College Football Stat Leaders

2018 SEC Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Alabama (4.54)

Best Season

Alabama 2020 (5.18)

Scope

SEC • 2018

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 2018 leaderboard, the visible range runs 4.54 to 3.97, with Alabama setting the pace.

SEC Context

SEC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Vanderbilt is the latest winner at 5.00.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Alabama to No. 5 Missouri is 0.57, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 4.71 in 2024 to 5.00 in 2025, a swing of 0.29. Alabama's current mark of 4.54 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 3.70 held by Texas.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1AlabamaSoutheastern Conference20184.54
2FloridaSoutheastern Conference20184.46
3GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference20184.36
4Mississippi StateSoutheastern Conference20184.35
5MissouriSoutheastern Conference20183.97
6Ole MissSoutheastern Conference20183.84
7KentuckySoutheastern Conference20183.74
8LSUSoutheastern Conference20183.72
9South CarolinaSoutheastern Conference20183.59
10TennesseeSoutheastern Conference20183.48
11Texas A&MSoutheastern Conference20183.46
12VanderbiltSoutheastern Conference20183.42
13AuburnSoutheastern Conference20183.42
14ArkansasSoutheastern Conference20183.05

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
2025VanderbiltSoutheastern Conference5.00
2024AlabamaSoutheastern Conference4.71
2023GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference5.02
2022TennesseeSoutheastern Conference4.81
2021KentuckySoutheastern Conference4.88
2020AlabamaSoutheastern Conference5.18
2019LSUSoutheastern Conference4.74
2018AlabamaSoutheastern Conference4.54
2017VanderbiltSoutheastern Conference4.32
2016AuburnSoutheastern Conference3.82
2015ArkansasSoutheastern Conference4.44
2014GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference4.42
2013AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.07
2012TennesseeSoutheastern Conference0.08
2011FloridaSoutheastern Conference0.00
2010AuburnSoutheastern Conference0.06
2009GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference0.00
2008Mississippi StateSoutheastern Conference0.00
2007LSUSoutheastern Conference0.00
2006KentuckySoutheastern Conference0.00
2005ArkansasSoutheastern Conference0.00
2004AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.00

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Texas2025, 20243.702024 (3.88)
2Oklahoma2025, 20243.582025 (3.77)
3Texas A&M2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20123.212019 (4.19)
4Missouri2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20123.182023 (4.51)
5Alabama2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.362020 (5.18)
6Georgia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.222023 (5.02)
7LSU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.122023 (4.92)
8Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.082023 (4.70)
9Mississippi State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.072025 (4.41)
10Ole Miss2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.052023 (4.68)
11Arkansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.002015 (4.44)
12Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.002022 (4.81)
13Auburn2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.002019 (4.27)
14Kentucky2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.962021 (4.88)
15South Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.912022 (4.54)
16Vanderbilt2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.802025 (5.00)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the SEC points per opportunity leaderboard in 2018?

Alabama ranks first at 4.54 in 2018.

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

Texas owns the strongest all-time average at 3.70 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the SEC race compare with the recent trend?

Vanderbilt 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.