College Football Stat Leaders

Big Ten College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Ohio State (0.275)

Best Season

Ohio State 2019 (0.275)

Scope

Big Ten

Browse Metrics

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Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

All Conferences ACC American Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

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 Big Ten leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.275 to 0.243, with Ohio State setting the pace.

Big Ten Context

Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Indiana is the latest winner at 0.232.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Ohio State to No. 5 Michigan is 0.032, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.220 in 2024 to 0.232 in 2025, a swing of 0.012. Ohio State's current mark of 0.275 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.187 held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.


1	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.275
2	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.275
3	Nebraska	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.255
4	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.252
5	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2016	0.243
6	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2017	0.243
7	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	2022	0.236
8	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	2025	0.232
9	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	2017	0.230
10	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	2023	0.225
11	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	2022	0.220
12	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	2024	0.220
13	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.220
14	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.220
15	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.217
16	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2017	0.216
17	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2024	0.214
18	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	2021	0.212
19	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.205
20	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	2018	0.203
21	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	2018	0.202
22	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.202
23	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2023	0.200
24	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	2017	0.199
25	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	2024	0.198

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	0.232
2024	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	0.220
2023	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	0.225
2022	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	0.236
2021	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	0.212
2020	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	0.195
2019	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	0.275
2018	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	0.203
2017	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	0.243
2016	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	0.243
2015	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	0.019
2014	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	0.024
2013	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	0.022
2012	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	0.017
2011	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	0.020
2010	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	0.024
2009	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	0.029
2008	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	0.027
2007	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	0.019
2006	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	0.027
2005	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	0.022
2004	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	0.021

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Oregon	2025, 2024	0.187	2024 (0.193)
2	UCLA	2025, 2024	0.151	2024 (0.181)
3	USC	2025, 2024	0.150	2025 (0.159)
4	Washington	2025, 2024	0.143	2025 (0.146)
5	Rutgers	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	0.131	2022 (0.177)
6	Maryland	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	0.127	2019 (0.190)
7	Nebraska	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.120	2019 (0.255)
8	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)
9	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)
10	Michigan	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.092	2016 (0.243)
11	Wisconsin	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.092	2019 (0.275)
12	Indiana	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.088	2025 (0.232)
13	Iowa	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.087	2019 (0.192)
14	Michigan State	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 (0.252)
15	Northwestern	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.083	2019 (0.205)
16	Minnesota	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.082	2019 (0.217)
17	Illinois	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.079	2022 (0.220)
18	Purdue	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.077	2019 (0.193)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten havoc rate leaderboard?

Ohio State ranks first at 0.275.

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

Oregon owns the strongest all-time average at 0.187 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

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

Indiana 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.