College Football Stat Leaders

2015 Big 12 College Football Defensive PPA Leaders

Predicted points added allowed per defensive play.

Seasons Covered

2003-2025

Current Leader

West Virginia (0.068)

Best Season

Oklahoma 2003 (-0.181)

Scope

Big 12 • 2015

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Defensive PPA Reads

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 2015 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.068 to 0.147, with West Virginia setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Texas Tech is the latest winner at -0.065.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 West Virginia to No. 5 Oklahoma State is 0.080, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.042 in 2024 to -0.065 in 2025, a swing of 0.107. West Virginia's current mark of 0.068 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of -0.006 held by Nebraska.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20150.068
2OklahomaBig 12 Conference20150.075
3TCUBig 12 Conference20150.079
4BaylorBig 12 Conference20150.119
5Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20150.147
6TexasBig 12 Conference20150.168
7Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20150.217
8Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20150.223
9KansasBig 12 Conference20150.304
10Texas TechBig 12 Conference20150.339

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003-0.0062003 (-0.120)
2Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0102004 (-0.117)
3Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0472004 (-0.057)
4Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0482004 (-0.063)
5Utah2025, 20240.0552024 (0.042)
6Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0592003 (-0.099)
7Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0592003 (-0.181)
8Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1002003 (-0.139)
9TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1072012 (-0.031)
10Arizona State2025, 20240.1082025 (0.103)
11Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1102004 (-0.134)
12Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1102003 (-0.017)
13Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1202013 (-0.050)
14Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1232025 (-0.065)
15BYU2025, 2024, 20230.1282025 (0.063)
16UCF2025, 2024, 20230.1312025 (0.113)
17West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1442020 (0.064)
18Arizona2025, 20240.1482025 (0.069)
19Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1532004 (-0.100)
20Houston2025, 2024, 20230.1562025 (0.106)
21Cincinnati2025, 2024, 20230.2182024 (0.173)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 defensive ppa leaderboard in 2015?

West Virginia ranks first at 0.068 in 2015.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term defensive ppa profile?

Nebraska owns the strongest all-time average at -0.006 across 8 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Texas Tech 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.