College Football Stat Leaders
Predicted points added allowed per defensive play.
Seasons Covered
2003-2025
Current Leader
BYU (-0.277)
Best Season
BYU 2003 (-0.277)
Scope
Mountain West
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 Mountain West leaderboard, the visible range runs -0.277 to -0.097, with BYU setting the pace.
Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and San Diego State is the latest winner at -0.018.
The gap from No. 1 BYU to No. 5 Fresno State is 0.179, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 0.086 in 2024 to -0.018 in 2025, a swing of 0.104. BYU's current mark of -0.277 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of -0.046 held by TCU.
Top 25 rows for the current route scope.
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | -0.018 |
| 2024 | Fresno State | Mountain West | 0.086 |
| 2023 | Air Force | Mountain West Conference | 0.119 |
| 2022 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 0.063 |
| 2021 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 0.046 |
| 2020 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 0.001 |
| 2019 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 0.030 |
| 2018 | Utah State | Mountain West Conference | 0.014 |
| 2017 | Wyoming | Mountain West Conference | 0.016 |
| 2016 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 0.043 |
| 2015 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | -0.003 |
| 2014 | Utah State | Mountain West Conference | 0.026 |
| 2013 | Utah State | Mountain West Conference | 0.003 |
| 2012 | Fresno State | Mountain West | -0.025 |
| 2011 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 0.005 |
| 2010 | TCU | Mountain West Conference | -0.050 |
| 2009 | TCU | Mountain West Conference | -0.096 |
| 2008 | TCU | Mountain West Conference | -0.097 |
| 2007 | New Mexico | Mountain West Conference | -0.061 |
| 2006 | TCU | Mountain West Conference | -0.082 |
| 2005 | New Mexico | Mountain West Conference | -0.067 |
| 2004 | Utah | Mountain West Conference | -0.106 |
| 2003 | BYU | Mountain West Conference | -0.277 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TCU | 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | -0.046 | 2008 (-0.097) |
| 2 | BYU | 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | -0.010 | 2003 (-0.277) |
| 3 | Utah | 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | -0.003 | 2004 (-0.106) |
| 4 | San Diego State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.058 | 2003 (-0.138) |
| 5 | Fresno State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.085 | 2004 (-0.097) |
| 6 | Boise State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 | 0.097 | 2011 (0.005) |
| 7 | Wyoming | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.102 | 2007 (-0.033) |
| 8 | Air Force | 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 | 2003 (-0.039) |
| 9 | San José State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.128 | 2012 (-0.010) |
| 10 | Colorado State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.138 | 2003 (-0.090) |
| 11 | Utah State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.140 | 2013 (0.003) |
| 12 | New Mexico | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.142 | 2005 (-0.067) |
| 13 | UNLV | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 | 0.148 | 2003 (-0.186) |
| 14 | Nevada | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 0.184 | 2018 (0.089) |
| 15 | Hawai'i | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 0.187 | 2012 (0.005) |
BYU ranks first at -0.277.
TCU owns the strongest all-time average at -0.046 across 7 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
San Diego State 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.