College Football Stat Leaders

2017 American College Football Turnover Margin Leaders

Turnovers forced minus turnovers committed per game.

Seasons Covered

2012-2025

Current Leader

UCF (1.31)

Best Season

Houston 2013 (1.92)

Scope

American • 2017

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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 2017 leaderboard, the visible range runs 1.31 to 0.36, with UCF 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 UCF to No. 5 UTSA is 0.94, 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. UCF's current mark of 1.31 matches the all-time average leader benchmark of 1.31 held by Louisville.

Leaderboard

Top 13 rows for the current route scope.

1UCFAmerican Athletic Conference20171.31
2MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference20171.15
3South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20170.83
4TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference20170.67
5UTSAAmerican Athletic20170.36
6SMUAmerican Athletic Conference20170.31
7TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference20170.08
8HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference2017-0.17
9NavyAmerican Athletic Conference2017-0.23
10TempleAmerican Athletic Conference2017-0.31
11CincinnatiAmerican Athletic Conference2017-0.42
12UConnAmerican Athletic Conference2017-0.67
13East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference2017-0.83

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 2017?

UCF ranks first at 1.31 in 2017.

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.