College Football Rankings by Points Allowed, 2026

New Mexico ranks first in FBS in points allowed at 11.9, ahead of North Dakota State (11.9) and Indiana (12.4). The middle of FBS is about 24.5, and Colorado State is last of 138 (42.4). Lower is better.

What's points allowed?

Average points allowed per game against FBS opponents. Lower is better.

Per game, FBS opponents only.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. Ranks are among the 138 FBS teams with the number.

Every FBS team by points allowed

Rank	Team	Conference	Points allowed
1	New Mexico	Mountain West	11.9
1	North Dakota State	Mountain West	11.9
3	Indiana	Big Ten	12.4
4	Iowa	Big Ten	12.5
5	Notre Dame	Independents	13.4
5	UCLA	Big Ten	13.4
7	Liberty	Conference USA	13.5
8	TCU	Big 12	14.1
9	Duke	ACC	14.2
10	South Florida	American Athletic	14.5
11	Georgia	SEC	14.9
12	Baylor	Big 12	15.2
13	Ohio State	Big Ten	15.5
14	Nebraska	Big Ten	15.6
15	Utah	Big 12	15.9
16	LSU	SEC	16.0
17	Tennessee	SEC	16.2
18	Michigan	Big Ten	16.4
19	Texas	SEC	17.1
19	Wisconsin	Big Ten	17.1
21	Miami	ACC	17.8
22	Wake Forest	ACC	17.9
23	Missouri	SEC	18.4
24	Penn State	Big Ten	18.6
25	BYU	Big 12	18.8
25	Northwestern	Big Ten	18.8
27	Arizona	Big 12	18.9
27	James Madison	Sun Belt	18.9
27	Texas A&M	SEC	18.9
30	Western Michigan	Mid-American	19.2
31	Pittsburgh	ACC	19.8
32	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	19.9
33	Wyoming	Mountain West	20.0
34	Florida International	Conference USA	20.4
35	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	20.5
35	Minnesota	Big Ten	20.5
35	Virginia Tech	ACC	20.5
38	Oklahoma	SEC	20.8
39	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	20.9
40	Fresno State	Pac-12	21.0
40	Houston	Big 12	21.0
42	Massachusetts	Mid-American	21.1
42	Texas Tech	Big 12	21.1
42	Washington	Big Ten	21.1
45	Alabama	SEC	21.2
45	Louisiana	Sun Belt	21.2
47	Oregon	Big Ten	21.4
48	Air Force	Mountain West	21.5
49	Clemson	ACC	21.6
50	Kansas State	Big 12	21.9
50	Ohio	Mid-American	21.9
50	Utah State	Pac-12	21.9
53	SMU	ACC	22.2
54	San José State	Mountain West	22.3
55	App State	Sun Belt	22.6
55	Nevada	Mountain West	22.6
57	North Carolina	ACC	23.0
58	Virginia	ACC	23.1
59	Boise State	Pac-12	23.6
59	Memphis	American Athletic	23.6
61	Kansas	Big 12	23.8
61	UNLV	Mountain West	23.8
63	Ole Miss	SEC	24.0
64	East Carolina	American Athletic	24.1
65	Illinois	Big Ten	24.2
65	USC	Big Ten	24.2
67	Troy	Sun Belt	24.4
67	Tulsa	American Athletic	24.4
69	Hawai'i	Mountain West	24.5
70	Kentucky	SEC	24.8
71	Oregon State	Pac-12	25.0
72	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	25.1
72	Sam Houston	Conference USA	25.1
74	New Mexico State	Conference USA	25.2
74	South Carolina	SEC	25.2
74	UAB	American Athletic	25.2
74	UCF	Big 12	25.2
74	UConn	Independents	25.2
79	Buffalo	Mid-American	25.4
79	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	25.4
79	Toledo	Mid-American	25.4
79	Tulane	American Athletic	25.4
83	Army	American Athletic	25.5
84	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	25.7
85	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	25.8
85	Michigan State	Big Ten	25.8
87	Central Michigan	Mid-American	25.9
87	NC State	ACC	25.9
89	UTSA	American Athletic	26.0
90	Syracuse	ACC	26.4
91	Boston College	ACC	26.5
92	Georgia State	Sun Belt	26.6
92	Temple	American Athletic	26.6
94	Auburn	SEC	26.8
95	Louisville	ACC	27.0
96	Oklahoma State	Big 12	27.1
97	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	27.2
97	Iowa State	Big 12	27.2
99	Washington State	Pac-12	27.4
100	Delaware	Conference USA	27.5
101	Arkansas	SEC	27.6
102	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	27.8
103	Florida	SEC	28.1
103	Mississippi State	SEC	28.1
105	Florida State	ACC	28.9
106	Bowling Green	Mid-American	29.0
107	Cincinnati	Big 12	29.2
108	Colorado	Big 12	29.4
109	Arizona State	Big 12	29.5
110	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	29.6
111	Marshall	Sun Belt	29.8
112	Navy	American Athletic	29.9
113	Vanderbilt	SEC	30.2
114	Sacramento State	Mid-American	30.3
115	Kent State	Mid-American	30.6
116	Georgia Tech	ACC	30.8
117	Missouri State	Conference USA	30.9
118	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	31.0
119	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	31.1
120	California	ACC	31.6
120	Maryland	Big Ten	31.6
122	Rice	American Athletic	31.8
123	North Texas	American Athletic	31.9
124	Texas State	Pac-12	32.0
125	Purdue	Big Ten	32.1
126	West Virginia	Big 12	32.2
127	Rutgers	Big Ten	32.6
128	Akron	Mid-American	32.8
128	South Alabama	Sun Belt	32.8
130	San Diego State	Pac-12	34.3
131	Ball State	Mid-American	35.2
132	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	35.8
133	UTEP	Mountain West	36.5
134	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	37.0
135	Stanford	ACC	37.3
136	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	37.6
137	Charlotte	American Athletic	40.2
138	Colorado State	Pac-12	42.4

The best team in each conference

Mountain West: New Mexico (11.9, 1st); Big Ten: Indiana (12.4, 3rd); Independents: Notre Dame (13.4, 5th); Conference USA: Liberty (13.5, 7th); Big 12: TCU (14.1, 8th); ACC: Duke (14.2, 9th); American Athletic: South Florida (14.5, 10th); SEC: Georgia (14.9, 11th); Sun Belt: James Madison (18.9, 27th); Mid-American: Western Michigan (19.2, 30th); Pac-12: Fresno State (21.0, 40th).

College Football Rankings by Points Allowed, 2026

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