College Football Stat Leaders

2025 American College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2012-2025

Current Leader

East Carolina (0.191)

Best Season

UCF 2019 (0.269)

Scope

American • 2025

Browse Metrics

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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 2025 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.191 to 0.161, with East Carolina 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 East Carolina to No. 5 South Florida is 0.030, 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. East Carolina's current mark of 0.191 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.151 held by Florida Atlantic.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference20250.191
2UTSAAmerican Athletic20250.185
3MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference20250.174
4TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference20250.165
5South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20250.161
6TempleAmerican Athletic Conference20250.146
7Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic Conference20250.139
8North TexasAmerican Athletic Conference20250.137
9RiceAmerican Athletic Conference20250.135
10ArmyAmerican Athletic Conference20250.127
11TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference20250.127
12NavyAmerican Athletic Conference20250.125
13UABAmerican Athletic Conference20250.120
14CharlotteAmerican Athletic Conference20250.106

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 2025?

East Carolina ranks first at 0.191 in 2025.

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.