College Football Stat Leaders

2025 Big 12 College Football Turnover Margin Leaders

Turnovers forced minus turnovers committed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Arizona (1.38)

Best Season

Oklahoma 2008 (1.71)

Scope

Big 12 • 2025

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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 2025 leaderboard, the visible range runs 1.38 to 0.46, with Arizona 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 Arizona to No. 5 Utah is 0.92, 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. Arizona's current mark of 1.38 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.48 held by Arizona.

Leaderboard

Top 16 rows for the current route scope.

1ArizonaBig 12 Conference20251.38
2Texas TechBig 12 Conference20251.00
3Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20250.92
4BYUBig 12 Conference20250.57
5UtahBig 12 Conference20250.46
6Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20250.33
7HoustonBig 12 Conference20250.31
8West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20250.17
9TCUBig 12 Conference20250.08
10ColoradoBig 12 Conference2025-0.17
11KansasBig 12 Conference2025-0.25
12CincinnatiBig 12 Conference2025-0.31
13UCFBig 12 Conference2025-0.33
14Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference2025-0.42
15Arizona StateBig 12 Conference2025-0.46
16BaylorBig 12 Conference2025-1.08

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 2025?

Arizona ranks first at 1.38 in 2025.

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.