College Football Stat Leaders

2023 American College Football Offensive PPA Leaders

Predicted points added per offensive play.

Seasons Covered

2012-2025

Current Leader

UAB (0.282)

Best Season

South Florida 2016 (0.355)

Scope

American • 2023

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

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 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.282 to 0.215, with UAB setting the pace.

American Context

American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and North Texas is the latest winner at 0.351.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 UAB to No. 5 Rice is 0.067, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.304 in 2024 to 0.351 in 2025, a swing of 0.047. UAB's current mark of 0.282 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.281 held by North Texas.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1UABAmerican Athletic Conference20230.282
2SMUAmerican Athletic Conference20230.274
3MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference20230.270
4North TexasAmerican Athletic Conference20230.264
5RiceAmerican Athletic Conference20230.215
6UTSAAmerican Athletic20230.195
7TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference20230.169
8TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference20230.161
9South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20230.156
10Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic Conference20230.118
11TempleAmerican Athletic Conference20230.108
12CharlotteAmerican Athletic Conference20230.036
13NavyAmerican Athletic Conference20230.033
14East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference20230.016

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025North TexasAmerican Athletic Conference0.351
2024ArmyAmerican Athletic Conference0.304
2023UABAmerican Athletic Conference0.282
2022HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference0.314
2021SMUAmerican Athletic Conference0.319
2020UCFAmerican Athletic Conference0.303
2019NavyAmerican Athletic Conference0.349
2018UCFAmerican Athletic Conference0.339
2017UCFAmerican Athletic Conference0.333
2016South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference0.355
2015NavyAmerican Athletic Conference0.326
2014CincinnatiAmerican Athletic Conference0.260
2013LouisvilleAmerican Athletic Conference0.214
2012UTSAAmerican Athletic0.074

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1North Texas2025, 2024, 20230.2812025 (0.351)
2Army2025, 20240.2452024 (0.304)
3Memphis2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.2282017 (0.327)
4Louisville20130.2142013 (0.214)
5Navy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 20150.2092019 (0.349)
6UAB2025, 2024, 20230.2092023 (0.282)
7Houston2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1972022 (0.314)
8Cincinnati2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1962021 (0.298)
9UCF2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1962018 (0.339)
10SMU2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1772021 (0.319)
11South Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1652016 (0.355)
12Tulane2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1652022 (0.298)
13East Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1532022 (0.266)
14Florida Atlantic2025, 2024, 20230.1502024 (0.173)
15Tulsa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1502015 (0.236)
16UTSA2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1312022 (0.260)
17Rice2025, 2024, 20230.1082023 (0.215)
18Temple2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1062025 (0.180)
19UConn2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.0472018 (0.131)
20Rutgers20130.0422013 (0.042)
21Charlotte2025, 2024, 20230.0342024 (0.074)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the American offensive ppa leaderboard in 2023?

UAB ranks first at 0.282 in 2023.

Which American program has the best long-term offensive ppa profile?

North Texas owns the strongest all-time average at 0.281 across 3 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the American race compare with the recent trend?

North Texas 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.