The first month of the 2014 season is now history.
During the month of September 18 games were played when the two teams combined for a score of at least 100 points, bringing the total to 259 games since the start of the current decade.
Teams playing in all levels of NCAA football and the NAIA make-up the teams with it this compilation.
The rankings show that eight teams have three of more high-scoring contests; led by Hardin-Simmons (Texas), a NCAA III school.
Here’s the leaders with the total number of games and also the scores where the most points were put on the scoreboard.
| No. | Combined Points | Teams and Scores: 2010-2014 [CURRENT=259] | Season | Division |
| 5 | 128 | Hardin-Simmons 86, Sul Ross State 42 | 2012 | NCAA III |
| 3 | 115 | Baylor 73, West Virginia 42 | 2013 | BSD |
| 3 | 124 | East Carolina 65, Marshall 59 | 2012 | BSD |
| 3 | 184 | Faulkner 95, Union (Ky.) 89 | 2011 | NAIA |
| 3 | 103 | Ottawa 82, Southwestern (Kans.) 21 | 2013 | NAIA |
| 3 | 118 | Simon Fraser 62, Dixie State 56 | 2011 | NCAA II |
| 3 | 111 | Southeastern Oklahoma State 56, Central Oklahoma 55 | 2010 | NCAA II |
| 3 | 133 | West Virginia 70, Baylor 63 | 2012 | BSD |
Fifty-one teams have played in 2 high-scoring contests; while another 130 have played a single game.
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There are various ways high scoring games scoring games can be presented.
For example, David Plati, SID at Colorado University used the Buffaloes’ double overtime setback last weekend to California to create the following:
| HIGH SCORING AND CLOSE |
| The Colorado-California game tied for the 10th highest scoring game in NCAA history where the margin of victory was three points or less. Here’s the list of those high scoring affairs. |
| Points Teams, Score Year |
| 136 Boise State 69, Nevada 67, 2007 |
| 132 Michigan 67, Illinois 65 , 2010 |
| 129 Toledo 66, Western Michigan 63, 2011 |
| 127 Akron 65, Eastern Michigan 62 (3OT), 2001 |
| 125 Marshall 64, East Carolina 61 (2OT), 2001 |
| 123 Northern Illinois 63, Toledo 60, 2011 |
| 119 Eastern Michigan 61, Central Michigan 58 (4OT), 2004 |
| 117 Ball State 60, Western Michigan 57 (4OT), 2005 |
| 116 Texas A & M 59, Louisiana Tech 57, 2012 |
| 115 Minnesota 59, Purdue 56, 1993 |
| 115 Wyoming 59, Hawaii 56 (OT), 2013 |
| 115 California 59, Colorado 56 (2 OT), 2014 |
| 114 Utah State 58, Brigham Young 56, 1993 |
| 114 Arkansas 58, Mississippi 56, 2001 |
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Because of an oversight, the Rose-Hulman (Ind.) and Illinois College game was in left out when the schools tied for the most combined points listed in the NCAA III records, two weeks ago The teams scored 142 between them.
Top 10 NCAA Combined Scores
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Rose-Hulman 74, Illinois College 68 | 2014 | |
| 142 | Hartwick 72, Utica 70 | 2007 | |
| 138 | Brockport State 70, Hartwick 68 | 2008 | |
| 135 | Sul Ross State 70, Texas Lutheran 65 | 2012 | |
| 132 | Crown 69, Eureka 63 | 2009 | |
| 131 | Earlham 69, Manchester 62 | 2005 | |
| 131 | Methodist 69, North Carolina Wesleyan 62 | 2013 | |
| 131 | Iowa Wesleyan 66, Waldorf 65 | 2012 | |
| 130 | MacMurray 68, Crown 62 | 2009 | |
| 129 | Coe 66, Cornell (Iowa) 63 | 2003 |
The NCAA initially released small college statistics on a regular bases in 1948 (after a small sample of rankings the year before). This counted every school which reported results to the governing body.
Highest Scoring small colleges, 1948-2014
| OFFICIAL STATS ERA SMALL COLLEGE COMPOSITE 1948-2013 | ||||
| 184 | Faulkner 95, Union (Ky.) 89 | NAIA | 2011 | |
| 161 | Abilene Christian 93, West Texas A & M 68 | NCAA II | 2008 | |
| 149 | Chadron State 76, Abilene Christian 73 | NCAA II | 2007 | |
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West Texas A & M 90, McMurry 57 | NCAA II | 2013 | |
| 147 | West Liberty 84, Edinboro 63 | NCAA II | 2009 | |
| 142 | Rose Hulman 74, Illinois College 68 | NCAA III | 2014 | |
| 142 | Hartwick 72, Utica 70 | NCAA III | 2007 | |
| 141 | Southwestern (Kans.) 79, Sterling 62 | NAIA | 1994 | |
| 141 | Weber State 73, Portland State 68 | 1AA-CSD | 2007 | |
| 139 | Union (Ky.) 84, Bethel (Tenn.) 55 | NAIA | 2010 |
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The elite 18…2014 Highest Scoring Teams
| Winner Scored | Points | 2014 Teams and Scores | Division |
| 74 | 142 | Rose Hulman 74, Illinois College 68 | NCAA III |
| 52 | 121 | Ohio Northern 52, Heidelberg 69 | NCAA III |
| 98 | 118 | Texas A&M-Commerce 98, East Texas Baptist 20 | NCAA II |
| 59 | 115 | California 59, Colorado 56 | BSD |
| 70 | 111 | East Carolina 70, North Carolina 41 | BSD |
| 59 | 111 | Washington 59, Eastern Washington 52 | BSD |
| 68 | 110 | Waldorf 68, Trinity Bible 42 | NAIA |
| 55 | 107 | Faulkner 55, Reihhardt 52 | NAIA |
| 62 | 106 | South Dakota Mines 62, William Jewell 44 | NCAA II |
| 59 | 106 | Ottawa 59, Benedictine KS 47 | NAIA |
| 65 | 103 | St. Xavier 65, Marian (Ind) 38 | NAIA |
| 52 | 103 | Eastern Washington 52, Montana State 51 | CSD |
| 83 | 102 | Morningside 83, Nebraska Wesleyan 19 | NAIA |
| 62 | 102 | Pikeville 62, Bluefield 40 | NAIA |
| 52 | 101 | Southeastern Oklahoma State 52, Arkansas-Monticello 49 | NCAA II |
| 59 | 100 | Delaware Valley 59, Lebanon Valley 41 | NCAA III |
| 55 | 100 | Augsburg 55, Concordia WI 45 | NCAA III |
| 52 | 100 | Reinhardt 52, Lindsay Wilson 48 | NAIA |
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High-Scoring Ducks…
The Oregon Ducks, following a 48-14 defeat of Wyoming, registered its 50 game with at least 40 points being on their side of the scoreboard–13 more than the Bowl Subdivision teams.
Sports Reference list teams scoring 40 more points in consecutive games and based on teams with 8 or more such games the list reveals:
| Rk | School | First | Last | Games | W | L | T | Pct |
| 1 | Oregon | 11/26/2011 | 11/10/2012 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 11/17/2012 | 11/9/2013 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.846 |
| 3 | Texas | 9/17/2005 | 9/2/2006 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 4 | Florida State | 9/2/2013 | 11/23/2013 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 5 | Yale | 1885-11-26 | 1886-11-13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 6 | Hawaii | 9/30/2006 | 11/25/2006 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 7 | Hawaii | 12/24/2006 | 10/27/2007 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 8 | Oregon | 9/4/2010 | 11/6/2010 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 9 | Bowling Green State | 10/16/2004 | 9/10/2005 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.778 |
| 10 | Harvard | 1886-10-02 | 1886-11-03 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 11 | Harvard | 1887-10-01 | 1887-11-05 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 12 | Baylor | 11/17/2012 | 10/5/2013 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 13 | Oregon | 8/31/2013 | 10/26/2013 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 14 | Baylor | 11/19/2011 | 9/29/2012 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.875 |
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