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, as of January 14, 2021. It includes teams from the NCAA Division I (FBS & FCS), Division II, and Division III.

Measured in total wins, the Michigan Wolverines lead all other football programs across all divisions with 964 wins. The all-time win leaders in the FCS Subdivision and Divisions II and III are the Yale Bulldogs (916 wins), Pittsburg State Gorillas (719 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 .844. The leaders in winning percentage of teams in the Division I Subdivisions (FBS and FCS) and Division II are the Ohio State Buckeyes (.730), Yale Bulldogs (.698), and the 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

The following list displays the records for the top 100 football programs by total wins in the NCAA.

Updated based on 2020 NCAA Football Records for FBS, FCS, Division II, and Division III representing data as January 24, 2021.

Rank	Team	Won	Lost	Tied*	Pct.	Total Games
1	Michigan	964	350	36	.727	1350
2	Ohio State ¹	931	327	53	.730	1311
3	Alabama ²	929	331	43	.729	1303
4	Texas	923	378	33	.704	1334
5	Notre Dame	918	328	42	.729	1288
6	Oklahoma	917	329	53	.726	1299
7	Yale	916	380	55	.698	1351
8	Nebraska	905	400	40	.688	1345
9	Penn State	902	398	41	.688	1341
10	Harvard	879	403	50	.679	1332
11	Penn	861	500	42	.629	1403
12	Southern California³	852	352	54	.699	1258
13	Tennessee	849	402	53	.671	1304
14	Princeton	840	413	50	.664	1303
15	Georgia	831	425	54	.655	1310
16	LSU	817	420	47	.655	1284
17	Mount Union	809	388	38	.670	1235
18	Auburn	782	450	47	.630	1279
19	Wittenberg	780	363	31	.678	1174
20	Clemson	768	462	45	.620	1275
21	West Virginia	761	508	45	.596	1314
22	Texas A&M	758	487	48	.605	1293
23	Virginia Tech	756	484	46	.606	1286
24	Washington & Jefferson	752	395	40	.650	1187
25	Washington	746	455	50	.616	1251
26	Florida	743	424	40	.632	1207
27	North Dakota State	742	371	34	.661	1147
28	Georgia Tech⁴	741	518	43	.586	1302
29	Pittsburgh	738	544	42	.573	1324
30 (T)	Syracuse	725	557	49	.563	1331
30 (T)	Navy	725	577	57	.554	1359
32	Arkansas	720	521	40	.578	1281
33 (T)	Pittsburg State	719	358	47	.661	1124
33 (T)	Wisconsin	719	502	53	.585	1274
35	Dartmouth	715	458	46	.605	1219
36	Colorado	714	517	36	.578	1267
37 (T)	Widener	710	432	39	.618	1181
37 (T)	Michigan State	710	470	44	.598	1224
39	Minnesota	709	528	44	.571	1281
40 (T)	Army	706	529	51	.569	1286
40 (T)	North Carolina⁵	706	552	54	.559	1312
42	Delaware	701	467	43	.597	1211
43 (T)	Miami (OH)	700	468	44	.596	1212
43 (T)	Lehigh	700	611	45	.533	1356
45 (T)	Tuskegee	696	375	49	.643	1120
45 (T)	Wabash	696	392	59	.633	1147
47	Utah	691	469	31	.593	1191
48	Missouri	688	574	52	.543	1314
49	Dayton	687	377	25	.642	1089
50	Lafayette	682	621	39	.523	1342
51	Northern Iowa	680	426	47	.610	1153
52	Boston College	678	504	37	.571	1219
53	California	677	547	51	.551	1275
54	Oregon	673	502	46	.570	1221
55	Virginia	671	620	48	.519	1339
56	Iowa	665	563	39	.540	1267
57	TCU	662	558	57	.541	1277
58	Stanford	661	469	49	.581	1179
59	Colgate	660	496	50	.568	1206
60	North Dakota	657	415	30	.610	1102
61	Williams	656	387	47	.623	1090
62	Rutgers	655	673	42	.493	1370
63	Maryland	654	608	43	.518	1305
64	St. John's (MN)	653	251	24	.717	928
65	Amherst	651	420	54	.603	1125
66	Cornell	648	536	34	.546	1218
67	Ole Miss⁶	646	537	35	.545	1218
68	Hillsdale	645	436	46	.593	1127
69	Miami (FL)	644	370	19	.633	1033
70	Carson-Newman	642	341	31	.648	1014
71	Franklin & Marshall	641	499	47	.560	1186
72 (T)	Appalachian State	639	339	29	.649	1007
72 (T)	Holy Cross	639	535	55	.542	1229
74	Central Oklahoma	638	421	47	.598	1106
75	Cincinnati	634	593	51	.516	1278
76	Louisiana Tech	632	468	37	.572	1137
77 (T)	Central (IA)	631	330	26	.652	989
77 (T)	Villanova	631	490	41	.561	1162
77 (T)	Tulsa	631	513	27	.550	1171
80 (T)	Central Michigan	629	431	36	.590	1096
80 (T)	Kentucky	629	632	44	.499	1305
80 (T)	Albion	629	419	43	.596	1091
83 (T)	Westminster (PA)	627	440	54	.583	1120
83 (T)	Drake	627	520	29	.545	1176
85	Arizona State	624	401	24	.606	1049
86	Centre	623	423	37	.592	1083
87	Purdue	620	579	48	.516	1247
88	Coe	619	405	37	.601	1061
89 (T)	Linfield	617	261	30	.696	908
89 (T)	Arizona	617	478	33	.562	1128
91 (T)	Fresno State	616	435	27	.584	1079
91 (T)	Furman	616	481	38	.559	1135
93 (T)	Wisconsin-Whitewater	615	260	21	.698	896
93 (T)	South Carolina	615	594	44	.511	1253
93 (T)	Brown	615	594	40	.508	1248
96 (T)	West Chester	614	276	17	.686	907
96 (T)	Illinois	614	606	50	.503	1270
98 (T)	Texas A&M-Kingsville	612	326	16	.650	954
98 (T)	UCLA	612	433	37	.583	1082
98 (T)	NC State	612	587	55	.510	1254

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Chart notes

Ohio State had 12 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2010 season.
Alabama had 8 victories and 1 tie forfeited by the NCAA during the 1993 season and 21 victories vacated by the NCAA between the 2005-2007 seasons.
Southern California had 14 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2004 & 2005 seasons.
Georgia Tech had 1 victory vacated by the NCAA during the 2009 season.
North Carolina had 16 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2008 & 2009 seasons.
Ole Miss had 33 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2011-2016 seasons.
Notre Dame had 21 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2011-2012 seasons.

Teams ranked by winning percentage

The following list displays the record for all NCAA football programs with a winning percentage of .670 or higher, with a minimum of 250 games

Updated based on 2020 NCAA Football Records for Division I (FBS & FCS), Division II, and Division III representing data as January 24, 2021.

Rank	Team	Won	Lost	Tied	Pct	Games
1	Mary Hardin-Baylor	211	39	0	.844	250
2	Grand Valley State	406	143	3	.738	552
3	Ohio State¹	931	327	53	.730	1311
4 (T)	Alabama²	929	331	43	.729	1303
4 (T)	Notre Dame	918	328	42	.729	1288
4 (T)	Boise State	465	172	2	.729	639
7	Michigan	964	350	36	.727	1350
8	Oklahoma	917	329	53	.726	1299
9	St. John's (MN)	653	251	24	.717	928
10	Wesley	271	107	1	.716	378
11	Valdosta State	304	126	3	.706	433
12	Texas	923	378	33	.704	1334
13	Southern California³	852	352	54	.699	1258
14 (T)	Yale	916	380	55	.698	1351
14 (T)	Wisconsin-Whitewater	615	260	21	.698	896
16	Linfield	617	261	30	.696	908
17	Grambling	575	254	15	.690	844
18 (T)	Nebraska	905	400	40	.688	1345
18 (T)	Penn State	902	398	41	.688	1341
20	West Chester	614	276	17	.686	907
21	Harvard	879	403	50	.679	1322
22	Wittenberg	780	363	31	.678	1174
23	Indiana (PA)	578	272	23	.675	873
24	Tennessee	849	402	53	.671	1304
25	Mount Union	809	388	38	.670	1235

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Chart notes

Ohio State had 12 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2010 season.
Alabama had 8 victories and 1 tie forfeited by the NCAA during the 1993 season and 21 victories vacated by the NCAA between the 2005-2007 seasons.
Southern California had 14 victories vacated by the NCAA during the 2004 & 2005 seasons.

References

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[1] "2020 NCAA FBS Records" (PDF).

[2] "2020 NCAA FCS Records" (PDF).

[3] "2020 NCAA Division II Records" (PDF).

[4] "2020 NCAA Division III Records" (PDF).

[5] "2020 College Football Standings ESPN".

[6] "2020 NCAA FBS Records" (PDF).

[7] "2020 NCAA FCS Records" (PDF).

[8] "2020 NCAA Division II Records" (PDF).

[9] "2020 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