College Football Stat Leaders
Average points scored per completed game.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
Coastal Carolina (37.2)
Best Season
Old Dominion 2013 (42.3)
Scope
Sun Belt • 2020
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 completed game scores 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 2020 leaderboard, the visible range runs 37.2 to 32.9, with Coastal Carolina setting the pace.
Sun Belt teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and James Madison is the latest winner at 37.1.
The gap from No. 1 Coastal Carolina to No. 5 Arkansas State is 4.3, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 36.5 in 2024 to 37.1 in 2025, a swing of 0.5. Coastal Carolina's current mark of 37.2 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 35.4 held by James Madison.
Top 10 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 2020 | 37.2 |
| 2 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 2020 | 33.8 |
| 3 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 2020 | 33.6 |
| 4 | Georgia State | Sun Belt Conference | 2020 | 33.3 |
| 5 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2020 | 32.9 |
| 6 | Texas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2020 | 27.7 |
| 7 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 2020 | 27.4 |
| 8 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 2020 | 27.2 |
| 9 | South Alabama | Sun Belt Conference | 2020 | 19.9 |
| 10 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 2020 | 16.3 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 37.1 |
| 2024 | Texas State | Sun Belt Conference | 36.5 |
| 2023 | Texas State | Sun Belt Conference | 36.7 |
| 2022 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 37.0 |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 40.9 |
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 37.2 |
| 2019 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 38.8 |
| 2018 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 37.3 |
| 2017 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 37.8 |
| 2016 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 35.1 |
| 2015 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 40.0 |
| 2014 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 39.1 |
| 2013 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 42.3 |
| 2012 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 35.5 |
| 2011 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 32.5 |
| 2010 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 34.1 |
| 2009 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 33.7 |
| 2008 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 33.1 |
| 2007 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 34.0 |
| 2006 | Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt Conference | 22.8 |
| 2005 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 26.0 |
| 2004 | North Texas | Sun Belt Conference | 25.8 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Madison | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 35.4 | 2025 (37.1) |
| 2 | App State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 33.2 | 2019 (38.8) |
| 3 | Coastal Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 29.6 | 2021 (40.9) |
| 4 | Georgia Southern | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 29.0 | 2014 (39.1) |
| 5 | Louisiana | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 28.6 | 2019 (37.9) |
| 6 | Arkansas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 28.5 | 2015 (40.0) |
| 7 | Troy | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 28.1 | 2013 (34.1) |
| 8 | Old Dominion | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 27.8 | 2013 (42.3) |
| 9 | Marshall | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 27.5 | 2024 (31.8) |
| 10 | New Mexico State | 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2004 | 26.4 | 2017 (29.3) |
| 11 | Texas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 26.2 | 2023 (36.7) |
| 12 | South Alabama | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 25.2 | 2024 (34.4) |
| 13 | Georgia State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 25.1 | 2020 (33.3) |
| 14 | Western Kentucky | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 | 25.0 | 2013 (30.8) |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 24.7 | 2009 (32.0) |
| 16 | Southern Miss | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 23.1 | 2025 (28.8) |
| 17 | UL Monroe | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 23.1 | 2017 (33.9) |
| 18 | Florida International | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 21.8 | 2010 (28.8) |
| 19 | North Texas | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 21.5 | 2009 (26.6) |
| 20 | Florida Atlantic | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 20.3 | 2007 (31.2) |
| 21 | Utah State | 2004 | 16.7 | 2004 (16.7) |
Coastal Carolina ranks first at 37.2 in 2020.
James Madison owns the strongest all-time average at 35.4 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.