College Football Stat Leaders

2021 Conference USA Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Middle Tennessee (20.4%)

Best Season

UAB 2019 (26.5%)

Scope

Conference USA • 2021

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 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs 20.4% to 17.3%, with Middle Tennessee setting the pace.

Conference USA Context

Conference USA teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Louisiana Tech is the latest winner at 19.5%.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Middle Tennessee to No. 5 North Texas is 3.1%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 18.7% in 2024 to 19.5% in 2025, a swing of 0.8%. Middle Tennessee's current mark of 20.4% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 17.1% held by Jacksonville State.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1Middle TennesseeConference USA202120.4%
2UABConference USA202118.2%
3Southern MissConference USA202117.5%
4UTEPConference USA202117.4%
5North TexasConference USA202117.3%
6Florida AtlanticConference USA202116.9%
7Western KentuckyConference USA202116.6%
8RiceConference USA202116.4%
9MarshallConference USA202115.7%
10Louisiana TechConference USA202114.3%
11CharlotteConference USA202113.7%
12Florida InternationalConference USA202111.9%

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025Louisiana TechConference USA19.5%
2024Sam HoustonConference USA18.7%
2023Jacksonville StateConference USA17.6%
2022Middle TennesseeConference USA19.4%
2021Middle TennesseeConference USA20.4%
2020UABConference USA19.0%
2019UABConference USA26.5%
2018UABConference USA19.9%
2017UABConference USA20.5%
2016Southern MissConference USA21.4%
2015Western KentuckyConference USA1.8%
2014Louisiana TechConference USA2.7%
2013TulaneConference USA2.2%
2012SMUConference USA2.4%
2011HoustonConference USA2.1%
2010TulsaConference USA2.8%
2009SMUConference USA1.9%
2008East CarolinaConference USA2.4%
2007UTEPConference USA3.6%
2006UTEPConference USA2.1%
2005SMUConference USA2.7%
2004ArmyConference USA9.6%

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Jacksonville State2025, 2024, 202317.1%2023 (17.6%)
2Delaware202515.8%2025 (15.8%)
3Sam Houston2025, 2024, 202315.6%2024 (18.7%)
4Liberty2025, 2024, 202315.2%2023 (17.4%)
5Kennesaw State2025, 202415.2%2025 (16.8%)
6Missouri State202515.0%2025 (15.0%)
7New Mexico State2025, 2024, 202314.8%2025 (15.6%)
8Western Kentucky2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 201413.9%2016 (20.0%)
9Middle Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201313.5%2021 (20.4%)
10Charlotte2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 201513.2%2019 (20.7%)
11Louisiana Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201312.9%2019 (22.9%)
12Florida Atlantic2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201311.7%2019 (21.3%)
13Florida International2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201311.4%2019 (18.7%)
14North Texas2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201311.0%2018 (18.8%)
15Army20049.6%2004 (9.6%)
16UTEP2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20058.2%2022 (18.3%)
17UAB2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.1%2019 (26.5%)
18Southern Miss2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20047.2%2016 (21.4%)
19Marshall2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20056.9%2016 (19.1%)
20Rice2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20056.9%2019 (21.9%)
21TCU20043.6%2004 (3.6%)
22Cincinnati20043.4%2004 (3.4%)
23Louisville20042.4%2004 (2.4%)
24Houston2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.4%2004 (7.0%)
25East Carolina2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.0%2004 (4.3%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Conference USA havoc rate leaderboard in 2021?

Middle Tennessee ranks first at 20.4% in 2021.

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

Jacksonville State owns the strongest all-time average at 17.1% across 3 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Conference USA race compare with the recent trend?

Louisiana 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.