College Football Stat Leaders

2024 Mountain West Defensive PPA Leaders

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

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

San José State (0.098)

Best Season

Utah 2004 (-0.106)

Scope

Mountain West • 2024

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 2024 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.098 to 0.192, with San José State 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 San José State to No. 5 Hawai'i is 0.093, 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. San José State's current mark of 0.098 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of -0.046 held by TCU.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.

1San José StateMountain West20240.098
2UNLVMountain West Conference20240.123
3Boise StateMountain West Conference20240.157
4Colorado StateMountain West Conference20240.167
5Hawai'iMountain West Conference20240.192
6Air ForceMountain West Conference20240.195
7WyomingMountain West Conference20240.226
8San Diego StateMountain West Conference20240.230
9NevadaMountain West Conference20240.245
10Utah StateMountain West Conference20240.262
11New MexicoMountain West Conference20240.342

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 2024?

San José State ranks first at 0.098 in 2024.

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.