highest points scored in a game college football

Montel Harris, Stefphon Jefferson and Rashaun Woods are tied for the most points in a game, with 42 points.

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highest points by a player scored in a game college football

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY
1	Montel Harris M. Harris	42	11/17/2012	TEM	@	ARMY	7			7			0	0
2	Stefphon Jefferson S. Jefferson	42	9/22/2012	NEV	@	HAW	6	1		7			0	0
3	Rashaun Woods R. Woods	42	9/20/2003	OKST	@	SMU		7		7			0	0
4	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	36	8/31/2024	BSU	@	GASO	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
5	Kenneth Dixon K. Dixon	36	10/20/2012	LT	vs	IDHO	6			6			0	0
6	Trey Burton T. Burton	36	9/25/2010	FLA	vs	UK	5	1		6			0	0
7	Phillip Tanner P. Tanner	36	11/22/2008	MTSU	vs	UNT	5	0		6			0	0
8	Steve Slaton S. Slaton	36	10/15/2005	WVU	vs	LOU	5	1		6			0	0
9	Carnell Williams C. Williams	36	10/18/2003	AUB	vs	MSST	6			6			0	0
10	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	36	12/7/2002	MIA	vs	VT	6	0		6			0	0
11	Craig Candeto C. Candeto	36	12/7/2002	NAVY	@	ARMY	6			6			0	0
12	Jonathan Golden J. Golden	36	9/7/2002	BAY	vs	SAM	5	1		6			0	0
13	Chance Kretschmer C. Kretschmer	36	11/24/2001	NEV	@	UTEP	6			6			0	0
14	Chris Brown C. Brown	36	11/23/2001	COLO	vs	NEB	6			6			0	0
15	Levron Williams L. Williams	36	10/6/2001	IND	@	WIS	6			6			0	0
16	Dwone Hicks D. Hicks	36	10/7/2000	MTSU	vs	LT	6			6			0	0
17	Quentin Griffin Q. Griffin	36	10/7/2000	OKLA	vs	TEX	6	0		6			0	0
18	Carlton Jones C. Jones	32	10/16/2004	ARMY	@	USF	5	0		5			1	0
19	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	30	11/15/2025	UNT	@	UAB	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
20	Dylan Riley D. Riley	30	9/20/2025	BSU	@	AFA	4	1	0	5	0	0	0	0
21	Jonah Coleman J. Coleman	30	9/6/2025	WASH	vs	UCD	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
22	Jordan Watkins J. Watkins	30	11/2/2024	MISS	@	ARK	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
23	Omarion Hampton O. Hampton	30	11/2/2024	UNC	@	FSU	4	1	0	5	0	0	0	0
24	Bryson Daily B. Daily	30	10/19/2024	ARMY	vs	ECU	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
25	Jadan Baugh J. Baugh	30	10/19/2024	FLA	vs	UK	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0

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PASS

2,097

Simon

RUSH

809

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REC

500

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Team Rankings

PPG

27.8

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OPP PPG

29.7

111th

RUSH YDS/G

147.4

91st

PASS YDS/G

197.4

121st

2025 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Army	4-4	7-6
8	UTSA	4-4	7-6
9	Temple	3-5	5-7
10	Florida Atlantic	3-5	4-8
11	Rice	2-6	5-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	URI	@	TEM	2:00 PM
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	TEM	@	TOL	3:00 PM
Fri 9/25	ARMY	@	TEM	4:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TEM	@	USF	1:00 PM

Last Game

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Final

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11 - 1

Fri 28 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

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Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167