College Football Stat Leaders

2015 Big Ten Yards Allowed Per Game Leaders

Average opponent yards allowed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Wisconsin (268.5)

Best Season

Ohio State 2025 (219.1)

Scope

Big Ten • 2015

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 2015 leaderboard, the visible range runs 268.5 to 324.5, with Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin to No. 5 Penn State is 55.9, 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. Wisconsin's current mark of 268.5 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 295.4 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1WisconsinBig Ten Conference2015268.5
2MichiganBig Ten Conference2015280.7
3Ohio StateBig Ten Conference2015311.3
4NorthwesternBig Ten Conference2015318.9
5Penn StateBig Ten Conference2015324.5
6IowaBig Ten Conference2015341.0
7MinnesotaBig Ten Conference2015345.9
8Michigan StateBig Ten Conference2015349.9
9IllinoisBig Ten Conference2015350.8
10NebraskaBig Ten Conference2015400.4
11MarylandBig Ten Conference2015421.2
12PurdueBig Ten Conference2015459.0
13RutgersBig Ten Conference2015462.0
14IndianaBig Ten Conference2015509.5

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 2015?

Wisconsin ranks first at 268.5 in 2015.

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.