College Football Stat Leaders

2022 SEC College Football Turnover Margin Leaders

Turnovers forced minus turnovers committed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Tennessee (0.85)

Best Season

Florida 2008 (1.57)

Scope

SEC • 2022

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 2022 leaderboard, the visible range runs 0.85 to 0.07, with Tennessee setting the pace.

SEC Context

SEC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly titles in this filtered dataset, and Texas is the latest winner at 1.08.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Tennessee to No. 5 LSU is 0.77, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 0.77 in 2024 to 1.08 in 2025, a swing of 0.31. Tennessee's current mark of 0.85 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 0.69 held by Texas.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1TennesseeSoutheastern Conference20220.85
2FloridaSoutheastern Conference20220.62
3Mississippi StateSoutheastern Conference20220.15
4GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference20220.13
5LSUSoutheastern Conference20220.07
6ArkansasSoutheastern Conference20220.00
7Ole MissSoutheastern Conference20220.00
8VanderbiltSoutheastern Conference20220.00
9AlabamaSoutheastern Conference2022-0.15
10MissouriSoutheastern Conference2022-0.15
11Texas A&MSoutheastern Conference2022-0.17
12KentuckySoutheastern Conference2022-0.23
13South CarolinaSoutheastern Conference2022-0.31
14AuburnSoutheastern Conference2022-0.75

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConferenceValue
2025TexasSoutheastern Conference1.08
2024Ole MissSoutheastern Conference0.77
2023Ole MissSoutheastern Conference0.85
2022TennesseeSoutheastern Conference0.85
2021Ole MissSoutheastern Conference0.69
2020KentuckySoutheastern Conference0.91
2019AlabamaSoutheastern Conference1.38
2018FloridaSoutheastern Conference0.92
2017AlabamaSoutheastern Conference1.00
2016AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.67
2015AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.67
2014GeorgiaSoutheastern Conference1.23
2013MissouriSoutheastern Conference1.14
2012LSUSoutheastern Conference1.23
2011LSUSoutheastern Conference1.43
2010AlabamaSoutheastern Conference0.92
2009AlabamaSoutheastern Conference1.36
2008FloridaSoutheastern Conference1.57
2007LSUSoutheastern Conference1.57
2006KentuckySoutheastern Conference1.23
2005FloridaSoutheastern Conference1.50
2004VanderbiltSoutheastern Conference0.55

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Texas2025, 20240.692025 (1.08)
2Alabama2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.582019 (1.38)
3LSU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.422007 (1.57)
4Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.312008 (1.57)
5Georgia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.222014 (1.23)
6Missouri2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 20120.122013 (1.14)
7Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.092022 (0.85)
8South Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.082013 (1.00)
9Auburn2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.072006 (0.85)
10Mississippi State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20040.032012 (1.23)
11Vanderbilt2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.032008 (0.85)
12Kentucky2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.102006 (1.23)
13Ole Miss2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.102023 (0.85)
14Oklahoma2025, 2024-0.122024 (0.00)
15Texas A&M2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012-0.132020 (0.60)
16Arkansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004-0.152009 (1.15)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the SEC turnover margin leaderboard in 2022?

Tennessee ranks first at 0.85 in 2022.

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

Texas owns the strongest all-time average at 0.69 across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the SEC race compare with the recent trend?

Texas 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.