College Football Stat Leaders

2018 Big 12 Defensive PPA Leaders

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

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

TCU (0.091)

Best Season

Iowa State 2004 (-0.134)

Scope

Big 12 • 2018

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

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 2018 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.091 to 0.181, with TCU 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 TCU to No. 5 West Virginia is 0.091, 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. TCU's current mark of 0.091 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.010 held by Nebraska.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1TCUBig 12 Conference20180.091
2Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20180.116
3TexasBig 12 Conference20180.169
4Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20180.173
5West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20180.181
6Texas TechBig 12 Conference20180.184
7KansasBig 12 Conference20180.198
8Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20180.216
9BaylorBig 12 Conference20180.261
10OklahomaBig 12 Conference20180.280

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025Texas TechBig 12 Conference-0.065
2024UtahBig 12 Conference0.042
2023OklahomaBig 12 Conference0.079
2022Iowa StateBig 12 Conference0.091
2021Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference0.031
2020West VirginiaBig 12 Conference0.064
2019BaylorBig 12 Conference0.073
2018TCUBig 12 Conference0.091
2017TexasBig 12 Conference0.014
2016West VirginiaBig 12 Conference0.114
2015West VirginiaBig 12 Conference0.068
2014TCUBig 12 Conference-0.004
2013BaylorBig 12 Conference-0.050
2012TCUBig 12 Conference-0.031
2011TexasBig 12 Conference-0.047
2010Texas A&MBig 12 Conference-0.052
2009TexasBig 12 Conference-0.099
2008NebraskaBig 12 Conference0.006
2007KansasBig 12 Conference-0.050
2006OklahomaBig 12 Conference-0.033
2005MissouriBig 12 Conference-0.004
2004Iowa StateBig 12 Conference-0.134

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 2018?

TCU ranks first at 0.091 in 2018.

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.