College Football Stat Leaders

2024 American Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.

Seasons Covered

2012-2025

Current Leader

UTSA (22.9%)

Best Season

UCF 2019 (26.9%)

Scope

American • 2024

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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 2024 leaderboard, the visible range runs 22.9% to 16.5%, with UTSA setting the pace.

American Context

American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and East Carolina is the latest winner at 19.1%.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 UTSA to No. 5 Tulane is 6.4%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 22.9% in 2024 to 19.1% in 2025, a swing of 3.8%. UTSA's current mark of 22.9% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 15.1% held by Florida Atlantic.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1UTSAAmerican Athletic202422.9%
2MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference202419.8%
3South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference202419.7%
4RiceAmerican Athletic Conference202416.9%
5TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference202416.5%
6Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic Conference202416.5%
7East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference202416.2%
8TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference202415.1%
9CharlotteAmerican Athletic Conference202414.6%
10NavyAmerican Athletic Conference202414.4%
11ArmyAmerican Athletic Conference202414.4%
12UABAmerican Athletic Conference202413.1%
13TempleAmerican Athletic Conference202412.4%
14North TexasAmerican Athletic Conference202411.5%

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference19.1%
2024UTSAAmerican Athletic22.9%
2023UTSAAmerican Athletic20.3%
2022NavyAmerican Athletic Conference20.4%
2021HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference21.3%
2020CincinnatiAmerican Athletic Conference19.7%
2019UCFAmerican Athletic Conference26.9%
2018TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference20.6%
2017UTSAAmerican Athletic21.0%
2016UCFAmerican Athletic Conference21.9%
2015HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference2.1%
2014UCFAmerican Athletic Conference2.1%
2013HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference2.5%
2012UTSAAmerican Athletic1.8%

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Florida Atlantic2025, 2024, 202315.1%2024 (16.5%)
2Tulane2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201414.9%2018 (20.6%)
3Rice2025, 2024, 202314.7%2024 (16.9%)
4Navy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 201514.5%2019 (24.3%)
5UTSA2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201214.4%2024 (22.9%)
6UCF2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201314.1%2019 (26.9%)
7East Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201413.8%2023 (19.7%)
8Houston2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201313.7%2021 (21.3%)
9UAB2025, 2024, 202313.6%2023 (15.6%)
10Army2025, 202413.5%2024 (14.4%)
11Memphis2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201313.4%2024 (19.8%)
12Charlotte2025, 2024, 202313.3%2023 (14.7%)
13South Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201313.2%2019 (24.4%)
14SMU2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201313.1%2019 (24.9%)
15Cincinnati2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201313.0%2019 (21.6%)
16Temple2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201313.0%2016 (20.4%)
17Tulsa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201412.9%2020 (18.5%)
18North Texas2025, 2024, 202312.1%2025 (13.7%)
19UConn2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 20138.0%2019 (15.0%)
20Louisville20132.2%2013 (2.2%)
21Rutgers20130.9%2013 (0.9%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the American havoc rate leaderboard in 2024?

UTSA ranks first at 22.9% in 2024.

Which American program has the best long-term havoc rate profile?

Florida Atlantic owns the strongest all-time average at 15.1% across 3 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the American race compare with the recent trend?

East Carolina 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.