College Football Stat Leaders

2019 College Football Turnover Margin Leaders

Turnovers forced minus turnovers committed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Florida Atlantic (1.50)

Best Season

Arizona State 2020 (2.25)

Scope

All Conferences • 2019

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

All Conferences ACC American Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

Summary

Turnover margin can move fast from season to season, so the page works best when the current leaderboard is read next to the historical average and yearly winner trend rather than as an isolated snapshot.

Turnover Margin pages track college football teams in 2019 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2004 through 2025.

Florida Atlantic sits atop the current leaderboard at 1.50, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Alabama owns the strongest average across 22 seasons at 0.58, while Arizona anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Florida Atlantic currently headlines this route, while Arizona 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 Turnover Margin Reads

Turnover margin is more volatile than efficiency stats because a few takeaways can swing a season, but the leaders still tend to be teams that pair disciplined offense with aggressive ball-hawking defense. On this 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 1.50 to 1.14, with Florida Atlantic setting the pace.

Conference Context

Conference USA places 1 of the current top 5 teams, while Big 12 Conference owns the most recent yearly winner slot in the trend table.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Florida Atlantic to No. 5 Oregon is 0.36, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 1.54 in 2024 to 1.38 in 2025, a swing of 0.15. Florida Atlantic's current mark of 1.50 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.58 held by Alabama.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.


1	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	2019	1.50
2	San Diego State	Mountain West Conference	2019	1.46
3	Alabama	Southeastern Conference	2019	1.38
4	Notre Dame	NCAA Division I FBS independent schools	2019	1.31
5	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	2019	1.14
6	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2019	1.08
7	App State	Sun Belt Conference	2019	1.07
8	Clemson	Atlantic Coast Conference	2019	1.00
9	San José State	Mountain West	2019	0.92
10	Oregon State	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.83
11	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.77
12	Syracuse	Atlantic Coast Conference	2019	0.75
13	Baylor	Big 12 Conference	2019	0.71
14	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	2019	0.69
15	Ball State	Mid-American Conference	2019	0.67
16	LSU	Southeastern Conference	2019	0.67
17	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.64
18	Utah	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.64
19	Buffalo	Mid-American Conference	2019	0.62
20	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt Conference	2019	0.62
21	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.62
22	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	2019	0.62
23	Wake Forest	Atlantic Coast Conference	2019	0.62
24	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	2019	0.62
25	Western Michigan	Mid-American Conference	2019	0.62

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference	Value
2025	Arizona	Big 12 Conference	1.38
2024	James Madison	Sun Belt Conference	1.54
2023	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	1.27
2022	USC	Pac-12 Conference	1.50
2021	Nevada	Mountain West Conference	1.23
2020	Arizona State	Pac-12 Conference	2.25
2019	Florida Atlantic	Conference USA	1.50
2018	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt Conference	1.69
2017	Wyoming	Mountain West Conference	1.85
2016	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	1.29
2015	San Diego State	Mountain West Conference	1.57
2014	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	1.53
2013	Houston	American Athletic Conference	1.92
2012	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	1.62
2011	Oklahoma State	Big 12 Conference	1.62
2010	Tulsa	Conference USA	1.38
2009	Air Force	Mountain West Conference	1.69
2008	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	1.71
2007	Kansas	Big 12 Conference	1.69
2006	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	1.69
2005	TCU	Mountain West Conference	2.00
2004	USC	Pacific-10 Conference	1.85

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Alabama	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.58	2019 (1.38)
2	Jacksonville State	2025, 2024, 2023	0.58	2025 (0.79)
3	James Madison	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022	0.56	2024 (1.54)
4	Oregon	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.49	2012 (1.62)
5	Sam Houston	2025, 2024, 2023	0.47	2024 (0.92)
6	Ohio State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.44	2008 (1.38)
7	LSU	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.42	2007 (1.57)
8	Iowa	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.41	2004 (1.33)
9	Boise State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.40	2012 (1.54)
10	Navy	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.35	2015 (1.46)
11	Texas	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.34	2025 (1.08)
12	Arizona State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.33	2020 (2.25)
13	Utah	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.32	2004 (1.25)
14	USC	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.32	2004 (1.85)
15	Kansas State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.32	2012 (1.46)
16	Florida	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.31	2008 (1.57)
17	Virginia Tech	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.30	2010 (1.36)
18	Penn State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.29	2023 (1.23)
19	Clemson	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.29	2024 (1.14)
20	Memphis	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.28	2024 (1.38)
21	Oklahoma	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.27	2008 (1.71)
22	Notre Dame	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.25	2019 (1.31)
23	App State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	0.23	2019 (1.07)
24	Louisiana Tech	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.23	2005 (1.36)
25	TCU	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	0.23	2005 (2.00)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads college football in turnover margin in 2019?

Florida Atlantic ranks first at 1.50 in 2019.

Why does the 2019 turnover margin season stand out?

The top of the 2019 leaderboard is separated by 0.36 from No. 1 to No. 5, which shows whether this season had a runaway leader or a tightly packed race.

How does the 2019 leader compare with the all-time average benchmark?

Florida Atlantic's 2019 mark of 1.50 clears the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.58 held by Alabama.