College Football Stat Leaders

2025 Big Ten Yards Allowed Per Game Leaders

Average opponent yards allowed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Ohio State (219.1)

Best Season

Ohio State 2025 (219.1)

Scope

Big Ten • 2025

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 2025 leaderboard, the visible range runs 219.1 to 311.4, 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 Washington is 92.3, 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 219.1 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 295.4 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 18 rows for the current route scope.

1Ohio StateBig Ten Conference2025219.1
2IndianaBig Ten Conference2025266.0
3OregonBig Ten Conference2025274.8
4IowaBig Ten Conference2025284.2
5WashingtonBig Ten Conference2025311.4
6WisconsinBig Ten Conference2025323.6
7MichiganBig Ten Conference2025323.6
8Penn StateBig Ten Conference2025327.6
9NorthwesternBig Ten Conference2025329.8
10NebraskaBig Ten Conference2025331.0
11MinnesotaBig Ten Conference2025332.2
12IllinoisBig Ten Conference2025345.3
13USCBig Ten Conference2025350.5
14Michigan StateBig Ten Conference2025379.9
15UCLABig Ten Conference2025387.3
16MarylandBig Ten Conference2025402.4
17PurdueBig Ten Conference2025423.9
18RutgersBig Ten Conference2025434.0

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 2025?

Ohio State ranks first at 219.1 in 2025.

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.