College Football Stat Leaders

2018 Big 12 Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

West Virginia (20.5%)

Best Season

Baylor 2019 (25.6%)

Scope

Big 12 • 2018

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 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 2018 leaderboard, the visible range runs 20.5% to 16.0%, with West Virginia setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Texas Tech is the latest winner at 23.3%.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 West Virginia to No. 5 TCU is 4.5%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 20.1% in 2024 to 23.3% in 2025, a swing of 3.2%. West Virginia's current mark of 20.5% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 18.4% held by Utah.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1West VirginiaBig 12 Conference201820.5%
2TexasBig 12 Conference201818.2%
3Iowa StateBig 12 Conference201817.6%
4Texas TechBig 12 Conference201816.1%
5TCUBig 12 Conference201816.0%
6KansasBig 12 Conference201815.5%
7Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference201815.4%
8OklahomaBig 12 Conference201814.2%
9Kansas StateBig 12 Conference201814.0%
10BaylorBig 12 Conference201813.0%

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025Texas TechBig 12 Conference23.3%
2024ColoradoBig 12 Conference20.1%
2023West VirginiaBig 12 Conference18.7%
2022OklahomaBig 12 Conference17.8%
2021Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference21.3%
2020TCUBig 12 Conference20.9%
2019BaylorBig 12 Conference25.6%
2018West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20.5%
2017TCUBig 12 Conference19.3%
2016KansasBig 12 Conference18.0%
2015West VirginiaBig 12 Conference2.3%
2014TCUBig 12 Conference2.7%
2013TCUBig 12 Conference2.2%
2012TCUBig 12 Conference2.5%
2011Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference2.3%
2010MissouriBig 12 Conference2.1%
2009TexasBig 12 Conference2.7%
2008Texas TechBig 12 Conference2.1%
2007KansasBig 12 Conference2.5%
2006BaylorBig 12 Conference3.1%
2005Iowa StateBig 12 Conference2.8%
2004KansasBig 12 Conference2.4%

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Utah2025, 202418.4%2024 (19.9%)
2Arizona State2025, 202417.5%2025 (18.8%)
3Arizona2025, 202417.3%2025 (20.2%)
4BYU2025, 2024, 202316.0%2024 (17.8%)
5Cincinnati2025, 2024, 202315.7%2023 (18.6%)
6Houston2025, 2024, 202315.5%2024 (17.5%)
7UCF2025, 2024, 202314.9%2025 (16.4%)
8West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201212.7%2018 (20.5%)
9TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201212.3%2019 (21.8%)
10Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.8%2019 (21.4%)
11Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.7%2019 (20.7%)
12Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.5%2019 (25.6%)
13Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.4%2019 (18.2%)
14Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.1%2019 (23.8%)
15Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20047.9%2025 (23.3%)
16Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20047.9%2020 (19.0%)
17Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20047.9%2016 (18.0%)
18Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20045.1%2024 (20.1%)
19Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.6%2009 (2.1%)
20Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.6%2010 (2.1%)
21Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.3%2005 (1.7%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 havoc rate leaderboard in 2018?

West Virginia ranks first at 20.5% in 2018.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term havoc rate profile?

Utah owns the strongest all-time average at 18.4% across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Texas Tech 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.