College Football Stat Leaders

2021 Conference USA College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Middle Tennessee (0.204)

Best Season

UAB 2019 (0.265)

Scope

Conference USA • 2021

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 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.204 to 0.173, with Middle Tennessee 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 Middle Tennessee to No. 5 North Texas is 0.031, 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. Middle Tennessee's current mark of 0.204 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.171 held by Jacksonville State.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1Middle TennesseeConference USA20210.204
2UABConference USA20210.182
3Southern MissConference USA20210.175
4UTEPConference USA20210.174
5North TexasConference USA20210.173
6Florida AtlanticConference USA20210.169
7Western KentuckyConference USA20210.166
8RiceConference USA20210.164
9MarshallConference USA20210.157
10Louisiana TechConference USA20210.143
11CharlotteConference USA20210.137
12Florida InternationalConference USA20210.119

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025Louisiana TechConference USA0.195
2024Sam HoustonConference USA0.187
2023Jacksonville StateConference USA0.176
2022Middle TennesseeConference USA0.194
2021Middle TennesseeConference USA0.204
2020UABConference USA0.190
2019UABConference USA0.265
2018UABConference USA0.199
2017UABConference USA0.205
2016Southern MissConference USA0.214
2015Western KentuckyConference USA0.018
2014Louisiana TechConference USA0.027
2013TulaneConference USA0.022
2012SMUConference USA0.024
2011HoustonConference USA0.021
2010TulsaConference USA0.028
2009SMUConference USA0.019
2008East CarolinaConference USA0.024
2007UTEPConference USA0.036
2006UTEPConference USA0.021
2005SMUConference USA0.027
2004ArmyConference USA0.096

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 2021?

Middle Tennessee ranks first at 0.204 in 2021.

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.