Frequency of CFB scores, 2005-2026 (FBS vs. FBS only)

Sample size: 15909 games.

Highest score by one team: 83 (November 13, 2010: Wisconsin 83 vs. Indiana 20)

Largest margin of victory: 78 (October 8, 2016: Michigan 78 at Rutgers 0)

Lowest-scoring game total: 3 (October 22, 2005: Arkansas St. 3 vs. Fla. Atlantic 0 ... December 31, 2008: Oregon St. 3 vs. Pittsburgh 0 ... October 10, 2015: Wake Forest 3 at Boston College 0)

Highest-scoring game total: 146 (November 24, 2018: Texas A&M 74 vs. LSU 72)

Average home score: 29.6|Average away score: 25

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Margin of victory, ordered

Margin Occurrence Cumulative pct.
1 or less 542 3.41%
2 or less 969 6.09%
3 or less 2455 15.43%
4 or less 3014 18.95%
5 or less 3411 21.44%
6 or less 3890 24.45%
7 or less 5125 32.21%
8 or less 5516 34.67%
9 or less 5698 35.82%
10 or less 6389 40.16%
11 or less 6742 42.38%
12 or less 6952 43.7%
13 or less 7234 45.47%
14 or less 7912 49.73%
15 or less 8131 51.11%
16 or less 8347 52.47%
17 or less 8896 55.92%
18 or less 9280 58.33%
19 or less 9501 59.72%
20 or less 9798 61.59%
21 or less 10369 65.18%
22 or less 10573 66.46%
23 or less 10765 67.67%
24 or less 11204 70.43%
25 or less 11492 72.24%
26 or less 11638 73.15%
27 or less 11886 74.71%
28 or less 12302 77.33%
29 or less 12433 78.15%
30 or less 12564 78.97%
31 or less 12867 80.88%
32 or less 13049 82.02%
33 or less 13145 82.63%
34 or less 13342 83.86%
35 or less 13605 85.52%
36 or less 13681 86%
37 or less 13775 86.59%
38 or less 13972 87.82%
39 or less 14087 88.55%
40 or less 14122 88.77%
41 or less 14223 89.4%
42 or less 14383 90.41%
43 or less 14411 90.58%
44 or less 14459 90.89%
45 or less 14577 91.63%
46 or less 14627 91.94%
47 or less 14653 92.11%
48 or less 14706 92.44%
49 or less 14796 93%
50 or less 14822 93.17%
51 or less 14847 93.32%
52 or less 14904 93.68%
53 or less 14935 93.88%
54 or less 14942 93.92%
55 or less 14972 94.11%
56 or less 15015 94.38%
57 or less 15023 94.43%
58 or less 15035 94.51%
59 or less 15058 94.65%
60 or less 15066 94.7%
61 or less 15069 94.72%
62 or less 15076 94.76%
63 or less 15091 94.86%
64 or less 15092 94.86%
65 or less 15094 94.88%
66 or less 15101 94.92%
67 or less 15102 94.93%
68 or less 15104 94.94%
69 or less 15107 94.96%
70 or less 15108 94.97%
71 or less 15111 94.98%
72 or less 15113 95%
73 or less 15116 95.02%
74 or less 15117 95.02%
78 or less 15118 95.03%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1486 9.34%
7 1235 7.76%
10 691 4.34%
14 678 4.26%
21 571 3.59%
4 559 3.51%
17 549 3.45%
1 542 3.41%
6 479 3.01%
24 439 2.76%
2 427 2.68%
28 416 2.61%
5 397 2.5%
8 391 2.46%
18 384 2.41%
11 353 2.22%
31 303 1.9%
20 297 1.87%
25 288 1.81%
13 282 1.77%
35 263 1.65%
27 248 1.56%
19 221 1.39%
15 219 1.38%
16 216 1.36%
12 210 1.32%
22 204 1.28%
34 197 1.24%
38 197 1.24%
23 192 1.21%
9 182 1.14%
32 182 1.14%
42 160 1.01%
26 146 0.92%
29 131 0.82%
30 131 0.82%
45 118 0.74%
39 115 0.72%
41 101 0.63%
33 96 0.6%
37 94 0.59%
49 90 0.57%
36 76 0.48%
52 57 0.36%
48 53 0.33%
46 50 0.31%
44 48 0.3%
56 43 0.27%
40 35 0.22%
53 31 0.19%
55 30 0.19%
43 28 0.18%
47 26 0.16%
50 26 0.16%
51 25 0.16%
59 23 0.14%
63 15 0.09%
58 12 0.08%
57 8 0.05%
60 8 0.05%
54 7 0.04%
62 7 0.04%
66 7 0.04%
61 3 0.02%
69 3 0.02%
71 3 0.02%
73 3 0.02%
65 2 0.01%
68 2 0.01%
72 2 0.01%
64 1 0.01%
67 1 0.01%
70 1 0.01%
74 1 0.01%
78 1 0.01%

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Game total scoring, ordered

Total Occurrence Cumulative pct.
3 or less 2 0.01%
5 or less 3 0.02%
6 or less 6 0.04%
7 or less 8 0.05%
9 or less 13 0.08%
10 or less 24 0.15%
12 or less 34 0.21%
13 or less 54 0.34%
14 or less 61 0.38%
15 or less 77 0.48%
16 or less 105 0.66%
17 or less 149 0.94%
18 or less 151 0.95%
19 or less 191 1.2%
20 or less 254 1.6%
21 or less 291 1.83%
22 or less 331 2.08%
23 or less 445 2.8%
24 or less 564 3.55%
25 or less 596 3.75%
26 or less 684 4.3%
27 or less 860 5.41%
28 or less 927 5.83%
29 or less 1033 6.49%
30 or less 1238 7.78%
31 or less 1437 9.03%
32 or less 1505 9.46%
33 or less 1720 10.81%
34 or less 1984 12.47%
35 or less 2156 13.55%
36 or less 2290 14.39%
37 or less 2632 16.54%
38 or less 2935 18.45%
39 or less 3057 19.22%
40 or less 3288 20.67%
41 or less 3717 23.36%
42 or less 3907 24.56%
43 or less 4134 25.99%
44 or less 4527 28.46%
45 or less 4965 31.21%
46 or less 5119 32.18%
47 or less 5452 34.27%
48 or less 5883 36.98%
49 or less 6204 39%
50 or less 6423 40.37%
51 or less 6899 43.37%
52 or less 7294 45.85%
53 or less 7502 47.16%
54 or less 7792 48.98%
55 or less 8334 52.39%
56 or less 8573 53.89%
57 or less 8845 55.6%
58 or less 9247 58.12%
59 or less 9651 60.66%
60 or less 9800 61.6%
61 or less 10108 63.54%
62 or less 10430 65.56%
63 or less 10711 67.33%
64 or less 10915 68.61%
65 or less 11264 70.8%
66 or less 11565 72.69%
67 or less 11716 73.64%
68 or less 11900 74.8%
69 or less 12219 76.81%
70 or less 12389 77.87%
71 or less 12578 79.06%
72 or less 12782 80.34%
73 or less 12997 81.7%
74 or less 13087 82.26%
75 or less 13235 83.19%
76 or less 13407 84.27%
77 or less 13564 85.26%
78 or less 13638 85.73%
79 or less 13798 86.73%
80 or less 13917 87.48%
81 or less 13973 87.83%
82 or less 14052 88.33%
83 or less 14181 89.14%
84 or less 14243 89.53%
85 or less 14318 90%
86 or less 14382 90.4%
87 or less 14466 90.93%
88 or less 14493 91.1%
89 or less 14561 91.53%
90 or less 14626 91.94%
91 or less 14676 92.25%
92 or less 14711 92.47%
93 or less 14760 92.78%
94 or less 14786 92.94%
95 or less 14810 93.09%
96 or less 14829 93.21%
97 or less 14866 93.44%
98 or less 14887 93.58%
99 or less 14911 93.73%
100 or less 14941 93.92%
101 or less 14961 94.04%
102 or less 14970 94.1%
103 or less 14988 94.21%
104 or less 15001 94.29%
105 or less 15013 94.37%
106 or less 15019 94.41%
107 or less 15033 94.49%
108 or less 15047 94.58%
109 or less 15052 94.61%
110 or less 15057 94.64%
111 or less 15064 94.69%
112 or less 15068 94.71%
113 or less 15072 94.74%
114 or less 15076 94.76%
115 or less 15083 94.81%
116 or less 15085 94.82%
117 or less 15091 94.86%
118 or less 15092 94.86%
119 or less 15095 94.88%
120 or less 15096 94.89%
121 or less 15098 94.9%
123 or less 15101 94.92%
124 or less 15103 94.93%
125 or less 15104 94.94%
126 or less 15105 94.95%
129 or less 15106 94.95%
130 or less 15107 94.96%
132 or less 15108 94.97%
133 or less 15111 94.98%
135 or less 15112 94.99%
136 or less 15114 95%
137 or less 15115 95.01%
139 or less 15116 95.02%
140 or less 15117 95.02%
146 or less 15118 95.03%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
55 542 3.41%
51 476 2.99%
45 438 2.75%
48 431 2.71%
41 429 2.7%
59 404 2.54%
58 402 2.53%
52 395 2.48%
44 393 2.47%
65 349 2.19%
37 342 2.15%
47 333 2.09%
62 322 2.02%
49 321 2.02%
69 319 2.01%
61 308 1.94%
38 303 1.9%
66 301 1.89%
54 290 1.82%
63 281 1.77%
57 272 1.71%
34 264 1.66%
56 239 1.5%
40 231 1.45%
43 227 1.43%
50 219 1.38%
33 215 1.35%
73 215 1.35%
53 208 1.31%
30 205 1.29%
64 204 1.28%
72 204 1.28%
31 199 1.25%
42 190 1.19%
71 189 1.19%
68 184 1.16%
27 176 1.11%
35 172 1.08%
76 172 1.08%
70 170 1.07%
79 160 1.01%
77 157 0.99%
46 154 0.97%
67 151 0.95%
60 149 0.94%
75 148 0.93%
36 134 0.84%
83 129 0.81%
39 122 0.77%
24 119 0.75%
80 119 0.75%
23 114 0.72%
29 106 0.67%
74 90 0.57%
26 88 0.55%
87 84 0.53%
82 79 0.5%
85 75 0.47%
78 74 0.47%
32 68 0.43%
89 68 0.43%
28 67 0.42%
90 65 0.41%
86 64 0.4%
20 63 0.4%
84 62 0.39%
81 56 0.35%
91 50 0.31%
93 49 0.31%
17 44 0.28%
19 40 0.25%
22 40 0.25%
21 37 0.23%
97 37 0.23%
92 35 0.22%
25 32 0.2%
100 30 0.19%
16 28 0.18%
88 27 0.17%
94 26 0.16%
95 24 0.15%
99 24 0.15%
98 21 0.13%
13 20 0.13%
101 20 0.13%
96 19 0.12%
103 18 0.11%
15 16 0.1%
107 14 0.09%
108 14 0.09%
104 13 0.08%
105 12 0.08%
10 11 0.07%
12 10 0.06%
102 9 0.06%
14 7 0.04%
111 7 0.04%
115 7 0.04%
106 6 0.04%
117 6 0.04%
9 5 0.03%
109 5 0.03%
110 5 0.03%
112 4 0.03%
113 4 0.03%
114 4 0.03%
6 3 0.02%
119 3 0.02%
123 3 0.02%
133 3 0.02%
3 2 0.01%
7 2 0.01%
18 2 0.01%
116 2 0.01%
121 2 0.01%
124 2 0.01%
136 2 0.01%
5 1 0.01%
118 1 0.01%
120 1 0.01%
125 1 0.01%
126 1 0.01%
129 1 0.01%
130 1 0.01%
132 1 0.01%
135 1 0.01%
137 1 0.01%
139 1 0.01%
140 1 0.01%
146 1 0.01%

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Game team scoring, ordered

Team total Occurrence Cumulative pct.
No score 531 1.67%
2 or less 546 1.72%
3 or less 1144 3.6%
5 or less 1154 3.63%
6 or less 1546 4.86%
7 or less 2600 8.17%
8 or less 2637 8.29%
9 or less 2833 8.9%
10 or less 4006 12.59%
11 or less 4051 12.73%
12 or less 4232 13.3%
13 or less 5184 16.29%
14 or less 6617 20.8%
15 or less 6794 21.35%
16 or less 7347 23.09%
17 or less 8947 28.12%
18 or less 9083 28.55%
19 or less 9458 29.73%
20 or less 10726 33.71%
21 or less 12078 37.96%
22 or less 12348 38.81%
23 or less 13139 41.29%
24 or less 14982 47.09%
25 or less 15201 47.77%
26 or less 15651 49.19%
27 or less 16917 53.17%
28 or less 18139 57.01%
29 or less 18448 57.98%
30 or less 19213 60.38%
31 or less 20785 65.32%
32 or less 20978 65.93%
33 or less 21363 67.14%
34 or less 22443 70.54%
35 or less 23418 73.6%
36 or less 23650 74.33%
37 or less 24209 76.09%
38 or less 25363 79.71%
39 or less 25522 80.21%
40 or less 25800 81.09%
41 or less 26592 83.58%
42 or less 27357 85.98%
43 or less 27520 86.49%
44 or less 27897 87.68%
45 or less 28691 90.17%
46 or less 28760 90.39%
47 or less 28912 90.87%
48 or less 29333 92.19%
49 or less 29773 93.57%
50 or less 29874 93.89%
51 or less 30058 94.47%
52 or less 30455 95.72%
53 or less 30501 95.86%
54 or less 30584 96.12%
55 or less 30785 96.75%
56 or less 31055 97.6%
57 or less 31076 97.67%
58 or less 31162 97.94%
59 or less 31336 98.49%
60 or less 31350 98.53%
61 or less 31382 98.63%
62 or less 31465 98.89%
63 or less 31585 99.27%
64 or less 31592 99.29%
65 or less 31616 99.37%
66 or less 31684 99.58%
67 or less 31690 99.6%
68 or less 31703 99.64%
69 or less 31730 99.72%
70 or less 31769 99.85%
71 or less 31774 99.86%
72 or less 31779 99.88%
73 or less 31794 99.92%
74 or less 31796 99.93%
75 or less 31797 99.93%
76 or less 31802 99.95%
77 or less 31813 99.98%
78 or less 31814 99.99%
79 or less 31815 99.99%
80 or less 31816 99.99%
82 or less 31817 100%
83 or less 31818 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
24 1843 5.79%
17 1600 5.03%
31 1572 4.94%
14 1433 4.5%
21 1352 4.25%
20 1268 3.99%
27 1266 3.98%
28 1222 3.84%
10 1173 3.69%
38 1154 3.63%
34 1080 3.39%
7 1054 3.31%
35 975 3.06%
13 952 2.99%
45 794 2.5%
41 792 2.49%
23 791 2.49%
30 765 2.4%
42 765 2.4%
3 598 1.88%
37 559 1.76%
16 553 1.74%
0 531 1.67%
26 450 1.41%
49 440 1.38%
48 421 1.32%
52 397 1.25%
6 392 1.23%
33 385 1.21%
44 377 1.18%
19 375 1.18%
29 309 0.97%
40 278 0.87%
22 270 0.85%
56 270 0.85%
36 232 0.73%
25 219 0.69%
55 201 0.63%
9 196 0.62%
32 193 0.61%
51 184 0.58%
12 181 0.57%
15 177 0.56%
59 174 0.55%
43 163 0.51%
39 159 0.5%
47 152 0.48%
18 136 0.43%
63 120 0.38%
50 101 0.32%
58 86 0.27%
54 83 0.26%
62 83 0.26%
46 69 0.22%
66 68 0.21%
53 46 0.14%
11 45 0.14%
70 39 0.12%
8 37 0.12%
61 32 0.1%
69 27 0.08%
65 24 0.08%
57 21 0.07%
2 15 0.05%
73 15 0.05%
60 14 0.04%
68 13 0.04%
77 11 0.03%
5 10 0.03%
64 7 0.02%
67 6 0.02%
71 5 0.02%
72 5 0.02%
76 5 0.02%
74 2 0.01%
75 1 0%
78 1 0%
79 1 0%
80 1 0%
82 1 0%
83 1 0%

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