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I-A Winning Percentage 1924-1973 (50 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 0.75667 358 108 21 487
2 Tennessee 0.74704 366 116 24 506
3 Alabama 0.74364 367 118 26 511
4 Ohio State 0.71509 305 114 25 444
5 Southern Cal 0.70324 353 140 31 524
6 Oklahoma 0.69980 334 135 29 498
7 Texas 0.69646 345 145 19 509
8 Michigan 0.69189 308 133 15 456
9 Miami-Ohio 0.67957 308 141 16 465
10 Army 0.67887 312 141 25 478
11 Penn State 0.67308 305 143 20 468
12 Louisiana State 0.65856 324 161 29 514
13 Dartmouth 0.65455 280 144 16 440
14 Michigan State 0.64653 278 147 22 447
15 Arizona State 0.64174 278 151 19 448
16 Bowling Green 0.64153 255 133 43 431
17 Mississippi 0.64143 310 168 24 502
18 Boston College 0.63449 283 159 19 461
19 Princeton 0.62681 250 145 19 414
20 Yale 0.62442 256 149 25 430
21 Georgia 0.62165 312 185 25 522
22 Central Michigan 0.61860 259 157 14 430
23 Duke 0.61842 295 178 21 494
24 Georgia Tech 0.61686 312 190 20 522
25 Ohio 0.61187 258 160 20 438
26 Southern Miss 0.60909 259 163 18 440
27 Utah 0.60622 272 173 21 466
28 Nebraska 0.60597 284 181 21 486
29 Colorado 0.60470 274 176 18 468
30 Minnesota 0.60045 257 167 24 448
31 Syracuse 0.59780 262 173 20 455
32 Holy Cross 0.59771 273 179 29 481
33 Louisiana Tech 0.59509 269 180 19 468
34 Stanford 0.59290 272 183 24 479
35 UCLA 0.59082 277 188 25 490
36 Purdue 0.59060 251 170 26 447
37 Tulsa 0.58603 280 195 19 494
38 Fresno State 0.58385 270 189 24 483
39 Northern Illinois 0.58238 242 170 25 437
40 Texas Christian 0.58046 287 203 32 522
41 Rutgers 0.57805 251 182 9 442
42 Hawaii 0.57801 239 173 11 423
43 North Texas 0.57543 254 184 26 464
44 Arkansas 0.57353 283 208 19 510
45 Houston 0.57292 160 118 10 288
46 Washington 0.57260 268 197 24 489
47 Villanova 0.57220 257 190 17 464
48 Eastern Michigan 0.57107 213 157 24 394
49 West Virginia 0.57042 271 201 25 497
50 Cornell 0.57009 235 175 18 428
51 Texas Tech 0.56543 277 210 25 512
52 Missouri 0.56452 266 202 28 496
53 Auburn 0.56351 267 204 25 496
54 Florida State 0.56273 146 112 13 271
55 Harvard 0.56220 224 172 22 418
56 Western Michigan 0.55861 226 177 15 418
57 Oregon State 0.55626 251 198 22 471
58 Miami-Florida 0.55568 245 194 19 458
59 Memphis 0.55365 232 185 21 438
60 Utah State 0.55275 241 193 21 455
61 Colgate 0.55157 233 187 26 446
62 Clemson 0.54898 259 211 20 490
63 Florida 0.54829 260 212 25 497
64 North Carolina 0.54719 261 214 23 498
65 Arizona 0.54615 238 196 21 455
66 Pennsylvania 0.54587 230 190 16 436
67 Akron 0.54296 216 180 23 419
68 Southern Methodist 0.53861 260 220 38 518
69 Ball State 0.53827 197 167 28 392
70 Navy 0.53766 242 206 30 478
71 California 0.53620 264 227 20 511
72 Pittsburgh 0.53313 246 214 23 483
73 Texas-El Paso 0.53266 224 195 25 444
74 Cincinnati 0.53212 238 208 21 467
75 Arkansas State 0.52934 203 179 27 409
76 San Jose State 0.52802 232 206 26 464
77 Toledo 0.52564 218 196 15 429
78 Virginia Tech 0.52436 232 209 31 472
79 Maryland 0.52395 252 228 21 501
80 Wyoming 0.52360 223 202 20 445
81 Vanderbilt 0.51955 238 219 29 486
82 Temple 0.51670 215 200 34 449
83 Pacific 0.51531 242 227 21 490
84 Tulane 0.51429 240 226 24 490
85 East Carolina 0.50882 168 162 10 340
86 Oregon 0.50853 227 219 23 469
87 Baylor 0.50714 239 232 19 490
88 Louisiana-Lafayette 0.50640 229 223 17 469
89 Louisville 0.50597 207 202 10 419
90 Kent 0.50000 189 189 26 404
91 Kentucky 0.49794 231 233 22 486
92 Texas A&M 0.49704 236 239 31 506
93 South Carolina 0.49696 233 236 25 494
94 Rice 0.49513 244 249 20 513
95 William & Mary 0.49430 166 170 15 351
96 Illinois 0.49335 213 219 19 451
97 Wisconsin 0.49229 209 216 29 454
98 New Mexico 0.48943 221 231 21 473
99 Washington State 0.48602 211 224 30 465
100 Mississippi State 0.48404 216 231 23 470
101 Oklahoma State 0.48171 223 241 28 492
102 Furman 0.48148 211 228 20 459
103 Northwestern 0.47763 206 226 15 447
104 New Mexico State 0.47143 206 232 17 455
105 Louisiana-Monroe 0.47135 172 194 18 384
106 Colorado State 0.46763 201 230 17 448
107 Kansas 0.46170 209 246 28 483
108 Nevada-Reno 0.45933 181 215 22 418
109 The Citadel 0.45639 144 172 5 321
110 Marshall 0.45154 192 236 26 454
111 Richmond 0.44986 150 185 14 349
112 North Carolina State 0.44489 208 263 28 499
113 Virginia 0.44479 202 255 23 480
114 Columbia 0.44257 187 238 19 444
115 Brown 0.44209 190 242 17 449
116 Brigham Young 0.43977 182 235 23 440
117 Wake Forest 0.43943 201 260 26 487
118 VMI 0.43737 204 266 25 495
119 Iowa 0.43694 182 238 24 444
120 Iowa State 0.41991 180 254 28 462
121 Davidson 0.41554 173 248 23 444
122 Indiana 0.39357 166 262 23 451
123 Idaho 0.38014 160 265 13 438
124 Kansas State 0.33755 151 305 18 474

Teams not qualifying for the Win % table
Team Reason
disqualified		 Team Reason
disqualified
Air Force 36% years Boise State 12% years
Boston University 1964 last Bucknell 1949 last
Buffalo 18% years Carnegie Tech 1940 last
Centenary 1941 last Centre 1926 last
Chicago 1939 last Colorado College 1937 last
Colorado Mines 1937 last Creighton 1942 last
Dayton 38% years Denver 1960 last
Detroit 1964 last Drake 1958 last
Duquesne 1950 last Fordham 1954 last
Fullerton State 1970 first George Washington 1966 last
Georgetown 1950 last Gonzaga 1941 last
Grinnell 1938 last Hardin-Simmons 1963 last
Haskell 1946 last Lafayette 1949 last
Long Beach State 1955 first Loyola 1939 last
Loyola-Los Angeles 1951 last Manhattan 1942 last
Marquette 1960 last Montana 1963 last
Montana State 1937 last Nevada-Las Vegas 12% years
New York U 1951 last Northern Colorado 1937 last
Saint Louis 1949 last Saint Marys 1950 last
San Diego State 10% years San Francisco 1951 last
Santa Clara 1952 last Sewanee 1941 last
Southwestern 1927 last Tampa 1972 first
Washington-Missouri 1942 last Washington & Jefferson 1934 last
Washington & Lee 1953 last West Texas A&M 1970 last
Western State 1937 last Wichita 1950 first
Xavier 1964 first
What the "reason disqualified" values mean:
  • "n last" - Team's last data was in year n, before the end of the range (1973).
  • "n first" - Team's first data was in year n, after the start of the range (1924).
  • "n% years" - Team had data for only n% of years in the range, below the required 50%.

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