College Football Stat Leaders

2020 SEC Defensive PPA Leaders

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

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Alabama (0.070)

Best Season

Alabama 2004 (-0.177)

Scope

SEC • 2020

Browse Metrics

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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 2020 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.070 to 0.148, with Alabama setting the pace.

SEC Context

SEC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Oklahoma is the latest winner at -0.016.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Alabama to No. 5 Kentucky is 0.079, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.012 in 2024 to -0.016 in 2025, a swing of 0.028. Alabama's current mark of 0.070 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of -0.009 held by Alabama.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1AlabamaSoutheastern Conference20200.070
2GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference20200.109
3Mississippi StateSoutheastern Conference20200.110
4Texas A&MSoutheastern Conference20200.126
5KentuckySoutheastern Conference20200.148
6ArkansasSoutheastern Conference20200.161
7TennesseeSoutheastern Conference20200.190
8AuburnSoutheastern Conference20200.205
9FloridaSoutheastern Conference20200.245
10MissouriSoutheastern Conference20200.260
11LSUSoutheastern Conference20200.265
12South CarolinaSoutheastern Conference20200.303
13Ole MissSoutheastern Conference20200.316
14VanderbiltSoutheastern Conference20200.395

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025OklahomaSoutheastern Conference-0.016
2024Ole MissSoutheastern Conference0.012
2023GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference0.073
2022GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference0.020
2021GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference-0.046
2020AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.070
2019AlabamaSoutheastern Conference-0.005
2018Mississippi StateSoutheastern Conference-0.053
2017AlabamaSoutheastern Conference-0.024
2016AlabamaSoutheastern Conference-0.102
2015AlabamaSoutheastern Conference-0.029
2014Ole MissSoutheastern Conference-0.024
2013AlabamaSoutheastern Conference-0.009
2012South CarolinaSoutheastern Conference-0.019
2011AlabamaSoutheastern Conference-0.137
2010FloridaSoutheastern Conference-0.022
2009AlabamaSoutheastern Conference-0.095
2008FloridaSoutheastern Conference-0.060
2007LSUSoutheastern Conference-0.069
2006LSUSoutheastern Conference-0.070
2005AlabamaSoutheastern Conference-0.020
2004AlabamaSoutheastern Conference-0.177

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Alabama2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.0092004 (-0.177)
2Oklahoma2025, 20240.0212025 (-0.016)
3Georgia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0362004 (-0.071)
4LSU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0552004 (-0.115)
5Texas2025, 20240.0582024 (0.018)
6Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0602008 (-0.060)
7Auburn2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0692004 (-0.117)
8Mississippi State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0792018 (-0.053)
9Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0882008 (-0.058)
10South Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0932004 (-0.108)
11Ole Miss2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0972004 (-0.045)
12Texas A&M2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1082021 (0.011)
13Kentucky2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1132004 (-0.010)
14Missouri2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1192015 (0.016)
15Arkansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1212006 (-0.048)
16Vanderbilt2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1342005 (-0.018)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the SEC defensive ppa leaderboard in 2020?

Alabama ranks first at 0.070 in 2020.

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

Alabama owns the strongest all-time average at -0.009 across 22 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the SEC race compare with the recent trend?

Oklahoma 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.