College Football Stat Leaders

2021 Sun Belt College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

App State (0.206)

Best Season

James Madison 2023 (0.243)

Scope

Sun Belt • 2021

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 Sun Belt teams in 2021 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2022 through 2025.

App State sits atop the current leaderboard at 0.206, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

James Madison owns the strongest average across 4 seasons at 0.222, while James Madison anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

App State currently headlines this route, while James Madison 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 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.206 to 0.175, with App State setting the pace.

Sun Belt Context

Sun Belt teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and James Madison is the latest winner at 0.199.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 App State to No. 5 Coastal Carolina is 0.031, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 0.204 in 2024 to 0.199 in 2025, a swing of 0.005. App State's current mark of 0.206 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.222 held by James Madison.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.


1	App State	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.206
2	Troy	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.183
3	Louisiana	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.181
4	Georgia State	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.179
5	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.175
6	South Alabama	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.163
7	Arkansas State	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.162
8	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.162
9	UL Monroe	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.142
10	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2021	0.138
11	Texas State	Sun Belt Conference	2021	0.136

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

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

Historical Leaderboard

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)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Sun Belt havoc rate leaderboard in 2021?

App State ranks first at 0.206 in 2021.

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

James Madison owns the strongest all-time average at 0.222 across 4 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Sun Belt race compare with the recent trend?

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.