College Football Stat Leaders

2021 College Football Offensive PPA Leaders

Predicted points added per offensive play.

Seasons Covered

2003-2025

Current Leader

Coastal Carolina (0.451)

Best Season

LSU 2023 (0.483)

Scope

All Conferences • 2021

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

Summary

This leaderboard highlights offenses that consistently add scoring value on a per-play basis, which helps separate truly efficient units from teams that only look explosive because of tempo or field position.

Offensive PPA pages track college football teams in 2021 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2003 through 2025.

Coastal Carolina sits atop the current leaderboard at 0.451, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Ohio State owns the strongest average across 23 seasons at 0.197, while Vanderbilt anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Coastal Carolina currently headlines this route, while Vanderbilt 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 Offensive PPA Reads

Offensive PPA measures how much value each snap adds toward scoring, so it rewards offenses that stay efficient play after play rather than only relying on raw tempo or garbage-time volume. On this 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.451 to 0.338, with Coastal Carolina setting the pace.

Conference Context

Big 12 Conference places 1 of the current top 5 teams, while Southeastern Conference owns the most recent yearly winner slot in the trend table.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Coastal Carolina to No. 5 Oklahoma is 0.113, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.406 in 2024 to 0.413 in 2025, a swing of 0.007. Coastal Carolina's current mark of 0.451 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.197 held by Ohio State.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.


1	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.451
2	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2021	0.432
3	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2021	0.364
4	BYU	NCAA Division I FBS independent schools	2021	0.338
5	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	2021	0.338
6	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	2021	0.322
7	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	2021	0.321
8	SMU	American Athletic Conference	2021	0.319
9	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	2021	0.315
10	Louisville	Atlantic Coast Conference	2021	0.308
11	Texas	Big 12 Conference	2021	0.306
12	Toledo	Mid-American Conference	2021	0.300
13	Western Michigan	Mid-American Conference	2021	0.298
14	Cincinnati	American Athletic Conference	2021	0.298
15	Georgia	Southeastern Conference	2021	0.295
16	Pittsburgh	Atlantic Coast Conference	2021	0.294
17	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2021	0.294
18	Kent State	Mid-American Conference	2021	0.294
19	Alabama	Southeastern Conference	2021	0.294
20	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	2021	0.293
21	Northern Illinois	Mid-American Conference	2021	0.289
22	Kansas State	Big 12 Conference	2021	0.289
23	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	2021	0.286
24	Texas Tech	Big 12 Conference	2021	0.285
25	TCU	Big 12 Conference	2021	0.283

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	Vanderbilt	Southeastern Conference	0.413
2024	Miami	Atlantic Coast Conference	0.406
2023	LSU	Southeastern Conference	0.483
2022	USC	Pac-12 Conference	0.400
2021	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt Conference	0.451
2020	Kent State	Mid-American Conference	0.458
2019	LSU	Southeastern Conference	0.414
2018	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	0.481
2017	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	0.419
2016	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	0.376
2015	James Madison	Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference	0.378
2014	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	0.389
2013	Florida State	Atlantic Coast Conference	0.272
2012	Alabama	Southeastern Conference	0.181
2011	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	0.213
2010	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	0.212
2009	Nevada	Western Athletic Conference	0.175
2008	Texas Tech	Big 12 Conference	0.232
2007	Florida	Southeastern Conference	0.207
2006	Hawai'i	Western Athletic Conference	0.226
2005	Texas State	Southland Conference	0.269
2004	Louisiana	Sun Belt Conference	0.130
2003	Louisville	Conference USA	0.132

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Ohio State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.197	2021 (0.432)
2	Delaware	2025	0.193	2025 (0.193)
3	Oregon	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.190	2023 (0.469)
4	Alabama	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.188	2020 (0.433)
5	Oklahoma	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.186	2018 (0.481)
6	Texas Tech	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.184	2016 (0.303)
7	USC	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.176	2022 (0.400)
8	Georgia	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.174	2023 (0.399)
9	Louisville	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.172	2017 (0.336)
10	Missouri State	2025	0.171	2025 (0.171)
11	Navy	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.160	2019 (0.349)
12	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	0.158	2020 (0.311)
13	LSU	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.155	2023 (0.483)
14	Boise State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.155	2024 (0.331)
15	Texas A&M	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	2020 (0.287)
16	Toledo	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.145	2016 (0.339)
17	Old Dominion	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	0.145	2014 (0.260)
18	Ole Miss	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.145	2024 (0.356)
19	Texas	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.143	2021 (0.306)
20	Notre Dame	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.143	2023 (0.342)
21	Memphis	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.143	2017 (0.327)
22	BYU	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.139	2020 (0.416)
23	Oklahoma 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	2017 (0.304)
24	North Carolina	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	2020 (0.393)
25	Arkansas	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003	0.136	2015 (0.332)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads college football in offensive ppa in 2021?

Coastal Carolina ranks first at 0.451 in 2021.

Why does the 2021 offensive ppa season stand out?

The top of the 2021 leaderboard is separated by 0.113 from No. 1 to No. 5, which shows whether this season had a runaway leader or a tightly packed race.

How does the 2021 leader compare with the all-time average benchmark?

Coastal Carolina's 2021 mark of 0.451 clears the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.197 held by Ohio State.