College Football Stat Leaders
Source-provided CFBD Predicted Points Added allowed per defensive play.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
Troy (0.013)
Best Season
UL Monroe 2005 (-0.184)
Scope
Sun Belt • 2023
Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.
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 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.013 to 0.126, with Troy 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 Troy to No. 5 Marshall is 0.114, 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. Troy's current mark of 0.013 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.025 held by James Madison.
Top 14 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.013 |
| 2 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.060 |
| 3 | South Alabama | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.099 |
| 4 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2023 | 0.100 |
| 5 | Marshall | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.126 |
| 6 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.154 |
| 7 | Texas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.158 |
| 8 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.164 |
| 9 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.173 |
| 10 | Georgia State | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.211 |
| 11 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.226 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.228 |
| 13 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.248 |
| 14 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt Conference | 2023 | 0.254 |
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) |
Troy ranks first at 0.013 in 2023.
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.