College Football Stat Leaders

2024 Big 12 College Football Defensive PPA Leaders

Predicted points added allowed per defensive play.

Seasons Covered

2003-2025

Current Leader

Utah (0.042)

Best Season

Oklahoma 2003 (-0.181)

Scope

Big 12 • 2024

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 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 2024 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.042 to 0.116, with Utah 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 Utah to No. 5 Houston is 0.075, 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. Utah's current mark of 0.042 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of -0.006 held by Nebraska.

Leaderboard

Top 16 rows for the current route scope.

1UtahBig 12 Conference20240.042
2ColoradoBig 12 Conference20240.076
3Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20240.089
4Arizona StateBig 12 Conference20240.113
5HoustonBig 12 Conference20240.116
6BYUBig 12 Conference20240.119
7UCFBig 12 Conference20240.138
8Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20240.167
9BaylorBig 12 Conference20240.168
10TCUBig 12 Conference20240.171
11CincinnatiBig 12 Conference20240.173
12KansasBig 12 Conference20240.221
13ArizonaBig 12 Conference20240.227
14Texas TechBig 12 Conference20240.233
15West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20240.287
16Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20240.310

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025Texas TechBig 12 Conference-0.065
2024UtahBig 12 Conference0.042
2023OklahomaBig 12 Conference0.079
2022Iowa StateBig 12 Conference0.091
2021Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference0.031
2020West VirginiaBig 12 Conference0.064
2019BaylorBig 12 Conference0.073
2018TCUBig 12 Conference0.091
2017TexasBig 12 Conference0.014
2016West VirginiaBig 12 Conference0.114
2015West VirginiaBig 12 Conference0.068
2014TCUBig 12 Conference-0.004
2013BaylorBig 12 Conference-0.050
2012TCUBig 12 Conference-0.031
2011TexasBig 12 Conference-0.047
2010Texas A&MBig 12 Conference-0.052
2009TexasBig 12 Conference-0.099
2008NebraskaBig 12 Conference0.006
2007KansasBig 12 Conference-0.050
2006OklahomaBig 12 Conference-0.033
2005MissouriBig 12 Conference-0.004
2004Iowa StateBig 12 Conference-0.134
2003OklahomaBig 12 Conference-0.181

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 2024?

Utah ranks first at 0.042 in 2024.

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.