College Football Stat Leaders

All-Time College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Kennesaw State (0.166)

Best Season

Kennesaw State 2021 (0.362)

Scope

All Conferences

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

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

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 college football teams using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2018 through 2025.

Kennesaw State leads the all-time average leaderboard at 0.166, making the history page materially different from any single-season leaderboard.

Kennesaw State owns the strongest average across 7 seasons at 0.166, while Texas Tech anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Kennesaw State currently headlines this route, while Texas Tech 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 all-time average table, the visible range runs 0.166 to 0.137, with Kennesaw State setting the pace.

Conference Context

Conference labels are incomplete for this scope, so the page leans on team-level comparisons instead of conference placement trends.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Kennesaw State to No. 5 Coastal Carolina is 0.029, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Historical Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.235 in 2024 to 0.233 in 2025, a swing of 0.002. Kennesaw State's best season reached 0.362 in 2021, compared with an all-time average of 0.166 across 7 seasons.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.


1	Kennesaw State	Independent / Unknown	2021	0.166
2	Delaware	Independent / Unknown	2025	0.158
3	Missouri State	Independent / Unknown	2025	0.150
4	UTSA	Independent / Unknown	2024	0.144
5	Coastal Carolina	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.137
6	Georgia Southern	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.137
7	Charlotte	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.132
8	Old Dominion	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.128
9	James Madison	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.122
10	Georgia State	Independent / Unknown	2020	0.120
11	South Alabama	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.117
12	Liberty	Independent / Unknown	2022	0.116
13	Jacksonville State	Independent / Unknown	2016	0.112
14	Clemson	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.108
15	App State	Independent / Unknown	2021	0.104
16	Alabama	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.100
17	Ohio State	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.100
18	Miami	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.100
19	Western Michigan	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.098
20	Troy	Independent / Unknown	2017	0.098
21	Pittsburgh	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.097
22	Texas A&M	Independent / Unknown	2023	0.097
23	Utah	Independent / Unknown	2019	0.097
24	Arkansas State	Independent / Unknown	2016	0.097
25	Penn State	Independent / Unknown	2022	0.097

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	Texas Tech	Big 12 Conference	0.233
2024	Ole Miss	Southeastern Conference	0.235
2023	James Madison	Sun Belt Conference	0.243
2022	James Madison	Sun Belt Conference	0.243
2021	Kennesaw State	Big South Conference	0.362
2020	Clemson	Atlantic Coast Conference	0.232
2019	Pittsburgh	Atlantic Coast Conference	0.282
2018	Miami	Atlantic Coast Conference	0.242
2017	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	0.243
2016	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	0.243
2015	Arkansas State	Sun Belt Conference	0.028
2014	Liberty	Big South Conference	0.031
2013	App State	Southern Conference	0.030
2012	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	0.027
2011	NC State	Atlantic Coast Conference	0.032
2010	Texas State	Southland Conference	0.043
2009	App State	Southern Conference	0.033
2008	Boston College	Atlantic Coast Conference	0.030
2007	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic Conference	0.036
2006	UL Monroe	Sun Belt Conference	0.154
2005	Florida International	Sun Belt Conference	0.172
2004	Nevada	Western Athletic Conference	0.214

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Kennesaw State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018	0.166	2021 (0.362)
2	Delaware	2025	0.158	2025 (0.158)
3	Missouri State	2025	0.150	2025 (0.150)
4	UTSA	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012	0.144	2024 (0.229)
5	Coastal Carolina	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2010, 2009	0.137	2019 (0.192)
6	Georgia Southern	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2009	0.137	2019 (0.222)
7	Charlotte	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015	0.132	2019 (0.207)
8	Old Dominion	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	0.128	2019 (0.216)
9	James Madison	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009	0.122	2019 (0.279)
10	Georgia State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	0.120	2020 (0.199)
11	South Alabama	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012	0.117	2019 (0.184)
12	Liberty	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2007	0.116	2022 (0.203)
13	Jacksonville State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2010, 2006	0.112	2016 (0.218)
14	Clemson	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.108	2019 (0.253)
15	App State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005	0.104	2021 (0.206)
16	Alabama	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 (0.232)
17	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)
18	Miami	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 (0.267)
19	Western Michigan	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.098	2019 (0.222)
20	Troy	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.098	2017 (0.232)
21	Pittsburgh	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.097	2019 (0.282)
22	Texas A&M	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.097	2023 (0.226)
23	Utah	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.097	2019 (0.233)
24	Arkansas 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	2016 (0.219)
25	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)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads college football in all-time average havoc rate?

Kennesaw State ranks first in the all-time average table at 0.166.

Which program shows the most sustained dominance in havoc rate?

Kennesaw State holds the best average at 0.166 across 7 tracked seasons, which is the strongest sustained profile in this history view.

Which eras are covered on this havoc rate history page?

The leaderboard spans 2018-2025 for the top historical program and includes yearly winners for every available season in the filtered dataset.