OU Football Tradition | OU in College Football History

Updated April 29, 2013

 
It's common knowledge that Oklahoma has been the most dominant team of the modern era. However, the Sooners have been a football power since first fielding a team in 1895 (12 years before Oklahoma became a state). All-time points scored and allowed limited to schools which have played a minimum of 1,000 games. Stats are updated through the date listed at the top of the page.
 

All-Time Winning Percentage  School % W-L-T Games  1. Michigan .73444 903-315-36 1254  2. Notre Dame .73344 865-301-42 1208  3. Oklahoma .71817 831-310-53 1194  4. Ohio State .71600 837-316-53 1206  5. Texas .71596 867-334-33 1234  6. Alabama .71243 827-321-43 1191  7. Southern Cal .70146 786-319-54 1159  8. Nebraska .70136 856-353-40 1249  9. Tennessee .68449 799-354-53 1206  10. Florida State .66779 485-237-17 739		Total Wins  School Wins Games  1. Michigan 903 1254  2. Texas 867 1234  3. Notre Dame 865 1208  4. Nebraska 856 1249  5. Ohio State 837 1206  6. Oklahoma 831 1194  7. Alabama 827 1191  8. Tennessee 799 1206  9. Southern Cal 786 1159  10. Georgia 759 1217
Points Scored  School Avg Points Games  1. Oklahoma 27.17 32,447 1194  2. Notre Dame 25.21 30,461 1208  3. Penn State 25.18 28,436 1129  4. Nebraska 24.98 31,206 1249  5. Michigan 24.87 31,192 1254  6. Texas 24.28 29,972 1234  7. Southern Cal 24.23 28,092 1159  8. Alabama 24.05 28,646 1191  9. Ohio State 23.64 28,510 1206  10. Tennessee 22.44 27,065 1206		Points Allowed  School Avg Points Games  1. Alabama 11.39 13,566 1191  2. Michigan 11.48 14,402 1254  3. Ohio State 12.22 14,745 1206  4. Notre Dame 12.55 15,166 1208  5. Oklahoma 12.89 15,394 1194  6. Southern Cal 13.03 15,109 1159  7. Tennessee 13.09 15,796 1206  8. Texas 13.10 16,167 1234  9. LSU 13.17 15,596 1184  9. Penn State 13.81 15,598 1129
All-Americans  School Unanimous Consensus  1. Notre Dame 32 96  2. Oklahoma 31 75  3. Ohio State 29 78  4. Southern Cal 27 79  5. Michigan 25 78  6. Alabama 23 50  7. Texas 22 53  8. Nebraska 21 53  9. Miami 15 35  10. Pittsburgh 13 49		Weeks Ranked  AP Poll No. 1 Top 5 Top 10 All  1. Oklahoma 101 383 537 736  2. Notre Dame 98 286 508 730  3. Ohio State 94 315 537 804  4. Southern Cal 91 277 460 718  5. Nebraska 70 296 514 698  6. Miami 68 202 291 450  7. Florida State 60 212 322 489  8. Alabama 57 309 454 693  9. Texas 45 267 443 698  10. Florida 41 184 318 547
Bowl Wins  School Wins Appearances  1. Alabama 35 60  2. Southern Cal 32 49  3. Oklahoma 27 46      Georgia 27 48      Penn State 27 44      Texas 27 51  7. Florida State 25 41      Tennessee 25 49  9. Nebraska 24 49  10. Georgia Tech 23 41		NFL Draft Selections  School Picks First Rd.  1. Southern Cal 484 75  2. Notre Dame 477 62  3. Ohio State 406 69  4. Oklahoma 363 43  5. Nebraska 347 33  6. Michigan 342 43  7. Tennessee 333 43  8. Texas 332 42  8. Penn State 332 36  10. Miami (Fla.) 315 59

 
* Minimum 1,000 Games | Stats are courtesy College Football Data Warehouse and the NCAA.
 
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