College Football Stat Leaders
Source-provided CFBD Predicted Points Added allowed per defensive play.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
App State (0.087)
Best Season
UL Monroe 2005 (-0.184)
Scope
Sun Belt • 2021
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
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 0.087 to 0.146, with App State setting the pace.
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.
The gap from No. 1 App State to No. 5 Coastal Carolina is 0.059, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 0.033 in 2024 to 0.002 in 2025, a swing of 0.031. App State's current mark of 0.087 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.025 held by James Madison.
Top 11 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 2021 | 0.087 |
| 2 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2021 | 0.129 |
| 3 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 2021 | 0.131 |
| 4 | South Alabama | Sun Belt Conference | 2021 | 0.143 |
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 2021 | 0.146 |
| 6 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 2021 | 0.150 |
| 7 | Georgia State | Sun Belt Conference | 2021 | 0.158 |
| 8 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 2021 | 0.253 |
| 9 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 2021 | 0.267 |
| 10 | Texas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2021 | 0.299 |
| 11 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2021 | 0.343 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 0.002 |
| 2024 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 0.033 |
| 2023 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 0.013 |
| 2022 | Marshall | Sun Belt Conference | -0.043 |
| 2021 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.087 |
| 2020 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.078 |
| 2019 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.073 |
| 2018 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | -0.014 |
| 2017 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 0.007 |
| 2016 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.019 |
| 2015 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | -0.009 |
| 2014 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 0.104 |
| 2013 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 0.050 |
| 2012 | South Alabama | Sun Belt Conference | -0.010 |
| 2011 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | -0.061 |
| 2010 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | -0.010 |
| 2009 | Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt Conference | -0.026 |
| 2008 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | -0.039 |
| 2007 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | -0.042 |
| 2006 | Florida International | Sun Belt Conference | -0.061 |
| 2005 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | -0.184 |
| 2004 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | -0.027 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Madison | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 0.025 | 2025 (0.002) |
| 2 | Utah State | 2004 | 0.049 | 2004 (0.049) |
| 3 | Florida International | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 0.072 | 2006 (-0.061) |
| 4 | Western Kentucky | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 | 0.077 | 2011 (0.002) |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 0.083 | 2010 (0.045) |
| 6 | Middle Tennessee | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.084 | 2009 (-0.026) |
| 7 | North Texas | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.086 | 2007 (0.043) |
| 8 | Marshall | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 0.092 | 2022 (-0.043) |
| 9 | Troy | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.093 | 2007 (-0.042) |
| 10 | App State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 0.107 | 2018 (-0.014) |
| 11 | Arkansas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.117 | 2011 (-0.061) |
| 12 | Louisiana | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.133 | 2011 (-0.003) |
| 13 | UL Monroe | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.139 | 2005 (-0.184) |
| 14 | South Alabama | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 0.149 | 2012 (-0.010) |
| 15 | Old Dominion | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.162 | 2025 (0.018) |
| 16 | Texas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.183 | 2013 (0.061) |
| 17 | Southern Miss | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 0.189 | 2022 (0.078) |
| 18 | Georgia Southern | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 0.192 | 2020 (0.095) |
| 19 | New Mexico State | 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2004 | 0.201 | 2017 (0.103) |
| 20 | Georgia State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.207 | 2016 (0.095) |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 0.213 | 2020 (0.133) |
App State ranks first at 0.087 in 2021.
James Madison owns the strongest all-time average at 0.025 across 4 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
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.