College Football Stat Leaders

2005 Big Ten Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Illinois (0.00)

Best Season

Ohio State 2022 (5.18)

Scope

Big Ten • 2005

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 2005 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.00 to -0.09, with Illinois setting the pace.

Big Ten Context

Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Indiana is the latest winner at 5.13.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Illinois to No. 5 Purdue is 0.09, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 5.03 in 2024 to 5.13 in 2025, a swing of 0.10. Illinois's current mark of 0.00 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 4.39 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.

1IllinoisBig Ten Conference20050.00
2MinnesotaBig Ten Conference2005-0.07
3Ohio StateBig Ten Conference2005-0.08
4MichiganBig Ten Conference2005-0.08
5PurdueBig Ten Conference2005-0.09
6IowaBig Ten Conference2005-0.09
7IndianaBig Ten Conference2005-0.14
8NorthwesternBig Ten Conference2005-0.14
9Michigan StateBig Ten Conference2005-0.16
10WisconsinBig Ten Conference2005-0.21
11Penn StateBig Ten Conference2005-0.32

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.

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Oregon2025, 20244.392024 (4.68)
2USC2025, 20244.212025 (4.66)
3Washington2025, 20244.092025 (4.58)
4Maryland2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20143.482022 (4.38)
5Rutgers2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20143.232024 (4.19)
6UCLA2025, 20243.072024 (3.15)
7Nebraska2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20112.882021 (3.97)
8Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.352022 (5.18)
9Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.122023 (4.74)
10Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.102023 (4.86)
11Minnesota2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.012022 (4.36)
12Wisconsin2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.962019 (4.08)
13Indiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.922025 (5.13)
14Iowa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.892025 (4.44)
15Purdue2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.832019 (4.00)
16Illinois2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.792024 (4.23)
17Michigan State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.762014 (4.34)
18Northwestern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.702023 (4.11)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten points per opportunity leaderboard in 2005?

Illinois ranks first at 0.00 in 2005.

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

Oregon owns the strongest all-time average at 4.39 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.