College Football Stat Leaders

2004 Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Nevada (21.4%)

Best Season

Kennesaw State 2021 (36.2%)

Scope

All Conferences • 2004

Browse Metrics

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Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

All Conferences ACC Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

Summary

When a defense climbs in havoc rate, it usually means the front and coverage unit are repeatedly forcing offenses off script, which is why the yearly winners on this page often look different from the all-time average leaders.

Havoc Rate pages track college football teams in 2004 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2018 through 2025.

Nevada sits atop the current leaderboard at 21.4%, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Kennesaw State owns the strongest average across 7 seasons at 16.6%, while Texas Tech anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Nevada currently headlines this route, while Texas Tech supplies the most recent yearly-winner checkpoint in 2025, giving the page both snapshot and trend context.

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Havoc Rate Reads

Havoc rate is about disruption rather than pure prevention, using source-provided havoc events to track how often a defense creates snaps that push an offense off schedule. On this 2004 leaderboard, the visible range runs 21.4% to 10.4%, with Nevada setting the pace.

Conference Context

Sun Belt Conference places 3 of the current top 5 teams, while Big 12 Conference owns the most recent yearly winner slot in the trend table.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Nevada to No. 5 UL Monroe is 11.0%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 23.5% in 2024 to 23.3% in 2025, a swing of 0.2%. Nevada's current mark of 21.4% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 16.6% held by Kennesaw State.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.


1	Nevada	Western Athletic Conference	2004	21.4%
2	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt Conference	2004	13.7%
3	Louisiana	Sun Belt Conference	2004	11.3%
4	Rice	Western Athletic Conference	2004	10.5%
5	UL Monroe	Sun Belt Conference	2004	10.4%
6	Army	Conference USA	2004	9.6%
7	Kent State	Mid-American Conference	2004	9.5%
8	Akron	Mid-American Conference	2004	9.1%
9	Marshall	Mid-American Conference	2004	8.7%
10	Troy	Sun Belt Conference	2004	8.5%
11	Western Michigan	Mid-American Conference	2004	8.3%
12	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American Conference	2004	8.1%
13	New Mexico State	Sun Belt Conference	2004	7.4%
14	Air Force	Mountain West Conference	2004	7.2%
15	Houston	Conference USA	2004	7.0%
16	Northern Illinois	Mid-American Conference	2004	6.7%
17	Utah State	Sun Belt Conference	2004	6.7%
18	Buffalo	Mid-American Conference	2004	6.3%
19	Bowling Green	Mid-American Conference	2004	6.2%
20	San Diego State	Mountain West Conference	2004	6.2%
21	Ohio	Mid-American Conference	2004	5.7%
22	San José State	Mountain West	2004	5.7%
23	Miami (OH)	Mid-American Conference	2004	5.6%
24	UCF	Mid-American Conference	2004	5.4%
25	Wyoming	Mountain West Conference	2004	4.6%

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference at time	Value
2025	Texas Tech	Big 12 Conference	23.3%
2024	Ole Miss	Southeastern Conference	23.5%
2023	James Madison	Sun Belt Conference	24.3%
2022	James Madison	Sun Belt Conference	24.3%
2021	Kennesaw State	Big South Conference	36.2%
2020	Clemson	Atlantic Coast Conference	23.2%
2019	Pittsburgh	Atlantic Coast Conference	28.2%
2018	Miami	Atlantic Coast Conference	24.2%
2017	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	24.3%
2016	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	24.3%
2015	Arkansas State	Sun Belt Conference	2.8%
2014	Liberty	Big South Conference	3.1%
2013	App State	Southern Conference	3.0%
2012	Oregon	Pac-12 Conference	2.7%
2011	NC State	Atlantic Coast Conference	3.2%
2010	Texas State	Southland Conference	4.3%
2009	App State	Southern Conference	3.3%
2008	Boston College	Atlantic Coast Conference	3.0%
2007	Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic Conference	3.6%
2006	UL Monroe	Sun Belt Conference	15.4%
2005	Florida International	Sun Belt Conference	17.2%
2004	Nevada	Western Athletic Conference	21.4%

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Kennesaw State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018	16.6%	2021 (36.2%)
2	Delaware	2025	15.8%	2025 (15.8%)
3	Missouri State	2025	15.0%	2025 (15.0%)
4	UTSA	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012	14.4%	2024 (22.9%)
5	Coastal Carolina	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2010, 2009	13.7%	2019 (19.2%)
6	Georgia Southern	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2009	13.7%	2019 (22.2%)
7	Charlotte	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015	13.2%	2019 (20.7%)
8	Old Dominion	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	12.8%	2019 (21.6%)
9	James Madison	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009	12.2%	2019 (27.9%)
10	Georgia State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013	12.0%	2020 (19.9%)
11	South Alabama	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012	11.7%	2019 (18.4%)
12	Liberty	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2007	11.6%	2022 (20.3%)
13	Jacksonville State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2010, 2006	11.2%	2016 (21.8%)
14	Clemson	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	10.8%	2019 (25.3%)
15	App State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005	10.4%	2021 (20.6%)
16	Alabama	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	10.0%	2019 (23.2%)
17	Ohio State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	10.0%	2019 (27.5%)
18	Miami	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	10.0%	2019 (26.7%)
19	Western Michigan	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.8%	2019 (22.2%)
20	Troy	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.8%	2017 (23.2%)
21	Pittsburgh	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.7%	2019 (28.2%)
22	Texas A&M	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.7%	2023 (22.6%)
23	Utah	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.7%	2019 (23.3%)
24	Arkansas State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.7%	2016 (21.9%)
25	Penn State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.7%	2022 (23.6%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads college football in havoc rate in 2004?

Nevada ranks first at 21.4% in 2004.

Why does the 2004 havoc rate season stand out?

The top of the 2004 leaderboard is separated by 11.0% from No. 1 to No. 5, which shows whether this season had a runaway leader or a tightly packed race.

How does the 2004 leader compare with the all-time average benchmark?

Nevada's 2004 mark of 21.4% clears the all-time average leader benchmark of 16.6% held by Kennesaw State.