College Football Stat Leaders

2025 Big 12 Yards Allowed Per Game Leaders

Average opponent yards allowed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Texas Tech (258.0)

Best Season

Texas 2009 (251.9)

Scope

Big 12 • 2025

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 2025 leaderboard, the visible range runs 258.0 to 347.8, with Texas Tech 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 Texas Tech to No. 5 Houston is 89.8, 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. Texas Tech's current mark of 258.0 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 344.5 held by Utah.

Leaderboard

Top 16 rows for the current route scope.

1Texas TechBig 12 Conference2025258.0
2ArizonaBig 12 Conference2025308.8
3BYUBig 12 Conference2025332.6
4UCFBig 12 Conference2025336.3
5HoustonBig 12 Conference2025347.8
6Iowa StateBig 12 Conference2025357.4
7Arizona StateBig 12 Conference2025357.8
8UtahBig 12 Conference2025357.9
9TCUBig 12 Conference2025379.2
10Kansas StateBig 12 Conference2025386.3
11KansasBig 12 Conference2025387.3
12BaylorBig 12 Conference2025391.8
13CincinnatiBig 12 Conference2025399.1
14West VirginiaBig 12 Conference2025410.8
15Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference2025418.4
16ColoradoBig 12 Conference2025426.6

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 2025?

Texas Tech ranks first at 258.0 in 2025.

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.