How many points does a college football team score per game?

A college football team scored 26.2 points a game on average in 2025, in regular-season games between two FBS (top-division) teams, up from 9.8 in 1900. Scoring peaked at 29.1 in 2016. The dip to 23.5 in 2006 came in the one season the clock was started sooner, which cut plays. Before 1912 a touchdown was worth 5 points, not 6. The chart starts in 1900; CollegeFootballData.com's records before then cover only a few dozen such games a season.

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Measure: Points per team per game. Written from the data below.

  • The latest figure, for 2025, is 26.2.
  • That is 2.7 times the 1900 figure, 9.8.
  • The highest was 29.1 in 2016.
  • The lowest was 8.4 in 1906.

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CollegeFootballData.com, college football games
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Season Points per team per game
1900 9.8
1901 10.7
1902 10.6
1903 11.7
1904 12.1
1905 12.2
1906 8.4
1907 11.7
1908 10
1909 9.4
1910 9.7
1911 8.7
1912 13
1913 13.6
1914 13.8
1915 13.3
1916 14.3
1917 13.3
1918 12.4
1919 10.7
1920 12.1
1921 11.8
1922 12.2
1923 11.3
1924 9.9
1925 10.5
1926 10.9
1927 12.8
1928 12.1
1929 12.5
1930 11.8
1931 11.2
1932 10.3
1933 9.4
1934 10.7
1935 11.3
1936 11.2
1937 10.2
1938 11.2
1939 11.2
1940 13
1941 13.6
1942 13.6
1943 16.2
1944 16.2
1945 15.3
1946 15.8
1947 15.7
1948 17.2
1949 19.3
1950 18.6
1951 18.9
1952 18.1
1953 17
1954 17.3
1955 16
1956 16.2
1957 15.4
1958 15.6
1959 15.7
1960 15.2
1961 15.8
1962 16.2
1963 15.7
1964 14.9
1965 16.6
1966 17.2
1967 17.9
1968 21.4
1969 21.9
1970 21.2
1971 20.2
1972 20.7
1973 21.1
1974 20.1
1975 19.9
1976 20.1
1977 20.7
1978 20.6
1979 20
1980 20.7
1981 20.3
1982 21.6
1983 22.2
1984 21.9
1985 22.3
1986 22.5
1987 23
1988 23.7
1989 24.2
1990 24.4
1991 22.9
1992 22.9
1993 24.4
1994 24.4
1995 25
1996 25.5
1997 25.5
1998 25.3
1999 25.4
2000 25.7
2001 26.6
2002 26.7
2003 26.3
2004 26.1
2005 26.2
2006 23.5
2007 27.7
2008 26.3
2009 26.2
2010 27.2
2011 27.3
2012 28.4
2013 28.4
2014 28.3
2015 28.3
2016 29.1
2017 27.9
2018 28.4
2019 27.9
2020 28.8
2021 27.5
2022 27.2
2023 26.7
2024 26.8
2025 26.2

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