College Football Stat Leaders
Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
NC State (3.2%)
Best Season
Pittsburgh 2019 (28.2%)
Scope
ACC • 2011
Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.
Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
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 2011 leaderboard, the visible range runs 3.2% to 1.6%, with NC State setting the pace.
ACC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Clemson is the latest winner at 19.6%.
The gap from No. 1 NC State to No. 5 North Carolina is 1.6%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 21.8% in 2024 to 19.6% in 2025, a swing of 2.2%. NC State's current mark of 3.2% sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 18.7% held by SMU.
Top 12 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | NC State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 3.2% |
| 2 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 1.9% |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 1.9% |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 1.7% |
| 5 | North Carolina | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 1.6% |
| 6 | Boston College | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 1.5% |
| 7 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 1.5% |
| 8 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 1.5% |
| 9 | Virginia | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 1.4% |
| 10 | Maryland | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 1.2% |
| 11 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 0.8% |
| 12 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2011 | 0.8% |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMU | 2025, 2024 | 18.7% | 2025 (18.8%) |
| 2 | California | 2025, 2024 | 17.2% | 2024 (19.2%) |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 15.4% | 2019 (28.2%) |
| 4 | Louisville | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 14.8% | 2019 (22.2%) |
| 5 | Stanford | 2025, 2024 | 14.5% | 2025 (14.6%) |
| 6 | Syracuse | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 12.5% | 2019 (20.1%) |
| 7 | 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%) |
| 8 | 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%) |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 9.4% | 2017 (21.7%) |
| 10 | NC State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 9.3% | 2019 (21.3%) |
| 11 | Boston College | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 8.9% | 2016 (24.0%) |
| 12 | Duke | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.8% | 2024 (21.8%) |
| 13 | Florida State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.7% | 2023 (21.8%) |
| 14 | Wake Forest | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.6% | 2019 (19.6%) |
| 15 | Virginia | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.4% | 2019 (22.3%) |
| 16 | North Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.0% | 2019 (21.1%) |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 7.6% | 2019 (17.9%) |
| 18 | Maryland | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 1.2% | 2010 (2.0%) |
NC State ranks first at 3.2% in 2011.
SMU owns the strongest all-time average at 18.7% across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Clemson 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.