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 losses and losing 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 962 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 (809 wins), respectively.

Measured in winning percentage, the Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders (Division III) lead all other programs with a winning percentage of .856. The leaders in winning percentage of teams in the Division I Subdivisions (FBS and FCS) and Division II are the Michigan Wolverines, The Ohio State Buckeyes, and the Boise State Broncos (.729), Yale Bulldogs (.698), Grand Valley State Lakers (.738), respectively.

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,[1] FCS,[2] Division II,[3] and Division III.[4]

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	962	346	36	.729	1344
2	Ohio State[lower-alpha 2]	924	326	53	.729	1303
3 (T)	Alabama[lower-alpha 3]	916	331	43	.727	1290
3 (T)	Texas	916	375	33	.704	1324
5	Yale	909	379	55	.697	1341
6 (T)	Notre Dame[lower-alpha 4]	908	326	42	.728	1276
6 (T)	Oklahoma	908	327	53	.726	1288
8	Nebraska	902	395	40	.690	1337
9	Penn State	898	393	41	.690	1332
10	Harvard	875	397	50	.681	1322
11	Penn	856	495	42	.630	1393
12	Southern California[lower-alpha 5]	847	351	54	.698	1252
13	Tennessee	846	395	53	.674	1294
14	Princeton	832	411	50	.663	1293
15	Georgia	831	425	54	.655	1310
16	LSU	812	415	47	.656	1274
17	Mount Union	809	388	38	.670	1235
18	Wittenberg	780	363	31	.678	1174
19	Auburn	776	445	47	.631	1268
20	Clemson	758	460	45	.618	1263
21	West Virginia	755	504	45	.596	1304
22	Washington & Jefferson	752	395	40	.650	1187
23	Virginia Tech	751	478	46	.607	1275
24	Texas A&M	749	486	48	.602	1283
25	Washington	743	454	50	.616	1247
26	Georgia Tech	738	511	43	.588	1292
27	Florida	735	420	40	.632	1195
28	Pittsburgh	732	539	42	.573	1313
29	North Dakota State	725	371	34	.657	1123
30	Syracuse	724	547	49	.567	1320
31	Navy	722	570	57	.556	1349
32 (T)	Pittsburg State	717	356	47	.661	1120
32 (T)	Arkansas	717	514	40	.580	1271
34	Wisconsin	715	499	53	.585	1267
35 (T)	Widener	710	432	39	.618	1181
35 (T)	Colorado	710	515	36	.577	1261
37	Michigan State	708	465	44	.600	1217
38 (T)	Dartmouth	706	457	46	.603	1209
38 (T)	Minnesota	706	524	44	.571	1273
40 (T)	Delaware	698	460	43	.599	1199
40 (T)	Miami (OH)	698	467	44	.596	1209
40 (T)	North Carolina[lower-alpha 6]	698	548	54	.558	1300
43	Army	697	526	51	.567	1274
44 (T)	Tuskegee	696	375	49	.643	1120
44 (T)	Wabash	696	392	59	.633	1147
46	Lehigh	694	603	45	.534	1342
47	Utah	688	467	31	.593	1186
48	Missouri	683	569	52	.544	1304
49	Dayton	679	374	25	.641	1078
50	Lafayette	678	613	39	.524	1330
51	California[lower-alpha 7]	676	544	51	.552	1258
52	Boston College	672	499	37	.572	1208
53	Northern Iowa	670	421	47	.609	1138
54	Oregon	669	499	46	.570	1214
55	Virginia	666	615	48	.519	1329
56	Iowa	659	561	39	.539	1259
57	Stanford	657	467	49	.581	1173
58 (T)	Williams	656	387	47	.623	1090
58 (T)	Colgate	656	488	50	.570	1194
58 (T)	TCU	656	554	57	.540	1267
61	St. John's (MN)	653	251	24	.717	928
62 (T)	Maryland	652	605	43	.518	1300
62 (T)	Rutgers	652	667	42	.494	1361
64	Amherst	651	420	54	.603	1125
65	Hillsdale	645	436	46	.593	1127
66 (T)	North Dakota	644	405	30	.611	1079
66 (T)	Cornell	644	530	34	.547	1208
68	Carson-Newman	642	341	31	.648	1014
69 (T)	Franklin & Marshall	641	499	47	.560	1186
69 (T)	Ole Miss [lower-alpha 8]	641	532	35	.545	1208
71	Central Oklahoma	637	421	47	.598	1105
72	Miami (FL)	636	367	19	.632	1022
73	Holy Cross	632	529	55	.542	1216
74	Central (IA)	631	330	26	.652	989
75	Appalachian State	630	336	29	.648	995
76	Albion	629	419	43	.596	1091
77 (T)	Westminster (PA)	627	440	54	.583	1120
77 (T)	Louisiana Tech	627	463	37	.573	1127
79	Central Michigan	626	428	36	.591	1090
80 (T)	Tulsa	625	510	27	.552	1162
80 (T)	Cincinnati	625	592	51	.513	1268
82	Kentucky	624	626	44	.499	1294
83	Centre	623	423	37	.592	1083
84 (T)	St. Thomas (MN)	622	351	32	.635	1008
84 (T)	Arizona State	622	399	24	.607	1045
84 (T)	Villanova	622	486	41	.559	1149
87	Drake	621	515	29	.545	1165
88	Coe	619	405	37	.601	1061
89	Purdue	618	575	48	.517	1241
90	Arizona	617	473	33	.564	1123
91	Linfield	616	261	30	.696	907
92	Wisconsin-Whitewater	615	260	21	.698	896
93	West Chester	614	276	17	.686	907
94 (T)	Fresno State	613	432	27	.584	1072
94 (T)	South Carolina	613	586	44	.511	1243
94 (T)	Brown	613	586	40	.511	1239
97 (T)	Illinois	612	600	50	.505	1262
97 (T)	Texas A&M-Kingsville	612	326	16	.650	954
99 (T)	UCLA	609	429	37	.585	1076
99 (T)	Vanderbilt	609	629	50	.492	1288
101	Furman	608	476	38	.559	1122
102	Baylor	607	577	44	.512	1228
103	NC State	604	583	55	.508	1242
104 (T)	Eastern Kentucky	602	386	38	.605	1026
104 (T)	Ohio Wesleyan	602	521	44	.535	1167
106 (T)	Baldwin Wallace	601	353	30	.626	984
106 (T)	South Dakota State	601	465	36	.562	1102
106 (T)	Bucknell	601	593	51	.503	1245
109	Oklahoma State	600	557	48	.518	1205

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.
8. Forced to vacate 33 wins by NCAA.[5][6]

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	237	40	0	.856	277
2	Grand Valley State	406	143	3	.738	552
3	Ohio State	924	326	53	.729	1303
4	Boise State	460	170	2	.729	632
5	Michigan	962	346	36	.729	1344
6	Notre Dame[lower-alpha 1]	908	326	42	.728	1276
7	Alabama[lower-alpha 2]	916	331	43	.727	1290
8	Oklahoma	908	327	53	.726	1288
9	Thomas More	216	85	0	.718	301
10	St. John's (MN)	653	251	24	.717	928
11	Wesley	271	107	1	.716	378
12	Valdosta State	304	126	3	.706	433
13	Texas	916	375	33	.704	1324
14 (T)	USC[lower-alpha 3]	847	351	54	.698	1252
14 (T)	Wisconsin-Whitewater	615	260	21	.698	896
16	Yale	907	379	55	.697	1341
17	Linfield	616	261	30	.696	905
18	Grambling	569	247	15	.694	831
19 (T)	Nebraska	902	395	40	.690	1337
19 (T)	Penn State	898	393	41	.690	1332
21	West Chester	614	276	17	.686	907
22	Harvard	875	397	50	.681	1322
23	Wittenberg	780	363	31	.678	1174
24	Indiana (PA)	578	272	23	.675	873
25	Tennessee	846	395	53	.674	1294
26	Florida State[lower-alpha 4]	550	264	17	.672	831
27	Mount Union	809	388	38	.670	1235

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

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

References

1. "2019 NCAA FBS Records" (PDF).
2. "2019 NCAA FCS Records" (PDF).
3. "2019 NCAA Division II Records" (PDF).
4. "2019 NCAA Division III Records" (PDF).
5. https://wreg.com/news/ole-miss-football-forced-to-vacate-33-wins-after-investigation/
6. https://www.redcuprebellion.com/2019/3/1/18224511/ole-miss-vacated-wins-ncaa-sanctions-investigations