NDSU on the List of Winningest College Football Programs

[tony]

Well, LSU is vacating 37 wins from 2012-2015. I'm never sure how to update my database of scores for this kind of thing, but if you look at the previous post, it looks like LSU won't even drop a ranking with 796 wins. It certainly narrows the gap for NDSU getting in the top 20 though.

NDSU has to gain 15 on Clemson to pass them, +18 to catch Wittenberg, +19 to catch Auburn, and +22 to catch LSU. NDSU might be able to get into the top 20 by the end of the 2025 season.

Using wins per year since 2010, including 2010 but excluding the COVID season, NDSU would be expected to gain 5 wins per year on Wittenberg, 5.5 on Auburn, 2 on Clemson, and ~3.5 on LSU. If these trends continue, NDSU would pass Wittenberg and Auburn in 2025. That said, NDSU won 13.6 games per year in that stretch and it's hard to keep wining at that rate.

[tony]

End of season (2023) Update:

1	Michigan	1004	353	36	.734	1,393
2	Alabama	965	337	43	.733	1,345
3	Ohio State	964	333	53	.734	1,349
4	Notre Dame	948	337	42	.730	1,326
4	Texas	948	392	33	.702	1,373
6	Oklahoma	944	340	53	.726	1,337
7	Yale	936	390	55	.698	1,381
8	Penn State	930	409	41	.689	1,380
9	Nebraska	917	424	40	.678	1,381
10	Harvard	901	411	50	.680	1,362
11	Georgia	881	429	54	.666	1,364
12	Penn	878	513	42	.627	1,433
13	USC	875	368	54	.695	1,297
14	Tennessee	865	414	53	.669	1,343
15	Princeton	862	421	50	.665	1,333
16	Mount Union	854	397	38	.677	1,289
17	LSU	806	434	47	.645	1,324
18	Wittenberg	799	374	31	.676	1,204
18	Auburn	799	471	47	.625	1,316
20	Clemson	798	472	45	.624	1,315
21	North Dakota State	785	382	34	.668	1,201
22	Washington & Jefferson	781	403	40	.654	1,224
22	West Virginia	781	526	45	.594	1,352
24	Texas A&M	778	504	48	.603	1,330
25	Washington	775	466	50	.620	1,291
26	Virginia Tech	772	505	46	.601	1,322
27	Pittsburgh	761	560	42	.574	1,363
28	Florida	758	445	40	.626	1,243
29	Georgia Tech	756	540	43	.581	1,338
30	Pittsburg State	750	364	47	.666	1,161

Gained 2 on Clemson, 4 on Wittenberg, 5 on Auburn, 30+ on LSU (they had to vacate games), -5 against Mt Union, and +6 on Princeton.

Close behind NDSU, Washington gained 3.

[NI4NI]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._teams_by_wins

The list hasn't been updated for yesterday's results, but currently NDSU is tied with Army at 658 wins at #43. Wisconsin has five less wins than NDSU. Michigan State is one W ahead. Minnesota is +4, North Carolina +5.

A lot of the teams above NDSU have played 100 to 200+ more games and NDSU is #22 if you sort the list 600+ win teams by winning percentage.

No idea if this is interesting to anybody, but being in the top 50 among all the 1000 or so NCAA football programs is pretty impressive. Not to mention that in 2010, NDSU was ranked something like 53rd so NDSU has made a considerable jump.

What I found interesting is that everyone above us have also played more games. Bison win percentage is higher than 6 of the teams above us on that list.

[Sun Bison]

What I found interesting is that everyone above us have also played more games. Bison win percentage is higher than 6 of the teams above us on that list.

based on win precent (from this list) NDSU would be 15th I think? 14 teams above us in that list with a higher win percentange.

[totoinfl]

based on win precent (from this list) NDSU would be 15th I think? 14 teams above us in that list with a higher win percentange.

Probably pretty hard to move up this list, but Nebraska, Penn and soon USC will help...LOL

[tony]

Probably pretty hard to move up this list, but Nebraska, Penn and soon USC will help...LOL

It's a slow slog for NDSU to move up from .668, but it is much easier for other teams to move down. Princeton's WPct was .672 at the beginning of the 2010 season, now it's down to .665.

Now NDSU is different. To hear people talk, NDSU was terrible in the decade after 1990, but the Bison were still winning at a .750 clip so, unless some drastic happens, you'd figure NDSU will continually creep up from .668 while many teams ahead of NDSU will drop at a quicker rate.

[bisonaudit]

You have to figure that the Ivy’s will continue to slowly slip down the list by virtue of their shorter schedule especially now with the big boys playing a legit 3.5 round post season.