Top five Division 1 NCAA football teams winners

[Phil C]

These are the ones who have won the most football games up through their 2007 season.

They are (with the team), no. of wins, and the year they started playing football.

1. Michigan 1879 869 wins

2. Notre Dame 1887 824 wins

3. Texas 1893 820 wins

4. Nebraska 1890 817 wins

5. Ohio State 1890 798 wins


As you can see these are teams that have great records and have each won several national championships over the years.
All started before Texas and got a few wins ahead of us before UT
started. Michigan had 34 wins on us as they started in 1879, Notre Dame started in 1887 and had 3 wins on us, Nebraska started in 1890 and had 6 wins on us, and Ohio State started in 1890 and had 8 wins on us. But hey! That is our fault for waiting so long.

Ut fans are excited as they hope to catch and pass Notre Dame either this year or next year but they need to be careful because Nebraska is right behind and could possible pass them up. There is little doubt that Ohio State will get into the 800 win group this year.

Exciting times indeed and great for off season discussions.

[Phil C]

My apologies for being too overenthusiastic and not capatalizing the second t in UT above. :( I am so ashamed.

[sahen]

Originally posted by Phil C
My apologies for being too overenthusiastic and not capatalizing the second t in UT above. :( I am so ashamed.

maybe your half aggie and dont know it...:D

[Phil C]

Originally posted by sahen
maybe your half aggie and dont know it...:D

Maybe 20%! ;)

[Phil C]

The bottom top teams consist of the following.

6. Penn State 790wins 1887

7. Alabama 787wins 1892

8. Oklahoma 776wins 1895

9. Tennessee 771wins 1891

10. USC 753wins 1888


Texas A&M is listed as No. 18 with 655wins and started playing football in 1894.

[Phil C]

An interesting note is that in all time loses the leader is Northwestern (Chicago) with 610 loses. But it must be pointed out that they do have good teams sometimes and have made it to the Rose Bowl.

TCU and Navy are tied at 57 are tied (pun intended) for the largest number of ties. They are several games ahead of some other but unless the NCAA changes the rules on the OT games they will probably be tied forever. It is noted though that Navy had two big ties at 21 to 21 with Army. One was in 1926 when both teams were highly ranked and Notre Dame Coach Knute Rockne went to this game confident his team would easily win their game but ND suffered an upset. Also in 1948 Navy got a big tie with Army when Army was 8 - 0 and Navy was 0 - 8. After the game Army was still undefeated and Navy hadn't won a game that year but that was a big upset.
One of TCU's ties was in 1961 against Ohio State 7 to 7 which cost Ohio State a national championship.

[waterboy]

So, according to these stats, since 1893, Texas has more football wins than any other team. That's amazing.:thumbsup:

[NastySlot]

Originally posted by Phil C
An interesting note is that in all time loses the leader is Northwestern (Chicago) with 610 loses. But it must be pointed out that they do have good teams sometimes and have made it to the Rose Bowl.

TCU and Navy are tied at 57 are tied (pun intended) for the largest number of ties. They are several games ahead of some other but unless the NCAA changes the rules on the OT games they will probably be tied forever. It is noted though that Navy had two big ties at 21 to 21 with Army. One was in 1926 when both teams were highly ranked and Notre Dame Coach Knute Rockne went to this game confident his team would easily win their game but ND suffered an upset. Also in 1948 Navy got a big tie with Army when Army was 8 - 0 and Navy was 0 - 8. After the game Army was still undefeated and Navy hadn't won a game that year but that was a big upset.
One of TCU's ties was in 1961 against Ohio State 7 to 7 which cost Ohio State a national championship.


that northwestern one is shocking to me....i would have figured it would have been k-state....do you have winning % for the teams.

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by waterboy
So, according to these stats, since 1893, Texas has more football wins than any other team. That's amazing.:thumbsup:

Nope. Michigan has won ten more games than Texas since 1893.:D

[waterboy]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
Nope. Michigan has won ten more games than Texas since 1893.:D
Oops! I just took a quick glance. I meant to say Texas got to 820 wins in less time than Michigan.:D

Right?:confused: :thinking:

[Phil C]

Originally posted by waterboy
Oops! I just took a quick glance. I meant to say Texas got to 820 wins in less time than Michigan.:D

Right?:confused: :thinking:

No waterboy. Since 1893 Michigan has 835 wins to Texas' 820 wins. But it is a lot closer.

[Phil C]

Here is a link.

http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/show-team.pl

[waterboy]

Originally posted by Phil C
No waterboy. Since 1893 Michigan has 835 wins to Texas' 820 wins. But it is a lot closer.
No. You misunderstood me. Texas only took 114 years to get to 820 wins. It took Michigan from 1879 to, what, 2005? That's at least 126 years.:nerd:

[Phil C]

Originally posted by waterboy
No. You misunderstood me. Texas only took 114 years to get to 820 wins. It took Michigan from 1879 to, what, 2005? That's at least 126 years.:nerd:

Right you are! :clap:

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by waterboy
No. You misunderstood me. Texas only took 114 years to get to 820 wins. It took Michigan from 1879 to, what, 2005? That's at least 126 years.:nerd:

The only stat that matters is head to head records....uhhh
wait...nevermind.:doh: :D


Whatever happened to Dusty Mangum?:mad:

[WOS87]

Here are a few more stats.... These should be among Division IA teams only

Highest All-Time Winning Percentage

1. 74.31% Michigan (869-288-38)
2. 73.82% Notre Dame (824-279-41)
3. 71.45% Ohio State (798-303-53)
4. 71.36% Texas (820-319-34)
5. 71.21% Oklahoma (776-298-53)
6. 70.67% Alabama (787-314-43)
7. 70.33% USC (753-302-54)
8. 70.32% Nebraska (817-333-41)
9. 69.71% Tennessee (771-320-53)
10. 69.49% Boise State (327-143-2)

All-Time Points Scored

1. 29,772 OKlahoma
2. 29,347 Michigan
3. 29,128 Nebraska
4. 28,722 Notre Dame
5. 27,757 Texas

Most 10+ Win Seasons

1. 29 Oklahoma
2. 28 Alabama
3(t) 25 Michigan
3(t) 25 Nebraska
5. 23 USC
6. 21 Texas
7. 20 Tennessee

Most Losses All-Time

1. 610 Northwestern
2. 594 Indiana
3. 591 Kansas State
4. 584 Rutgers
5. 581 Wake Forest
6. 567 Iowa State
7. 555 Tulane
8. 546 Kentucky
9. 541 Vanderbilt
10(t). 540 Kansas
10(t). 540 Cincinnati

Lowest All-Time Winning Percentage

1. 23.53% Florida International (16-52-0)
2. 38.83% Kent State (297-476-28)
3. 40.96% Wake Forest (398-581-33)
4. 41.22% UTEP (352-508-28)
5. 42.64% Indiana (436-594-44)

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by WOS87
Here are a few more stats.... These should be among Division IA teams only





Most Losses All-Time

1. 610 Northwestern
2. 594 Indiana
3. 591 Kansas State
4. 584 Rutgers
5. 581 Wake Forest
6. 567 Iowa State
7. 555 Tulane
8. 546 Kentucky
9. 541 Vanderbilt
10(t). 540 Kansas
10(t). 540 Cincinnati



I wonder if it's by coincidence that most of these universities are
considered basketball schools.:thinking:

[jimmyceatworld]

Originally posted by WOS87
Here are a few more stats.... These should be among Division IA teams only

Come on, we all know it's Bowl Subdivision, not 1A ;)