College Football Stat Leaders

Big Ten Offensive PPA Leaders

Source-provided CFBD Predicted Points Added per offensive play.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Ohio State (0.432)

Best Season

Ohio State 2021 (0.432)

Scope

Big Ten

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 Offensive PPA Reads

Offensive PPA is CFBD's source-provided per-play scoring-value metric, so this page verifies local mapping, scale, and display rather than recreating the underlying play-level model. On this Big Ten leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.432 to 0.344, with Ohio State setting the pace.

Big Ten Context

Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and USC is the latest winner at 0.344.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Ohio State to No. 5 USC is 0.088, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.376 in 2024 to 0.344 in 2025, a swing of 0.032. Ohio State's current mark of 0.432 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.304 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.

1Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20210.432
2Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20240.376
3Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20220.375
4Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20190.368
5USCBig Ten Conference20250.344
6IndianaBig Ten Conference20250.342
7Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20200.342
8Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20250.327
9IndianaBig Ten Conference20240.324
10OregonBig Ten Conference20240.306
11Penn StateBig Ten Conference20240.303
12Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20140.303
13OregonBig Ten Conference20250.303
14Michigan StateBig Ten Conference20140.296
15Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20230.293
16Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20170.292
17WashingtonBig Ten Conference20250.290
18MichiganBig Ten Conference20230.290
19MinnesotaBig Ten Conference20190.287
20NebraskaBig Ten Conference20210.282
21Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20180.279
22MichiganBig Ten Conference20220.278
23Penn StateBig Ten Conference20170.268
24MichiganBig Ten Conference20210.263
25WisconsinBig Ten Conference20190.260

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025USCBig Ten Conference0.344
2024Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.376
2023Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.293
2022Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.375
2021Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.432
2020Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.342
2019Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.368
2018Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.279
2017Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.292
2016Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.225
2015Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.227
2014Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.303
2013Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.193
2012NebraskaBig Ten Conference0.131
2011WisconsinBig Ten Conference0.213
2010WisconsinBig Ten Conference0.212
2009WisconsinBig Ten Conference0.128
2008Penn StateBig Ten Conference0.127
2007WisconsinBig Ten Conference0.087
2006Ohio StateBig Ten Conference0.145
2005Michigan StateBig Ten Conference0.191
2004MinnesotaBig Ten Conference0.049

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Oregon2025, 20240.3042024 (0.306)
2USC2025, 20240.2832025 (0.344)
3Washington2025, 20240.2632025 (0.290)
4Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.2092021 (0.432)
5Nebraska2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.1542021 (0.282)
6Wisconsin2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1352019 (0.260)
7Maryland2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1302021 (0.227)
8UCLA2025, 20240.1282024 (0.138)
9Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1272024 (0.303)
10Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1252023 (0.290)
11Minnesota2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1062019 (0.287)
12Indiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0982025 (0.342)
13Illinois2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0932024 (0.236)
14Michigan State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0902014 (0.296)
15Purdue2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0822021 (0.226)
16Iowa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0782015 (0.195)
17Rutgers2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.0752025 (0.210)
18Northwestern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0662005 (0.149)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten offensive ppa leaderboard?

Ohio State ranks first at 0.432.

Which Big Ten program has the best long-term offensive ppa profile?

Oregon owns the strongest all-time average at 0.304 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big Ten race compare with the recent trend?

USC 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.