College Football Stat Leaders

2019 Pac-12 Defensive PPA Leaders

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

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Utah (0.000)

Best Season

Oregon State 2004 (-0.126)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2019

Browse Metrics

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Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

All Conferences ACC American Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

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 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.000 to 0.153, with Utah setting the pace.

Pac-12 Context

Pac-12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Fresno State is the latest winner at 0.083.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Utah to No. 5 Arizona State is 0.153, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.086 in 2024 to 0.083 in 2025, a swing of 0.003. Utah's current mark of 0.000 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.060 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 13 rows for the current route scope.


1	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.000
2	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.031
3	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.073
4	California	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.108
5	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.153
6	Fresno State	Pac-12	2019	0.168
7	USC	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.195
8	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.222
9	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.228
10	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.236
11	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.244
12	Colorado	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.260
13	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.319

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference at time	Value
2025	Fresno State	Pac-12	0.083
2024	Fresno State	Pac-12	0.086
2023	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	0.062
2022	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	0.093
2021	Fresno State	Pac-12	0.072
2020	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.061
2019	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.000
2018	California	Pac-12 Conference	0.005
2017	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	0.031
2016	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	0.003
2015	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	0.031
2014	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	0.026
2013	USC	Pac-12 Conference	-0.000
2012	Fresno State	Pac-12	-0.025
2011	California	Pac-12 Conference	-0.008
2010	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	-0.050
2009	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	-0.024
2008	California	Pac-12 Conference	-0.053
2007	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	-0.113
2006	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	0.003
2005	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	-0.075
2004	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	-0.126

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Oregon	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.060	2004 (-0.077)
2	Utah	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.077	2019 (0.000)
3	Washington	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.083	2004 (-0.073)
4	Fresno State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.092	2004 (-0.097)
5	California	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.096	2004 (-0.074)
6	Arizona State	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.099	2004 (-0.061)
7	UCLA	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.100	2007 (-0.069)
8	Washington State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.126	2004 (-0.124)
9	Arizona	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.133	2004 (-0.045)
10	Oregon State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.133	2004 (-0.126)
11	USC	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.147	2013 (-0.000)
12	Stanford	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.168	2012 (0.016)
13	Colorado	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.186	2016 (0.036)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Pac-12 defensive ppa leaderboard in 2019?

Utah ranks first at 0.000 in 2019.

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

Oregon owns the strongest all-time average at 0.060 across 20 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Pac-12 race compare with the recent trend?

Fresno 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.