highest ppg for freshman in ncaa history since 1975

Since 1975, Paul Watson has the most points per game by a freshman, with 18.0 per game.

	NAME	PPG	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS
1	Paul Watson P. Watson	18.0	2	1			6					36
2	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	13.4	13	25	4	0	29	0	0	0	0	174
3	Ortege Jenkins O. Jenkins	12.6	10	2			21					126
4	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	12.5	11	1	0		23					138
5	Todd Ellis T. Ellis	12.5	11	3			23					138
6	Jesse Legree J. Legree	12.0	7	0	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	84
7	Deuce Knight D. Knight	12.0	2	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	24
8	Michael Vick M. Vick	12.0	10	8			20					120
9	James Brown J. Brown	12.0	7	2			14					84
10	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	12.0	7	4	1		14					84
11	Ed Browning E. Browning	12.0	1	0			2					12
12	Tommie Frazier T. Frazier	11.3	9	7			17					102
13	Ken Dorsey K. Dorsey	11.0	6	1			11					66
14	Kirk Farmer K. Farmer	11.0	6	2			11					66
15	Corey Alston C. Alston	10.8	5	0	8		9					54
16	Danny O'Neil D. O'Neil	10.8	5	2			9					54
17	Keith Smith K. Smith	10.4	11	8	0		19					114
18	Sedrick Irvin S. Irvin	10.4	11	16	2		19					114
19	Tommy Maddox T. Maddox	10.4	11	2			19					114
20	Todd Marinovich T. Marinovich	10.4	11	3	0		19					114
21	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	10.4	11	4	0		19					114
22	Kevin Murray K. Murray	10.2	10	3			17					102
23	Kevin Meger K. Meger	10.0	6	5			10					60
24	Reggie Cobb R. Cobb	10.0	12	17	3		20					120
25	Major Applewhite M. Applewhite	9.8	11	0			18					108

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More Kansas State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,301

Johnson

RUSH

462

Johnson

REC

268

Tibbs

Team Rankings

PPG

35.5

33rd

OPP PPG

20.0

44th

RUSH YDS/G

239.8

7th

PASS YDS/G

224.8

89th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Cincinnati	1-2	4-2
9	UCF	1-2	3-3
10	Kansas State	1-2	4-2
11	Arizona State	1-2	3-3
12	Iowa State	1-2	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	KSU	@	ASU	3:45 PM
Sat 10/31	KSU	@	COLO	2:00 PM
Sat 11/7	OKST	@	KSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	KSU	@	TCU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	ARIZ	@	KSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Kansas

2 - 4

Final

Kansas State

4 - 2

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

784

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	2	.667
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	3	3	.500