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Defensive PPA | Season (2025)

What this means: Predicted Points Added per play allowed by the defense.

Rank Team Points Defensive PPA
1 Ohio State Buckeyes 121 -0.45
2 Oklahoma Sooners 101 -0.44
3 BYU Cougars 96 -0.38
4 Maryland Terrapins 103 -0.36
5 Toledo Rockets 121 -0.30
6 Minnesota Golden Gophers 103 -0.29
7 Penn State Nittany Lions 132 -0.29
8 Texas Tech Red Raiders 174 -0.27
9 Utah Utes 137 -0.27
10 Florida Gators 81 -0.23
11 West Virginia Mountaineers 86 -0.21
12 Northern Illinois Huskies 28 -0.21
13 Arizona Wildcats 111 -0.20
14 USC Trojans 165 -0.19
15 Texas Longhorns 72 -0.19
16 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 80 -0.18
17 North Texas Mean Green 143 -0.15
18 Louisville Cardinals 79 -0.15
19 California Golden Bears 96 -0.13
20 Missouri Tigers 155 -0.13
21 Houston Cougars 98 -0.13
22 Memphis Tigers 111 -0.12
23 LSU Tigers 60 -0.10
24 Nebraska Cornhuskers 147 -0.10
25 James Madison Dukes 59 -0.08
26 San Diego State Aztecs 55 -0.08
27 Illinois Fighting Illini 135 -0.06
28 East Carolina Pirates 111 -0.05
29 Iowa Hawkeyes 94 -0.05
30 Miami Hurricanes 121 -0.05
31 Oregon Ducks 162 -0.04
32 Wyoming Cowboys 47 -0.04
33 Mississippi State Bulldogs 121 -0.02
34 Michigan Wolverines 110 -0.01
35 Florida State Seminoles 108 -0.01
36 UCF Knights 85 0.01
37 Cincinnati Bearcats 121 0.06
38 SMU Mustangs 115 0.06
39 North Carolina Tar Heels 75 0.06
40 Indiana Hoosiers 156 0.09
41 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 76 0.10
42 UTEP Miners 68 0.11
43 South Carolina Gamecocks 69 0.13
44 Boston College Eagles 126 0.14
45 Old Dominion Monarchs 113 0.14
46 Vanderbilt Commodores 120 0.15
47 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 139 0.16
48 Georgia Bulldogs 117 0.16
49 Stanford Cardinal 53 0.16
50 Pittsburgh Panthers 130 0.17
51 Iowa State Cyclones 119 0.18
52 Auburn Tigers 111 0.18
53 Florida Atlantic Owls 91 0.18
54 Temple Owls 100 0.21
55 Washington Huskies 108 0.23
56 Colorado State Rams 42 0.24
57 Rice Owls 61 0.24
58 Arizona State Sun Devils 92 0.26
59 Kansas Jayhawks 108 0.26
60 New Mexico State Aggies 54 0.27
61 Clemson Tigers 58 0.29
62 Alabama Crimson Tide 128 0.29
63 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 93 0.29
64 Troy Vikings 61 0.30
65 Boise State Broncos 58 0.30
66 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 72 0.31
67 Tulane Green Wave 90 0.31
68 San José State Spartans 21 0.32
69 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 20 0.32
70 TCU Horned Frogs 90 0.32
71 Michigan State Spartans 106 0.33
72 Florida International Panthers 80 0.34
73 Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors 89 0.34
74 Arkansas Razorbacks 143 0.34
75 Army Black Knights 51 0.34
76 Virginia Cavaliers 134 0.35
77 Tennessee Volunteers 158 0.39
78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 117 0.40
79 Wisconsin Badgers 73 0.40
80 Texas A&M Aggies 127 0.40
81 Navy Midshipmen 132 0.41
82 Miami (OH) RedHawks 17 0.41
83 Bowling Green Falcons 69 0.41
84 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 110 0.43
85 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 56 0.44
86 App State Mountaineers 76 0.44
87 Liberty Flames 65 0.44
88 UNLV Rebels 106 0.45
89 Buffalo Bulls 86 0.47
90 Kentucky Wildcats 95 0.48
91 Baylor Bears 114 0.49
92 UConn Huskies 120 0.49
93 Northwestern Wildcats 59 0.50
94 Kansas State Wildcats 97 0.51
95 Marshall Thundering Herd 65 0.51
96 New Mexico Lobos 84 0.52
97 NC State Wolfpack 93 0.52
98 Purdue Boilermakers 82 0.53
99 Sam Houston Bearkats 65 0.53
100 Colorado Buffaloes 71 0.54
101 Nevada Wolf Pack 44 0.54
102 Ohio Bobcats 57 0.54
103 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 64 0.55
104 Ole Miss Rebels 134 0.55
105 Utah State Aggies 99 0.57
106 South Florida Bulls 64 0.58
107 Akron Zips 28 0.61
108 UL Monroe Warhawks 29 0.61
109 Washington State Cougars 59 0.62
110 Western Michigan Broncos 36 0.63
111 Air Force Falcons 79 0.63
112 Kent State Golden Flashes 63 0.64
113 Charlotte Saints 56 0.66
114 Syracuse Orange 119 0.67
115 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 38 0.67
116 Duke Blue Devils 91 0.70
117 South Alabama Jaguars 84 0.72
118 UTSA Roadrunners 108 0.74
119 Oklahoma State Cowboys 30 0.76
120 Massachusetts Minutemen 43 0.79
121 Delaware Blue Hens 86 0.79
122 Kennesaw State Owls 45 0.81
123 Oregon State Beavers 56 0.81
124 Fresno State Bulldogs 141 0.86
125 Georgia State Panthers 60 0.89
126 Texas State Bobcats 110 0.96
127 Ball State Cardinals 37 0.98
128 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 78 0.98
129 Central Michigan Chippewas 36 1.03
130 UCLA Bruins 43 1.09
131 Arkansas State Red Wolves 72 1.26
132 Missouri State Bears 44 1.26
133 UAB Blazers 107 1.30
134 Virginia Tech Hokies 57 1.36
135 Georgia Southern Eagles 75 1.39
136 Eastern Michigan Eagles 73 1.42