Scoring Margin
| Rank |
Team | Point Differential |
| 1 | Indiana | 25.7 |
| 2 | Ole Miss | 24.2 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 22.8 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 20.6 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 19.6 |
| 6 | Miami (FL) | 18.6 |
| 7 | Texas | 17.7 |
| 8 | Penn State | 16.6 |
| 9 | Alabama | 16.4 |
| 10 | Army | 15.6 |
| 11 | Oregon | 15.4 |
| 12 | Boise State | 14.7 |
| 13 | SMU | 14.4 |
| 13 | Tulane | 14.4 |
| 15 | UNLV | 14.1 |
| 16 | James Madison | 12.8 |
| 17 | Louisville | 12.4 |
| 17 | South Carolina | 12.4 |
| 19 | Texas State | 12.0 |
| 20 | Memphis | 11.8 |
| 21 | BYU | 11.5 |
| 22 | Clemson | 11.3 |
| 23 | Ohio | 11.1 |
| 24 | Georgia | 10.9 |
| 25 | Arizona State | 10.4 |
| 26 | Jacksonville State | 9.9 |
| 27 | Iowa | 9.8 |
| 28 | Colorado | 9.8 |
| 29 | Minnesota | 9.2 |
| 29 | South Alabama | 9.2 |
| 31 | Navy | 9.2 |
| 32 | Connecticut | 8.8 |
| 33 | TCU | 8.8 |
| 34 | Marshall | 8.8 |
| 35 | Missouri | 8.5 |
| 36 | Texas A&M | 8.2 |
| 37 | Iowa State | 8.1 |
| 38 | Baylor | 7.7 |
| 39 | Kansas State | 7.5 |
| 40 | Louisiana | 6.8 |
| 41 | Washington State | 6.7 |
| 42 | Illinois | 6.6 |
| 43 | Auburn | 6.4 |
| 44 | LSU | 6.2 |
| 45 | USC | 6.1 |
| 46 | Northern Illinois | 6.0 |
| 47 | Arkansas | 5.9 |
| 48 | Bowling Green | 5.5 |
| 49 | Virginia Tech | 5.3 |
| 50 | Miami (OH) | 5.3 |
| 51 | Liberty | 5.2 |
| 52 | Florida | 5.2 |
| 53 | Toledo | 5.1 |
| 54 | Syracuse | 4.9 |
| 55 | East Carolina | 4.7 |
| 56 | Pittsburgh | 4.5 |
| 57 | Boston College | 4.4 |
| 58 | Nebraska | 4.1 |
| 59 | Vanderbilt | 3.9 |
| 60 | Kansas | 3.7 |
| 61 | Rutgers | 3.5 |
| 62 | UCF | 3.5 |
| 63 | Georgia Tech | 3.3 |
| 63 | Sam Houston State | 3.3 |
| 65 | UTSA | 3.1 |
| 66 | Utah | 2.9 |
| 67 | North Carolina | 2.8 |
| 68 | California | 2.8 |
| 68 | Texas Tech | 2.8 |
| 70 | Buffalo | 2.5 |
| 70 | Oklahoma | 2.5 |
| 72 | South Florida | 2.4 |
| 73 | Michigan | 2.1 |
| 74 | Duke | 1.8 |
| 75 | Fresno State | 1.2 |
| 76 | San Jose State | 0.8 |
| 77 | Cincinnati | 0.6 |
| 78 | FIU | 0.6 |
| 79 | Georgia Southern | 0.4 |
| 80 | Western Kentucky | 0.3 |
| 81 | Old Dominion | 0.0 |
| 82 | Louisiana Tech | -0.1 |
| 83 | Washington | -0.4 |
| 84 | Wisconsin | -0.5 |
| 85 | North Texas | -0.6 |
| 86 | Colorado State | -1.4 |
| 87 | Kentucky | -1.5 |
| 88 | North Carolina State | -1.6 |
| 89 | Eastern Michigan | -2.0 |
| 90 | Western Michigan | -2.4 |
| 91 | Troy | -2.4 |
| 92 | West Virginia | -2.8 |
| 93 | Coastal Carolina | -2.9 |
| 94 | Rice | -3.2 |
| 95 | Hawaii | -3.7 |
| 96 | Air Force | -4.3 |
| 96 | FAU | -4.3 |
| 98 | New Mexico | -4.5 |
| 99 | Oregon State | -5.7 |
| 100 | Nevada | -5.7 |
| 101 | Utah State | -5.8 |
| 102 | Virginia | -6.1 |
| 103 | Appalachian State | -6.3 |
| 104 | Arkansas State | -6.3 |
| 105 | Maryland | -6.8 |
| 105 | Michigan State | -6.8 |
| 107 | UCLA | -6.8 |
| 107 | Wake Forest | -6.8 |
| 109 | Central Michigan | -7.1 |
| 110 | ULM | -7.8 |
| 111 | UAB | -8.1 |
| 112 | Mississippi State | -8.2 |
| 112 | San Diego State | -8.2 |
| 114 | Oklahoma State | -8.4 |
| 115 | Northwestern | -8.5 |
| 116 | Houston | -8.9 |
| 117 | Wyoming | -9.0 |
| 118 | Arizona | -10.0 |
| 118 | Georgia State | -10.0 |
| 120 | Stanford | -10.8 |
| 121 | Charlotte | -11.4 |
| 122 | Akron | -11.6 |
| 123 | Florida State | -12.6 |
| 124 | UTEP | -12.8 |
| 125 | UMass | -13.0 |
| 126 | Kennesaw State | -14.7 |
| 126 | New Mexico State | -14.7 |
| 128 | Ball State | -14.8 |
| 129 | Temple | -15.8 |
| 130 | Middle Tennessee | -16.2 |
| 131 | Tulsa | -17.5 |
| 132 | Southern Miss | -22.5 |
| 133 | Purdue | -24.2 |
| 134 | Kent State | -30.2 |