College Football Stat Leaders

2019 Big Ten Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Ohio State (27.5%)

Best Season

Ohio State 2019 (27.5%)

Scope

Big Ten • 2019

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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 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 27.5% to 22.0%, with Ohio State 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 Ohio State to No. 5 Penn State is 5.5%, 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%. Ohio State's current mark of 27.5% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 18.7% held by Oregon.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1Ohio StateBig Ten Conference201927.5%
2WisconsinBig Ten Conference201927.5%
3NebraskaBig Ten Conference201925.5%
4Michigan StateBig Ten Conference201925.2%
5Penn StateBig Ten Conference201922.0%
6MichiganBig Ten Conference201922.0%
7MinnesotaBig Ten Conference201921.7%
8NorthwesternBig Ten Conference201920.5%
9IllinoisBig Ten Conference201920.2%
10PurdueBig Ten Conference201919.3%
11IowaBig Ten Conference201919.2%
12MarylandBig Ten Conference201919.0%
13IndianaBig Ten Conference201918.5%
14RutgersBig Ten Conference201916.0%

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 2019?

Ohio State ranks first at 27.5% in 2019.

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.