College Football Stat Leaders

2014 Pac-12 College Football Defensive PPA Leaders

Predicted points added allowed per defensive play.

Seasons Covered

2003-2025

Current Leader

Stanford (0.026)

Best Season

Washington State 2003 (-0.184)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2014

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 2014 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.026 to 0.108, with Stanford 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 Stanford to No. 5 UCLA is 0.082, 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. Stanford's current mark of 0.026 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.054 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1StanfordPac-12 Conference20140.026
2WashingtonPac-12 Conference20140.061
3Arizona StatePac-12 Conference20140.069
4UtahPac-12 Conference20140.101
5UCLAPac-12 Conference20140.108
6USCPac-12 Conference20140.110
7OregonPac-12 Conference20140.129
8ArizonaPac-12 Conference20140.151
9Oregon StatePac-12 Conference20140.208
10ColoradoPac-12 Conference20140.234
11Washington StatePac-12 Conference20140.247
12CaliforniaPac-12 Conference20140.252

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 2014?

Stanford ranks first at 0.026 in 2014.

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.