College Football Stat Leaders
Source-provided CFBD Predicted Points Added allowed per defensive play.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
Iowa State (0.091)
Best Season
Iowa State 2004 (-0.134)
Scope
Big 12 • 2022
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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 2022 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.091 to 0.155, with Iowa State setting the pace.
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.
The gap from No. 1 Iowa State to No. 5 TCU is 0.064, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 0.042 in 2024 to -0.065 in 2025, a swing of 0.107. Iowa State's current mark of 0.091 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.010 held by Nebraska.
Top 10 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Iowa State | Big 12 Conference | 2022 | 0.091 |
| 2 | Kansas State | Big 12 Conference | 2022 | 0.097 |
| 3 | Texas | Big 12 Conference | 2022 | 0.106 |
| 4 | Texas Tech | Big 12 Conference | 2022 | 0.127 |
| 5 | TCU | Big 12 Conference | 2022 | 0.155 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 Conference | 2022 | 0.169 |
| 7 | Baylor | Big 12 Conference | 2022 | 0.177 |
| 8 | West Virginia | Big 12 Conference | 2022 | 0.195 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | Big 12 Conference | 2022 | 0.202 |
| 10 | Kansas | Big 12 Conference | 2022 | 0.273 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | Big 12 Conference | -0.065 |
| 2024 | Utah | Big 12 Conference | 0.042 |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | Big 12 Conference | 0.079 |
| 2022 | Iowa State | Big 12 Conference | 0.091 |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 Conference | 0.031 |
| 2020 | West Virginia | Big 12 Conference | 0.064 |
| 2019 | Baylor | Big 12 Conference | 0.073 |
| 2018 | TCU | Big 12 Conference | 0.091 |
| 2017 | Texas | Big 12 Conference | 0.014 |
| 2016 | West Virginia | Big 12 Conference | 0.114 |
| 2015 | West Virginia | Big 12 Conference | 0.068 |
| 2014 | TCU | Big 12 Conference | -0.004 |
| 2013 | Baylor | Big 12 Conference | -0.050 |
| 2012 | TCU | Big 12 Conference | -0.031 |
| 2011 | Texas | Big 12 Conference | -0.047 |
| 2010 | Texas A&M | Big 12 Conference | -0.052 |
| 2009 | Texas | Big 12 Conference | -0.099 |
| 2008 | Nebraska | Big 12 Conference | 0.006 |
| 2007 | Kansas | Big 12 Conference | -0.050 |
| 2006 | Oklahoma | Big 12 Conference | -0.033 |
| 2005 | Missouri | Big 12 Conference | -0.004 |
| 2004 | Iowa State | Big 12 Conference | -0.134 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska | 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.010 | 2004 (-0.045) |
| 2 | Missouri | 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.010 | 2004 (-0.117) |
| 3 | Texas A&M | 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.052 | 2004 (-0.063) |
| 4 | Colorado | 2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.053 | 2004 (-0.057) |
| 5 | Utah | 2025, 2024 | 0.055 | 2024 (0.042) |
| 6 | Texas | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.067 | 2009 (-0.099) |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.071 | 2004 (-0.103) |
| 8 | TCU | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 0.107 | 2012 (-0.031) |
| 9 | Arizona State | 2025, 2024 | 0.108 | 2025 (0.103) |
| 10 | Kansas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.110 | 2004 (-0.039) |
| 11 | Iowa State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.114 | 2004 (-0.134) |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 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 (-0.011) |
| 13 | Baylor | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.125 | 2013 (-0.050) |
| 14 | BYU | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 0.128 | 2025 (0.063) |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.128 | 2025 (-0.065) |
| 16 | UCF | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 0.131 | 2025 (0.113) |
| 17 | West Virginia | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 0.144 | 2020 (0.064) |
| 18 | Arizona | 2025, 2024 | 0.148 | 2025 (0.069) |
| 19 | Houston | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 0.156 | 2025 (0.106) |
| 20 | Kansas | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.158 | 2004 (-0.100) |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 0.218 | 2024 (0.173) |
Iowa State ranks first at 0.091 in 2022.
Nebraska owns the strongest all-time average at 0.010 across 7 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
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.