College Football Stat Leaders

2023 SEC College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Texas A&M (0.226)

Best Season

Ole Miss 2024 (0.235)

Scope

SEC • 2023

Browse Metrics

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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 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.226 to 0.181, with Texas A&M setting the pace.

SEC Context

SEC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Oklahoma is the latest winner at 0.227.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Texas A&M to No. 5 Auburn is 0.045, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.235 in 2024 to 0.227 in 2025, a swing of 0.008. Texas A&M's current mark of 0.226 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.205 held by Oklahoma.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1Texas A&MSoutheastern Conference20230.226
2MissouriSoutheastern Conference20230.201
3AlabamaSoutheastern Conference20230.185
4TennesseeSoutheastern Conference20230.184
5AuburnSoutheastern Conference20230.181
6ArkansasSoutheastern Conference20230.181
7Ole MissSoutheastern Conference20230.175
8GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference20230.171
9KentuckySoutheastern Conference20230.162
10LSUSoutheastern Conference20230.159
11FloridaSoutheastern Conference20230.159
12South CarolinaSoutheastern Conference20230.159
13Mississippi StateSoutheastern Conference20230.156
14VanderbiltSoutheastern Conference20230.148

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025OklahomaSoutheastern Conference0.227
2024Ole MissSoutheastern Conference0.235
2023Texas A&MSoutheastern Conference0.226
2022MissouriSoutheastern Conference0.198
2021GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference0.202
2020LSUSoutheastern Conference0.192
2019AuburnSoutheastern Conference0.234
2018Texas A&MSoutheastern Conference0.213
2017AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.214
2016AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.216
2015AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.020
2014AuburnSoutheastern Conference0.024
2013South CarolinaSoutheastern Conference0.023
2012FloridaSoutheastern Conference0.024
2011GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference0.024
2010AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.028
2009AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.029
2008FloridaSoutheastern Conference0.029
2007LSUSoutheastern Conference0.026
2006VanderbiltSoutheastern Conference0.026
2005ArkansasSoutheastern Conference0.028
2004South CarolinaSoutheastern Conference0.024

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Oklahoma2025, 20240.2052025 (0.227)
2Texas2025, 20240.1952024 (0.211)
3Texas A&M2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1462023 (0.226)
4Missouri2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1312019 (0.224)
5Alabama2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.1002019 (0.232)
6LSU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0932019 (0.233)
7Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0902019 (0.227)
8Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0882024 (0.216)
9Auburn2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0872019 (0.234)
10Georgia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0862021 (0.202)
11Mississippi State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0862019 (0.232)
12Ole Miss2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0842024 (0.235)
13South Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0822019 (0.199)
14Kentucky2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0822019 (0.215)
15Arkansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0812019 (0.184)
16Vanderbilt2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0802019 (0.185)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the SEC havoc rate leaderboard in 2023?

Texas A&M ranks first at 0.226 in 2023.

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

Oklahoma owns the strongest all-time average at 0.205 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the SEC race compare with the recent trend?

Oklahoma 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.