College Football Stat Leaders
Source-provided CFBD Predicted Points Added allowed per defensive play.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
NC State (-0.211)
Best Season
NC State 2004 (-0.211)
Scope
ACC • 2004
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Defensive PPA is CFBD's source-provided scoring-value metric allowed by a defense, so lower numbers are better because they indicate opponents created less value per play. On this 2004 leaderboard, the visible range runs -0.211 to -0.116, with NC State setting the pace.
ACC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and SMU is the latest winner at 0.033.
The gap from No. 1 NC State to No. 5 Miami is 0.095, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.026 in 2024 to 0.033 in 2025, a swing of 0.007. NC State's current mark of -0.211 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.011 held by Clemson.
Top 11 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | NC State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | -0.211 |
| 2 | Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | -0.186 |
| 3 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | -0.149 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | -0.121 |
| 5 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | -0.116 |
| 6 | Maryland | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | -0.072 |
| 7 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | -0.065 |
| 8 | Virginia | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | -0.028 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | -0.016 |
| 10 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | 0.020 |
| 11 | North Carolina | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2004 | 0.097 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.011 | 2004 (-0.065) |
| 2 | SMU | 2025, 2024 | 0.029 | 2024 (0.026) |
| 3 | Maryland | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.030 | 2004 (-0.072) |
| 4 | Florida State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.058 | 2004 (-0.149) |
| 5 | Virginia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.061 | 2004 (-0.186) |
| 6 | Miami | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.061 | 2004 (-0.116) |
| 7 | Boston College | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 0.077 | 2008 (-0.095) |
| 8 | NC State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.078 | 2004 (-0.211) |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.100 | 2005 (-0.034) |
| 10 | Virginia | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.103 | 2004 (-0.028) |
| 11 | Georgia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.116 | 2004 (-0.121) |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.116 | 2019 (0.039) |
| 13 | North Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.121 | 2009 (-0.074) |
| 14 | Louisville | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 0.124 | 2014 (-0.015) |
| 15 | Duke | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.124 | 2008 (-0.019) |
| 16 | California | 2025, 2024 | 0.150 | 2024 (0.138) |
| 17 | Syracuse | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.161 | 2013 (0.026) |
| 18 | Stanford | 2025, 2024 | 0.216 | 2025 (0.178) |
NC State ranks first at -0.211 in 2004.
Clemson owns the strongest all-time average at 0.011 across 22 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
SMU 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.