank	Team	Seasons	Total Titles

1	Oklahoma	7	23
	USC	7	23
3	Notre Dame	9	20.5
4	Miami FL	5	20
5	Alabama	8	19
6	Nebraska	5	17
7	Ohio State	7	14.5
	Texas	4	14.5
9	Florida	3	12
10	Florida State	2	10

The last two charts are explained further at Explanation of Charts.

Seasons Number of Seasons #1
Cons Selectors Titles Composite Totals of AP, COACHES—(UP; UPI; USA TODAY/CNN; USA TODAY/ESPN; USA TODAY), FWAA, NFFHF.
Winning Percent Stats courtesy of Stassen.com
In case of ties, team with the higher winning percentage was listed first.

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