College Football Stat Leaders

Conference USA Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Western Kentucky (4.95)

Best Season

Western Kentucky 2023 (4.95)

Scope

Conference USA

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameYards Allowed Per GameSacks Per GameTackles For Loss Per GameThird Down Conversion RatePoints Per OpportunityOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

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 Conference USA leaderboard, the visible range runs 4.95 to 4.59, with Western Kentucky setting the pace.

Conference USA Context

Conference USA teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Western Kentucky is the latest winner at 4.21.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Western Kentucky to No. 5 Western Kentucky is 0.36, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 4.85 in 2024 to 4.21 in 2025, a swing of 0.64. Western Kentucky's current mark of 4.95 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 4.12 held by Jacksonville State.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.

1Western KentuckyConference USA20234.95
2Jacksonville StateConference USA20244.85
3Western KentuckyConference USA20214.70
4Florida AtlanticConference USA20174.65
5Western KentuckyConference USA20144.59
6North TexasConference USA20224.48
7CharlotteConference USA20204.47
8LibertyConference USA20234.47
9Florida InternationalConference USA20244.44
10Western KentuckyConference USA20154.44
11Louisiana TechConference USA20164.41
12UABConference USA20214.35
13Western KentuckyConference USA20254.21
14Western KentuckyConference USA20164.19
15Florida InternationalConference USA20254.12
16LibertyConference USA20244.07
17Louisiana TechConference USA20204.05
18MarshallConference USA20144.03
19North TexasConference USA20204.03
20MarshallConference USA20214.02
21Florida InternationalConference USA20184.02
22Middle TennesseeConference USA20164.02
23Florida AtlanticConference USA20183.99
24Florida AtlanticConference USA20193.98
25New Mexico StateConference USA20233.98

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Points Per Opportunity. Categories include 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 18 more.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025Western KentuckyConference USA4.21
2024Jacksonville StateConference USA4.85
2023Western KentuckyConference USA4.95
2022North TexasConference USA4.48
2021Western KentuckyConference USA4.70
2020CharlotteConference USA4.47
2019Florida AtlanticConference USA3.98
2018Florida InternationalConference USA4.02
2017Florida AtlanticConference USA4.65
2016Louisiana TechConference USA4.41
2015Western KentuckyConference USA4.44
2014Western KentuckyConference USA4.59
2013Louisiana TechConference USA0.00
2012Southern MissConference USA0.00
2011TulsaConference USA0.08
2010East CarolinaConference USA0.00
2009TulaneConference USA0.16
2008East CarolinaConference USA0.08
2007HoustonConference USA0.00
2006MemphisConference USA0.10
2005East CarolinaConference USA0.00
2004ArmyConference USA0.00

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Jacksonville State2025, 2024, 20234.122024 (4.85)
2Liberty2025, 2024, 20234.072023 (4.47)
3Western Kentucky2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20143.882023 (4.95)
4Missouri State20253.692025 (3.69)
5New Mexico State2025, 2024, 20233.542023 (3.98)
6Delaware20253.522025 (3.52)
7Charlotte2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 20153.472020 (4.47)
8Louisiana Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20133.422016 (4.41)
9Florida International2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20133.252024 (4.44)
10Kennesaw State2025, 20243.222024 (3.50)
11Florida Atlantic2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20133.212017 (4.65)
12Sam Houston2025, 2024, 20233.192023 (3.47)
13Middle Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20133.172016 (4.02)
14North Texas2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20133.112022 (4.48)
15UTEP2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20051.692023 (3.59)
16Rice2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20051.612014 (3.63)
17Marshall2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20051.572014 (4.03)
18UAB2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.412021 (4.35)
19Southern Miss2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.372016 (3.76)
20Army20040.002004 (0.00)
21Cincinnati20040.002004 (0.00)
22South Florida20040.002004 (0.00)
23TCU20040.002004 (0.00)
24Tulsa2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005-0.092011 (0.08)
25Memphis2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.092006 (0.10)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Conference USA points per opportunity leaderboard?

Western Kentucky ranks first at 4.95.

Which Conference USA program has the best long-term points per opportunity profile?

Jacksonville State owns the strongest all-time average at 4.12 across 3 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Conference USA race compare with the recent trend?

Western Kentucky 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.