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 leads all other football programs across all divisions with 949 wins. The all-time win leaders in the FCS Subdivision and Divisions II and III are the Yale Bulldogs (902 wins), Pittsburg State Gorillas (687 wins), and the Mount Union Purple Raiders (784 wins), respectively.

Measured in winning percentage, Mary Hardin–Baylor (Division III) lead all other programs with a winning percentage of .843. The leaders in winning percentage of teams in the Division I Subdivisions (FBS and FCS) and Division II are Michigan Wolverines (.729), Yale Bulldogs (.698), Grand Valley State Lakers (.736), 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 August 4, 2018 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. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Games
1	Michigan	949	340	36	.730	1325
2	Yale	902	374	55	.698	1331
3	Notre Dame ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	897	345	42	.715	1284
4	Ohio State ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	899	324	53	.725	1277
5	Texas	900	366	33	.705	1297
6	Nebraska	893	380	40	.695	1313
7	Alabama ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	895	328	43	.724	1262
8	Oklahoma	885	325	53	.724	1275
9	Penn State	878	387	41	.688	1306
10	Harvard	869	393	50	.681	1312
11	Penn	850	491	42	.630	1383
12	USC ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	834	339	54	.702	1227
13	Tennessee	834	383	53	.677	1270
14	Princeton	822	411	50	.660	1283
15	Georgia	809	420	54	.651	1283
16	LSU	790	412	47	.650	1246
17	Mount Union	784	386	38	.665	1208
18	Wittenberg	764	359	31	.675	1154
19	Auburn	766	436	47	.630	1242
20	West Virginia	742	493	45	.597	1280
21	Virginia Tech	737	466	46	.608	1249
22	Washington & Jefferson	735	390	40	.648	1165
23	Texas A&M	733	477	48	.601	1258
24	Clemson	730	459	45	.609	1234
25	Georgia Tech	728	496	43	.592	1267
26	Washington	725	445	50	.615	1220
27	Pittsburgh	717	527	42	.574	1286
28	Florida	715	415	40	.628	1170
29	Arkansas	713	494	40	.588	1247
30	North Dakota State	710	371	34	.652	1115
31	Syracuse	710	537	49	.566	1296
32	Navy	708	558	57	.557	1323
33	Colorado	700	501	36	.580	1237
34	Widener	699	421	39	.620	1159
35 (T)	Wisconsin	697	490	53	.583	1240
35 (T)	Dartmouth	697	456	46	.601	1199
37	Pittsburg State	695	344	47	.662	1086
38	Michigan State	694	453	44	.601	1191
39	Lehigh	691	595	45	.536	1331
40 (T)	Delaware	689	455	43	.599	1187
40 (T)	North Carolina ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	689	533	54	.561	1276
42	Minnesota	688	516	44	.569	1248
43	Miami (OH)	684	455	44	.597	1183
44	Army	681	516	51	.566	1248
45	Wabash	680	387	59	.630	1126
46	Tuskegee	677	363	49	.644	1089
47	Lafayette	675	605	39	.527	1319
48	Dayton	673	369	25	.642	1067
49	Missouri	669	558	52	.543	1279
50	Utah	668	459	31	.590	1158
51	Ole Miss	666	517	35	.561	1218
52	Northern Iowa	663	415	47	.610	1125
53	California ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	661	543	51	.547	1245
54	Boston College	659	487	37	.573	1183
55 (T)	Virginia	649	605	48	.517	1302
55 (T)	Rutgers	649	646	42	.501	1337
57	Oregon	648	493	46	.565	1187
58	Colgate	646	486	50	.568	1182
59 (T)	Williams	644	381	47	.623	1072
59 (T)	North Dakota	644	405	30	.611	1079
59 (T)	Stanford	644	455	49	.582	1148
59 (T)	TCU	644	541	57	.541	1242
59 (T)	Maryland	644	589	43	.522	1276
64	Cornell	641	523	34	.549	1198
65	Iowa	640	554	39	.535	1233
66	Amherst	639	414	54	.602	1107
67	St. John's (MN)	629	248	24	.711	901
68 (T)	Franklin & Marshall	627	492	47	.558	1166
68 (T)	Holy Cross	627	523	55	.543	1205
70	Miami (FL)	623	354	19	.635	996
71	Hillsdale	622	424	46	.591	1092
72 (T)	Carson-Newman	618	331	31	.646	980
72 (T)	Tulsa	618	493	27	.555	1138
74 (T)	Central Oklahoma	617	407	47	.598	1071
74 (T)	Central Michigan	617	411	36	.597	1064
74 (T)	Villanova	617	480	41	.560	1138
77 (T)	Albion	614	414	43	.593	1071
77 (T)	Drake	614	511	29	.545	1154
79	Central (IA)	613	326	26	.649	965
80 (T)	Westminster (PA)	612	433	54	.581	1099
80 (T)	Brown	612	577	40	.514	1229
82	Louisiana Tech	609	455	37	.570	1101
83 (T)	Centre	608	416	37	.590	1061
83 (T)	Arizona	608	458	33	.568	1099
83 (T)	Purdue	608	560	48	.520	1216
86 (T)	St. Thomas (MN)	607	346	32	.632	985
86 (T)	Coe	607	397	37	.601	1041
86 (T)	Arizona State	607	388	24	.607	1019
89	Kentucky	606	618	44	.495	1268
90	Cincinnati	603	587	51	.506	1241
91 (T)	Linfield	602	257	30	.694	889
91 (T)	Texas A&M-Kingsville	602	303	16	.662	921
91 (T)	UCLA	602	412	37	.590	1051
91 (T)	Furman	602	472	38	.558	1112
91 (T)	South Carolina	602	572	44	.512	1218
91 (T)	Illinois	602	585	50	.507	1237
97 (T)	Bucknell	600	583	51	.507	1234
97 (T)	Vanderbilt	600	613	50	.495	1263

Chart notes

↑ Win percentage counts each tie as 0.5 win.
↑ Notre Dame has had 21 victories vacated, as a result of NCAA sanctions.
↑ Ohio State has had 12 victories vacated as a result of NCAA sanctions.
↑ Alabama has had 21 victories vacated, 8 wins and 1 tie forfeited as a result of NCAA sanctions.
↑ USC had 13 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2004 & 2005 football seasons.
↑ North Carolina had 16 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2008 & 2009 football seasons.
↑ California had 4 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 1999 football season.

Teams ranked by winning percentage

Updated as of August 4, 2018

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	210	39	0	.843	249
2	Grand Valley State^[1]	388	138	3	.736	529
3	Michigan	949	340	36	.730	1325
4	Notre Dame^{[lower-alpha 1]}	889	324	42	.725	1273
5	Boise State	438	165	2	.726	605
6	Ohio State	900	324	53	.725	1275
7 (T)	Alabama ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	895	328	43	.724	1262
7 (T)	Oklahoma	884	323	53	.723	1260
9	Thomas More	209	82	0	.718	291
10	Wesley	254	101	1	.715	356
11	St. John's (MN)	629	248	24	.711	901
12	Texas	897	366	33	.705	1296
13	USC ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	834	339	54	.702	1227
14	Yale	902	374	55	.698	1331
15	Nebraska	893	380	40	.695	1313
16 (T)	Linfield	602	257	30	.694	889
16 (T)	Grambling	563	244	15	.694	822
18	Wisconsin-Whitewater	590	257	21	.692	868
19	Valdosta State	280	125	3	.690	408
20	Penn State	878	387	41	.688	1306
21	West Chester	595	272	17	.683	884
22	Harvard	869	393	50	.681	1312
23	Florida State ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	539	250	17	.679	806
24	Tennessee	833	383	53	.677	1269
25	Wittenberg	764	359	31	.675	1154
26	Bentley	205	99	1	.674	305
27	Indiana (PA)	560	267	23	.672	850

^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

Chart notes

↑ Notre Dame has had 21 victories vacated, as a result of NCAA sanctions.
↑ 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.
↑ USC had 13 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2004 & 2005 football seasons.
↑ FSU had 12 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2006 & 2007 football seasons.

References

1 2 "Grand Valley St. | NCAA.com". NCAA.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
↑ "2018 NCAA FBS Records" (PDF).
↑ "2018 NCAA FCS Records" (PDF).
↑ "2018 NCAA Division II Records" (PDF).
↑ "2018 NCAA Division III Records" (PDF).
↑ "2018 NCAA FBS Records" (PDF).
↑ "2018 NCAA FCS Records" (PDF).
↑ "2018 NCAA Division II Records" (PDF).
↑ "2018 NCAA Division III Records" (PDF).

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[6] Win percentage counts each tie as 0.5 win.

[7] Notre Dame has had 21 victories vacated, as a result of NCAA sanctions.

[8] Ohio State has had 12 victories vacated as a result of NCAA sanctions.

[9] Alabama has had 21 victories vacated, 8 wins and 1 tie forfeited as a result of NCAA sanctions.

[10] USC had 13 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2004 & 2005 football seasons.

[11] North Carolina had 16 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2008 & 2009 football seasons.

[12] California had 4 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 1999 football season.

[13] Notre Dame has had 21 victories vacated, as a result of NCAA sanctions.

[14] 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.

[15] USC had 13 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2004 & 2005 football seasons.

[16] FSU had 12 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2006 & 2007 football seasons.

[:0-1] 1 2 "Grand Valley St. | NCAA.com". NCAA.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[2] "2018 NCAA FBS Records" (PDF).

[3] "2018 NCAA FCS Records" (PDF).

[4] "2018 NCAA Division II Records" (PDF).

[5] "2018 NCAA Division III Records" (PDF).

[17] "2018 NCAA FBS Records" (PDF).

[18] "2018 NCAA FCS Records" (PDF).

[19] "2018 NCAA Division II Records" (PDF).

[20] "2018 NCAA Division III Records" (PDF).

List of NCAA football teams by wins

Key

Teams ranked by total wins

Teams ranked by winning percentage

See also

References