College Football Stat Leaders

2019 Big Ten Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Ohio State (4.58)

Best Season

Ohio State 2022 (5.18)

Scope

Big Ten • 2019

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 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 4.58 to 4.08, with Ohio 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 Ohio State to No. 5 Wisconsin is 0.51, 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. Ohio State's current mark of 4.58 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 4.39 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20194.58
2Penn StateBig Ten Conference20194.32
3MinnesotaBig Ten Conference20194.20
4MichiganBig Ten Conference20194.11
5WisconsinBig Ten Conference20194.08
6PurdueBig Ten Conference20194.00
7IndianaBig Ten Conference20193.67
8MarylandBig Ten Conference20193.55
9IllinoisBig Ten Conference20193.47
10NebraskaBig Ten Conference20193.47
11IowaBig Ten Conference20193.33
12Michigan StateBig Ten Conference20192.91
13NorthwesternBig Ten Conference20192.88
14RutgersBig Ten Conference20192.64

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
2025IndianaBig Ten Conference5.13
2024IndianaBig Ten Conference5.03
2023Penn StateBig Ten Conference4.86
2022Ohio StateBig Ten Conference5.18
2021Ohio StateBig Ten Conference4.88
2020Ohio StateBig Ten Conference4.20
2019Ohio StateBig Ten Conference4.58
2018Penn StateBig Ten Conference4.10
2017Ohio StateBig Ten Conference4.35
2016MichiganBig Ten Conference4.36
2015MichiganBig Ten Conference3.93
2014Michigan StateBig Ten Conference4.34
2013NebraskaBig Ten Conference0.00
2012IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.00
2011IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.00
2010Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.00
2009IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.00
2008Michigan StateBig Ten Conference0.00
2007IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.00
2006IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.00
2005IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.00
2004IllinoisBig Ten Conference0.00

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 2019?

Ohio State ranks first at 4.58 in 2019.

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.