College Football Stat Leaders

2017 Big Ten Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Michigan (24.3%)

Best Season

Ohio State 2019 (27.5%)

Scope

Big Ten • 2017

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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 2017 leaderboard, the visible range runs 24.3% to 18.5%, 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 Penn State is 5.8%, 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 24.3% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 18.7% held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1MichiganBig Ten Conference201724.3%
2WisconsinBig Ten Conference201723.0%
3Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201721.6%
4NorthwesternBig Ten Conference201719.9%
5Penn StateBig Ten Conference201718.5%
6IowaBig Ten Conference201718.4%
7MinnesotaBig Ten Conference201717.6%
8Michigan StateBig Ten Conference201717.5%
9PurdueBig Ten Conference201717.5%
10IndianaBig Ten Conference201717.2%
11RutgersBig Ten Conference201715.0%
12IllinoisBig Ten Conference201713.6%
13MarylandBig Ten Conference201713.6%
14NebraskaBig Ten Conference201712.9%

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Oregon2025, 202418.7%2024 (19.3%)
2UCLA2025, 202415.1%2024 (18.1%)
3USC2025, 202415.0%2025 (15.9%)
4Washington2025, 202414.3%2025 (14.6%)
5Rutgers2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201413.1%2022 (17.7%)
6Maryland2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201412.7%2019 (19.0%)
7Nebraska2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 201112.0%2019 (25.5%)
8Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200410.0%2019 (27.5%)
9Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20049.7%2022 (23.6%)
10Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20049.2%2016 (24.3%)
11Wisconsin2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20049.2%2019 (27.5%)
12Indiana2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.8%2025 (23.2%)
13Iowa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.7%2019 (19.2%)
14Michigan State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.4%2019 (25.2%)
15Northwestern2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.3%2019 (20.5%)
16Minnesota2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.2%2019 (21.7%)
17Illinois2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20047.9%2022 (22.0%)
18Purdue2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20047.7%2019 (19.3%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big Ten havoc rate leaderboard in 2017?

Michigan ranks first at 24.3% in 2017.

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.