College Football Stat Leaders
Predicted points added allowed per defensive play.
Seasons Covered
2003-2025
Current Leader
Wake Forest (-0.034)
Best Season
NC State 2004 (-0.211)
Scope
ACC • 2005
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Defensive PPA is a prevention metric, so lower numbers are better because elite defenses consistently erase scoring value and force opponents into less efficient possessions. On this 2005 leaderboard, the visible range runs -0.034 to 0.014, with Wake Forest setting the pace.
ACC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and SMU is the latest winner at 0.033.
The gap from No. 1 Wake Forest to No. 5 NC State is 0.047, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.026 in 2024 to 0.033 in 2025, a swing of 0.007. Wake Forest's current mark of -0.034 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.007 held by Clemson.
Top 12 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | -0.034 |
| 2 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | -0.026 |
| 3 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | 0.002 |
| 4 | Boston College | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | 0.010 |
| 5 | NC State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | 0.014 |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | 0.018 |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | 0.035 |
| 8 | North Carolina | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | 0.043 |
| 9 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | 0.044 |
| 10 | Maryland | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | 0.061 |
| 11 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | 0.096 |
| 12 | Virginia | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2005 | 0.129 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.007 | 2003 (-0.087) |
| 2 | Maryland | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.019 | 2003 (-0.088) |
| 3 | SMU | 2025, 2024 | 0.029 | 2024 (0.026) |
| 4 | Florida State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.049 | 2003 (-0.151) |
| 5 | Virginia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.061 | 2004 (-0.186) |
| 6 | Miami | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.061 | 2004 (-0.116) |
| 7 | NC State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.071 | 2004 (-0.211) |
| 8 | Boston College | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 0.077 | 2008 (-0.095) |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.096 | 2005 (-0.034) |
| 10 | Virginia | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.098 | 2004 (-0.028) |
| 11 | Georgia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.108 | 2004 (-0.121) |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.116 | 2019 (0.039) |
| 13 | Duke | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.120 | 2008 (-0.019) |
| 14 | North Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.122 | 2009 (-0.074) |
| 15 | Louisville | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 0.124 | 2014 (-0.015) |
| 16 | California | 2025, 2024 | 0.150 | 2024 (0.138) |
| 17 | Syracuse | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.161 | 2013 (0.026) |
| 18 | Stanford | 2025, 2024 | 0.216 | 2025 (0.178) |
Wake Forest ranks first at -0.034 in 2005.
Clemson owns the strongest all-time average at 0.007 across 23 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
SMU 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.