College Football Stat Leaders

2018 Big Ten College Football Offensive PPA Leaders

Predicted points added per offensive play.

Seasons Covered

2003-2025

Current Leader

Ohio State (0.279)

Best Season

Ohio State 2021 (0.432)

Scope

Big Ten • 2018

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 2018 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.279 to 0.192, with Ohio State 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 Ohio State to No. 5 Purdue is 0.087, 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. Ohio State's current mark of 0.279 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.304 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20180.279
2WisconsinBig Ten Conference20180.253
3MichiganBig Ten Conference20180.232
4NebraskaBig Ten Conference20180.215
5PurdueBig Ten Conference20180.192
6IowaBig Ten Conference20180.190
7Penn StateBig Ten Conference20180.180
8MarylandBig Ten Conference20180.171
9MinnesotaBig Ten Conference20180.156
10IllinoisBig Ten Conference20180.155
11IndianaBig Ten Conference20180.128
12NorthwesternBig Ten Conference20180.061
13Michigan StateBig Ten Conference20180.022
14RutgersBig Ten Conference2018-0.029

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 2018?

Ohio State ranks first at 0.279 in 2018.

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.