College Football Stat Leaders

2009 Mountain West Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Utah (-0.08)

Best Season

Boise State 2024 (4.63)

Scope

Mountain West • 2009

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 2009 leaderboard, the visible range runs -0.08 to -0.13, with Utah setting the pace.

Mountain West Context

Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Air Force is the latest winner at 4.60.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Utah to No. 5 San Diego State is 0.05, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 4.63 in 2024 to 4.60 in 2025, a swing of 0.03. Utah's current mark of -0.08 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 3.24 held by Utah State.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1UtahMountain West Conference2009-0.08
2UNLVMountain West Conference2009-0.10
3Colorado StateMountain West Conference2009-0.10
4WyomingMountain West Conference2009-0.11
5San Diego StateMountain West Conference2009-0.13
6Air ForceMountain West Conference2009-0.16
7San José StateMountain West2009-0.18
8TCUMountain West Conference2009-0.19
9BYUMountain West Conference2009-0.22
10New MexicoMountain West Conference2009-0.22

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
1Utah State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20133.242018 (4.49)
2Boise State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20113.182024 (4.63)
3Hawai'i2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20122.922018 (4.00)
4Nevada2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20122.852021 (4.01)
5Air Force2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.182025 (4.60)
6UNLV2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.922025 (4.45)
7Colorado State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.822017 (4.36)
8Wyoming2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.822016 (4.34)
9New Mexico2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.782016 (4.26)
10San Diego State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.752016 (3.91)
11San José State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.722022 (4.25)
12TCU2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005-0.072011 (0.00)
13BYU2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.082007 (0.00)
14Utah2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.122005 (0.00)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Mountain West points per opportunity leaderboard in 2009?

Utah ranks first at -0.08 in 2009.

Which Mountain West program has the best long-term points per opportunity profile?

Utah State owns the strongest all-time average at 3.24 across 13 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Mountain West race compare with the recent trend?

Air Force 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.