college football team most points scored in a one game since 2020

Since 2020, the James Madison Dukes and the South Alabama Jaguars are tied for the most points in a game, with 87 points.

	TEAM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	PASS TD	RUSH TD	RET TD	TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY
1	James Madison	87	9/12/2026	JMU	vs	WAG	W 87-3	3	6	3	12	1	12	0	0
2	South Alabama	87	9/12/2024	USA	vs	NWST	W 87-10	4	6	2	12	1	12	0	0
3	Oregon	84	9/18/2026	ORE	vs	PRST	W 84-0	7	5	0	12	0	12	0	0
4	Oregon	81	9/2/2023	ORE	vs	PRST	W 81-7	4	7	0	11	1	10	1	0
5	Louisiana Tech	80	9/5/2026	LT	vs	NWST	W 80-6	6	4	1	11	1	11	0	0
6	Utah State	78	9/9/2023	USU	vs	IDST	W 78-28	4	5	2	11	1	9	0	0
7	Houston	77	9/12/2026	HOU	vs	SOU	W 77-6	5	6	0	11	0	11	0	0
8	Miami	77	9/10/2026	MIA	vs	FAMU	W 77-7	6	5	0	11	0	11	0	0
9	Florida State	77	9/6/2025	FSU	vs	TXA	W 77-3	6	5	0	11	0	11	0	0
10	Indiana	77	9/6/2024	IND	vs	WIU	W 77-3	3	7	1	11	0	11	0	0
11	Arkansas State	77	11/18/2023	ARST	vs	TXST	W 77-31	0	7	4	11	0	11	0	0
12	Texas State	77	9/16/2023	TXST	vs	JKST	W 77-34	3	8	0	11	0	11	0	0
13	SMU	77	11/5/2022	SMU	vs	HOU	W 77-63	9	2	0	11	0	11	0	0
14	Ohio State	77	9/17/2022	OSU	vs	TOL	W 77-21	6	5	0	11	0	11	0	0
15	Pittsburgh	77	9/25/2021	PITT	vs	UNH	W 77-7	5	5	1	11	0	9	0	1
16	Ole Miss	76	8/31/2024	MISS	vs	FUR	W 76-0	6	4	0	10	2	10	0	0
17	Oklahoma	76	9/11/2021	OKLA	vs	WCU	W 76-0	5	5	0	10	2	10	0	0
18	NC State	73	9/11/2026	NCST	vs	RICH	W 73-0	2	8	0	10	1	10	0	0
19	Virginia Tech	73	9/5/2026	VT	vs	VMI	W 73-3	3	6	1	10	1	10	0	0
20	UCF	73	9/3/2026	UCF	vs	COOK	W 73-6	2	7	1	10	1	10	0	0
21	Indiana	73	9/12/2025	IND	vs	INST	W 73-0	7	3	0	10	1	10	0	0
22	Alabama	73	9/6/2025	ALA	vs	ULM	W 73-0	7	3	0	10	1	10	0	0
23	USC	73	8/30/2025	USC	vs	MOST	W 73-13	3	6	1	10	1	10	0	0
24	Pittsburgh	73	9/21/2024	PITT	vs	YSU	W 73-17	4	5	1	10	1	10	0	0
25	Auburn	73	8/31/2024	AUB	vs	AAMU	W 73-3	6	3	1	10	1	10	0	0

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More James Madison Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

717

Coleman

RUSH

279

Pettaway

REC

185

Scott

Team Rankings

PPG

44.8

7th

OPP PPG

12.3

12th

RUSH YDS/G

199.0

35th

PASS YDS/G

226.3

88th

2026 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	James Madison	1-0	4-0
2	Louisiana	0-0	3-1
3	Appalachian State	0-0	3-1
4	South Alabama	0-0	2-2
5	Georgia State	0-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MRSH	@	JMU	3:45 PM
Sat 10/10	JMU	@	GASO	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	GAST	@	JMU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	JMU	@	APP	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	TROY	@	JMU	7:30 PM

Last Game

James Madison

4 - 0

Final

Old Dominion

1 - 3

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250