College Football Stat Leaders
Average opponent yards allowed per game.
Seasons Covered
2012-2025
Current Leader
UTSA (322.8)
Best Season
Louisville 2013 (251.5)
Scope
American • 2012
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Yards allowed per game is a defense-first volume stat that shows how often a team limits total opponent production across rushing and passing plays. On this 2012 leaderboard, the visible range runs 322.8 to 322.8, with UTSA setting the pace.
American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Army is the latest winner at 343.5.
UTSA is currently the only ranked team in this scope, so there is no rank spread beyond the leader yet.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 298.1 in 2024 to 343.5 in 2025, a swing of 45.5. UTSA's current mark of 322.8 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 251.5 held by Louisville.
Top 1 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2012 | 322.8 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Army | American Athletic Conference | 343.5 |
| 2024 | Army | American Athletic Conference | 298.1 |
| 2023 | SMU | American Athletic Conference | 304.1 |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | American Athletic Conference | 335.5 |
| 2021 | Houston | American Athletic Conference | 301.9 |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | American Athletic Conference | 325.5 |
| 2019 | Navy | American Athletic Conference | 313.5 |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | American Athletic Conference | 301.7 |
| 2017 | UTSA | American Athletic | 287.8 |
| 2016 | Temple | American Athletic Conference | 282.5 |
| 2015 | Temple | American Athletic Conference | 337.0 |
| 2014 | UCF | American Athletic Conference | 298.5 |
| 2013 | Louisville | American Athletic Conference | 251.5 |
| 2012 | UTSA | American Athletic | 322.8 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisville | 2013 | 251.5 | 2013 (251.5) |
| 2 | Army | 2025, 2024 | 320.8 | 2024 (298.1) |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 365.7 | 2018 (301.7) |
| 4 | Rice | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 367.9 | 2024 (335.1) |
| 5 | Navy | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | 370.9 | 2019 (313.5) |
| 6 | UTSA | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 379.7 | 2017 (287.8) |
| 7 | Tulane | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 387.5 | 2024 (324.1) |
| 8 | Temple | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 388.5 | 2016 (282.5) |
| 9 | UCF | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 394.3 | 2014 (298.5) |
| 10 | Houston | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 397.1 | 2021 (301.9) |
| 11 | Memphis | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 401.8 | 2014 (349.5) |
| 12 | Rutgers | 2013 | 412.8 | 2013 (412.8) |
| 13 | Florida Atlantic | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 416.9 | 2023 (397.3) |
| 14 | UAB | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 417.5 | 2024 (393.8) |
| 15 | East Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 418.2 | 2023 (340.2) |
| 16 | South Florida | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 423.4 | 2013 (350.8) |
| 17 | Charlotte | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 426.6 | 2023 (374.2) |
| 18 | SMU | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 435.2 | 2023 (304.1) |
| 19 | Tulsa | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 436.4 | 2020 (333.0) |
| 20 | North Texas | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 439.8 | 2025 (382.1) |
| 21 | UConn | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 447.5 | 2015 (355.1) |
UTSA ranks first at 322.8 in 2012.
Louisville owns the strongest all-time average at 251.5 across 1 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Army 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.