College Football Stat Leaders

2023 Big 12 Points Per Game Leaders

Average points scored per completed game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Oklahoma (41.7)

Best Season

Baylor 2013 (52.4)

Scope

Big 12 • 2023

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 Points Per Game Reads

Points per game turns completed game scores 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 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 41.7 to 31.5, with Oklahoma setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Utah is the latest winner at 41.3.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Oklahoma to No. 5 West Virginia is 10.2, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 37.6 in 2024 to 41.3 in 2025, a swing of 3.7. Oklahoma's current mark of 41.7 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 39.0 held by Oklahoma.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1OklahomaBig 12 Conference202341.7
2Kansas StateBig 12 Conference202337.1
3TexasBig 12 Conference202335.8
4KansasBig 12 Conference202334.8
5West VirginiaBig 12 Conference202331.5
6TCUBig 12 Conference202331.3
7UCFBig 12 Conference202331.3
8Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference202329.6
9Texas TechBig 12 Conference202327.4
10Iowa StateBig 12 Conference202326.2
11CincinnatiBig 12 Conference202324.1
12HoustonBig 12 Conference202323.7
13BaylorBig 12 Conference202323.1
14BYUBig 12 Conference202323.1

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
1Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200439.02008 (51.1)
2Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200435.92015 (45.1)
3Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200434.32011 (48.7)
4Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200434.02005 (50.2)
5Utah2025, 202432.42025 (41.3)
6TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201232.42014 (46.5)
7Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200432.22008 (42.2)
8Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200431.82013 (52.4)
9Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200430.72012 (38.8)
10Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200430.52011 (39.1)
11West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201230.32018 (40.3)
12Arizona State2025, 202429.32024 (32.9)
13Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200429.32008 (35.4)
14UCF2025, 2024, 202328.72023 (31.3)
15BYU2025, 2024, 202328.62025 (31.4)
16Arizona2025, 202426.62025 (31.5)
17Cincinnati2025, 2024, 202326.52025 (30.3)
18Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200425.42020 (32.9)
19Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200424.42007 (42.8)
20Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200423.42024 (32.9)
21Houston2025, 2024, 202322.22025 (29.1)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 points per game leaderboard in 2023?

Oklahoma ranks first at 41.7 in 2023.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term points per game profile?

Oklahoma owns the strongest all-time average at 39.0 across 20 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Utah 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.