College Football Stat Leaders

2021 SEC Defensive PPA Leaders

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

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Georgia (-0.046)

Best Season

Alabama 2004 (-0.177)

Scope

SEC • 2021

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 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs -0.046 to 0.116, with Georgia 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 Georgia to No. 5 Arkansas is 0.163, 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. Georgia's current mark of -0.046 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of -0.009 held by Alabama.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference2021-0.046
2Texas A&MSoutheastern Conference20210.011
3AlabamaSoutheastern Conference20210.057
4AuburnSoutheastern Conference20210.096
5ArkansasSoutheastern Conference20210.116
6South CarolinaSoutheastern Conference20210.147
7KentuckySoutheastern Conference20210.148
8FloridaSoutheastern Conference20210.151
9LSUSoutheastern Conference20210.166
10Ole MissSoutheastern Conference20210.172
11Mississippi StateSoutheastern Conference20210.177
12TennesseeSoutheastern Conference20210.189
13MissouriSoutheastern Conference20210.303
14VanderbiltSoutheastern Conference20210.319

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 2021?

Georgia ranks first at -0.046 in 2021.

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.