most points scored in a season college football

David Klingler has scored the most points in a season, with 330 points in 1990.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	TD	XP2	SFTY	PPG
1	David Klingler D. Klingler	330	1990	HOU	11	1		55			30.0
2	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	318	1980	BYU	12	6		53			26.5
3	Andre Ware A. Ware	294	1989	HOU	11	3		49			26.7
4	Tim Rattay T. Rattay	282	1998	LT	12	1	0	47			23.5
5	Shaun King S. King	276	1998	TULN	11	10	0	46			25.1
6	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	270	1990	BYU	12	4		45			22.5
7	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	270	1969	SDSU	10	6		45			27.0
8	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	246	1996	FLA	12	2		41			20.5
9	Steve Young S. Young	246	1983	BYU	11	8		41			22.4
10	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	240	1998	UCF	11	12	0	40			21.8
11	Tim Couch T. Couch	240	1997	UK	11	3		40			21.8
12	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	240	1997	MRSH	12	1		40			20.0
13	Jerry Rhome J. Rhome	240	1964	TLSA	10	8		40			24.0
14	Montee Ball M. Ball	234	2011	WIS	14	33	6	39	0	0	16.7
15	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	234	1999	MRSH	12	2		39			19.5
16	Drew Brees D. Brees	234	1998	PUR	12	3	0	39			19.5
17	Peyton Manning P. Manning	234	1997	TENN	12	3	0	39			19.5
18	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	234	1997	WSU	11	6		39			21.3
19	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	234	1991	BYU	12	4		39			19.5
20	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	234	1988	OKST	11	37	0	39			21.3
21	Troy Kopp T. Kopp	228	1991		12	1		38			19.0
22	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	228	1989	BYU	12	6		38			19.0
23	Doug Williams D. Williams	228	1977	GRAM	11	0		38			20.7
24	Tim Couch T. Couch	222	1998	UK	11	1		37			20.2
25	Michael Bishop M. Bishop	222	1998	KSU	12	14		37			18.5

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Team Leaders

PASS

946

Weigman

RUSH

283

Hughes

REC

287

Thomas

Team Rankings

PPG

44.5

9th

OPP PPG

20.5

52nd

RUSH YDS/G

248.5

14th

PASS YDS/G

257.3

53rd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	TCU	0-1	2-2
13	UCF	1-0	3-1
14	Arizona	0-1	3-1
15	Houston	0-1	3-1
16	Kansas	0-1	1-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	UCF	@	HOU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	HOU	@	KSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	OKST	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	CIN	@	HOU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Houston

3 - 1

Final

Georgia Southern

1 - 3

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

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

7.0

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

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

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	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	1	.750
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	3	1	.750
14	South Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Texas A&M	2	2	.500
16	Arkansas	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
2	James Madison	4	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	3	1	.750
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	2	.500
8	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
12	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	3	1	.750
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	2	2	.500
7	Washington State	1	3	.250
8	Utah State	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	1	.750
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	1	.750
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	3	1	.750
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	4	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	1	.800
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	1	.750
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	3	1	.750
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	3	1	.750
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
4	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	3	1	.750
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Stanford	2	2	.500
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	1	.750
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	2	2	.500
13	Charlotte	0	4	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	3	.250
6	UTEP	1	3	.250
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	2	1	.667
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250