College Football Stat Leaders

2020 Big Ten Points Per Opportunity Leaders

Source-provided offensive points per scoring opportunity.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Ohio State (4.20)

Best Season

Ohio State 2022 (5.18)

Scope

Big Ten • 2020

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 2020 leaderboard, the visible range runs 4.20 to 3.91, 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 Minnesota is 0.29, 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 4.20 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 4.39 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20204.20
2MichiganBig Ten Conference20204.09
3IowaBig Ten Conference20203.95
4NorthwesternBig Ten Conference20203.93
5MinnesotaBig Ten Conference20203.91
6IndianaBig Ten Conference20203.88
7PurdueBig Ten Conference20203.80
8Penn StateBig Ten Conference20203.47
9WisconsinBig Ten Conference20203.47
10RutgersBig Ten Conference20203.35
11NebraskaBig Ten Conference20203.30
12IllinoisBig Ten Conference20202.92
13Michigan StateBig Ten Conference20202.49
14MarylandBig Ten Conference20202.44

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 2020?

Ohio State ranks first at 4.20 in 2020.

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.