most points scored in college football in a season

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

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Points: player season data complete from 1956

	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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More Houston Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,053

Weigman

RUSH

516

Hughes

REC

620

Thomas

Team Rankings

PPG

36.0

24th

OPP PPG

21.0

49th

RUSH YDS/G

203.5

27th

PASS YDS/G

267.0

36th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Texas Tech	3-1	6-1
5	Oklahoma State	3-1	5-2
6	Houston	3-2	6-2
7	Baylor	2-2	4-3
8	Cincinnati	2-2	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	CIN	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/13	HOU	@	COLO	10:15 PM
Sat 11/21	HOU	@	WVU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	BAY	@	HOU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Houston

6 - 2

Final

Utah

7 - 0

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

963

Riley

957

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

43.0

42.7

41.1

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

323.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	3	.571
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Marshall	4	3	.571
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Charlotte	1	7	.125
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	4	4	.500
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125