College Football Stat Leaders

2008 Big Ten Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Michigan State (0.00)

Best Season

Ohio State 2022 (5.18)

Scope

Big Ten • 2008

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 2008 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.00 to -0.07, with Michigan State 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 Michigan State to No. 5 Penn State is 0.07, 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. Michigan State'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.

1Michigan StateBig Ten Conference20080.00
2NorthwesternBig Ten Conference20080.00
3PurdueBig Ten Conference20080.00
4WisconsinBig Ten Conference20080.00
5Penn StateBig Ten Conference2008-0.07
6IowaBig Ten Conference2008-0.07
7MinnesotaBig Ten Conference2008-0.09
8IndianaBig Ten Conference2008-0.11
9MichiganBig Ten Conference2008-0.11
10IllinoisBig Ten Conference2008-0.17
11Ohio StateBig Ten Conference2008-0.24

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 2008?

Michigan State ranks first at 0.00 in 2008.

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.