College Football Stat Leaders
Share of defensive plays that created havoc.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
Texas Tech (0.233)
Best Season
Kennesaw State 2021 (0.362)
Scope
All Conferences • 2025
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Havoc rate is about disruption rather than pure prevention, tracking how often a defense creates tackles for loss, forced fumbles, pass breakups, or other snaps that push an offense off schedule. On this 2025 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.233 to 0.202, with Texas Tech setting the pace.
Big 12 Conference places 2 of the current top 5 teams, while Big 12 Conference owns the most recent yearly winner slot in the trend table.
The gap from No. 1 Texas Tech to No. 5 Arizona is 0.031, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.235 in 2024 to 0.233 in 2025, a swing of 0.002. Texas Tech's current mark of 0.233 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.166 held by Kennesaw State.
Top 25 rows for the current route scope.
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | Big 12 Conference | 0.233 |
| 2024 | Ole Miss | Southeastern Conference | 0.235 |
| 2023 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 0.243 |
| 2022 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 0.243 |
| 2021 | Kennesaw State | Big South Conference | 0.362 |
| 2020 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 0.232 |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh | Atlantic Coast Conference | 0.282 |
| 2018 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 0.242 |
| 2017 | Michigan | Big Ten Conference | 0.243 |
| 2016 | Michigan | Big Ten Conference | 0.243 |
| 2015 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.028 |
| 2014 | Liberty | Big South Conference | 0.031 |
| 2013 | App State | Southern Conference | 0.030 |
| 2012 | Oregon | Pac-12 Conference | 0.027 |
| 2011 | NC State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 0.032 |
| 2010 | Texas State | Southland Conference | 0.043 |
| 2009 | App State | Southern Conference | 0.033 |
| 2008 | Boston College | Atlantic Coast Conference | 0.030 |
| 2007 | Louisiana Tech | Western Athletic Conference | 0.036 |
| 2006 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 0.154 |
| 2005 | Florida International | Sun Belt Conference | 0.172 |
| 2004 | Nevada | Western Athletic Conference | 0.214 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 | 0.166 | 2021 (0.362) |
| 2 | Delaware | 2025 | 0.158 | 2025 (0.158) |
| 3 | Missouri State | 2025 | 0.150 | 2025 (0.150) |
| 4 | UTSA | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 0.144 | 2024 (0.229) |
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2010, 2009 | 0.137 | 2019 (0.192) |
| 6 | Georgia Southern | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2009 | 0.137 | 2019 (0.222) |
| 7 | Charlotte | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | 0.132 | 2019 (0.207) |
| 8 | Old Dominion | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.128 | 2019 (0.216) |
| 9 | James Madison | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009 | 0.122 | 2019 (0.279) |
| 10 | Georgia State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.120 | 2020 (0.199) |
| 11 | South Alabama | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 0.117 | 2019 (0.184) |
| 12 | Liberty | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2007 | 0.116 | 2022 (0.203) |
| 13 | Jacksonville State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2010, 2006 | 0.112 | 2016 (0.218) |
| 14 | Clemson | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.108 | 2019 (0.253) |
| 15 | App State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005 | 0.104 | 2021 (0.206) |
| 16 | Alabama | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.100 | 2019 (0.232) |
| 17 | Ohio State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.100 | 2019 (0.275) |
| 18 | Miami | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.100 | 2019 (0.267) |
| 19 | Western Michigan | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.098 | 2019 (0.222) |
| 20 | Troy | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.098 | 2017 (0.232) |
| 21 | Pittsburgh | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.097 | 2019 (0.282) |
| 22 | 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 | 0.097 | 2023 (0.226) |
| 23 | Utah | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.097 | 2019 (0.233) |
| 24 | Arkansas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.097 | 2016 (0.219) |
| 25 | Penn State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.097 | 2022 (0.236) |
Texas Tech ranks first at 0.233 in 2025.
The top of the 2025 leaderboard is separated by 0.031 from No. 1 to No. 5, which shows whether this season had a runaway leader or a tightly packed race.
Texas Tech's 2025 mark of 0.233 clears the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.166 held by Kennesaw State.