College Football Stat Leaders

2017 Big 12 Sacks Per Game Leaders

Average defensive sacks recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

TCU (2.93)

Best Season

Baylor 2019 (4.43)

Scope

Big 12 • 2017

What The Numbers Say

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

How Sacks Per Game Reads

Sacks per game captures pass-rush production and the ability to end opponent drives with negative plays, though it should be read with opponent pass volume and game script. On this 2017 leaderboard, the visible range runs 2.93 to 1.92, with TCU setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Texas Tech is the latest winner at 2.93.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 TCU to No. 5 Baylor is 1.01, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 3.00 in 2024 to 2.93 in 2025, a swing of 0.07. TCU's current mark of 2.93 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 2.44 held by Oklahoma State.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1TCUBig 12 Conference20172.93
2TexasBig 12 Conference20172.38
3Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20172.31
4Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20172.00
5BaylorBig 12 Conference20171.92
6Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20171.85
7West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20171.85
8KansasBig 12 Conference20171.83
9OklahomaBig 12 Conference20171.64
10Texas TechBig 12 Conference20171.46

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Sacks Per Game. Categories include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 6 more.

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.442021 (4.07)
2Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.322020 (3.36)
3Utah2025, 20242.272025 (2.62)
4TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.262016 (3.31)
5West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.202019 (3.33)
6Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.192016 (3.42)
7Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.192020 (2.80)
8Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.182019 (4.43)
9Colorado2025, 20242.082024 (3.00)
10Arizona State2025, 20242.062025 (2.62)
11Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.002025 (2.93)
12Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.942019 (3.15)
13Houston2025, 2024, 20231.942025 (2.15)
14UCF2025, 2024, 20231.872025 (2.08)
15Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.792016 (2.33)
16Arizona2025, 20241.642024 (1.67)
17Cincinnati2025, 2024, 20231.592025 (1.69)
18BYU2025, 2024, 20231.532025 (2.14)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 sacks per game leaderboard in 2017?

TCU ranks first at 2.93 in 2017.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term sacks per game profile?

Oklahoma State owns the strongest all-time average at 2.44 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Texas Tech 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.