College Football Stat Leaders

2019 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 • 2019

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

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Conference Selector

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Summary

When a defense climbs in havoc rate, it usually means the front and coverage unit are repeatedly forcing offenses off script, which is why the yearly winners on this page often look different from the all-time average leaders.

Havoc Rate pages track Big Ten teams in 2019 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2024 and 2025.

Ohio State sits atop the current leaderboard at 0.275, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Oregon owns the strongest average across 2 seasons at 0.187, while Indiana anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Ohio State currently headlines this route, while Indiana supplies the most recent yearly-winner checkpoint in 2025, giving the page both snapshot and trend context.

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 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.275 to 0.220, 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 Penn State is 0.055, 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 14 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	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.220
6	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.220
7	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.217
8	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.205
9	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.202
10	Purdue	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.193
11	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.192
12	Maryland	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.190
13	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.185
14	Rutgers	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.160

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 in 2019?

Ohio State ranks first at 0.275 in 2019.

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.