College Football Stat Leaders

Big Ten 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

Ohio State (41.6)

Best Season

Ohio State 2019 (41.6)

Scope

Big Ten

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 Big Ten leaderboard, the visible range runs 41.6 to 35.9, with Ohio State setting the pace.

Big Ten Context

Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Indiana is the latest winner at 35.9.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Ohio State to No. 5 Indiana is 5.6, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 36.8 in 2024 to 35.9 in 2025, a swing of 0.8. Ohio State's current mark of 41.6 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 28.7 held by USC.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.

1Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201941.6
2Michigan StateBig Ten Conference201437.7
3IndianaBig Ten Conference202436.8
4Ohio StateBig Ten Conference202236.2
5IndianaBig Ten Conference202535.9
6Ohio StateBig Ten Conference202134.5
7MichiganBig Ten Conference202233.5
8Penn StateBig Ten Conference202332.9
9Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201432.7
10Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201732.6
11MichiganBig Ten Conference201632.2
12Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201631.7
13Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201831.6
14Ohio StateBig Ten Conference202031.5
15IndianaBig Ten Conference201531.4
16Penn StateBig Ten Conference201731.2
17MichiganBig Ten Conference202330.7
18Penn StateBig Ten Conference201930.5
19USCBig Ten Conference202530.5
20Ohio StateBig Ten Conference202430.0
21NebraskaBig Ten Conference201429.6
22OregonBig Ten Conference202429.4
23Penn StateBig Ten Conference202229.4
24NebraskaBig Ten Conference201529.4
25WashingtonBig Ten Conference202529.2

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025IndianaBig Ten Conference35.9
2024IndianaBig Ten Conference36.8
2023Penn StateBig Ten Conference32.9
2022Ohio StateBig Ten Conference36.2
2021Ohio StateBig Ten Conference34.5
2020Ohio StateBig Ten Conference31.5
2019Ohio StateBig Ten Conference41.6
2018Ohio StateBig Ten Conference31.6
2017Ohio StateBig Ten Conference32.6
2016MichiganBig Ten Conference32.2
2015IndianaBig Ten Conference31.4
2014Michigan StateBig Ten Conference37.7
2013NebraskaBig Ten Conference0.0
2012IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.0
2011IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.0
2010Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.0
2009IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.0
2008Michigan StateBig Ten Conference0.0
2007IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.0
2006IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.0
2005IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.0
2004IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.0

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1USC2025, 202428.72025 (30.5)
2Oregon2025, 202428.52024 (29.4)
3Washington2025, 202425.32025 (29.2)
4Maryland2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201419.82023 (27.5)
5Nebraska2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 201117.92014 (29.6)
6Rutgers2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201417.52024 (27.7)
7Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200417.12019 (41.6)
8UCLA2025, 202415.62025 (15.7)
9Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200413.82023 (32.9)
10Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200413.52022 (33.5)
11Indiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200412.22024 (36.8)
12Minnesota2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200412.22016 (27.5)
13Wisconsin2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200411.92014 (27.7)
14Iowa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200411.32020 (27.1)
15Michigan State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200410.92014 (37.7)
16Purdue2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200410.62022 (24.4)
17Illinois2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200410.32025 (25.9)
18Northwestern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20049.52017 (25.1)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten points per game leaderboard?

Ohio State ranks first at 41.6.

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

USC owns the strongest all-time average at 28.7 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

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

Indiana 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.