college football teams with the fewest points allowed per game in a season from 1974 to 2025

Since 1974, the Western Illinois Leathernecks and the Tennessee State Tigers are tied for allowing the fewest points per game in a season, with 0.0 points allowed in 1974.

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
3Idaho State
Idaho State
3.0
1975
1
1
0
0
16
16.0
3
4Alabama
Alabama
5.3
1979
11
11
0
0
359
32.6
58
5Alabama
Alabama
6.0
1975
11
10
1
0
361
32.8
66
6Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State
6.0
1975
1
1
0
0
24
24.0
6
7Oklahoma
Oklahoma
6.6
1986
11
10
1
0
466
42.4
73
8Michigan
Michigan
6.8
1985
11
9
1
1
315
28.6
75
9Michigan
Michigan
6.8
1974
11
10
1
0
324
29.5
75
10South Carolina State
South Carolina State
7.0
1977
1
1
0
0
31
31.0
7
11Western Kentucky
Western Kentucky
7.0
1976
1
1
0
0
10
10.0
7
12Eastern Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky
7.0
1976
1
1
0
0
21
21.0
7
13Western Michigan
Western Michigan
7.1
1982
11
7
2
2
186
16.9
78
14Auburn
Auburn
7.2
1988
11
10
1
0
331
30.1
79
15Ohio State
Ohio State
7.2
1975
11
11
0
0
374
34.0
79
16North Carolina
North Carolina
7.4
1977
11
8
2
1
234
21.3
81
17Michigan
Michigan
7.4
1976
11
10
1
0
426
38.7
81
18Rutgers
Rutgers
7.4
1976
11
11
0
0
287
26.1
81
19Arkansas State
Arkansas State
7.4
1975
11
11
0
0
355
32.3
81
20Yale
Yale
7.4
1974
9
8
1
0
229
25.4
67
21Oklahoma
Oklahoma
7.5
1987
11
11
0
0
479
43.5
82
22Ball State
Ball State
7.5
1978
11
10
1
0
251
22.8
82
23Alabama
Alabama
7.5
1974
11
11
0
0
318
28.9
83
24Miami (OH)
Miami (OH)
7.6
1974
10
9
0
1
282
28.2
76
25Florida State
Florida State
7.7
1980
11
10
1
0
352
32.0
85
StatMuse has team, season-level data for opponent points per game going back to the 1956 season.

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CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
11
1
.917
2
Ole Miss Ole Miss
11
1
.917
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
9
4
.692
2
New Mexico New Mexico
9
3
.750
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
12
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
12
0
1.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
10
2
.833
2
UConn UConn
9
3
.750
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
11
1
.917
2
BYU BYU
11
1
.917
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
11
2
.846
2
Tulane Tulane
11
2
.846
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Virginia Virginia
10
2
.833
2
Duke Duke
7
5
.583
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
6
6
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
2
10
.167
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
8
4
.667
2
Ohio Ohio
8
4
.667
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
12
1
.923
2
Troy Troy
8
5
.615
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
10
3
.769
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
8
5
.615

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/7
JMU JMU
@
MRSH MRSH
35-23
Fri
11/7
SMU SMU
@
BC BC
45-13
Fri
11/7
CIT CIT
@
MISS MISS
0-49
Fri
11/7
SYR SYR
@
MIA MIA
10-38
Fri
11/7
WAKE WAKE
@
UVA UVA
16-9

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/6
BYU BYU
@
TTU TTU
12:00 PM
Sat
12/6
M-OH M-OH
@
WMU WMU
12:00 PM
Sat
12/6
UGA UGA
@
ALA ALA
4:00 PM
Sat
12/6
IND IND
@
OSU OSU
8:00 PM
Sat
12/6
DUKE DUKE
@
UVA UVA
8:00 PM