College Football Stat Leaders
Estimated points scored per game from scoring opportunities in the current stat dataset.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
Illinois (0.0)
Best Season
Ohio State 2019 (41.6)
Scope
Big Ten • 2012
Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.
Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
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 2012 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.0 to -1.1, with Illinois setting the pace.
Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Indiana is the latest winner at 35.9.
The gap from No. 1 Illinois to No. 5 Minnesota is 1.1, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 36.8 in 2024 to 35.9 in 2025, a swing of 0.8. Illinois's current mark of 0.0 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 28.7 held by USC.
Top 12 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Illinois | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Iowa | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Northwestern | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | -1.0 |
| 5 | Minnesota | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | -1.1 |
| 6 | Ohio State | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | -1.2 |
| 7 | Penn State | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | -1.2 |
| 8 | Michigan State | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | -1.6 |
| 9 | Purdue | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | -1.6 |
| 10 | Michigan | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | -1.6 |
| 11 | Indiana | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | -1.7 |
| 12 | Nebraska | Big Ten Conference | 2012 | -2.5 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| 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 |
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) |
Illinois ranks first at 0.0 in 2012.
USC owns the strongest all-time average at 28.7 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
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.