College football's most successful teams

Before the start of the 2018-19 college football season, the 129 teams currently in the FBS had played a combined 135,704 games.

No single team has played more than Rutgers, whose program goes back to 1869 and had seen 1,337 games heading into the 2018-19 season. Through those, the Scarlet Knights have a winning percentage of 50.11, placing them as the 88th most successful team.

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They happen to be the last team in the black, as No. 89 — Utah State — sits at 49.73 percent.

But they’re still a far cry from the top. Eight FBS programs have a winning percentage greater than 70. 

Here’s a look at each of the eight, followed by the full ranking of all 129 teams:

(All stats from before 2018-19 season. All photos from USA Today Sports Images)

No. 8: Southern California — 70.17 percent

First year: 1888
Games played: 1,227
Record: 834-339-54

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No. 7: Texas — 70.51 percent

First year: 1893
Games played: 1,297
Record: 898-366-33

No. 6: Oklahoma — 72.26 percent

First year: 1895
Games played: 1,260
Record: 884-323-53

No. 5: Alabama — 72.31 percent

First year: 1892
Games played: 1,262
Record: 891-328-43

No. 4: Notre Dame — 72.48 percent

First year: 1887
Games played: 1,250
Record: 885-323-42

No. 3: Ohio State — 72.51 percent

First year: 1890
Games played: 1,275
Record: 898-324-53

No. 2: Boise State — 72.56 percent

First year: 1968
Games played: 605
Record: 438-165-2

No. 1: Michigan — 72.91 percent

First year: 1879
Games played: 1,318
Record: 943-339-36

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Here is the full listing of all 129 FBS teams by winning percentage:

Rank	Team	First year	Games	Record	Winning percentage
1	Michigan	1879	1318	943-339-36	72.91%
2	Boise St.	1968	605	438-165-2	72.56%
3	Ohio St.	1890	1275	898-324-53	72.51%
4	Notre Dame	1887	1250	885-323-42	72.48%
5	Alabama	1892	1262	891-328-43	72.31%
6	Oklahoma	1895	1260	884-323-53	72.26%
7	Texas	1893	1297	898-366-33	70.51%
8	Southern California	1888	1227	834-339-54	70.17%
9	Nebraska	1890	1313	893-380-40	69.54%
10	Penn St.	1887	1306	878-387-41	68.80%
11	Florida St.	1947	806	539-250-17	67.93%
12	Tennessee	1891	1269	833-383-53	67.73%
13	Old Dominion	2009	109	72-37-0	66.06%
14	Georgia	1892	1282	808-420-54	65.13%
15	LSU	1893	1246	787-412-47	65.05%
16	Appalachain St.	1928	968	606-333-29	64.10%
17	Miami (FL)	1926	996	623-354-19	63.50%
18	Ga. Southern	1924	603	377-216-10	63.35%
19	Auburn	1892	1242	759-436-47	63.00%
20	Florida	1906	1169	714-415-40	62.79%
21	Washington	1889	1220	725-445-50	61.48%
22	Clemson	1896	1233	729-459-45	60.95%
23	Virginia Tech	1892	1249	737-466-46	60.85%
24	Arizona St.	1897	1019	607-388-24	60.75%
25	Texas A&M	1894	1257	732-477-48	60.14%
26	Michigan St.	1896	1191	694-453-44	60.12%
27	West Virginia	1891	1280	742-493-45	59.73%
28	Central Mich.	1896	1064	617-411-36	59.68%
29	Miami (OH)	1888	1183	684-455-44	59.68%
30	Georgia Tech	1892	1267	728-496-43	59.16%
31	Western Ky.	1913	993	572-391-30	59.11%
32	UCLA	1919	1051	602-412-37	59.04%
33	Utah	1892	1158	668-459-31	59.02%
34	Arkansas	1894	1247	713-494-40	58.78%
35	Fresno St.	1921	1046	597-422-27	58.37%
36	Wisconsin	1889	1240	697-490-53	58.35%
37	Stanford	1891	1148	644-455-49	58.23%
38	South Fla.	1997	251	146-105-0	58.17%
39	Southern Miss.	1912	1028	584-418-26	58.07%
40	Bowling Green	1919	973	539-382-52	58.07%
41	Colorado	1890	1237	700-501-36	58.04%
42	BYU	1922	1009	568-415-26	57.58%
43	Pittsburgh	1890	1286	717-527-42	57.39%
44	Boston College	1893	1183	659-487-37	57.27%
45	Middle Tenn.	1911	1025	573-424-28	57.27%
46	Louisiana Tech	1901	1101	609-455-37	56.99%
47	Minnesota	1882	1248	688-516-44	56.89%
48	Arizona	1899	1099	608-458-33	56.82%
49	Syracuse	1889	1295	709-537-49	56.64%
50	Army West Point	1890	1248	681-516-51	56.61%
51	Oregon	1894	1187	648-493-46	56.53%
52	San Diego St.	1921	998	548-418-32	56.51%
53	Troy	1909	958	527-403-28	56.47%
54	Ole Miss	1893	1218	666-517-35	56.12%
55	North Carolina	1888	1276	689-533-54	56.11%
56	Texas Tech	1925	1037	562-443-32	55.74%
57	Toledo	1917	984	536-424-24	55.69%
58	Navy	1879	1323	708-558-57	55.67%
59	Western Mich.	1906	1033	562-447-24	55.57%
60	Tulsa	1895	1138	618-493-27	55.49%
61	California	1886	1245	661-533-51	55.14%
62	Air Force	1956	718	385-320-13	54.53%
63	Hawaii	1909	1000	533-443-24	54.50%
64	Houston	1946	809	433-361-15	54.45%
65	Missouri	1890	1279	669-558-52	54.34%
66	TCU	1896	1242	644-541-57	54.15%
67	Northern Ill.	1899	1118	579-488-51	54.07%
68	Iowa	1889	1233	640-554-39	53.49%
69	UCF	1979	452	241-210-1	53.43%
70	Texas St.	1904	985	509-451-25	52.94%
71	Nevada	1896	1059	543-483-33	52.83%
72	Louisville	1912	987	512-458-17	52.74%
73	Maryland	1892	1276	644-589-43	52.16%
74	Purdue	1887	1216	608-560-48	51.97%
75	Marshall	1895	1171	582-542-47	51.71%
76	Virginia	1888	1302	649-605-48	51.69%
77	Oklahoma St.	1901	1179	585-546-48	51.65%
78	Ball St.	1924	895	445-418-32	51.51%
79	East Carolina	1932	856	433-411-12	51.29%
80	South Carolina	1892	1218	602-572-44	51.23%
81	South Alabama	2009	102	52-50-0	50.98%
82	Baylor	1899	1201	589-568-44	50.87%
83	NC State	1892	1217	591-571-55	50.82%
84	Illinois	1890	1237	602-585-50	50.69%
85	Cincinnati	1885	1241	603-587-51	50.64%
86	North Texas	1913	1042	507-502-33	50.24%
87	Ohio	1894	1167	562-557-48	50.21%
88	Rutgers	1869	1337	649-646-42	50.11%
89	Utah St.	1892	1099	531-537-31	49.73%
90	Kentucky	1881	1268	606-618-44	49.53%
91	Vanderbilt	1890	1263	600-613-50	49.49%
92	Massachusetts	1879	1205	570-585-50	49.38%
93	Duke	1888	1051	503-517-31	49.33%
94	Mississippi St.	1895	1167	555-573-39	49.23%
95	San Jose St.	1893	1025	485-502-38	49.17%
96	Arkansas St.	1911	984	465-482-37	49.14%
97	Akron	1891	1093	519-538-36	49.13%
98	Washington St.	1894	1135	535-555-45	49.12%
99	Memphis	1912	1026	482-511-33	48.59%
100	Wyoming	1893	1122	526-568-28	48.13%
101	Kansas	1890	1271	582-631-58	48.07%
102	Louisiana	1901	1098	510-554-34	48.00%
103	Colorado St.	1893	1124	520-571-33	47.73%
104	SMU	1915	1083	489-540-54	47.65%
105	UConn	1896	1107	508-561-38	47.61%
106	Oregon St.	1893	1173	530-593-50	47.31%
107	UTSA	2011	82	38-44-0	46.34%
108	Kansas St.	1896	1207	526-639-42	45.32%
109	New Mexico	1892	1103	483-589-31	45.19%
110	Temple	1894	1094	468-574-52	45.16%
111	Iowa St.	1892	1214	524-644-46	45.06%
112	Tulane	1893	1197	520-639-38	45.03%
113	Northwestern	1882	1240	535-661-44	44.92%
114	UAB	1991	286	126-158-2	44.41%
115	Rice	1912	1108	470-606-32	43.86%
116	Eastern Mich.	1891	1089	453-589-47	43.76%
117	Idaho	1894	1095	459-610-26	43.11%
118	La.-Monroe	1951	727	304-415-8	42.37%
119	Fla. Atlantic	2001	206	87-119-0	42.23%
120	Indiana	1887	1195	479-672-44	41.92%
121	Buffalo	1894	922	370-524-28	41.65%
122	Wake Forest	1888	1136	450-653-33	41.07%
123	New Mexico St.	1894	1090	430-630-30	40.83%
124	UTEP	1914	1005	390-585-30	40.30%
125	UNLV	1968	574	228-342-4	40.07%
126	Kent St.	1920	922	341-553-28	38.50%
127	FIU	2002	191	64-127-0	33.51%
128	Charlotte	1946	65	20-45-0	30.77%
129	Georgia St.	2010	94	27-67-0	28.72%