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Single Season Win-Loss Percentage
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Single Season Leaders and Records for Win-Loss Percentage
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Since 1869
Minimum 10 years.
Leaders Table
Rk
Coach
Pct
Year
School
Notes
1
Jim Harbaugh
1
2023
Michigan
Kirby Smart
1
2022
Georgia
Nick Saban
1
2020
Alabama
Ed Orgeron
1
2019
LSU
Dabo Swinney
1
2018
Clemson
Scott Frost
1
2017
UCF
Jimbo Fisher
1
2013
Florida State
Urban Meyer
1
2012
Ohio State
Gene Chizik
1
2010
Auburn
Gary Patterson
1
2010
TCU
Chris Petersen
1
2009
Boise State
Nick Saban
1
2009
Alabama
Kyle Whittingham
1
2008
Utah
Chris Petersen
1
2006
Boise State
Mack Brown
1
2005
Texas
Pete Carroll
1
2004
USC
record
adjusted to 11-0-0
by NCAA
Urban Meyer
1
2004
Utah
Tommy Tuberville
1
2004
Auburn
Jim Tressel
1
2002
Ohio State
Larry Coker
1
2001
Miami (FL)
Bob Stoops
1
2000
Oklahoma
Bobby Bowden
1
1999
Florida State
Bob Pruett
1
1999
Marshall
Phillip Fulmer
1
1998
Tennessee
Lloyd Carr
1
1997
Michigan
Tom Osborne
1
1997
Nebraska
Tom Osborne
1
1995
Nebraska
Tom Osborne
1
1994
Nebraska
Joe Paterno
1
1994
Penn State
Terry Bowden
1
1993
Auburn
Gene Stallings
1
1992
Alabama
Dennis Erickson
1
1991
Miami (FL)
Don James
1
1991
Washington
Lou Holtz
1
1988
Notre Dame
Jimmy Johnson
1
1987
Miami (FL)
Joe Paterno
1
1986
Penn State
LaVell Edwards
1
1984
Brigham Young
Danny Ford
1
1981
Clemson
Vince Dooley
1
1980
Georgia
Bear Bryant
1
1979
Alabama
Frank Burns
1
1976
Rutgers
Johnny Majors
1
1976
Pitt
Bill Davidson
1
1975
Arkansas State
Frank Kush
1
1975
Arizona State
Barry Switzer
1
1974
Oklahoma
Bill Mallory
1
1973
Miami (OH)
Ara Parseghian
1
1973
Notre Dame
Joe Paterno
1
1973
Penn State
John McKay
1
1972
USC
Bob Devaney
1
1971
Nebraska
Jack Murphy
1
1971
Toledo
Bob Blackman
1
1970
Dartmouth
Frank Kush
1
1970
Arizona State
Frank Lauterbur
1
1970
Toledo
Don Coryell
1
1969
San Diego State
Frank Lauterbur
1
1969
Toledo
Joe Paterno
1
1969
Penn State
Darrell Royal
1
1969
Texas
Woody Hayes
1
1968
Ohio State
Joe Paterno
1
1968
Penn State
Bear Bryant
1
1966
Alabama
Bob Blackman
1
1965
Dartmouth
Frank Broyles
1
1964
Arkansas
Richard Colman
1
1964
Princeton
Darrell Royal
1
1963
Texas
Bob Blackman
1
1962
Dartmouth
John McKay
1
1962
USC
John Vaught
1
1962
Ole Miss
John Bateman
1
1961
Rutgers
Bear Bryant
1
1961
Alabama
Jordan Olivar
1
1960
Yale
Warren Woodson
1
1960
New Mexico State
Ben Schwartzwalder
1
1959
Syracuse
Paul Dietzel
1
1958
LSU
Dan Devine
1
1957
Arizona State
Ralph Jordan
1
1957
Auburn
Phil Dickens
1
1956
Wyoming
Bud Wilkinson
1
1956
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
1
1955
Oklahoma
Woody Hayes
1
1954
Ohio State
Red Sanders
1
1954
UCLA
Bud Wilkinson
1
1954
Oklahoma
Bobby Dodd
1
1952
Georgia Tech
Biggie Munn
1
1952
Michigan State
Charles Caldwell Jr.
1
1951
Princeton
Joe Kuharich
1
1951
San Francisco
Biggie Munn
1
1951
Michigan State
Jim Tatum
1
1951
Maryland
Charles Caldwell Jr.
1
1950
Princeton
Bowden Wyatt
1
1950
Wyoming
Red Blaik
1
1949
Army
Frank Leahy
1
1949
Notre Dame
Bud Wilkinson
1
1949
Oklahoma
Frank Howard
1
1948
Clemson
Bennie Oosterbaan
1
1948
Michigan
Fritz Crisler
1
1947
Michigan
Frank Leahy
1
1947
Notre Dame
Wallace Butts
1
1946
Georgia
Warren Woodson
1
1946
Hardin-Simmons
Red Blaik
1
1945
Army
Jim Lookabaugh
1
1945
Oklahoma State
Frank Thomas
1
1945
Alabama
Red Blaik
1
1944
Army
Frank Tritico
1
1944
Randolph Field
Carroll Widdoes
1
1944
Ohio State
Elmer Burnham
1
1943
Purdue
Harold White
1
1943
Colorado College
Bernie Bierman
1
1941
Minnesota
Aldo Donelli
1
1941
Duquesne
Bernie Bierman
1
1940
Minnesota
Frank Kimbrough
1
1940
Hardin-Simmons
Frank Leahy
1
1940
Boston College
Clark Shaughnessy
1
1940
Stanford
Homer Norton
1
1939
Texas A&M
Carl Snavely
1
1939
Cornell
Jack Hagerty
1
1938
Georgetown
Dutch Meyer
1
1938
TCU
Bob Neyland
1
1938
Tennessee
Buck Shaw
1
1937
Santa Clara
Bernie Bierman
1
1935
Minnesota
Fritz Crisler
1
1935
Princeton
Bernie Bierman
1
1934
Minnesota
Frank Thomas
1
1934
Alabama
Fritz Crisler
1
1933
Princeton
Howard Jones
1
1932
USC
Andrew Kerr
1
1932
Colgate
Harry Kipke
1
1932
Michigan
Ike Armstrong
1
1930
Utah
Knute Rockne
1
1930
Notre Dame
Wallace Wade
1
1930
Alabama
Ike Armstrong
1
1929
Utah
Bernie Bierman
1
1929
Tulane
James Phelan
1
1929
Purdue
Knute Rockne
1
1929
Notre Dame
William Alexander
1
1928
Georgia Tech
Gus Dorais
1
1928
Detroit Mercy
Ike Armstrong
1
1926
Utah
Jesse Hawley
1
1925
Dartmouth
Wallace Wade
1
1925
Alabama
Knute Rockne
1
1924
Notre Dame
Gilmour Dobie
1
1923
Cornell
Ewing Freeland
1
1923
SMU
Tad Jones
1
1923
Yale
Ray Morrison
1
1923
SMU
Myron Witham
1
1923
Colorado
Fielding Yost
1
1923
Michigan
Robert Zuppke
1
1923
Illinois
Gilmour Dobie
1
1922
Cornell
Howard Jones
1
1922
Iowa
Andy Smith
1
1922
California
Ossie Solem
1
1922
Drake
Gilmour Dobie
1
1921
Cornell
Howard Jones
1
1921
Iowa
Jock Sutherland
1
1921
Lafayette
Knute Rockne
1
1920
Notre Dame
Andy Smith
1
1920
California
Berry Whitaker
1
1920
Texas
Dana Bible
1
1919
Texas A&M
Charley Moran
1
1919
Centre
Knute Rockne
1
1919
Notre Dame
Irving Barron
1
1918
Colorado Mines
Charles Bernier
1
1918
Virginia Tech
William Juneau
1
1918
Texas
Bennie Owen
1
1918
Oklahoma
R.B. Rutherford
1
1918
Washington (MO)
Gifford Shaw
1
1918
Presbyterian
Fielding Yost
1
1918
Michigan
Dana Bible
1
1917
Texas A&M
John Fike
1
1917
Denver
John Heisman
1
1917
Georgia Tech
Pop Warner
1
1917
Pitt
Charles Daly
1
1916
Army
Pop Warner
1
1916
Pitt
John Wilce
1
1916
Ohio State
Harry Hughes
1
1915
Colorado State
Bennie Owen
1
1915
Oklahoma
Jumbo Stiehm
1
1915
Nebraska
Pop Warner
1
1915
Pitt
Dave Allerdice
1
1914
Texas
Zora Clevenger
1
1914
Tennessee
Charles Daly
1
1914
Army
Jogger Elcock
1
1914
Washington & Lee
Robert Zuppke
1
1914
Illinois
Mike Donahue
1
1913
Auburn
Jesse Harper
1
1913
Notre Dame
Percy Haughton
1
1913
Harvard
Amos Alonzo Stagg
1
1913
Chicago
Jumbo Stiehm
1
1913
Nebraska
Percy Haughton
1
1912
Harvard
Bill Hollenback
1
1912
Penn State
William Juneau
1
1912
Wisconsin
Fred Folsom
1
1911
Colorado
Fred Folsom
1
1910
Colorado
Arthur Hall
1
1910
Illinois
C.J. Rothget
1
1910
Colorado College
Joseph Thompson
1
1910
Pitt
Hugo Bezdek
1
1909
Arkansas
Fred Folsom
1
1909
Colorado
Howard Jones
1
1909
Yale
Doc Kennedy
1
1908
Kansas
Charles Hutchins
1
1906
Wisconsin
Jack Owsley
1
1905
Yale
Amos Alonzo Stagg
1
1905
Chicago
Dan McGugin
1
1904
Vanderbilt
Henry Williams
1
1904
Minnesota
Fielding Yost
1
1904
Michigan
Fielding Yost
1
1902
Michigan
Phil King
1
1901
Wisconsin
William Reid
1
1901
Harvard
Fielding Yost
1
1901
Michigan
Malcolm McBride
1
1900
Yale
Gustave Ferbert
1
1898
Michigan
W. Cameron Forbes
1
1898
Harvard
George Washington Woodruff
1
1897
Pennsylvania
George Washington Woodruff
1
1895
Pennsylvania
William Rhodes
1
1894
Yale
George Washington Woodruff
1
1894
Pennsylvania
Wallie Winter
1
1893
Minnesota
Knowlton Ames
1
1892
Purdue
Walter Camp
1
1892
Yale
Walter Camp
1
1891
Yale
George Adams
1
1890
Harvard
George Stewart
1
1890
Harvard
Walter Camp
1
1888
Yale
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