College Football Stat Leaders
Predicted points added allowed per defensive play.
Seasons Covered
2003-2025
Current Leader
Clemson (-0.041)
Best Season
NC State 2004 (-0.211)
Scope
ACC • 2014
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 a prevention metric, so lower numbers are better because elite defenses consistently erase scoring value and force opponents into less efficient possessions. On this 2014 leaderboard, the visible range runs -0.041 to 0.069, with Clemson 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 Clemson to No. 5 Virginia is 0.110, 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. Clemson's current mark of -0.041 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.007 held by Clemson.
Top 14 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | -0.041 |
| 2 | Louisville | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | -0.015 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.020 |
| 4 | Syracuse | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.059 |
| 5 | Virginia | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.069 |
| 6 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.082 |
| 7 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.091 |
| 8 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.091 |
| 9 | Boston College | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.112 |
| 10 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.115 |
| 11 | NC State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.155 |
| 12 | Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.176 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.256 |
| 14 | North Carolina | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2014 | 0.265 |
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) |
Clemson ranks first at -0.041 in 2014.
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.