college football teams with the fewest points allowed per game in a season from 1970 to 2025

Since 1970, 5 teams are tied for allowing the fewest points per game in a season, with 0.0 points allowed. The first three are the Western Illinois Leathernecks and the Tennessee State Tigers in 1974 and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns in 1971.

TEAMOPP PPGSEASONGPWLTTDPTSPPGOPP PTS1DWN3DWN%4DWN%
1Western Illinois
Western Illinois
0.0
1974
1
1
0
0
31
31.0
0
2Tennessee State
Tennessee State
0.0
1974
1
1
0
0
17
17.0
0
3Louisiana
Louisiana
0.0
1971
1
1
0
0
16
16.0
0
4East Tennessee State
East Tennessee State
0.0
1970
1
1
0
0
10
10.0
0
5
Cal State Fullerton
0.0
1970
1
1
0
0
17
17.0
0
6Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech
1.0
1973
3
3
0
0
84
28.0
3
7Idaho State
Idaho State
3.0
1975
1
1
0
0
16
16.0
3
8Northern Iowa
Northern Iowa
3.0
1973
1
1
0
0
31
31.0
3
9
Quantico Marines
3.5
1972
2
2
0
0
47
23.5
7
10Ohio State
Ohio State
4.3
1973
10
9
0
1
371
37.1
43
11Montana State
Montana State
4.5
1972
2
2
0
0
27
13.5
9
12Dartmouth
Dartmouth
4.7
1970
9
9
0
0
311
34.6
42
13Appalachian State
Appalachian State
5.0
1971
2
1
0
1
35
17.5
10
14Michigan
Michigan
5.2
1972
11
10
1
0
264
24.0
57
15Alabama
Alabama
5.3
1979
11
11
0
0
359
32.6
58
16Alabama
Alabama
6.0
1975
11
10
1
0
361
32.8
66
17Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State
6.0
1975
1
1
0
0
24
24.0
6
18Eastern Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky
6.0
1973
1
1
0
0
10
10.0
6
19Akron
Akron
6.0
1971
1
1
0
0
20
20.0
6
20Morehead State
Morehead State
6.0
1971
1
1
0
0
29
29.0
6
21
Quantico Marines
6.0
1971
1
1
0
0
24
24.0
6
22Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech
6.0
1970
1
1
0
0
27
27.0
6
23Michigan
Michigan
6.2
1973
11
10
0
1
330
30.0
68
24Michigan
Michigan
6.4
1971
11
11
0
0
409
37.2
70
25Indiana State
Indiana State
6.5
1972
2
1
1
0
38
19.0
13
StatMuse has team, season-level data for opponent points per game going back to the 1956 season.

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CFB 2025 Division Standings

Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
9
1
.900
2
Virginia Virginia
9
2
.818
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
11
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
11
0
1.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
9
2
.818
2
UConn UConn
9
3
.750
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
2
9
.182
2
Washington State Washington State
5
6
.455
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
San Diego State San Diego State
8
2
.800
2
UNLV UNLV
9
2
.818
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Texas A&M Texas A&M
11
0
1.000
2
Georgia Georgia
10
1
.909
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
10
1
.909
2
BYU BYU
9
1
.900
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Navy Navy
8
2
.800
2
North Texas North Texas
9
1
.900
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
7
4
.636
2
Ohio Ohio
7
4
.636
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
7
4
.636
2
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
8
2
.800
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
10
1
.909
2
Southern Miss Southern Miss
7
4
.636

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/31
UCF UCF
@
BAY BAY
3-30
Fri
10/31
WVU WVU
@
HOU HOU
45-35
Fri
10/31
UAB UAB
@
CONN CONN
19-38
Fri
10/31
RUTG RUTG
@
ILL ILL
13-35
Fri
10/31
NAVY NAVY
@
UNT UNT
17-31

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/22
SJSU SJSU
@
SDSU SDSU
10:30 PM
Sat
11/22
USU USU
@
FRES FRES
10:30 PM
Sat
11/22
WASH WASH
@
UCLA UCLA
10:30 PM
Tue
11/25
BGSU BGSU
@
MASS MASS
4:30 PM
Tue
11/25
WMU WMU
@
EMU EMU
7:30 PM