College Football Stat Leaders

2009 Big 12 College Football Turnover Margin Leaders

Turnovers forced minus turnovers committed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Texas (0.71)

Best Season

Oklahoma 2008 (1.71)

Scope

Big 12 • 2009

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 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 2009 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.71 to 0.31, with Texas 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 Texas to No. 5 Missouri is 0.41, 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. Texas's current mark of 0.71 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.48 held by Arizona.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1TexasBig 12 Conference20090.71
2Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20090.58
3NebraskaBig 12 Conference20090.36
4Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20090.31
5MissouriBig 12 Conference20090.31
6OklahomaBig 12 Conference20090.31
7Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20090.00
8Texas A&MBig 12 Conference2009-0.23
9BaylorBig 12 Conference2009-0.42
10KansasBig 12 Conference2009-0.42
11Texas TechBig 12 Conference2009-0.46
12ColoradoBig 12 Conference2009-0.50

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025ArizonaBig 12 Conference1.38
2024Arizona StateBig 12 Conference1.00
2023Kansas StateBig 12 Conference0.85
2022Kansas StateBig 12 Conference0.86
2021BaylorBig 12 Conference0.86
2020TexasBig 12 Conference0.90
2019BaylorBig 12 Conference0.71
2018KansasBig 12 Conference1.33
2017Texas TechBig 12 Conference0.85
2016Kansas StateBig 12 Conference1.00
2015Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference1.00
2014TCUBig 12 Conference1.38
2013Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference1.15
2012Kansas StateBig 12 Conference1.46
2011Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference1.62
2010OklahomaBig 12 Conference1.00
2009TexasBig 12 Conference0.71
2008OklahomaBig 12 Conference1.71
2007KansasBig 12 Conference1.69
2006TexasBig 12 Conference1.08
2005Iowa StateBig 12 Conference1.17
2004Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference1.67

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 2009?

Texas ranks first at 0.71 in 2009.

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.