College Football Stat Leaders

2022 Big Ten Yards Allowed Per Game Leaders

Average opponent yards allowed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Iowa (270.8)

Best Season

Ohio State 2025 (219.1)

Scope

Big Ten • 2022

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameYards Allowed Per GameSacks Per GameTackles For Loss Per GameThird Down Conversion RatePoints Per OpportunityOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

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 2022 leaderboard, the visible range runs 270.8 to 303.5, with Iowa 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 Iowa to No. 5 Wisconsin is 32.8, 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. Iowa's current mark of 270.8 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 295.4 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1IowaBig Ten Conference2022270.8
2IllinoisBig Ten Conference2022273.4
3MichiganBig Ten Conference2022292.1
4MinnesotaBig Ten Conference2022294.7
5WisconsinBig Ten Conference2022303.5
6Ohio StateBig Ten Conference2022321.5
7Penn StateBig Ten Conference2022323.5
8RutgersBig Ten Conference2022349.8
9MarylandBig Ten Conference2022357.1
10PurdueBig Ten Conference2022367.4
11NorthwesternBig Ten Conference2022374.8
12NebraskaBig Ten Conference2022414.4
13Michigan StateBig Ten Conference2022416.8
14IndianaBig Ten Conference2022449.5

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.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025Ohio StateBig Ten Conference219.1
2024Ohio StateBig Ten Conference254.8
2023MichiganBig Ten Conference246.9
2022IowaBig Ten Conference270.8
2021WisconsinBig Ten Conference239.1
2020WisconsinBig Ten Conference300.3
2019Ohio StateBig Ten Conference259.7
2018MichiganBig Ten Conference274.3
2017WisconsinBig Ten Conference262.1
2016MichiganBig Ten Conference261.8
2015WisconsinBig Ten Conference268.5
2014Penn StateBig Ten Conference278.2
2013Michigan StateBig Ten Conference251.9
2012Michigan StateBig Ten Conference274.4
2011Michigan StateBig Ten Conference278.0
2010Ohio StateBig Ten Conference261.9
2009Ohio StateBig Ten Conference262.3
2008Penn StateBig Ten Conference266.2
2007Ohio StateBig Ten Conference233.0
2006WisconsinBig Ten Conference253.1
2005Ohio StateBig Ten Conference281.3
2004Penn StateBig Ten Conference266.5

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 2022?

Iowa ranks first at 270.8 in 2022.

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.