College Football Stat Leaders

2009 Conference USA College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

SMU (0.019)

Best Season

UAB 2019 (0.265)

Scope

Conference USA • 2009

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

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 2009 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.019 to 0.014, with SMU setting the pace.

Conference USA Context

Conference USA teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Louisiana Tech is the latest winner at 0.195.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 SMU to No. 5 UCF is 0.005, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.187 in 2024 to 0.195 in 2025, a swing of 0.008. SMU's current mark of 0.019 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.171 held by Jacksonville State.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1SMUConference USA20090.019
2East CarolinaConference USA20090.018
3UABConference USA20090.016
4UTEPConference USA20090.016
5UCFConference USA20090.014
6MemphisConference USA20090.013
7Southern MissConference USA20090.013
8MarshallConference USA20090.011
9HoustonConference USA20090.011
10TulsaConference USA20090.011
11RiceConference USA20090.008
12TulaneConference USA20090.007

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Jacksonville State2025, 2024, 20230.1712023 (0.176)
2Delaware20250.1582025 (0.158)
3Sam Houston2025, 2024, 20230.1562024 (0.187)
4Liberty2025, 2024, 20230.1522023 (0.174)
5Kennesaw State2025, 20240.1522025 (0.168)
6Missouri State20250.1502025 (0.150)
7New Mexico State2025, 2024, 20230.1482025 (0.156)
8Western Kentucky2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1392016 (0.200)
9Middle Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1352021 (0.204)
10Charlotte2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 20150.1322019 (0.207)
11Louisiana Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1292019 (0.229)
12Florida Atlantic2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1172019 (0.213)
13Florida International2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1142019 (0.187)
14North Texas2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1102018 (0.188)
15Army20040.0962004 (0.096)
16UTEP2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20050.0822022 (0.183)
17UAB2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0812019 (0.265)
18Southern Miss2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0722016 (0.214)
19Marshall2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20050.0692016 (0.191)
20Rice2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20050.0692019 (0.219)
21TCU20040.0362004 (0.036)
22Cincinnati20040.0342004 (0.034)
23Louisville20040.0242004 (0.024)
24Houston2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0242004 (0.070)
25East Carolina2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0202004 (0.043)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Conference USA havoc rate leaderboard in 2009?

SMU ranks first at 0.019 in 2009.

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

Jacksonville State owns the strongest all-time average at 0.171 across 3 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Conference USA race compare with the recent trend?

Louisiana 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.