College Football Stat Leaders

2007 Big Ten Yards Allowed Per Game Leaders

Average opponent yards allowed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Ohio State (233.0)

Best Season

Ohio State 2025 (219.1)

Scope

Big Ten • 2007

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 2007 leaderboard, the visible range runs 233.0 to 351.2, 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 Ohio State is the latest winner at 219.1.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Ohio State to No. 5 Iowa is 118.2, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 254.8 in 2024 to 219.1 in 2025, a swing of 35.7. Ohio State's current mark of 233.0 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 295.4 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.

1Ohio StateBig Ten Conference2007233.0
2Penn StateBig Ten Conference2007308.2
3MichiganBig Ten Conference2007335.7
4Michigan StateBig Ten Conference2007345.5
5IowaBig Ten Conference2007351.2
6WisconsinBig Ten Conference2007356.6
7IllinoisBig Ten Conference2007376.8
8NorthwesternBig Ten Conference2007378.7
9PurdueBig Ten Conference2007389.2
10IndianaBig Ten Conference2007389.8
11MinnesotaBig Ten Conference2007518.7

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
1Oregon2025, 2024295.42025 (274.8)
2Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004307.02025 (219.1)
3Wisconsin2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004310.42021 (239.1)
4Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004317.32023 (247.6)
5Washington2025, 2024320.02025 (311.4)
6Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004324.12023 (246.9)
7Iowa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004324.12022 (270.8)
8Michigan State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004348.82013 (251.9)
9USC2025, 2024364.02025 (350.5)
10UCLA2025, 2024364.32024 (341.3)
11Minnesota2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004368.62021 (278.8)
12Nebraska2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011374.02023 (303.5)
13Northwestern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004377.52015 (318.9)
14Illinois2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004390.52022 (273.4)
15Indiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004400.52024 (256.3)
16Maryland2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014404.22023 (334.1)
17Purdue2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004407.02004 (345.3)
18Rutgers2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014410.42023 (314.0)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten yards allowed per game leaderboard in 2007?

Ohio State ranks first at 233.0 in 2007.

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

Oregon owns the strongest all-time average at 295.4 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

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

Ohio State 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.