College Football Stat Leaders

2015 Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Sam Houston (5.00)

Best Season

Alabama 2020 (5.18)

Scope

All Conferences • 2015

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Yards Allowed Per Game Sacks Per Game Tackles For Loss Per Game Third Down Conversion Rate Points Per Opportunity Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

All Conferences ACC American Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

What The Numbers Say

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

How Points Per Opportunity Reads

Points per opportunity focuses on finishing drives after an offense creates a scoring chance, making it a red-zone and short-field complement to yardage and PPA. On this 2015 leaderboard, the visible range runs 5.00 to 4.44, with Sam Houston setting the pace.

Conference Context

American Athletic Conference places 1 of the current top 5 teams, while Big Ten Conference owns the most recent yearly winner slot in the trend table.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Sam Houston to No. 5 Western Kentucky is 0.56, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 5.03 in 2024 to 5.13 in 2025, a swing of 0.10. Sam Houston's current mark of 5.00 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 3.69 held by Missouri State.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.


1	Sam Houston	Southland Conference	2015	5.00
2	Navy	American Athletic Conference	2015	4.81
3	Bowling Green	Mid-American Conference	2015	4.58
4	Baylor	Big 12 Conference	2015	4.53
5	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2015	4.44
6	Arkansas	Southeastern Conference	2015	4.44
7	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	2015	4.40
8	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	2015	4.38
9	Clemson	Atlantic Coast Conference	2015	4.37
10	Kansas State	Big 12 Conference	2015	4.34
11	App State	Sun Belt Conference	2015	4.29
12	Houston	American Athletic Conference	2015	4.25
13	BYU	NCAA Division I FBS independent schools	2015	4.20
14	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	2015	4.19
15	Ole Miss	Southeastern Conference	2015	4.19
16	Memphis	American Athletic Conference	2015	4.19
17	Mississippi State	Southeastern Conference	2015	4.11
18	Tulsa	American Athletic Conference	2015	4.09
19	SMU	American Athletic Conference	2015	4.08
20	NC State	Atlantic Coast Conference	2015	4.06
21	Notre Dame	NCAA Division I FBS independent schools	2015	4.05
22	USC	Pac-12 Conference	2015	4.05
23	Texas Tech	Big 12 Conference	2015	4.02
24	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	2015	4.01
25	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	2015	4.01

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference at time	Value
2025	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	5.13
2024	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	5.03
2023	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	5.15
2022	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	5.18
2021	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt Conference	4.95
2020	Alabama	Southeastern Conference	5.18
2019	LSU	Southeastern Conference	4.74
2018	Army	NCAA Division I FBS independent schools	4.96
2017	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	4.65
2016	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	4.82
2015	Sam Houston	Southland Conference	5.00
2014	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	4.59
2013	Alabama	Southeastern Conference	0.07
2012	Miami	Atlantic Coast Conference	0.16
2011	Georgia Southern	Southern Conference	1.17
2010	Florida International	Sun Belt Conference	0.10
2009	Tulane	Conference USA	0.16
2008	East Carolina	Conference USA	0.08
2007	App State	Southern Conference	0.00
2006	Memphis	Conference USA	0.10
2005	Air Force	Mountain West Conference	0.00
2004	Air Force	Mountain West Conference	0.00

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Missouri State	2025	3.69	2025 (3.69)
2	Delaware	2025	3.52	2025 (3.52)
3	Charlotte	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015	3.38	2020 (4.47)
4	Old Dominion	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	3.22	2024 (4.75)
5	UTSA	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012	2.98	2023 (4.45)
6	Kennesaw State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018	2.92	2023 (3.86)
7	South Alabama	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	2.74	2024 (4.66)
8	Georgia State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010	2.66	2020 (4.55)
9	Georgia Southern	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2004	2.40	2024 (4.57)
10	Liberty	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005	2.39	2021 (4.57)
11	Alabama	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.36	2020 (5.18)
12	Ohio State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.35	2022 (5.18)
13	Oregon	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.34	2023 (5.15)
14	Coastal Carolina	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008	2.34	2021 (4.95)
15	App State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005	2.33	2019 (4.66)
16	Oklahoma	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.31	2021 (4.86)
17	Notre Dame	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.24	2023 (4.87)
18	Georgia	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.22	2023 (5.02)
19	Washington State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.18	2018 (4.60)
20	Air Force	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.18	2025 (4.60)
21	Memphis	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.18	2024 (4.66)
22	Clemson	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.17	2019 (4.58)
23	Kansas State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.16	2023 (5.11)
24	Army	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.16	2018 (4.96)
25	USC	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	2.15	2023 (4.99)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads college football in points per opportunity in 2015?

Sam Houston ranks first at 5.00 in 2015.

Why does the 2015 points per opportunity season stand out?

The top of the 2015 leaderboard is separated by 0.56 from No. 1 to No. 5, which shows whether this season had a runaway leader or a tightly packed race.

How does the 2015 leader compare with the all-time average benchmark?

Sam Houston's 2015 mark of 5.00 clears the all-time average leader benchmark of 3.69 held by Missouri State.