College Football Stat Leaders

2021 Pac-12 College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Utah (0.202)

Best Season

Utah 2019 (0.233)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2021

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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 0.202 to 0.168, with Utah setting the pace.

Pac-12 Context

Pac-12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Oregon State is the latest winner at 0.172.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Utah to No. 5 Arizona is 0.034, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.146 in 2024 to 0.172 in 2025, a swing of 0.026. Utah's current mark of 0.202 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.126 held by Utah.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1UtahPac-12 Conference20210.202
2Arizona StatePac-12 Conference20210.174
3Washington StatePac-12 Conference20210.172
4UCLAPac-12 Conference20210.169
5ArizonaPac-12 Conference20210.168
6CaliforniaPac-12 Conference20210.161
7Oregon StatePac-12 Conference20210.159
8WashingtonPac-12 Conference20210.147
9OregonPac-12 Conference20210.147
10ColoradoPac-12 Conference20210.143
11USCPac-12 Conference20210.127
12StanfordPac-12 Conference20210.125

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
1Utah2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.1262019 (0.233)
2USC2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.1072019 (0.193)
3Colorado2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.1042020 (0.217)
4Stanford2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.0942019 (0.183)
5Washington State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0812017 (0.177)
6Arizona State2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0792019 (0.214)
7Oregon State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0792023 (0.189)
8Oregon2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0762019 (0.219)
9UCLA2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0722023 (0.207)
10Washington2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0712017 (0.187)
11California2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0712019 (0.204)
12Arizona2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0712023 (0.180)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Pac-12 havoc rate leaderboard in 2021?

Utah ranks first at 0.202 in 2021.

Which Pac-12 program has the best long-term havoc rate profile?

Utah owns the strongest all-time average at 0.126 across 13 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Pac-12 race compare with the recent trend?

Oregon State 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.