College Football Stat Leaders

2012 Big Ten College Football Total Yards Per Game Leaders

Average offensive yards gained per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Nebraska (460.8)

Best Season

Ohio State 2021 (561.2)

Scope

Big Ten • 2012

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

What The Numbers Say

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

How Total Yards Per Game Reads

Total yards per game rewards offenses that can stay on schedule through both the run and the pass, so the strongest teams usually pair explosive plays with consistent drive efficiency. On this 2012 leaderboard, the visible range runs 460.8 to 402.4, with Nebraska setting the pace.

Big Ten Context

Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and USC is the latest winner at 465.2.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Nebraska to No. 5 Purdue is 58.4, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 438.4 in 2024 to 465.2 in 2025, a swing of 26.8. Nebraska's current mark of 460.8 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 451.8 held by USC.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1NebraskaBig Ten Conference2012460.8
2IndianaBig Ten Conference2012442.0
3Ohio StateBig Ten Conference2012423.8
4Penn StateBig Ten Conference2012417.5
5PurdueBig Ten Conference2012402.4
6NorthwesternBig Ten Conference2012394.6
7WisconsinBig Ten Conference2012393.3
8MichiganBig Ten Conference2012383.1
9Michigan StateBig Ten Conference2012359.3
10MinnesotaBig Ten Conference2012321.4
11IowaBig Ten Conference2012310.4
12IllinoisBig Ten Conference2012294.2

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1USC2025, 2024451.82025 (465.2)
2Oregon2025, 2024445.02025 (452.2)
3Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004442.82021 (561.2)
4Washington2025, 2024401.02025 (411.2)
5Nebraska2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011401.02012 (460.8)
6Wisconsin2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004395.12013 (480.8)
7Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004394.82017 (460.3)
8Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004386.42010 (488.7)
9Indiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004385.22013 (508.5)
10Purdue2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004384.72004 (446.5)
11Michigan State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004382.72014 (500.8)
12Maryland2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014375.92021 (440.8)
13Northwestern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004366.82005 (500.3)
14Illinois2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004364.82008 (438.8)
15Minnesota2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004361.32005 (494.8)
16Iowa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004344.62005 (432.4)
17UCLA2025, 2024324.52024 (329.2)
18Rutgers2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014323.32025 (407.6)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten total yards per game leaderboard in 2012?

Nebraska ranks first at 460.8 in 2012.

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

USC owns the strongest all-time average at 451.8 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

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

USC 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.