College Football Stat Leaders

2004 Big Ten Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Michigan (2.1%)

Best Season

Ohio State 2019 (27.5%)

Scope

Big Ten • 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

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Conference Selector

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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 Big Ten teams in 2004 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2024 and 2025.

Michigan sits atop the current leaderboard at 2.1%, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Oregon owns the strongest average across 2 seasons at 18.7%, while Indiana anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Michigan currently headlines this route, while Indiana 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 2.1% to 1.6%, with Michigan setting the pace.

Big Ten Context

Big Ten teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Indiana is the latest winner at 23.2%.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Michigan to No. 5 Wisconsin is 0.5%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 22.0% in 2024 to 23.2% in 2025, a swing of 1.2%. Michigan's current mark of 2.1% sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 18.7% held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.


1	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2004	2.1%
2	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	2004	2.1%
3	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	2004	1.8%
4	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2004	1.7%
5	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	2004	1.6%
6	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	2004	1.3%
7	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	2004	1.2%
8	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	2004	1.1%
9	Purdue	Big Ten Conference	2004	1.0%
10	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	2004	1.0%
11	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	2004	0.9%

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference at time	Value
2025	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	23.2%
2024	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	22.0%
2023	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	22.5%
2022	Penn State	Big Ten Conference	23.6%
2021	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	21.2%
2020	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	19.5%
2019	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	27.5%
2018	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	20.3%
2017	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	24.3%
2016	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	24.3%
2015	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	1.9%
2014	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2.4%
2013	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	2.2%
2012	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	1.7%
2011	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	2.0%
2010	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2.4%
2009	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2.9%
2008	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	2.7%
2007	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	1.9%
2006	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	2.7%
2005	Northwestern	Big Ten Conference	2.2%
2004	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2.1%

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Oregon	2025, 2024	18.7%	2024 (19.3%)
2	UCLA	2025, 2024	15.1%	2024 (18.1%)
3	USC	2025, 2024	15.0%	2025 (15.9%)
4	Washington	2025, 2024	14.3%	2025 (14.6%)
5	Rutgers	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	13.1%	2022 (17.7%)
6	Maryland	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014	12.7%	2019 (19.0%)
7	Nebraska	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011	12.0%	2019 (25.5%)
8	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%)
9	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%)
10	Michigan	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.2%	2016 (24.3%)
11	Wisconsin	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.2%	2019 (27.5%)
12	Indiana	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	8.8%	2025 (23.2%)
13	Iowa	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	8.7%	2019 (19.2%)
14	Michigan State	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 (25.2%)
15	Northwestern	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	8.3%	2019 (20.5%)
16	Minnesota	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	8.2%	2019 (21.7%)
17	Illinois	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	7.9%	2022 (22.0%)
18	Purdue	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	7.7%	2019 (19.3%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten havoc rate leaderboard in 2004?

Michigan ranks first at 2.1% in 2004.

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

Oregon owns the strongest all-time average at 18.7% across 2 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

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

Indiana 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.