College Football Stat Leaders

2024 Sun Belt College Football Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays that created havoc.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

James Madison (0.204)

Best Season

James Madison 2023 (0.243)

Scope

Sun Belt • 2024

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

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 2024 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.204 to 0.160, with James Madison 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 James Madison to No. 5 Old Dominion is 0.044, 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. James Madison's current mark of 0.204 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.222 held by James Madison.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1James MadisonSun Belt Conference20240.204
2Texas StateSun Belt Conference20240.191
3MarshallSun Belt Conference20240.190
4TroySun Belt Conference20240.166
5Old DominionSun Belt20240.160
6South AlabamaSun Belt Conference20240.159
7Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference20240.152
8Southern MissSun Belt Conference20240.143
9Georgia SouthernSun Belt Conference20240.143
10Coastal CarolinaSun Belt Conference20240.142
11Georgia StateSun Belt Conference20240.137
12LouisianaSun Belt Conference20240.136
13UL MonroeSun Belt Conference20240.127
14App StateSun Belt Conference20240.116

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025James MadisonSun Belt Conference0.199
2024James MadisonSun Belt Conference0.204
2023James MadisonSun Belt Conference0.243
2022James MadisonSun Belt Conference0.243
2021App StateSun Belt Conference0.206
2020App StateSun Belt Conference0.201
2019Georgia SouthernSun Belt Conference0.222
2018TroySun Belt Conference0.203
2017TroySun Belt Conference0.232
2016TroySun Belt Conference0.228
2015Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference0.028
2014Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference0.017
2013Western KentuckySun Belt Conference0.019
2012UL MonroeSun Belt Conference0.020
2011Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference0.019
2010Florida InternationalSun Belt Conference0.023
2009LouisianaSun Belt Conference0.020
2008TroySun Belt Conference0.025
2007Florida AtlanticSun Belt Conference0.033
2006UL MonroeSun Belt Conference0.154
2005Florida InternationalSun Belt Conference0.172
2004Middle TennesseeSun Belt Conference0.137

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1James Madison2025, 2024, 2023, 20220.2222023 (0.243)
2Marshall2025, 2024, 2023, 20220.1792024 (0.190)
3Southern Miss2025, 2024, 2023, 20220.1642022 (0.180)
4Coastal Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 20170.1632019 (0.192)
5App State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1532021 (0.206)
6Georgia Southern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.1472019 (0.222)
7Old Dominion2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1282019 (0.216)
8Texas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1222023 (0.194)
9Georgia State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.1202020 (0.199)
10South Alabama2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.1172019 (0.184)
11Troy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0982017 (0.232)
12Arkansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0972016 (0.219)
13UL Monroe2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0902018 (0.161)
14New Mexico State2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20040.0882017 (0.180)
15Louisiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0812021 (0.181)
16Utah State20040.0672004 (0.067)
17Middle Tennessee2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0382004 (0.137)
18Florida International2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20050.0372005 (0.172)
19Florida Atlantic2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20050.0302006 (0.097)
20North Texas2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.0232005 (0.061)
21Western Kentucky2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 20090.0152013 (0.019)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Sun Belt havoc rate leaderboard in 2024?

James Madison ranks first at 0.204 in 2024.

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.