College Football Stat Leaders

2004 Big 12 College Football Turnover Margin Leaders

Turnovers forced minus turnovers committed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Oklahoma State (1.67)

Best Season

Oklahoma 2008 (1.71)

Scope

Big 12 • 2004

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

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 2004 leaderboard, the visible range runs 1.67 to 0.55, with Oklahoma State setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Arizona is the latest winner at 1.38.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Oklahoma State to No. 5 Missouri is 1.12, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 1.00 in 2024 to 1.38 in 2025, a swing of 0.38. Oklahoma State's current mark of 1.67 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.48 held by Arizona.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20041.67
2Texas A&MBig 12 Conference20040.83
3Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20040.67
4OklahomaBig 12 Conference20040.62
5MissouriBig 12 Conference20040.55
6TexasBig 12 Conference20040.42
7KansasBig 12 Conference20040.18
8ColoradoBig 12 Conference2004-0.08
9Kansas StateBig 12 Conference2004-0.09
10Texas TechBig 12 Conference2004-0.42
11NebraskaBig 12 Conference2004-1.27
12BaylorBig 12 Conference2004-1.73

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Arizona2025, 20240.482025 (1.38)
2BYU2025, 2024, 20230.422024 (0.62)
3Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.402007 (1.07)
4Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.322012 (1.46)
5Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.312008 (1.71)
6Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.302006 (1.08)
7Arizona State2025, 20240.272024 (1.00)
8Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.192004 (1.67)
9Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.082005 (1.17)
10Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.072004 (0.83)
11Utah2025, 20240.062025 (0.46)
12TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.012014 (1.38)
13Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.012024 (0.92)
14Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.042008 (1.50)
15West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012-0.122015 (0.69)
16Houston2025, 2024, 2023-0.152025 (0.31)
17Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.152007 (1.69)
18Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.192025 (1.00)
19Cincinnati2025, 2024, 2023-0.352025 (-0.31)
20UCF2025, 2024, 2023-0.382023 (-0.15)
21Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.532009 (0.36)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 turnover margin leaderboard in 2004?

Oklahoma State ranks first at 1.67 in 2004.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term turnover margin profile?

Arizona owns the strongest all-time average at 0.48 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Arizona 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.