College Football Stat Leaders

2021 Big 12 Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Oklahoma (4.86)

Best Season

Kansas State 2023 (5.11)

Scope

Big 12 • 2021

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameYards Allowed Per GameSacks Per GameTackles For Loss Per GameThird Down Conversion RatePoints Per OpportunityOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

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

How Points Per Opportunity Reads

Points per opportunity focuses on finishing drives after an offense creates a scoring chance, making it a red-zone and short-field complement to yardage and PPA. On this 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs 4.86 to 4.13, 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 5.01.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Oklahoma to No. 5 Iowa State is 0.72, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 4.73 in 2024 to 5.01 in 2025, a swing of 0.29. Oklahoma's current mark of 4.86 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 4.21 held by Utah.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1OklahomaBig 12 Conference20214.86
2TexasBig 12 Conference20214.59
3Texas TechBig 12 Conference20214.38
4West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20214.19
5Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20214.13
6Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20214.03
7BaylorBig 12 Conference20214.00
8Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20214.00
9KansasBig 12 Conference20213.79
10TCUBig 12 Conference20213.23

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Points Per Opportunity. Categories include 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 18 more.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025UtahBig 12 Conference5.01
2024Texas TechBig 12 Conference4.73
2023Kansas StateBig 12 Conference5.11
2022KansasBig 12 Conference4.46
2021OklahomaBig 12 Conference4.86
2020OklahomaBig 12 Conference4.78
2019OklahomaBig 12 Conference4.29
2018OklahomaBig 12 Conference4.75
2017OklahomaBig 12 Conference4.56
2016OklahomaBig 12 Conference4.82
2015BaylorBig 12 Conference4.53
2014OklahomaBig 12 Conference4.03
2013KansasBig 12 Conference0.00
2012Kansas StateBig 12 Conference0.15
2011Kansas StateBig 12 Conference0.08
2010NebraskaBig 12 Conference0.08
2009ColoradoBig 12 Conference0.00
2008BaylorBig 12 Conference0.00
2007BaylorBig 12 Conference0.00
2006NebraskaBig 12 Conference0.00
2005Kansas StateBig 12 Conference0.00
2004BaylorBig 12 Conference0.00

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Utah2025, 20244.212025 (5.01)
2Cincinnati2025, 2024, 20233.952025 (4.60)
3BYU2025, 2024, 20233.912025 (4.03)
4Arizona State2025, 20243.672024 (3.97)
5UCF2025, 2024, 20233.672023 (3.76)
6Arizona2025, 20243.572025 (3.61)
7Houston2025, 2024, 20233.192025 (3.55)
8West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20123.172024 (4.60)
9TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20123.122024 (4.46)
10Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.192021 (4.86)
11Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.162023 (5.11)
12Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.092016 (4.73)
13Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.042018 (4.51)
14Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.042015 (4.53)
15Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.002020 (4.51)
16Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.862024 (4.68)
17Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.852021 (4.59)
18Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.802024 (4.34)
19Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.052008 (0.00)
20Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.082010 (0.08)
21Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.122004 (0.00)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 points per opportunity leaderboard in 2021?

Oklahoma ranks first at 4.86 in 2021.

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

Utah owns the strongest all-time average at 4.21 across 2 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.