college football teams with the fewest points allowed per game in the first 12 games of a single season from 1980 to 2025

Since 1980, the Iowa State Cyclones, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and the Pittsburgh Panthers are tied for allowing the fewest points per game in a season in their first 12 games, with 0.0 points allowed in 2001.

TEAMOPP PPGSEASONGPWLTTDPTSPPGOPP PTS1DWN3DWN%4DWN%
1Iowa State
Iowa State
0.0
2001
1
1
0
0
6
45
45.0
0
16
2Louisiana
Louisiana
0.0
2001
1
1
0
0
2
20
20.0
0
16
3Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
0.0
2001
1
1
0
0
4
31
31.0
0
21
4Baylor
Baylor
3.0
2001
1
1
0
0
3
24
24.0
3
18
5FIU
FIU
7.0
2006
1
0
1
0
1
6
6.0
7
6Arizona State
Arizona State
7.0
2001
1
1
0
0
5
38
38.0
7
24
7Maryland
Maryland
7.0
2001
1
1
0
0
3
23
23.0
7
17
8Miami
Miami
7.0
2001
1
1
0
0
3
33
33.0
7
23
9Texas
Texas
7.0
2001
1
1
0
0
5
41
41.0
7
24
10Toledo
Toledo
7.0
2001
1
1
0
0
5
38
38.0
7
25
11Washington State
Washington State
7.0
2001
1
1
0
0
4
36
36.0
7
28
12Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
7.0
2001
1
1
0
0
1
13
13.0
7
19
13Nebraska
Nebraska
7.0
2001
1
1
0
0
3
21
21.0
7
16
14Southern Miss
Southern Miss
9.0
2001
1
1
0
0
2
17
17.0
9
20
15Tennessee
Tennessee
9.0
2001
1
1
0
0
4
33
33.0
9
14
16TCU
TCU
9.6
2000
11
10
1
0
52
410
37.3
106
227
17Mississippi State
Mississippi State
10.0
2001
1
1
0
0
4
30
30.0
10
17
18Boston College
Boston College
10.0
2001
1
1
0
0
4
34
34.0
10
20
19Kansas
Kansas
10.0
2001
1
1
0
0
3
24
24.0
10
17
20Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
10.0
2001
1
1
0
0
7
52
52.0
10
29
21Arizona
Arizona
10.0
2001
1
1
0
0
3
23
23.0
10
17
22Arkansas
Arkansas
10.0
2001
1
1
0
0
2
14
14.0
10
5
23Florida State
Florida State
10.3
2000
12
11
1
0
67
509
42.4
123
303
24Toledo
Toledo
11.4
2000
11
10
1
0
50
400
36.4
125
242
25Western Michigan
Western Michigan
11.6
2000
12
9
3
0
48
359
29.9
139
258
StatMuse has team, game-level data for opponent points per game going back to the 2000 season.

More Iowa State Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

27.4

78th

OPP PPG

20.2

28th

RUSH YDS/G

174.5

55th

PASS YDS/G

221.4

93rd

2025 Big 12 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
5
Arizona Arizona
6-3
9-3
6
Arizona State Arizona State
6-3
8-4
7
Iowa State Iowa State
5-4
8-4
8
Kansas State Kansas State
5-4
6-6
9
TCU TCU
5-4
8-4
Last Game

20

Final

13

Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
12
1
.923
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
1
.923
2
Indiana Indiana
13
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
12
1
.923
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
11
2
.846
2
Tulane Tulane
11
2
.846
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Virginia Virginia
10
3
.769
2
Duke Duke
8
5
.615
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
9
4
.692
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
CIT CIT
@
MISS MISS
0-49
Mon
11/10
KENT KENT
@
AKR AKR
42-35
Mon
11/10
OHIO OHIO
@
WMU WMU
13-17
Tue
11/11
NIU NIU
@
MASS MASS
45-3
Tue
11/11
TOL TOL
@
M-OH M-OH
24-3

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/13
ARMY ARMY
@
NAVY NAVY
3:00 PM
Wed
12/17
ODU ODU
@
USF USF
5:00 PM
Wed
12/17
UL UL
@
DEL DEL
8:30 PM
Thu
12/18
MOST MOST
@
ARST ARST
9:00 PM
Wed
12/24
CAL CAL
@
HAW HAW
8:00 PM