College Football Stat Leaders

2024 American College Football Points Per Game Leaders

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

Seasons Covered

2012-2025

Current Leader

Memphis (31.2)

Best Season

North Texas 2025 (38.1)

Scope

American • 2024

Browse Metrics

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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 2024 leaderboard, the visible range runs 31.2 to 24.8, with Memphis setting the pace.

American Context

American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and North Texas is the latest winner at 38.1.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Memphis to No. 5 South Florida is 6.4, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 31.2 in 2024 to 38.1 in 2025, a swing of 6.9. Memphis's current mark of 31.2 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 30.8 held by North Texas.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference202431.2
2TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference202428.3
3UTSAAmerican Athletic202426.6
4North TexasAmerican Athletic Conference202425.2
5South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference202424.8
6ArmyAmerican Athletic Conference202423.6
7East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference202423.6
8NavyAmerican Athletic Conference202421.6
9UABAmerican Athletic Conference202421.4
10TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference202420.3
11CharlotteAmerican Athletic Conference202419.5
12Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic Conference202419.4
13RiceAmerican Athletic Conference202419.3
14TempleAmerican Athletic Conference202415.7

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025North TexasAmerican Athletic Conference38.1
2024MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference31.2
2023MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference31.3
2022SMUAmerican Athletic Conference31.7
2021SMUAmerican Athletic Conference31.6
2020UCFAmerican Athletic Conference37.2
2019SMUAmerican Athletic Conference34.0
2018UCFAmerican Athletic Conference37.5
2017UCFAmerican Athletic Conference34.0
2016TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference32.9
2015HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference33.1
2014East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference31.5
2013HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference0.0
2012UTSAAmerican Athletic-1.2

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1North Texas2025, 2024, 202330.82025 (38.1)
2Memphis2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201326.72017 (31.8)
3Houston2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201325.22018 (35.2)
4UCF2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201324.62018 (37.5)
5SMU2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201324.12019 (34.0)
6Tulsa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201423.72016 (32.9)
7East Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201423.32014 (31.5)
8Navy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 201522.72015 (31.8)
9Cincinnati2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201322.62020 (30.5)
10UAB2025, 2024, 202322.32023 (24.3)
11Army2025, 202421.82024 (23.6)
12Tulane2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201421.62022 (30.0)
13Florida Atlantic2025, 2024, 202321.12025 (23.6)
14South Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201321.02017 (30.3)
15Rice2025, 2024, 202319.62023 (25.5)
16UTSA2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201218.82022 (30.5)
17Temple2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201318.32016 (27.4)
18Charlotte2025, 2024, 202314.82024 (19.5)
19UConn2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201312.82018 (19.6)
20Louisville20130.02013 (0.0)
21Rutgers2013-0.52013 (-0.5)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the American points per game leaderboard in 2024?

Memphis ranks first at 31.2 in 2024.

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

North Texas owns the strongest all-time average at 30.8 across 3 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the American race compare with the recent trend?

North Texas 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.