College Football Stat Leaders

2019 Big 12 Yards Allowed Per Game Leaders

Average opponent yards allowed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

TCU (336.9)

Best Season

Texas 2009 (251.9)

Scope

Big 12 • 2019

What The Numbers Say

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

How Yards Allowed Per Game Reads

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 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 336.9 to 369.2, 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 258.0.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 TCU to No. 5 Iowa State is 32.2, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 310.0 in 2024 to 258.0 in 2025, a swing of 52.0. TCU's current mark of 336.9 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 344.5 held by Utah.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1TCUBig 12 Conference2019336.9
2OklahomaBig 12 Conference2019356.4
3BaylorBig 12 Conference2019358.9
4Kansas StateBig 12 Conference2019368.4
5Iowa StateBig 12 Conference2019369.2
6West VirginiaBig 12 Conference2019399.3
7Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference2019412.3
8TexasBig 12 Conference2019431.5
9KansasBig 12 Conference2019477.9
10Texas TechBig 12 Conference2019480.3

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Yards Allowed Per Game. Categories include 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 18 more.

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Utah2025, 2024344.52024 (331.2)
2Arizona State2025, 2024347.72024 (337.6)
3Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004348.72009 (272.0)
4BYU2025, 2024, 2023353.42024 (310.0)
5UCF2025, 2024, 2023355.72025 (336.3)
6Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004360.92004 (301.4)
7Arizona2025, 2024362.42025 (308.8)
8Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004363.92009 (272.6)
9Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004364.12009 (251.9)
10Houston2025, 2024, 2023365.82024 (325.6)
11TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012372.02012 (323.9)
12Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004377.32006 (340.9)
13Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004385.92004 (314.9)
14Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004388.92022 (285.6)
15Cincinnati2025, 2024, 2023395.72024 (385.4)
16Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004400.02006 (322.6)
17West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012404.22020 (290.9)
18Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004409.22021 (345.8)
19Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004411.62021 (293.4)
20Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004417.32025 (258.0)
21Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004426.42005 (303.3)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 yards allowed per game leaderboard in 2019?

TCU ranks first at 336.9 in 2019.

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

Utah owns the strongest all-time average at 344.5 across 2 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.