College Football Stat Leaders
Estimated points scored per game from scoring opportunities in the current stat dataset.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
James Madison (34.8)
Best Season
James Madison 2022 (34.8)
Scope
Sun Belt • 2022
Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.
Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
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 2022 leaderboard, the visible range runs 34.8 to 25.5, with James Madison setting the pace.
Sun Belt teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and James Madison is the latest winner at 29.0.
The gap from No. 1 James Madison to No. 5 Georgia State is 9.3, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 29.6 in 2024 to 29.0 in 2025, a swing of 0.6. James Madison's current mark of 34.8 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 29.2 held by James Madison.
Top 14 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 34.8 |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 27.8 |
| 3 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 27.1 |
| 4 | South Alabama | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 26.8 |
| 5 | Georgia State | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 25.5 |
| 6 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 23.4 |
| 7 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 21.9 |
| 8 | Marshall | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 19.5 |
| 9 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 19.4 |
| 10 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 19.2 |
| 11 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 18.5 |
| 12 | Texas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 17.2 |
| 13 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 2022 | 16.5 |
| 14 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2022 | 15.9 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 29.0 |
| 2024 | Texas State | Sun Belt Conference | 29.6 |
| 2023 | South Alabama | Sun Belt Conference | 29.1 |
| 2022 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 34.8 |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 32.0 |
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 32.8 |
| 2019 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 33.7 |
| 2018 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 28.6 |
| 2017 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 31.4 |
| 2016 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 25.7 |
| 2015 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 28.4 |
| 2014 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 32.8 |
| 2013 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | -0.5 |
| 2012 | Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt Conference | 0.6 |
| 2011 | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt Conference | 0.6 |
| 2010 | Florida International | Sun Belt Conference | 0.5 |
| 2009 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 0.5 |
| 2008 | Florida Atlantic | Sun Belt Conference | 0.0 |
| 2007 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.0 |
| 2006 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.0 |
| 2005 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.0 |
| 2004 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.0 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Madison | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 29.2 | 2022 (34.8) |
| 2 | App State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 26.2 | 2014 (30.0) |
| 3 | Coastal Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 24.5 | 2020 (32.8) |
| 4 | Georgia Southern | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 23.5 | 2014 (32.8) |
| 5 | Marshall | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 21.4 | 2024 (26.0) |
| 6 | Old Dominion | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 21.0 | 2018 (27.4) |
| 7 | Georgia State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 19.4 | 2020 (30.5) |
| 8 | Texas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 18.7 | 2024 (29.6) |
| 9 | Southern Miss | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 17.9 | 2025 (23.2) |
| 10 | South Alabama | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 17.6 | 2023 (29.1) |
| 11 | New Mexico State | 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2004 | 15.9 | 2017 (24.5) |
| 12 | Louisiana | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 13.0 | 2019 (33.7) |
| 13 | Arkansas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 12.7 | 2017 (31.4) |
| 14 | Troy | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 11.5 | 2019 (28.3) |
| 15 | UL Monroe | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 9.5 | 2019 (26.2) |
| 16 | Utah State | 2004 | 0.0 | 2004 (0.0) |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | -0.3 | 2012 (0.6) |
| 18 | Florida International | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | -0.4 | 2010 (0.5) |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | -0.4 | 2010 (0.0) |
| 20 | North Texas | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | -0.7 | 2008 (0.0) |
| 21 | Western Kentucky | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 | -0.7 | 2011 (0.6) |
James Madison ranks first at 34.8 in 2022.
James Madison owns the strongest all-time average at 29.2 across 4 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
James Madison 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.