Single Season Leaders and Records for Win-Loss Percentage

Leaders

  • Since 1869
  • Minimum 10 years.
Leaders Table
Rk Coach Pct Year School Notes
1Jim Harbaugh12023Michigan
Kirby Smart12022Georgia
Nick Saban12020Alabama
Ed Orgeron12019LSU
Dabo Swinney12018Clemson
Scott Frost12017UCF
Jimbo Fisher12013Florida State
Urban Meyer12012Ohio State
Gene Chizik12010Auburn
Gary Patterson12010TCU
Chris Petersen12009Boise State
Nick Saban12009Alabama
Kyle Whittingham12008Utah
Chris Petersen12006Boise State
Mack Brown12005Texas
Pete Carroll12004USCrecord adjusted to 11-0-0 by NCAA
Urban Meyer12004Utah
Tommy Tuberville12004Auburn
Jim Tressel12002Ohio State
Larry Coker12001Miami (FL)
Bob Stoops12000Oklahoma
Bobby Bowden11999Florida State
Bob Pruett11999Marshall
Phillip Fulmer11998Tennessee
Lloyd Carr11997Michigan
Tom Osborne11997Nebraska
Tom Osborne11995Nebraska
Tom Osborne11994Nebraska
Joe Paterno11994Penn State
Terry Bowden11993Auburn
Gene Stallings11992Alabama
Dennis Erickson11991Miami (FL)
Don James11991Washington
Lou Holtz11988Notre Dame
Jimmy Johnson11987Miami (FL)
Joe Paterno11986Penn State
LaVell Edwards11984Brigham Young
Danny Ford11981Clemson
Vince Dooley11980Georgia
Bear Bryant11979Alabama
Frank Burns11976Rutgers
Johnny Majors11976Pitt
Bill Davidson11975Arkansas State
Frank Kush11975Arizona State
Barry Switzer11974Oklahoma
Bill Mallory11973Miami (OH)
Ara Parseghian11973Notre Dame
Joe Paterno11973Penn State
John McKay11972USC
Bob Devaney11971Nebraska
Jack Murphy11971Toledo
Bob Blackman11970Dartmouth
Frank Kush11970Arizona State
Frank Lauterbur11970Toledo
Don Coryell11969San Diego State
Frank Lauterbur11969Toledo
Joe Paterno11969Penn State
Darrell Royal11969Texas
Woody Hayes11968Ohio State
Joe Paterno11968Penn State
Bear Bryant11966Alabama
Bob Blackman11965Dartmouth
Frank Broyles11964Arkansas
Richard Colman11964Princeton
Darrell Royal11963Texas
Bob Blackman11962Dartmouth
John McKay11962USC
John Vaught11962Ole Miss
John Bateman11961Rutgers
Bear Bryant11961Alabama
Jordan Olivar11960Yale
Warren Woodson11960New Mexico State
Ben Schwartzwalder11959Syracuse
Paul Dietzel11958LSU
Dan Devine11957Arizona State
Ralph Jordan11957Auburn
Phil Dickens11956Wyoming
Bud Wilkinson11956Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson11955Oklahoma
Woody Hayes11954Ohio State
Red Sanders11954UCLA
Bud Wilkinson11954Oklahoma
Bobby Dodd11952Georgia Tech
Biggie Munn11952Michigan State
Charles Caldwell Jr.11951Princeton
Joe Kuharich11951San Francisco
Biggie Munn11951Michigan State
Jim Tatum11951Maryland
Charles Caldwell Jr.11950Princeton
Bowden Wyatt11950Wyoming
Red Blaik11949Army
Frank Leahy11949Notre Dame
Bud Wilkinson11949Oklahoma
Frank Howard11948Clemson
Bennie Oosterbaan11948Michigan
Fritz Crisler11947Michigan
Frank Leahy11947Notre Dame
Wallace Butts11946Georgia
Warren Woodson11946Hardin-Simmons
Red Blaik11945Army
Jim Lookabaugh11945Oklahoma State
Frank Thomas11945Alabama
Red Blaik11944Army
Frank Tritico11944Randolph Field
Carroll Widdoes11944Ohio State
Elmer Burnham11943Purdue
Harold White11943Colorado College
Bernie Bierman11941Minnesota
Aldo Donelli11941Duquesne
Bernie Bierman11940Minnesota
Frank Kimbrough11940Hardin-Simmons
Frank Leahy11940Boston College
Clark Shaughnessy11940Stanford
Homer Norton11939Texas A&M
Carl Snavely11939Cornell
Jack Hagerty11938Georgetown
Dutch Meyer11938TCU
Bob Neyland11938Tennessee
Buck Shaw11937Santa Clara
Bernie Bierman11935Minnesota
Fritz Crisler11935Princeton
Bernie Bierman11934Minnesota
Frank Thomas11934Alabama
Fritz Crisler11933Princeton
Howard Jones11932USC
Andrew Kerr11932Colgate
Harry Kipke11932Michigan
Ike Armstrong11930Utah
Knute Rockne11930Notre Dame
Wallace Wade11930Alabama
Ike Armstrong11929Utah
Bernie Bierman11929Tulane
James Phelan11929Purdue
Knute Rockne11929Notre Dame
William Alexander11928Georgia Tech
Gus Dorais11928Detroit Mercy
Ike Armstrong11926Utah
Jesse Hawley11925Dartmouth
Wallace Wade11925Alabama
Knute Rockne11924Notre Dame
Gilmour Dobie11923Cornell
Ewing Freeland11923SMU
Tad Jones11923Yale
Ray Morrison11923SMU
Myron Witham11923Colorado
Fielding Yost11923Michigan
Robert Zuppke11923Illinois
Gilmour Dobie11922Cornell
Howard Jones11922Iowa
Andy Smith11922California
Ossie Solem11922Drake
Gilmour Dobie11921Cornell
Howard Jones11921Iowa
Jock Sutherland11921Lafayette
Knute Rockne11920Notre Dame
Andy Smith11920California
Berry Whitaker11920Texas
Dana Bible11919Texas A&M
Charley Moran11919Centre
Knute Rockne11919Notre Dame
Irving Barron11918Colorado Mines
Charles Bernier11918Virginia Tech
William Juneau11918Texas
Bennie Owen11918Oklahoma
R.B. Rutherford11918Washington (MO)
Gifford Shaw11918Presbyterian
Fielding Yost11918Michigan
Dana Bible11917Texas A&M
John Fike11917Denver
John Heisman11917Georgia Tech
Pop Warner11917Pitt
Charles Daly11916Army
Pop Warner11916Pitt
John Wilce11916Ohio State
Harry Hughes11915Colorado State
Bennie Owen11915Oklahoma
Jumbo Stiehm11915Nebraska
Pop Warner11915Pitt
Dave Allerdice11914Texas
Zora Clevenger11914Tennessee
Charles Daly11914Army
Jogger Elcock11914Washington & Lee
Robert Zuppke11914Illinois
Mike Donahue11913Auburn
Jesse Harper11913Notre Dame
Percy Haughton11913Harvard
Amos Alonzo Stagg11913Chicago
Jumbo Stiehm11913Nebraska
Percy Haughton11912Harvard
Bill Hollenback11912Penn State
William Juneau11912Wisconsin
Fred Folsom11911Colorado
Fred Folsom11910Colorado
Arthur Hall11910Illinois
C.J. Rothget11910Colorado College
Joseph Thompson11910Pitt
Hugo Bezdek11909Arkansas
Fred Folsom11909Colorado
Howard Jones11909Yale
Doc Kennedy11908Kansas
Charles Hutchins11906Wisconsin
Jack Owsley11905Yale
Amos Alonzo Stagg11905Chicago
Dan McGugin11904Vanderbilt
Henry Williams11904Minnesota
Fielding Yost11904Michigan
Fielding Yost11902Michigan
Phil King11901Wisconsin
William Reid11901Harvard
Fielding Yost11901Michigan
Malcolm McBride11900Yale
Gustave Ferbert11898Michigan
W. Cameron Forbes11898Harvard
George Washington Woodruff11897Pennsylvania
George Washington Woodruff11895Pennsylvania
William Rhodes11894Yale
George Washington Woodruff11894Pennsylvania
Wallie Winter11893Minnesota
Knowlton Ames11892Purdue
Walter Camp11892Yale
Walter Camp11891Yale
George Adams11890Harvard
George Stewart11890Harvard
Walter Camp11888Yale