College Football Stat Leaders

2023 Big 12 College Football Points Per Game Leaders

Estimated points scored per game from scoring opportunities in the current stat dataset.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Kansas State (35.4)

Best Season

Baylor 2015 (40.1)

Scope

Big 12 • 2023

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Points Per Game Reads

Points per game turns scoring opportunities into a scoreboard-facing rate, which makes it the simplest way to compare how often elite offenses actually finish drives instead of just piling up empty yards. On this 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 35.4 to 26.8, with Kansas State setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Utah is the latest winner at 33.5.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Kansas State to No. 5 West Virginia is 8.5, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 33.1 in 2024 to 33.5 in 2025, a swing of 0.5. Kansas State's current mark of 35.4 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 25.6 held by Utah.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1Kansas StateBig 12 Conference202335.4
2OklahomaBig 12 Conference202332.6
3TCUBig 12 Conference202328.7
4TexasBig 12 Conference202328.6
5West VirginiaBig 12 Conference202326.8
6KansasBig 12 Conference202326.2
7Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference202325.8
8UCFBig 12 Conference202324.8
9Texas TechBig 12 Conference202322.5
10CincinnatiBig 12 Conference202321.8
11Iowa StateBig 12 Conference202318.6
12BYUBig 12 Conference202318.5
13BaylorBig 12 Conference202317.9
14HoustonBig 12 Conference202317.8

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025UtahBig 12 Conference33.5
2024Texas TechBig 12 Conference33.1
2023Kansas StateBig 12 Conference35.4
2022KansasBig 12 Conference29.8
2021OklahomaBig 12 Conference34.0
2020OklahomaBig 12 Conference37.8
2019OklahomaBig 12 Conference30.9
2018OklahomaBig 12 Conference34.6
2017Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference36.3
2016Texas TechBig 12 Conference36.3
2015BaylorBig 12 Conference40.1
2014BaylorBig 12 Conference36.1
2013KansasBig 12 Conference0.0
2012Kansas StateBig 12 Conference1.1
2011Kansas StateBig 12 Conference0.5
2010NebraskaBig 12 Conference0.5
2009ColoradoBig 12 Conference0.0
2008BaylorBig 12 Conference0.0
2007BaylorBig 12 Conference0.0
2006NebraskaBig 12 Conference0.0
2005Kansas StateBig 12 Conference0.0
2004BaylorBig 12 Conference0.0

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Utah2025, 202425.62025 (33.5)
2Arizona State2025, 202423.92024 (26.4)
3BYU2025, 2024, 202323.42025 (26.2)
4UCF2025, 2024, 202322.72024 (25.0)
5Cincinnati2025, 2024, 202322.52025 (27.2)
6TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201221.82014 (34.0)
7Arizona2025, 202421.22025 (24.2)
8West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201221.02018 (32.3)
9Houston2025, 2024, 202317.22025 (23.8)
10Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200416.12020 (37.8)
11Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200414.82016 (36.3)
12Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200414.42015 (40.1)
13Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200413.72017 (36.3)
14Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200413.32023 (35.4)
15Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200412.72020 (30.1)
16Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200412.52020 (34.6)
17Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200410.22022 (29.8)
18Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20044.42024 (25.7)
19Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.42008 (0.0)
20Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.52010 (0.5)
21Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.92004 (0.0)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 points per game leaderboard in 2023?

Kansas State ranks first at 35.4 in 2023.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term points per game profile?

Utah owns the strongest all-time average at 25.6 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Utah is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.