College Football Stat Leaders

2010 Pac-12 College Football Defensive PPA Leaders

Predicted points added allowed per defensive play.

Seasons Covered

2003-2025

Current Leader

Oregon (-0.050)

Best Season

Washington State 2003 (-0.184)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2010

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003

Conference Selector

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Summary

This page captures down-to-down defensive suppression rather than flashy single-game outcomes, which is why the best programs here often stay near the top through multiple seasons and coordinators.

Defensive PPA pages track Pac-12 teams in 2010 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2003 through 2023.

Oregon sits atop the current leaderboard at -0.050, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Oregon owns the strongest average across 21 seasons at 0.054, while Washington State anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Oregon currently headlines this route, while Washington State supplies the most recent yearly-winner checkpoint in 2025, giving the page both snapshot and trend context.

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 2010 leaderboard, the visible range runs -0.050 to 0.075, with Oregon 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 Oregon to No. 5 UCLA is 0.125, 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. Oregon's current mark of -0.050 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.054 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 8 rows for the current route scope.


1	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	2010	-0.050
2	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2010	-0.023
3	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	2010	0.023
4	California	Pac-12 Conference	2010	0.028
5	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	2010	0.075
6	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	2010	0.084
7	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	2010	0.097
8	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	2010	0.150

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	0.092
2024	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	0.211
2023	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	0.062
2022	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	0.093
2021	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	0.113
2020	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.061
2019	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.000
2018	California	Pac-12 Conference	0.005
2017	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	0.031
2016	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	0.003
2015	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	0.031
2014	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	0.026
2013	USC	Pac-12 Conference	-0.000
2012	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	-0.019
2011	California	Pac-12 Conference	-0.008
2010	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	-0.050
2009	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	-0.024
2008	California	Pac-12 Conference	-0.053
2007	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	-0.113
2006	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	0.003
2005	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	-0.075
2004	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	-0.126
2003	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	-0.184

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Oregon	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.054	2004 (-0.077)
2	Utah	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.077	2019 (0.000)
3	Washington	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.079	2004 (-0.073)
4	California	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.090	2004 (-0.074)
5	UCLA	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.090	2003 (-0.109)
6	Arizona State	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.092	2004 (-0.061)
7	Washington State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.112	2003 (-0.184)
8	Oregon State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.120	2003 (-0.178)
9	Arizona	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.127	2004 (-0.045)
10	USC	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.147	2013 (-0.000)
11	Stanford	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.168	2012 (0.016)
12	Colorado	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.186	2016 (0.036)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Pac-12 defensive ppa leaderboard in 2010?

Oregon ranks first at -0.050 in 2010.

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.