College Football Stat Leaders

2005 Mountain West College Football Turnover Margin Leaders

Turnovers forced minus turnovers committed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

TCU (2.00)

Best Season

TCU 2005 (2.00)

Scope

Mountain West • 2005

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 2005 leaderboard, the visible range runs 2.00 to 0.09, with TCU 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 TCU to No. 5 New Mexico is 1.91, 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. TCU's current mark of 2.00 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.62 held by TCU.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.

1TCUMountain West Conference20052.00
2Colorado StateMountain West Conference20050.42
3BYUMountain West Conference20050.17
4San Diego StateMountain West Conference20050.17
5New MexicoMountain West Conference20050.09
6San José StateMountain West20050.09
7UtahMountain West Conference2005-0.33
8Fresno StateMountain West2005-0.38
9Air ForceMountain West Conference2005-0.64
10UNLVMountain West Conference2005-0.82
11WyomingMountain West Conference2005-1.09

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 2005?

TCU ranks first at 2.00 in 2005.

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.