College Football Stat Leaders

2019 Conference USA Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Florida Atlantic (3.98)

Best Season

Western Kentucky 2023 (4.95)

Scope

Conference USA • 2019

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 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 3.98 to 3.61, with Florida Atlantic 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 Florida Atlantic to No. 5 Middle Tennessee is 0.37, 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. Florida Atlantic's current mark of 3.98 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 4.12 held by Jacksonville State.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1Florida AtlanticConference USA20193.98
2CharlotteConference USA20193.95
3Louisiana TechConference USA20193.89
4Florida InternationalConference USA20193.72
5Middle TennesseeConference USA20193.61
6UTEPConference USA20193.57
7North TexasConference USA20193.45
8RiceConference USA20193.32
9MarshallConference USA20193.25
10UABConference USA20193.01
11Southern MissConference USA20193.00
12Western KentuckyConference USA20192.95

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 2019?

Florida Atlantic ranks first at 3.98 in 2019.

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.