Ranking Big Ten football teams by all-time winning percentage

247Sports put out an article ranking the best college football teams by their winning percentage, but the list only used the top 50 teams in college. The list was used for wins and losses after the 2020 season, the 2021 season was not included.

While there were quite a few Big Ten teams located in the top 50, not all the teams in the conference were included in this list, so it made me wonder where all the Big Ten schools were located using their win percentage.

Since the following schools aren’t in the Big Ten, we can share with you who is in the top five. Alabama is second in win percentage with .731, Notre Dame is third with .730, and Boise State is in fifth — while it has half the wins that Oklahoma has in sixth — with .728.

You can now see below the order of the 14 Big Ten schools using all-time winning percentage.

14
Indiana

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Overall rank: 122

All-time record: (499-696-44)

Winning percentage: .421

Notes: The Hoosiers first began playing football in 1884 and Indiana ranks 100th-overall with 499 all-time wins.

13
Northwestern

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Overall rank: 112

All-time record: (558-685-44)

Winning percentage: .451

Notes: The Wildcats began playing football in 1882, and Northwestern is ranked 80th with 558 all-time wins.

12
Rutgers

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Overall rank: 94

All-time record: (662-682-42)

Winning percentage: .493

Notes: The Scarlet Knights began organized football back in 1869 and Rutgers is ranked 41st with 662 all-time wins.

11
Illinois

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Overall rank: 88

All-time record: (619-613-50)

Winning percentage: .502

Notes: Illinois first began playing football in 1890 and the Fighting Illini is ranked 58th with 619 all-time wins in…