college football most points in a season

David Klingler has put up the most points in a season, with 330 points in 1990.

Interpreted as:

college football most points by a player in a season

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	TD	XP2	SFTY	PPG
1	David Klingler D. Klingler	330	1990	HOU	11	1		55			30.0
2	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	318	1980	BYU	12	6		53			26.5
3	Andre Ware A. Ware	294	1989	HOU	11	3		49			26.7
4	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	282	1998	LT	12	1	0	47			23.5
5	Shaun King S. King	276	1998	TULN	11	10	0	46			25.1
6	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	270	1990	BYU	12	4		45			22.5
7	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	270	1969	SDSU	10	6		45			27.0
8	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	246	1996	FLA	12	2		41			20.5
9	Steve Young S. Young	246	1983	BYU	11	8		41			22.4
10	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	240	1998	UCF	11	12	0	40			21.8
11	Tim Couch T. Couch	240	1997	UK	11	3		40			21.8
12	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	240	1997	MRSH	12	1		40			20.0
13	Jerry Rhome J. Rhome	240	1964	TLSA	10	8		40			24.0
14	Montee Ball M. Ball	234	2011	WIS	14	33	6	39	0	0	16.7
15	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	234	1999	MRSH	12	2		39			19.5
16	Drew Brees D. Brees	234	1998	PUR	12	3	0	39			19.5
17	Peyton Manning P. Manning	234	1997	TENN	12	3	0	39			19.5
18	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	234	1997	WSU	11	6		39			21.3
19	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	234	1991	BYU	12	4		39			19.5
20	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	234	1988	OKST	11	37	0	39			21.3
21	Troy Kopp T. Kopp	228	1991		12	1		38			19.0
22	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	228	1989	BYU	12	6		38			19.0
23	Doug Williams D. Williams	228	1977	GRAM	11	0		38			20.7
24	Tim Couch T. Couch	222	1998	UK	11	1		37			20.2
25	Michael Bishop M. Bishop	222	1998	KSU	12	14		37			18.5

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CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333