College Football Stat Leaders

2016 American College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2012-2025

Current Leader

UCF (0.219)

Best Season

UCF 2019 (0.269)

Scope

American • 2016

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Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Havoc Rate Reads

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 2016 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.219 to 0.177, with UCF setting the pace.

American Context

American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and East Carolina is the latest winner at 0.191.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 UCF to No. 5 Tulane is 0.042, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.229 in 2024 to 0.191 in 2025, a swing of 0.038. UCF's current mark of 0.219 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.151 held by Florida Atlantic.

Leaderboard

Top 13 rows for the current route scope.

1UCFAmerican Athletic Conference20160.219
2HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference20160.208
3TempleAmerican Athletic Conference20160.204
4UTSAAmerican Athletic20160.188
5TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference20160.177
6TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference20160.160
7MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference20160.155
8SMUAmerican Athletic Conference20160.153
9CincinnatiAmerican Athletic Conference20160.148
10South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20160.144
11NavyAmerican Athletic Conference20160.135
12UConnAmerican Athletic Conference20160.125
13East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference20160.124

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference0.191
2024UTSAAmerican Athletic0.229
2023UTSAAmerican Athletic0.203
2022NavyAmerican Athletic Conference0.204
2021HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference0.213
2020CincinnatiAmerican Athletic Conference0.197
2019UCFAmerican Athletic Conference0.269
2018TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference0.206
2017UTSAAmerican Athletic0.210
2016UCFAmerican Athletic Conference0.219
2015HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference0.021
2014UCFAmerican Athletic Conference0.021
2013HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference0.025
2012UTSAAmerican Athletic0.018

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Florida Atlantic2025, 2024, 20230.1512024 (0.165)
2Tulane2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1492018 (0.206)
3Rice2025, 2024, 20230.1472024 (0.169)
4Navy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 20150.1452019 (0.243)
5UTSA2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1442024 (0.229)
6UCF2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1412019 (0.269)
7East Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1382023 (0.197)
8Houston2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1372021 (0.213)
9UAB2025, 2024, 20230.1362023 (0.156)
10Army2025, 20240.1352024 (0.144)
11Memphis2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1342024 (0.198)
12Charlotte2025, 2024, 20230.1332023 (0.147)
13South Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1322019 (0.244)
14SMU2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1312019 (0.249)
15Cincinnati2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1302019 (0.216)
16Temple2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1302016 (0.204)
17Tulsa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1292020 (0.185)
18North Texas2025, 2024, 20230.1212025 (0.137)
19UConn2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.0802019 (0.150)
20Louisville20130.0222013 (0.022)
21Rutgers20130.0092013 (0.009)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the American havoc rate leaderboard in 2016?

UCF ranks first at 0.219 in 2016.

Which American program has the best long-term havoc rate profile?

Florida Atlantic owns the strongest all-time average at 0.151 across 3 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the American race compare with the recent trend?

East Carolina 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.