College Football Stat Leaders

2021 ACC College Football Points Per Game Leaders

Estimated points scored per game from scoring opportunities in the current stat dataset.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Wake Forest (34.0)

Best Season

Miami 2024 (37.0)

Scope

ACC • 2021

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Points Per Game Reads

Points per game turns scoring opportunities into a scoreboard-facing rate, which makes it the simplest way to compare how often elite offenses actually finish drives instead of just piling up empty yards. On this 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs 34.0 to 27.8, with Wake Forest setting the pace.

ACC Context

ACC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Duke is the latest winner at 29.3.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Wake Forest to No. 5 North Carolina is 6.2, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 37.0 in 2024 to 29.3 in 2025, a swing of 7.7. Wake Forest's current mark of 34.0 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 26.8 held by SMU.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1Wake ForestAtlantic Coast Conference202134.0
2PittsburghAtlantic Coast Conference202132.4
3VirginiaAtlantic Coast Conference202131.8
4MiamiAtlantic Coast Conference202129.7
5North CarolinaAtlantic Coast Conference202127.8
6LouisvilleAtlantic Coast Conference202126.4
7NC StateAtlantic Coast Conference202124.8
8Florida StateAtlantic Coast Conference202122.7
9ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference202122.4
10Virginia TechAtlantic Coast Conference202119.5
11Boston CollegeAtlantic Coast Conference202119.2
12DukeAtlantic Coast Conference202118.4
13SyracuseAtlantic Coast Conference202118.3
14Georgia TechAtlantic Coast Conference202117.7

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025DukeAtlantic Coast Conference29.3
2024MiamiAtlantic Coast Conference37.0
2023North CarolinaAtlantic Coast Conference26.7
2022Florida StateAtlantic Coast Conference33.2
2021Wake ForestAtlantic Coast Conference34.0
2020North CarolinaAtlantic Coast Conference36.0
2019ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference35.7
2018SyracuseAtlantic Coast Conference34.7
2017LouisvilleAtlantic Coast Conference31.5
2016LouisvilleAtlantic Coast Conference34.8
2015North CarolinaAtlantic Coast Conference33.3
2014Georgia TechAtlantic Coast Conference29.2
2013ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference0.0
2012MiamiAtlantic Coast Conference1.2
2011Boston CollegeAtlantic Coast Conference0.0
2010Virginia TechAtlantic Coast Conference0.5
2009MarylandAtlantic Coast Conference0.0
2008Georgia TechAtlantic Coast Conference0.0
2007Florida StateAtlantic Coast Conference0.0
2006DukeAtlantic Coast Conference0.0
2005ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference0.0
2004ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference0.0

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1SMU2025, 202426.82024 (29.6)
2Louisville2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201425.82016 (34.8)
3Pittsburgh2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201321.02021 (32.4)
4Syracuse2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201318.92018 (34.7)
5California2025, 202418.62025 (20.2)
6Stanford2025, 202416.92024 (18.7)
7Clemson2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200415.42019 (35.7)
8North Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200413.92020 (36.0)
9Miami2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200413.72024 (37.0)
10NC State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200413.32018 (31.2)
11Wake Forest2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200412.52021 (34.0)
12Florida State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200412.52022 (33.2)
13Virginia Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200411.92016 (30.1)
14Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200411.82021 (31.8)
15Georgia Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200411.72014 (29.2)
16Duke2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200411.62025 (29.3)
17Boston College2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 200511.22018 (26.6)
18Maryland2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.62009 (0.0)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the ACC points per game leaderboard in 2021?

Wake Forest ranks first at 34.0 in 2021.

Which ACC program has the best long-term points per game profile?

SMU owns the strongest all-time average at 26.8 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the ACC race compare with the recent trend?

Duke is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.