College Football Stat Leaders
Share of defensive plays that created havoc.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
North Carolina (0.023)
Best Season
Pittsburgh 2019 (0.282)
Scope
ACC • 2009
Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.
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 2009 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.023 to 0.015, with North Carolina setting the pace.
ACC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Clemson is the latest winner at 0.196.
The gap from No. 1 North Carolina to No. 5 Georgia Tech is 0.008, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.218 in 2024 to 0.196 in 2025, a swing of 0.022. North Carolina's current mark of 0.023 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.187 held by SMU.
Top 12 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | North Carolina | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.023 |
| 2 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.022 |
| 3 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.018 |
| 4 | Boston College | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.017 |
| 5 | Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.015 |
| 6 | Virginia | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.014 |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.013 |
| 8 | Maryland | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.013 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.012 |
| 10 | NC State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.011 |
| 11 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.011 |
| 12 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2009 | 0.010 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMU | 2025, 2024 | 0.187 | 2025 (0.188) |
| 2 | California | 2025, 2024 | 0.172 | 2024 (0.192) |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.154 | 2019 (0.282) |
| 4 | Louisville | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 0.148 | 2019 (0.222) |
| 5 | Stanford | 2025, 2024 | 0.145 | 2025 (0.146) |
| 6 | Syracuse | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.125 | 2019 (0.201) |
| 7 | 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) |
| 8 | 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) |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.094 | 2017 (0.217) |
| 10 | NC State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.093 | 2019 (0.213) |
| 11 | Boston College | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 0.089 | 2016 (0.240) |
| 12 | Duke | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.088 | 2024 (0.218) |
| 13 | Florida State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.087 | 2023 (0.218) |
| 14 | Wake Forest | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.086 | 2019 (0.196) |
| 15 | Virginia | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.084 | 2019 (0.223) |
| 16 | North Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.080 | 2019 (0.211) |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.076 | 2019 (0.179) |
| 18 | Maryland | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.012 | 2010 (0.020) |
North Carolina ranks first at 0.023 in 2009.
SMU owns the strongest all-time average at 0.187 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Clemson 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.