College Football Stat Leaders

2023 Big 12 College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

West Virginia (0.187)

Best Season

Baylor 2019 (0.256)

Scope

Big 12 • 2023

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

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 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.187 to 0.177, with West Virginia setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Texas Tech is the latest winner at 0.233.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 West Virginia to No. 5 Texas is 0.010, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.201 in 2024 to 0.233 in 2025, a swing of 0.032. West Virginia's current mark of 0.187 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.184 held by Utah.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20230.187
2CincinnatiBig 12 Conference20230.186
3OklahomaBig 12 Conference20230.186
4Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20230.180
5TexasBig 12 Conference20230.177
6BaylorBig 12 Conference20230.166
7Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20230.165
8KansasBig 12 Conference20230.158
9Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20230.157
10Texas TechBig 12 Conference20230.150
11BYUBig 12 Conference20230.146
12TCUBig 12 Conference20230.128
13HoustonBig 12 Conference20230.128
14UCFBig 12 Conference20230.119

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025Texas TechBig 12 Conference0.233
2024ColoradoBig 12 Conference0.201
2023West VirginiaBig 12 Conference0.187
2022OklahomaBig 12 Conference0.178
2021Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference0.213
2020TCUBig 12 Conference0.209
2019BaylorBig 12 Conference0.256
2018West VirginiaBig 12 Conference0.205
2017TCUBig 12 Conference0.193
2016KansasBig 12 Conference0.180
2015West VirginiaBig 12 Conference0.023
2014TCUBig 12 Conference0.027
2013TCUBig 12 Conference0.022
2012TCUBig 12 Conference0.025
2011Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference0.023
2010MissouriBig 12 Conference0.021
2009TexasBig 12 Conference0.027
2008Texas TechBig 12 Conference0.021
2007KansasBig 12 Conference0.025
2006BaylorBig 12 Conference0.031
2005Iowa StateBig 12 Conference0.028
2004KansasBig 12 Conference0.024

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Utah2025, 20240.1842024 (0.199)
2Arizona State2025, 20240.1752025 (0.188)
3Arizona2025, 20240.1732025 (0.202)
4BYU2025, 2024, 20230.1602024 (0.178)
5Cincinnati2025, 2024, 20230.1572023 (0.186)
6Houston2025, 2024, 20230.1552024 (0.175)
7UCF2025, 2024, 20230.1492025 (0.164)
8West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1272018 (0.205)
9TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1232019 (0.218)
10Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0882019 (0.214)
11Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0872019 (0.207)
12Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0852019 (0.256)
13Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0842019 (0.182)
14Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0812019 (0.238)
15Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0792025 (0.233)
16Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0792020 (0.190)
17Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0792016 (0.180)
18Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0512024 (0.201)
19Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0162009 (0.021)
20Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0162010 (0.021)
21Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0132005 (0.017)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 havoc rate leaderboard in 2023?

West Virginia ranks first at 0.187 in 2023.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term havoc rate profile?

Utah owns the strongest all-time average at 0.184 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Texas Tech 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.