College Football Stat Leaders

2018 Pac-12 College Football Defensive PPA Leaders

Predicted points added allowed per defensive play.

Seasons Covered

2003-2025

Current Leader

California (0.005)

Best Season

Washington State 2003 (-0.184)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2018

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

All Conferences ACC American Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

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 2018 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.005 to 0.135, with California 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 California to No. 5 Colorado is 0.130, 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. California's current mark of 0.005 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.054 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.


1	California	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.005
2	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.019
3	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.061
4	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.098
5	Colorado	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.135
6	USC	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.150
7	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.151
8	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.157
9	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.173
10	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.194
11	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.222
12	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	2018	0.394

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 2018?

California ranks first at 0.005 in 2018.

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.