College Football Stat Leaders

2010 Mountain West Defensive PPA Leaders

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

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

TCU (-0.050)

Best Season

Utah 2004 (-0.106)

Scope

Mountain West • 2010

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 2010 leaderboard, the visible range runs -0.050 to 0.052, with TCU setting the pace.

Mountain West Context

Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and San Diego State is the latest winner at -0.018.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 TCU to No. 5 Air Force is 0.101, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.098 in 2024 to -0.018 in 2025, a swing of 0.116. TCU's current mark of -0.050 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of -0.046 held by TCU.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1TCUMountain West Conference2010-0.050
2San Diego StateMountain West Conference2010-0.013
3UtahMountain West Conference20100.002
4BYUMountain West Conference20100.009
5Air ForceMountain West Conference20100.052
6New MexicoMountain West Conference20100.085
7WyomingMountain West Conference20100.099
8San José StateMountain West20100.117
9Colorado StateMountain West Conference20100.129
10UNLVMountain West Conference20100.136

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025San Diego StateMountain West Conference-0.018
2024San José StateMountain West0.098
2023Air ForceMountain West Conference0.119
2022San Diego StateMountain West Conference0.063
2021San Diego StateMountain West Conference0.046
2020San Diego StateMountain West Conference0.001
2019San Diego StateMountain West Conference0.030
2018Utah StateMountain West Conference0.014
2017WyomingMountain West Conference0.016
2016San Diego StateMountain West Conference0.043
2015San Diego StateMountain West Conference-0.003
2014Utah StateMountain West Conference0.026
2013Utah StateMountain West Conference0.003
2012San José StateMountain West-0.010
2011Boise StateMountain West Conference0.005
2010TCUMountain West Conference-0.050
2009TCUMountain West Conference-0.096
2008TCUMountain West Conference-0.097
2007New MexicoMountain West Conference-0.061
2006TCUMountain West Conference-0.082
2005New MexicoMountain West Conference-0.067
2004UtahMountain West Conference-0.106

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1TCU2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005-0.0462008 (-0.097)
2Utah2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0062004 (-0.106)
3BYU2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0282007 (-0.034)
4San Diego State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0672004 (-0.047)
5Boise State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.0972011 (0.005)
6Wyoming2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0982007 (-0.033)
7Air Force2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1292009 (-0.025)
8San José State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1342012 (-0.010)
9Utah State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1402013 (0.003)
10Colorado State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1492013 (0.027)
11New Mexico2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1502005 (-0.067)
12UNLV2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1632004 (-0.017)
13Nevada2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1842018 (0.089)
14Hawai'i2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1872012 (0.005)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Mountain West defensive ppa leaderboard in 2010?

TCU ranks first at -0.050 in 2010.

Which Mountain West program has the best long-term defensive ppa profile?

TCU owns the strongest all-time average at -0.046 across 7 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Mountain West race compare with the recent trend?

San Diego 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.