College Football Stat Leaders

2012 Big Ten College Football Offensive PPA Leaders

Predicted points added per offensive play.

Seasons Covered

2003-2025

Current Leader

Nebraska (0.131)

Best Season

Ohio State 2021 (0.432)

Scope

Big Ten • 2012

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 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 2012 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.131 to 0.068, with Nebraska setting the pace.

Big Ten Context

Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and USC is the latest winner at 0.344.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Nebraska to No. 5 Indiana is 0.062, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.376 in 2024 to 0.344 in 2025, a swing of 0.032. Nebraska's current mark of 0.131 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.304 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1NebraskaBig Ten Conference20120.131
2Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20120.109
3NorthwesternBig Ten Conference20120.076
4Penn StateBig Ten Conference20120.076
5IndianaBig Ten Conference20120.068
6MichiganBig Ten Conference20120.065
7Michigan StateBig Ten Conference20120.040
8WisconsinBig Ten Conference20120.037
9PurdueBig Ten Conference20120.025
10MinnesotaBig Ten Conference2012-0.001
11IllinoisBig Ten Conference2012-0.008
12IowaBig Ten Conference2012-0.014

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
1Oregon2025, 20240.3042024 (0.306)
2USC2025, 20240.2832025 (0.344)
3Washington2025, 20240.2632025 (0.290)
4Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1972021 (0.432)
5Nebraska2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.1542021 (0.282)
6Maryland2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1302021 (0.227)
7Wisconsin2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1282019 (0.260)
8UCLA2025, 20240.1282024 (0.138)
9Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1212023 (0.290)
10Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1172024 (0.303)
11Minnesota2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.1072019 (0.287)
12Indiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0902025 (0.342)
13Illinois2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0882024 (0.236)
14Michigan State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0832014 (0.296)
15Purdue2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0772021 (0.226)
16Rutgers2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.0752025 (0.210)
17Iowa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0722015 (0.195)
18Northwestern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 20030.0612005 (0.149)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten offensive ppa leaderboard in 2012?

Nebraska ranks first at 0.131 in 2012.

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

Oregon owns the strongest all-time average at 0.304 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big Ten race compare with the recent trend?

USC 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.