College Football Stat Leaders
Share of defensive plays that created havoc.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
Georgia Southern (0.222)
Best Season
James Madison 2023 (0.243)
Scope
Sun Belt • 2019
Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.
Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
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 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.222 to 0.192, with Georgia Southern setting the pace.
Sun Belt teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and James Madison is the latest winner at 0.199.
The gap from No. 1 Georgia Southern to No. 5 Coastal Carolina is 0.030, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.204 in 2024 to 0.199 in 2025, a swing of 0.005. Georgia Southern's current mark of 0.222 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.222 held by James Madison.
Top 11 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 0.222 |
| 2 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2019 | 0.216 |
| 3 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 0.203 |
| 4 | Georgia State | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 0.197 |
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 0.192 |
| 6 | South Alabama | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 0.184 |
| 7 | Texas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 0.175 |
| 8 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 0.171 |
| 9 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 0.168 |
| 10 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 0.168 |
| 11 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 0.161 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 0.199 |
| 2024 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 0.204 |
| 2023 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 0.243 |
| 2022 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 0.243 |
| 2021 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.206 |
| 2020 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.201 |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 0.222 |
| 2018 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 0.203 |
| 2017 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 0.232 |
| 2016 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 0.228 |
| 2015 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.028 |
| 2014 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.017 |
| 2013 | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt Conference | 0.019 |
| 2012 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 0.020 |
| 2011 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 0.019 |
| 2010 | Florida International | Sun Belt Conference | 0.023 |
| 2009 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 0.020 |
| 2008 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 0.025 |
| 2007 | Florida Atlantic | Sun Belt Conference | 0.033 |
| 2006 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 0.154 |
| 2005 | Florida International | Sun Belt Conference | 0.172 |
| 2004 | Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt Conference | 0.137 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Madison | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 0.222 | 2023 (0.243) |
| 2 | Marshall | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 0.179 | 2024 (0.190) |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 0.164 | 2022 (0.180) |
| 4 | Coastal Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 0.163 | 2019 (0.192) |
| 5 | App State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 0.153 | 2021 (0.206) |
| 6 | Georgia Southern | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 0.147 | 2019 (0.222) |
| 7 | Old Dominion | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.128 | 2019 (0.216) |
| 8 | Texas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.122 | 2023 (0.194) |
| 9 | Georgia State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 0.120 | 2020 (0.199) |
| 10 | South Alabama | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 0.117 | 2019 (0.184) |
| 11 | 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) |
| 12 | 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) |
| 13 | UL Monroe | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.090 | 2018 (0.161) |
| 14 | New Mexico State | 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2004 | 0.088 | 2017 (0.180) |
| 15 | Louisiana | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.081 | 2021 (0.181) |
| 16 | Utah State | 2004 | 0.067 | 2004 (0.067) |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.038 | 2004 (0.137) |
| 18 | Florida International | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 0.037 | 2005 (0.172) |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 0.030 | 2006 (0.097) |
| 20 | North Texas | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 0.023 | 2005 (0.061) |
| 21 | Western Kentucky | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 | 0.015 | 2013 (0.019) |
Georgia Southern ranks first at 0.222 in 2019.
James Madison owns the strongest all-time average at 0.222 across 4 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
James Madison 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.