College Football Stat Leaders

2018 Sun Belt Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

App State (4.13)

Best Season

Coastal Carolina 2021 (4.95)

Scope

Sun Belt • 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 4.13 to 3.70, with App State 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 App State to No. 5 Georgia State is 0.44, 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. App State's current mark of 4.13 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 4.06 held by James Madison.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.

1App StateSun Belt Conference20184.13
2LouisianaSun Belt Conference20183.99
3Coastal CarolinaSun Belt Conference20183.89
4Georgia SouthernSun Belt Conference20183.79
5Georgia StateSun Belt Conference20183.70
6Old DominionSun Belt20183.70
7TroySun Belt Conference20183.56
8UL MonroeSun Belt Conference20183.44
9Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference20183.40
10South AlabamaSun Belt Conference20183.28
11Texas StateSun Belt Conference20182.62

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
2025Texas StateSun Belt Conference4.42
2024Old DominionSun Belt4.75
2023South AlabamaSun Belt Conference4.50
2022James MadisonSun Belt Conference4.40
2021Coastal CarolinaSun Belt Conference4.95
2020Coastal CarolinaSun Belt Conference4.86
2019App StateSun Belt Conference4.66
2018App StateSun Belt Conference4.13
2017App StateSun Belt Conference3.72
2016TroySun Belt Conference4.01
2015App StateSun Belt Conference4.29
2014Georgia SouthernSun Belt Conference4.33
2013Old DominionSun Belt-0.07
2012Middle TennesseeSun Belt Conference0.09
2011Western KentuckySun Belt Conference0.09
2010Florida InternationalSun Belt Conference0.10
2009TroySun Belt Conference0.07
2008Florida AtlanticSun Belt Conference0.00
2007Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference0.00
2006Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference0.00
2005Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference0.00
2004Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference0.00

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 2018?

App State ranks first at 4.13 in 2018.

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.