fewest yards allowed per game by a team since 2020 college football

Since 2020, the North Dakota State Bison have the fewest opponent yards per game played by a team, with 254.75.

	TEAM	OPP YDS/GP	OPP YDS	GP	OPP TD	PASS OPP YDS	OPP SCKY	PASS OPP TD	RUSH OPP YDS	RUSH OPP TD	RET OPP YDS	RET OPP TD
1	North Dakota State	254.75	1,019	4	7	618	51	3	401	3	90	1
2	Iowa	295.34	23,332	79	138	14,738	1,198	81	8,594	50	2,518	7
3	Ohio State	295.42	23,929	81	156	15,264	1,387	84	8,665	66	3,007	6
4	Georgia	296.05	25,756	87	155	17,859	1,579	86	7,897	63	2,248	6
5	James Madison	302.6	16,643	55	127	11,604	1,089	71	5,039	45	2,692	11
6	Michigan	305.44	24,435	80	164	15,763	1,383	90	8,672	69	2,390	5
7	Wisconsin	306	22,950	75	179	14,578	1,169	92	8,372	74	3,130	13
8	Penn State	309.68	25,394	82	172	15,461	1,548	84	9,933	82	2,471	6
9	Air Force	314.19	22,936	73	186	14,118	954	82	8,818	99	3,258	5
10	Notre Dame	314.74	26,438	84	178	16,354	1,548	87	10,084	81	4,042	10
11	Alabama	316.56	27,857	88	198	17,585	1,587	106	10,272	85	3,486	7
12	Minnesota	317.52	24,449	77	190	14,907	1,108	90	9,542	91	2,049	9
13	Toledo	326.94	25,174	77	191	14,581	1,336	91	10,593	91	5,120	9
14	Army	327.77	25,894	79	193	14,506	772	97	11,388	90	3,757	6
15	Utah	332.8	24,960	75	189	15,845	1,473	96	9,115	83	5,136	10
16	Clemson	333.58	27,687	83	204	17,900	1,517	106	9,787	77	2,587	21
17	Texas A&M	333.95	25,714	77	190	15,297	1,278	109	10,417	66	2,966	15
18	Iowa State	334.75	27,115	81	214	16,211	936	111	10,904	83	5,629	20
19	Oregon	339.98	27,538	81	218	17,284	1,103	111	10,254	99	3,742	8
20	Indiana	341.25	26,276	77	217	16,882	1,216	115	9,394	89	4,283	13
21	Miami	342.25	27,722	81	224	17,996	1,564	115	9,726	96	2,917	13
22	Nebraska	343.91	25,449	74	201	14,988	1,099	91	10,461	98	3,577	12
23	Liberty	344.94	27,595	80	233	16,139	1,191	111	11,456	112	3,819	10
24	Pittsburgh	345.69	28,001	81	251	19,666	1,865	143	8,335	92	3,903	16
25	Sacramento State	346.4	1,732	5	19	982	51	6	750	11	126	2

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Team Leaders

PASS

808

Hayes

RUSH

225

Scott

REC

283

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

35.0

48th

OPP PPG

12.3

10th

RUSH YDS/G

158.8

80th

PASS YDS/G

211.8

101st

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	North Dakota State	1-0	4-0
2	UNLV	1-0	2-2
3	Wyoming	1-0	2-2
4	Air Force	1-1	3-1
5	New Mexico	0-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	NDSU	@	UNLV	7:00 PM
Sat 10/17	NEV	@	NDSU	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	NDSU	@	UNM	10:00 PM
Sat 10/31	UTEP	@	NDSU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	NDSU	@	HAW	11:00 PM

Last Game

North Dakota State

4 - 0

Final

Sacramento State

1 - 3

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

53.5

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

11.5

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

532.8

524.6

523.3

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

16.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
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	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
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	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
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	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
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	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
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	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
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	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
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	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
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	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
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	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

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

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36
Sat 9/12	ASU	@	TXAM	20-48
Sat 9/12	HOW	@	IND	0-55
Sat 9/12	WSU	@	KSU	7-34
Sat 9/12	OKLA	@	MICH	10-17

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	ORST	@	CSU	6:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TXSO	@	FAU	6:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ARK	@	TXAM	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ULM	@	USA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	BYU	@	TCU	7:00 PM

Since 2020, the North Dakota State Bison have the fewest opponent yards per game played by a team, with 254.75.

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