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I-A Winning Percentage 1869-2000 (132 years)


(Teams not qualifying for the table are listed at the bottom.)

Rank Team name Winning
Percentage
Games
Won
Games
Lost
Games
Tied
Games
Played

1 Notre Dame 0.75260 776 241 42 1059
2 Michigan 0.74615 805 262 36 1103
3 Alabama 0.71828 737 276 43 1056
4 Nebraska 0.70788 753 299 40 1092
5 Ohio State 0.70563 725 287 53 1065
6 Oklahoma 0.70523 702 278 53 1033
7 Texas 0.70482 744 302 33 1079
8 Tennessee 0.69687 708 293 53 1054
9 Penn State 0.69533 739 312 42 1093
10 Southern Cal 0.69118 678 288 54 1020

11 Florida State 0.67424 392 185 17 594
12 Washington 0.64143 619 335 50 1004
13 Miami-Ohio 0.63618 597 332 44 973
14 Georgia 0.63198 641 362 54 1057
15 Louisiana State 0.62585 618 360 47 1025
16 Arizona State 0.62360 490 291 24 805
17 Miami-Florida 0.62290 472 282 19 773
18 Central Michigan 0.62280 512 303 36 851
19 Auburn 0.61986 610 365 47 1022
20 Army 0.61697 618 374 51 1043

21 Colorado 0.61486 611 376 36 1023
22 Florida 0.61409 564 347 40 951
23 Texas A&M 0.60690 609 386 48 1043
24 Syracuse 0.60337 638 411 49 1098
25 Michigan State 0.59897 562 369 44 975
26 Georgia Tech 0.59540 600 401 42 1043
27 Southern Miss 0.59465 465 313 25 803
28 Arkansas 0.59293 593 401 39 1033
29 Fresno State 0.59235 473 321 29 823
30 UCLA 0.59222 476 322 37 835

31 Arizona 0.59132 508 346 33 887
32 Bowling Green 0.58947 422 286 52 760
33 Virginia Tech 0.58944 580 397 46 1023
34 Louisiana Tech 0.58868 451 310 34 795
35 Clemson 0.58821 571 393 45 1009
36 West Virginia 0.58788 603 416 45 1064
37 Minnesota 0.58552 582 406 41 1029
38 North Carolina 0.58109 600 425 54 1079
39 Stanford 0.57803 520 373 49 942
40 Boston College 0.57649 543 394 37 974

41 Pittsburgh 0.57556 596 434 42 1072
42 Western Michigan 0.57316 462 341 24 827
43 Mississippi 0.57136 559 415 35 1009
44 Utah 0.57075 525 391 31 947
45 Tulsa 0.56849 497 374 27 898
46 California 0.56214 558 429 51 1038
47 Brigham Young 0.55934 430 336 26 792
48 North Texas 0.55547 360 285 31 676
49 Hawaii 0.55432 436 348 26 810
50 Wisconsin 0.55419 536 426 53 1015

51 Navy 0.54923 579 470 58 1107
52 Texas Tech 0.54689 433 356 32 821
53 Air Force 0.54554 269 223 13 505
54 Toledo 0.53966 403 342 24 769
55 Purdue 0.53728 516 441 49 1006
56 Ball State 0.53690 355 304 32 691
57 Missouri 0.53528 543 468 52 1063
58 Illinois 0.53346 525 456 50 1031
59 Oregon 0.53254 492 429 47 968
60 Houston 0.53204 308 270 15 593

61 Duke 0.53203 433 379 31 843
62 East Carolina 0.53033 335 296 12 643
63 Virginia 0.53022 555 489 48 1092
64 Maryland 0.52305 535 486 42 1063
65 San Jose State 0.52284 405 368 37 810
66 Utah State 0.52086 447 410 30 887
67 Vanderbilt 0.52034 525 482 50 1057
68 Baylor 0.51974 492 453 43 988
69 Akron 0.51577 440 412 36 888
70 Iowa 0.51329 502 475 39 1016

71 Kentucky 0.51038 519 497 44 1060
72 Northern Illinois 0.51023 405 388 38 831
73 Kansas 0.50984 515 494 58 1067
74 Rutgers 0.50619 551 537 42 1130
75 Southern Methodist 0.50571 416 406 54 876
76 Ohio 0.50262 455 450 48 953
77 North Carolina State 0.50199 476 472 55 1003
78 Wyoming 0.50055 444 443 28 915
79 Texas Christian 0.50049 483 482 56 1021
80 Washington State 0.49946 439 440 45 924

81 Louisiana-Lafayette 0.49833 432 435 30 897
82 Mississippi State 0.49687 456 462 39 957
83 South Carolina 0.49650 475 482 44 1001
84 Arkansas State 0.49197 290 300 33 623
85 Memphis 0.48952 381 398 32 811
86 Nevada-Reno 0.48869 309 324 30 663
87 Louisville 0.48640 367 388 17 772
88 Cincinnati 0.48627 471 499 50 1020
89 Oklahoma State 0.48494 443 472 48 963
90 Eastern Michigan 0.48083 403 437 47 887

91 Colorado State 0.47857 419 458 33 910
92 Tulane 0.47172 448 504 38 990
93 Oregon State 0.46985 427 485 50 962
94 Marshall 0.46626 324 374 43 741
95 Iowa State 0.46411 443 515 45 1003
96 New Mexico 0.46193 397 465 31 893
97 Temple 0.45547 378 457 52 887
98 New Mexico State 0.44716 386 481 32 899
99 Rice 0.44506 385 484 32 901
100 Louisiana-Monroe 0.43465 210 276 19 505

101 Indiana 0.43347 408 540 44 992
102 Northwestern 0.42266 408 565 42 1015
103 Kansas State 0.42246 399 553 41 993
104 Idaho 0.42121 273 380 26 679
105 Texas-El Paso 0.41615 318 452 29 799
106 Wake Forest 0.39622 350 542 33 925
107 Kent 0.39112 268 425 28 721

Teams not qualifying for the Win % table

Team Reason
disqualified
Team Reason
disqualified

Boise State 11% years Boston University 1964 last
Brown 1981 last Bucknell 1949 last
Buffalo 8% years Carlisle 1917 last
Carnegie Tech 1940 last Centenary 1941 last
Central Florida 4% years Centre 1926 last

Chicago 1939 last Colgate 1977 last
Colorado College 1937 last Colorado Mines 1937 last
Columbia 1981 last Connecticut 1% years
Cornell 1981 last Creighton 1942 last
Dartmouth 1981 last Davidson 1977 last

Dayton 1977 last Denver 1960 last
Detroit 1964 last Drake 1958 last
Duquesne 1950 last Fordham 1954 last
Fullerton State 1992 last Furman 1977 last
George Washington 1966 last Georgetown 1950 last

Gonzaga 1941 last Grinnell 1938 last
Hardin-Simmons 1963 last Harvard 1981 last
Haskell 1946 last Holy Cross 1977 last
Lafayette 1949 last Long Beach State 1991 last
Loyola 1939 last Loyola-Los Angeles 1951 last

Manhattan 1942 last Marquette 1960 last
Middle Tennessee State 2% years Montana 1963 last
Montana State 1937 last Nevada-Las Vegas 25% years
New York U 1951 last Northern Colorado 1937 last
Pacific 1995 last Pennsylvania 1981 last

Phillips 1920 last Princeton 1981 last
Richmond 1977 last Saint Louis 1949 last
Saint Marys 1950 last San Diego State 24% years
San Francisco 1951 last Santa Clara 1952 last
Sewanee 1941 last Southwestern 1927 last

Tampa 1974 last The Citadel 1977 last
UAB 4% years VMI 1977 last
Villanova 1980 last Washington-Missouri 1942 last
Washington & Jefferson 1934 last Washington & Lee 1953 last
West Texas A&M 1970 last Western State 1937 last

Whitman 1914 last Wichita 1986 last
William & Mary 1983 last Xavier 1973 last
Yale 1981 last

What the "reason disqualified" values mean:
  • "n last" - Team's last data was in year n, before the end of the range (2000).
  • "n% years" - Team had data for only n% of years in the range, below the required 30%.
  • "n games" - Team had only n games in the specified range of years, below the required 5.


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