College Football Stat Leaders

2023 Pac-12 College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

UCLA (0.207)

Best Season

Utah 2019 (0.233)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2023

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

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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 Pac-12 teams in 2023 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2011 through 2023.

UCLA sits atop the current leaderboard at 0.207, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Utah owns the strongest average across 13 seasons at 0.126, while Oregon State anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

UCLA currently headlines this route, while Oregon State 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 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.207 to 0.172, with UCLA 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 UCLA to No. 5 Oregon is 0.035, 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. UCLA's current mark of 0.207 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.126 held by Utah.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.


1	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.207
2	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.189
3	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.180
4	Arizona	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.180
5	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.172
6	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.164
7	California	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.159
8	Colorado	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.155
9	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.150
10	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.150
11	USC	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.144
12	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	2023	0.102

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	0.172
2024	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	0.146
2023	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	0.207
2022	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.190
2021	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.202
2020	Colorado	Pac-12 Conference	0.217
2019	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.233
2018	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.202
2017	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	0.200
2016	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.216
2015	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.024
2014	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	0.015
2013	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	0.024
2012	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	0.027
2011	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	0.021
2010	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	0.022
2009	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	0.024
2008	California	Pac-12 Conference	0.027
2007	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	0.030
2006	Washington State	Pac-12 Conference	0.030
2005	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	0.028
2004	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	0.023

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Utah	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.126	2019 (0.233)
2	USC	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.107	2019 (0.193)
3	Colorado	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.104	2020 (0.217)
4	Stanford	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	0.094	2019 (0.183)
5	Washington State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.081	2017 (0.177)
6	Arizona State	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.079	2019 (0.214)
7	Oregon State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.079	2023 (0.189)
8	Oregon	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.076	2019 (0.219)
9	UCLA	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.072	2023 (0.207)
10	Washington	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.071	2017 (0.187)
11	California	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.071	2019 (0.204)
12	Arizona	2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.071	2023 (0.180)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Pac-12 havoc rate leaderboard in 2023?

UCLA ranks first at 0.207 in 2023.

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.