College Football Stat Leaders

2010 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 (0.0)

Best Season

Ohio State 2019 (41.6)

Scope

Big Ten • 2010

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

All Conferences ACC Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

Summary

This scoring view is especially useful when two offenses pile up similar yardage totals but only one consistently turns those drives into points, which is why the historical average can differ from the latest season leader.

Points Per Game pages track Big Ten teams in 2010 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2024 and 2025.

Ohio State sits atop the current leaderboard at 0.0, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

USC owns the strongest average across 2 seasons at 28.7, while Indiana anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Ohio State currently headlines this route, while Indiana supplies the most recent yearly-winner checkpoint in 2025, giving the page both snapshot and trend context.

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 2010 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.0 to -0.5, 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 Wisconsin is 0.5, 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 0.0 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 28.7 held by USC.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.


1	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2010	0.0
2	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	2010	-0.5
3	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	2010	-0.5
4	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	2010	-0.5
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	2010	-0.5
6	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2010	-1.1
7	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	2010	-1.1
8	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	2010	-1.2
9	Purdue	Big Ten Conference	2010	-1.2
10	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	2010	-2.2
11	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	2010	-2.3

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	35.9
2024	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	36.8
2023	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	32.9
2022	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	36.2
2021	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	34.5
2020	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	31.5
2019	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	41.6
2018	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	31.6
2017	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	32.6
2016	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	32.2
2015	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	31.4
2014	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	37.7
2013	Nebraska	Big Ten Conference	0.0
2012	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	0.0
2011	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	0.0
2010	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	0.0
2009	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	0.0
2008	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	0.0
2007	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	0.0
2006	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	0.0
2005	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	0.0
2004	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	0.0

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	USC	2025, 2024	28.7	2025 (30.5)
2	Oregon	2025, 2024	28.5	2024 (29.4)
3	Washington	2025, 2024	25.3	2025 (29.2)
4	Maryland	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	19.8	2023 (27.5)
5	Nebraska	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	17.9	2014 (29.6)
6	Rutgers	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	17.5	2024 (27.7)
7	Ohio State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	17.1	2019 (41.6)
8	UCLA	2025, 2024	15.6	2025 (15.7)
9	Penn State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	13.8	2023 (32.9)
10	Michigan	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	13.5	2022 (33.5)
11	Indiana	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	12.2	2024 (36.8)
12	Minnesota	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	12.2	2016 (27.5)
13	Wisconsin	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	11.9	2014 (27.7)
14	Iowa	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	11.3	2020 (27.1)
15	Michigan State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	10.9	2014 (37.7)
16	Purdue	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	10.6	2022 (24.4)
17	Illinois	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	10.3	2025 (25.9)
18	Northwestern	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.5	2017 (25.1)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten points per game leaderboard in 2010?

Ohio State ranks first at 0.0 in 2010.

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.