College Football Stat Leaders

2013 Sun Belt Defensive PPA Leaders

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

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

UL Monroe (0.050)

Best Season

UL Monroe 2005 (-0.184)

Scope

Sun Belt • 2013

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 2013 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.050 to 0.092, with UL Monroe setting the pace.

Sun Belt Context

Sun Belt teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and James Madison is the latest winner at 0.002.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 UL Monroe to No. 5 Western Kentucky is 0.042, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.033 in 2024 to 0.002 in 2025, a swing of 0.031. UL Monroe's current mark of 0.050 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.025 held by James Madison.

Leaderboard

Top 9 rows for the current route scope.

1UL MonroeSun Belt Conference20130.050
2Texas StateSun Belt Conference20130.061
3LouisianaSun Belt Conference20130.075
4Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference20130.085
5Western KentuckySun Belt Conference20130.092
6South AlabamaSun Belt Conference20130.105
7Old DominionSun Belt20130.114
8Georgia StateSun Belt Conference20130.116
9TroySun Belt Conference20130.143

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025James MadisonSun Belt Conference0.002
2024James MadisonSun Belt Conference0.033
2023TroySun Belt Conference0.013
2022MarshallSun Belt Conference-0.043
2021App StateSun Belt Conference0.087
2020App StateSun Belt Conference0.078
2019App StateSun Belt Conference0.073
2018App StateSun Belt Conference-0.014
2017TroySun Belt Conference0.007
2016Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference0.019
2015App StateSun Belt Conference-0.009
2014UL MonroeSun Belt Conference0.104
2013UL MonroeSun Belt Conference0.050
2012South AlabamaSun Belt Conference-0.010
2011Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference-0.061
2010UL MonroeSun Belt Conference-0.010
2009Middle TennesseeSun Belt Conference-0.026
2008TroySun Belt Conference-0.039
2007TroySun Belt Conference-0.042
2006Florida InternationalSun Belt Conference-0.061
2005UL MonroeSun Belt Conference-0.184
2004TroySun Belt Conference-0.027

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1James Madison2025, 2024, 2023, 20220.0252025 (0.002)
2Utah State20040.0492004 (0.049)
3Florida International2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20050.0722006 (-0.061)
4Western Kentucky2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 20090.0772011 (0.002)
5Florida Atlantic2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20050.0832010 (0.045)
6Middle Tennessee2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0842009 (-0.026)
7North Texas2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0862007 (0.043)
8Marshall2025, 2024, 2023, 20220.0922022 (-0.043)
9Troy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0932007 (-0.042)
10App State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1072018 (-0.014)
11Arkansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1172011 (-0.061)
12Louisiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1332011 (-0.003)
13UL Monroe2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1392005 (-0.184)
14South Alabama2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1492012 (-0.010)
15Old Dominion2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1622025 (0.018)
16Texas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1832013 (0.061)
17Southern Miss2025, 2024, 2023, 20220.1892022 (0.078)
18Georgia Southern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1922020 (0.095)
19New Mexico State2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20040.2012017 (0.103)
20Georgia State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.2072016 (0.095)
21Coastal Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 20170.2132020 (0.133)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Sun Belt defensive ppa leaderboard in 2013?

UL Monroe ranks first at 0.050 in 2013.

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

James Madison owns the strongest all-time average at 0.025 across 4 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Sun Belt race compare with the recent trend?

James Madison 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.