College Football Stat Leaders

2012 Sun Belt Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Middle Tennessee (0.09)

Best Season

Coastal Carolina 2021 (4.95)

Scope

Sun Belt • 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 0.09 to -0.10, with Middle Tennessee setting the pace.

Sun Belt Context

Sun Belt teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Texas State is the latest winner at 4.42.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Middle Tennessee to No. 5 North Texas is 0.19, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 4.75 in 2024 to 4.42 in 2025, a swing of 0.33. Middle Tennessee's current mark of 0.09 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 4.06 held by James Madison.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1Middle TennesseeSun Belt Conference20120.09
2TroySun Belt Conference2012-0.08
3LouisianaSun Belt Conference2012-0.08
4Florida InternationalSun Belt Conference2012-0.09
5North TexasSun Belt Conference2012-0.10
6Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference2012-0.15
7Western KentuckySun Belt Conference2012-0.16
8UL MonroeSun Belt Conference2012-0.18
9South AlabamaSun Belt Conference2012-0.20
10Florida AtlanticSun Belt Conference2012-0.31

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
1James Madison2025, 2024, 2023, 20224.062022 (4.40)
2App State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20144.012019 (4.66)
3Coastal Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 20173.952021 (4.95)
4Georgia Southern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20143.702024 (4.57)
5Georgia State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20133.382020 (4.55)
6Marshall2025, 2024, 2023, 20223.302024 (3.93)
7Southern Miss2025, 2024, 2023, 20223.282022 (3.69)
8Old Dominion2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20133.222024 (4.75)
9Texas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20133.222023 (4.50)
10South Alabama2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20122.932024 (4.66)
11New Mexico State2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20042.502017 (3.58)
12Louisiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.032019 (4.33)
13Troy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.902024 (4.43)
14Arkansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.872019 (4.07)
15UL Monroe2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.722022 (4.13)
16Utah State20040.002004 (0.00)
17Middle Tennessee2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.052012 (0.09)
18Florida Atlantic2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005-0.082010 (0.00)
19Florida International2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005-0.092010 (0.10)
20Western Kentucky2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009-0.132011 (0.09)
21North Texas2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.162008 (0.00)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Sun Belt points per opportunity leaderboard in 2012?

Middle Tennessee ranks first at 0.09 in 2012.

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

James Madison owns the strongest all-time average at 4.06 across 4 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Sun Belt race compare with the recent trend?

Texas State 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.