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

979

Coleman

RUSH

485

Pettaway

REC

289

Scott

Team Rankings

PPG

44.8

6th

OPP PPG

13.2

15th

RUSH YDS/G

221.4

24th

PASS YDS/G

233.4

78th

2026 SBC Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Thu 11/5	JMU	@	USM	8:00 PM

Last Game

Marshall

3 - 2

Final

James Madison

5 - 0

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,851

Atkinson

1,613

Jennings

1,530

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

613

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

742

Legree

603

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

14

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

7.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.0

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

524.6

523.3

514.4

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

377.6

361.3

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

22.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	1	.800
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	2	.600
8	Kentucky	4	1	.800
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	4	1	.800
11	Tennessee	4	1	.800
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	3	.400
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	3	.400
4	Oregon State	3	2	.600
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	1	.800
4	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	3	.400
14	Maryland	2	3	.400
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	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	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	1	.800
2	Kent State	2	3	.400
3	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Toledo	4	1	.800
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
7	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
8	Ohio	3	2	.600
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	4	.200
11	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	2	.600
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	3	.400
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	3	.400
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	3	2	.600
15	NC State	3	2	.600
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	3	2	.600
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	4	1	.800
6	Marshall	3	2	.600
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	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	UNLV	3	2	.600
3	Wyoming	2	3	.400
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	4	.200
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250