College Football Stat Leaders

2009 Big 12 Defensive PPA Leaders

Source-provided CFBD Predicted Points Added allowed per defensive play.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Texas (-0.099)

Best Season

Iowa State 2004 (-0.134)

Scope

Big 12 • 2009

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Defensive PPA Reads

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 2009 leaderboard, the visible range runs -0.099 to 0.001, with Texas setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Texas Tech is the latest winner at -0.065.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Texas to No. 5 Oklahoma State is 0.100, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.042 in 2024 to -0.065 in 2025, a swing of 0.107. Texas's current mark of -0.099 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.010 held by Nebraska.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1TexasBig 12 Conference2009-0.099
2OklahomaBig 12 Conference2009-0.065
3NebraskaBig 12 Conference2009-0.041
4ColoradoBig 12 Conference2009-0.004
5Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20090.001
6Texas TechBig 12 Conference20090.034
7Texas A&MBig 12 Conference20090.050
8MissouriBig 12 Conference20090.057
9Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20090.060
10KansasBig 12 Conference20090.066
11BaylorBig 12 Conference20090.066
12Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20090.079

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0102004 (-0.045)
2Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0102004 (-0.117)
3Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0522004 (-0.063)
4Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0532004 (-0.057)
5Utah2025, 20240.0552024 (0.042)
6Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0672009 (-0.099)
7Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0712004 (-0.103)
8TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1072012 (-0.031)
9Arizona State2025, 20240.1082025 (0.103)
10Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1102004 (-0.039)
11Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1142004 (-0.134)
12Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1162004 (-0.011)
13Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1252013 (-0.050)
14BYU2025, 2024, 20230.1282025 (0.063)
15Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1282025 (-0.065)
16UCF2025, 2024, 20230.1312025 (0.113)
17West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1442020 (0.064)
18Arizona2025, 20240.1482025 (0.069)
19Houston2025, 2024, 20230.1562025 (0.106)
20Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1582004 (-0.100)
21Cincinnati2025, 2024, 20230.2182024 (0.173)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 defensive ppa leaderboard in 2009?

Texas ranks first at -0.099 in 2009.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term defensive ppa profile?

Nebraska owns the strongest all-time average at 0.010 across 7 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Texas Tech 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.