College Football Stat Leaders

2014 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

Michigan State (37.7)

Best Season

Ohio State 2019 (41.6)

Scope

Big Ten • 2014

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 2014 leaderboard, the visible range runs 37.7 to 24.6, with Michigan 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 Michigan State to No. 5 Minnesota is 13.1, 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. Michigan State's current mark of 37.7 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 28.7 held by USC.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1Michigan StateBig Ten Conference201437.7
2Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201432.7
3NebraskaBig Ten Conference201429.6
4WisconsinBig Ten Conference201427.7
5MinnesotaBig Ten Conference201424.6
6RutgersBig Ten Conference201422.5
7IowaBig Ten Conference201421.7
8IllinoisBig Ten Conference201419.3
9MarylandBig Ten Conference201418.8
10NorthwesternBig Ten Conference201418.8
11PurdueBig Ten Conference201417.8
12MichiganBig Ten Conference201417.5
13Penn StateBig Ten Conference201415.8
14IndianaBig Ten Conference201414.2

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 in 2014?

Michigan State ranks first at 37.7 in 2014.

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.