College Football Stat Leaders

2004 Mountain West College Football Turnover Margin Leaders

Turnovers forced minus turnovers committed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Utah (1.25)

Best Season

TCU 2005 (2.00)

Scope

Mountain West • 2004

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 2004 leaderboard, the visible range runs 1.25 to 0.09, with Utah setting the pace.

Mountain West Context

Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and UNLV is the latest winner at 0.50.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Utah to No. 5 Air Force is 1.16, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 1.00 in 2024 to 0.50 in 2025, a swing of 0.50. Utah's current mark of 1.25 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.62 held by TCU.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1UtahMountain West Conference20041.25
2New MexicoMountain West Conference20040.92
3Fresno StateMountain West20040.67
4WyomingMountain West Conference20040.67
5Air ForceMountain West Conference20040.09
6San Diego StateMountain West Conference20040.00
7San José StateMountain West2004-0.27
8BYUMountain West Conference2004-1.00
9Colorado StateMountain West Conference2004-1.36
10UNLVMountain West Conference2004-1.64

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025UNLVMountain West Conference0.50
2024UNLVMountain West Conference1.00
2023San José StateMountain West0.85
2022San José StateMountain West0.92
2021NevadaMountain West Conference1.23
2020New MexicoMountain West Conference0.57
2019San Diego StateMountain West Conference1.46
2018Utah StateMountain West Conference1.15
2017WyomingMountain West Conference1.85
2016San Diego StateMountain West Conference1.00
2015San Diego StateMountain West Conference1.57
2014NevadaMountain West Conference0.85
2013Utah StateMountain West Conference0.79
2012Boise StateMountain West Conference1.54
2011San Diego StateMountain West Conference0.92
2010TCUMountain West Conference0.69
2009Air ForceMountain West Conference1.69
2008TCUMountain West Conference1.62
2007UtahMountain West Conference1.08
2006BYUMountain West Conference1.08
2005TCUMountain West Conference2.00
2004UtahMountain West Conference1.25

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1TCU2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20050.622005 (2.00)
2Utah2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.502004 (1.25)
3Boise State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 20110.332012 (1.54)
4San Diego State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.192015 (1.57)
5Air Force2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.092009 (1.69)
6Nevada2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.082021 (1.23)
7Utah State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20130.022018 (1.15)
8Fresno State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.032012 (1.15)
9Wyoming2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.042017 (1.85)
10San José State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.052022 (0.92)
11BYU2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.092006 (1.08)
12UNLV2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.112024 (1.00)
13New Mexico2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.192004 (0.92)
14Colorado State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.282005 (0.42)
15Hawai'i2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012-0.592020 (0.56)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Mountain West turnover margin leaderboard in 2004?

Utah ranks first at 1.25 in 2004.

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

TCU owns the strongest all-time average at 0.62 across 7 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Mountain West race compare with the recent trend?

UNLV 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.