NCAA Division I-A football team records by decade

Rank

School

Winning percentage

Wins

Losses

1

Oklahoma

.853

81

14

2

Boise State

.846

77

14

2

Texas

.846

77

14

4

Ohio State

.809

72

17

5

Miami

.807

71

17

6

USC

.789

71

19

7

Louisiana State

.778

70

20

8

Louisville

.775

69

20

9

Virginia Tech

.767

69

21

10

Georgia

.758

69

22

1990s

Rank

School

Winning percentage

Wins

Losses

Ties

1

Florida State

.890

109

13

1

2

Nebraska

.868

108

16

1

3

Marshall

.820

114

25

0

4

Florida

.820

102

22

1

5

Tennessee

.813

99

22

2

6

Penn State

.789

97

26

0

7

Michigan

.775

93

26

3

8

Miami

.773

92

27

0

9

Texas A&M

.766

94

28

2

10

Ohio State

.752

91

29

3

1980s

Rank

School

Winning percentage

Wins

Losses

Ties

1

Nebraska

.837

102

20

0

2

Miami

.831

98

20

0

3

Brigham Young

.797

102

26

0

4

Oklahoma

.780

91

25

2

5

Clemson

.765

86

25

4

6

Penn State

.763

89

27

2

7

Georgia

.756

88

27

4

8

Florida State

.750

87

28

3

9

Michigan

.750

89

29

2

10

Auburn

.733

86

31

1

1970s

Rank

School

Winning percentage

Wins

Losses

Ties

1

Oklahoma

.877

102

13

3

2

Alabama

.863

103

16

1

3

Michigan

.848

96

16

3

4

Tennessee State

.827

85

17

2

5

Nebraska

.820

98

20

4

6

Penn State

.814

96

22

0

7

Ohio State

.811

91

20

3

8

Notre Dame

.805

91

22

0

9

USC

.803

93

21

5

10

Texas

.770

88

26

1

Notes and information

  • Teams have reached 100 wins in a decade 8 times. This has happened twice in the 1970s, twice in the 1980s, and four times in the 1990s. One of the reasons for more in later decades, is because the college football season has expanded, to allow more games to be played.
  • Oklahoma became the first team to reach 100 victories in a decade.
  • Nebraska became the first team to reach 100 victories in back-to-back decades, when they did so in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • Florida State set the NCAA record for winning percentage in a decade at .890 in the 1990s.
  • Marshall set the NCAA record for victories in a decade with 114, but that was because they had longer seasons.
  • Michigan holds the NCAA record for most victories all time
  • Notre Dame has the most victories since 1900
  • Oklahoma has the most victories since WW2
  • Nebraska has the most victories since 1970
  • Oklahoma has the most victories since 2000

References

  • College Football Encyclopedia
  • NCAA 2006 Football Media Guide
  • College football Data Warehouse