College Football Stat Leaders

2012 Conference USA Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Southern Miss (0.00)

Best Season

Western Kentucky 2023 (4.95)

Scope

Conference USA • 2012

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 2012 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.00 to -0.25, with Southern Miss 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 Southern Miss to No. 5 Tulane is 0.25, 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. Southern Miss's current mark of 0.00 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 4.12 held by Jacksonville State.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1Southern MissConference USA20120.00
2UCFConference USA2012-0.08
3East CarolinaConference USA2012-0.09
4MarshallConference USA2012-0.21
5TulaneConference USA2012-0.25
6TulsaConference USA2012-0.26
7MemphisConference USA2012-0.27
8RiceConference USA2012-0.33
9SMUConference USA2012-0.35
10UTEPConference USA2012-0.36
11HoustonConference USA2012-0.38
12UABConference USA2012-0.42

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.

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 in 2012?

Southern Miss ranks first at 0.00 in 2012.

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.