lowest points per game allowed college football in last 100 years

Between October 3, 1926 and October 3, 2026, the North Dakota State Bison have allowed the fewest points per game by a team, with 12.3 points allowed.

	TEAM	OPP PPG	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	North Dakota State	12.3	4	4	0	0	17	140	35.0	49	77	42.3	72.7
2	Alabama	16.6	352	275	77	0	1,514	12,018	34.1	5,842
3	Eastern Washington	17.0	1	1	0	0		35	35.0	17	26
4	Ohio State	17.0	341	288	53	0	1,553	12,105	35.5	5,799
5	Georgia	18.5	349	274	75	0	1,414	11,435	32.8	6,470
6	Iowa	18.6	333	215	118	0	1,062	8,750	26.3	6,189
7	Penn State	18.9	334	219	115	0	1,221	9,782	29.3	6,326
8	James Madison	19.2	55	44	11	0	253	1,981	36.0	1,055	1,194	41.0	46.7
9	Wisconsin	19.8	338	226	112	0	1,249	9,869	29.2	6,698
10	Clemson	19.8	345	253	92	0	1,425	11,291	32.7	6,837
11	LSU	19.8	339	250	89	0	1,359	10,812	31.9	6,723
12	Michigan	20.3	330	227	103	0	1,270	10,109	30.6	6,698
13	Florida	20.6	334	221	113	0	1,305	10,323	30.9	6,868
14	Virginia Tech	20.7	340	216	124	0	1,220	9,912	29.2	7,043
15	Utah	20.7	326	219	107	0	1,249	9,961	30.6	6,757
16	Boise State	21.0	340	272	68	0	1,596	12,774	37.6	7,127
17	Tennessee State	21.0	1	0	1	0		15	15.0	21	17
18	Rhode Island	21.0	1	1	0	0		26	26.0	21	18
19	Miami	21.1	332	219	113	0	1,288	10,283	31.0	7,000
20	Notre Dame	21.2	333	230	103	0	1,287	10,119	30.4	7,064
21	Auburn	21.3	334	211	123	0	1,191	9,618	28.8	7,109
22	Florida State	21.6	336	220	116	0	1,307	10,543	31.4	7,245
23	TCU	21.8	330	231	99	0	1,361	10,841	32.9	7,182
24	Oklahoma	21.9	346	271	75	0	1,675	13,066	37.8	7,591
25	Youngstown State	22.0	1	0	1	0		16	16.0	22	21

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Team Leaders

PASS

808

Hayes

RUSH

225

Scott

REC

283

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

35.0

46th

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	2-1
5	New Mexico	0-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	WYO	@	NDSU	3:30 PM
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

Last Game

North Dakota State

4 - 0

Final

Sacramento State

1 - 3

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
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	1	.750
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	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	2	.500
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	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	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	2	.500
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	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
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	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	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	3	1	.750
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	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	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	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	2	1	.667
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	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36
Sat 9/12	ASU	@	TXAM	20-48

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MEM	@	CHAR	11:00 AM
Sat 10/3	SYR	@	CONN	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MTU	@	KU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	STAN	@	WAKE	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	12:00 PM

Between October 3, 1926 and October 3, 2026, the North Dakota State Bison have allowed the fewest points per game by a team, with 12.3 points allowed.

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1,499

1,453

644

600

592

617

585

564

14

14

14

11

9

9

7

7

7

228.2

209.1

204.6

7.5

7.0

6.5

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CFB 2026 Standings

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