College Football Stat Leaders

2015 American College Football Turnover Margin Leaders

Turnovers forced minus turnovers committed per game.

Seasons Covered

2012-2025

Current Leader

Houston (1.50)

Best Season

Houston 2013 (1.92)

Scope

American • 2015

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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 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 2015 leaderboard, the visible range runs 1.50 to 0.62, with Houston setting the pace.

American Context

American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Temple is the latest winner at 0.92.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Houston to No. 5 Memphis is 0.88, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 1.38 in 2024 to 0.92 in 2025, a swing of 0.47. Houston's current mark of 1.50 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 1.31 held by Louisville.

Leaderboard

Top 13 rows for the current route scope.

1HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference20151.50
2NavyAmerican Athletic Conference20151.46
3South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20150.77
4UConnAmerican Athletic Conference20150.69
5MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference20150.62
6TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference20150.31
7TempleAmerican Athletic Conference20150.21
8TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference20150.08
9UTSAAmerican Athletic2015-0.08
10East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference2015-0.25
11SMUAmerican Athletic Conference2015-0.83
12CincinnatiAmerican Athletic Conference2015-1.46
13UCFAmerican Athletic Conference2015-1.67

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025TempleAmerican Athletic Conference0.92
2024MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference1.38
2023NavyAmerican Athletic Conference1.00
2022East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference0.92
2021CincinnatiAmerican Athletic Conference1.07
2020UCFAmerican Athletic Conference1.20
2019UCFAmerican Athletic Conference0.46
2018UCFAmerican Athletic Conference1.08
2017UCFAmerican Athletic Conference1.31
2016TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference0.75
2015HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference1.50
2014MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference0.85
2013HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference1.92
2012UTSAAmerican Athletic0.50

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Louisville20131.312013 (1.31)
2Army2025, 20240.592024 (0.79)
3Memphis2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.412024 (1.38)
4Navy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 20150.412015 (1.46)
5UCF2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.292017 (1.31)
6Tulane2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 20140.252016 (0.75)
7Houston2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.202013 (1.92)
8South Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.192017 (0.83)
9UTSA2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.112021 (0.93)
10Cincinnati2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.002021 (1.07)
11SMU2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013-0.082018 (0.75)
12North Texas2025, 2024, 2023-0.082025 (0.64)
13Temple2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013-0.212025 (0.92)
14Tulsa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014-0.262015 (0.31)
15East Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014-0.282022 (0.92)
16Florida Atlantic2025, 2024, 2023-0.532024 (0.08)
17UConn2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013-0.562015 (0.69)
18Charlotte2025, 2024, 2023-0.612023 (-0.42)
19UAB2025, 2024, 2023-0.692023 (0.00)
20Rice2025, 2024, 2023-0.712025 (-0.31)
21Rutgers2013-0.922013 (-0.92)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the American turnover margin leaderboard in 2015?

Houston ranks first at 1.50 in 2015.

Which American program has the best long-term turnover margin profile?

Louisville owns the strongest all-time average at 1.31 across 1 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the American race compare with the recent trend?

Temple 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.