College Football Stat Leaders

2006 Pac-12 College Football Defensive PPA Leaders

Predicted points added allowed per defensive play.

Seasons Covered

2003-2025

Current Leader

UCLA (0.003)

Best Season

Washington State 2003 (-0.184)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2006

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 2006 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.003 to 0.025, with UCLA setting the pace.

Pac-12 Context

Pac-12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Washington State is the latest winner at 0.092.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 UCLA to No. 5 California is 0.022, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.211 in 2024 to 0.092 in 2025, a swing of 0.119. UCLA's current mark of 0.003 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.054 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 8 rows for the current route scope.

1UCLAPac-12 Conference20060.003
2OregonPac-12 Conference20060.015
3Oregon StatePac-12 Conference20060.023
4Arizona StatePac-12 Conference20060.025
5CaliforniaPac-12 Conference20060.025
6ArizonaPac-12 Conference20060.031
7Washington StatePac-12 Conference20060.036
8WashingtonPac-12 Conference20060.096

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
1Oregon2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0542004 (-0.077)
2Utah2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.0772019 (0.000)
3Washington2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0792004 (-0.073)
4California2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0902004 (-0.074)
5UCLA2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0902003 (-0.109)
6Arizona State2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0922004 (-0.061)
7Washington State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1122003 (-0.184)
8Oregon State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1202003 (-0.178)
9Arizona2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1272004 (-0.045)
10USC2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.1472013 (-0.000)
11Stanford2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.1682012 (0.016)
12Colorado2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.1862016 (0.036)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Pac-12 defensive ppa leaderboard in 2006?

UCLA ranks first at 0.003 in 2006.

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

Oregon owns the strongest all-time average at 0.054 across 21 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Pac-12 race compare with the recent trend?

Washington 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.