college football teams with the fewest points allowed per game in a season from 1980 to 2025

Since 1980, the Ohio State Buckeyes have allowed the fewest points per game by a team in a season, with 5.9 points allowed this season.

TEAMOPP PPGSEASONGPWLTTDPTSPPGOPP PTS1DWN3DWN%4DWN%
1Ohio State
Ohio State
5.9
2025
7
7
0
0
33
255
36.4
41
157
52.7
66.7
2Oklahoma
Oklahoma
6.6
1986
11
10
1
0
466
42.4
73
3Michigan
Michigan
6.8
1985
11
9
1
1
315
28.6
75
4Western Michigan
Western Michigan
7.1
1982
11
7
2
2
186
16.9
78
5Auburn
Auburn
7.2
1988
11
10
1
0
331
30.1
79
6Oklahoma
Oklahoma
7.5
1987
11
11
0
0
479
43.5
82
7Florida State
Florida State
7.7
1980
11
10
1
0
352
32.0
85
8Southern Miss
Southern Miss
8.1
1981
11
9
1
1
288
26.2
89
9Alabama
Alabama
8.2
2011
13
12
1
0
55
453
34.8
106
280
10Clemson
Clemson
8.2
1981
11
11
0
0
316
28.7
90
11Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
8.3
1983
11
9
2
0
301
27.4
91
12Oklahoma
Oklahoma
8.5
1985
11
10
1
0
346
31.5
93
13Nebraska
Nebraska
8.5
1980
11
9
2
0
435
39.5
93
14Alabama
Alabama
8.7
1980
11
9
2
0
322
29.3
96
15Michigan
Michigan
8.9
1997
11
11
0
0
301
27.4
98
16Arizona
Arizona
8.9
1992
11
6
4
1
217
19.7
98
17Central Michigan
Central Michigan
8.9
1990
11
8
2
1
259
23.5
98
18Georgia
Georgia
8.9
1981
11
10
1
0
352
32.0
98
19USC
USC
9.0
2008
13
12
1
0
66
488
37.5
117
305
20Alabama
Alabama
9.1
1992
12
12
0
0
332
27.7
109
21Miami
Miami
9.1
1991
11
11
0
0
364
33.1
100
22Washington
Washington
9.2
1991
11
11
0
0
461
41.9
101
23Miami
Miami
9.3
1989
11
10
1
0
393
35.7
102
24Miami
Miami
9.4
2001
11
11
0
0
59
475
43.2
103
242
25Nebraska
Nebraska
9.4
1981
11
9
2
0
349
31.7
103
StatMuse has team, season-level data for opponent points per game going back to the 1956 season.

More Ohio State Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

36.4

22nd

OPP PPG

5.9

1st

RUSH YDS/G

151.7

81st

PASS YDS/G

279.7

29th

2025 Big 10 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
1
Indiana Indiana
5-0
8-0
2
Ohio State Ohio State
4-0
7-0
3
Oregon Oregon
4-1
7-1
4
Iowa Iowa
4-1
6-2
5
Michigan Michigan
4-1
6-2
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/1
PSU PSU
@
OSU OSU
12:00 PM
Sat
11/8
OSU OSU
@
PUR PUR
1:00 PM
Sat
11/15
UCLA UCLA
@
OSU OSU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/22
RUTG RUTG
@
OSU OSU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/29
OSU OSU
@
MICH MICH
12:00 PM
Last Game

34

Final

0

WIS Wisconsin

2 - 5

Sat 18 Oct 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
6
2
.750
2
San Diego State San Diego State
6
1
.857
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
8
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
7
1
.875
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
8
0
1.000
2
Virginia Virginia
7
1
.875
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
7
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
8
0
1.000
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
3
.625
2
Central Michigan Central Michigan
5
3
.625
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
5
2
.714
2
UConn UConn
5
3
.625
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Texas A&M Texas A&M
8
0
1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
7
1
.875
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Navy Navy
7
0
1.000
2
Tulane Tulane
6
1
.857
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
4
4
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
1
7
.125
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
7
1
.875
2
Southern Miss Southern Miss
6
2
.750
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
6
2
.750
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
4
3
.571

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/3
WIS WIS
@
MICH MICH
10-24
Fri
10/3
OHIO OHIO
@
BALL BALL
14-20
Fri
10/3
ARMY ARMY
@
UAB UAB
31-13
Fri
10/3
ILL ILL
@
PUR PUR
43-27
Fri
10/3
KSU KSU
@
BAY BAY
34-35

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
10/29
JVST JVST
@
MTSU MTSU
7:30 PM
Wed
10/29
FIU FIU
@
MOST MOST
8:00 PM
Thu
10/30
MRSH MRSH
@
CCAR CCAR
7:30 PM
Thu
10/30
TULN TULN
@
UTSA UTSA
7:30 PM
Fri
10/31
MEM MEM
@
RICE RICE
7:00 PM