College Football Stat Leaders

2004 MAC Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Kent State (9.5%)

Best Season

Central Michigan 2019 (23.2%)

Scope

MAC • 2004

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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

This havoc leaderboard behaves differently from Defensive PPA because it rewards play-to-play violence and disruption even when a defense is not perfect at finishing every drive with a low scoring value allowed.

Havoc Rate pages track MAC teams in 2004 using a shared leaderboard template with season winners, all-time context, and trend lines across 2004 through 2025.

Kent State sits atop the current leaderboard at 9.5%, giving the page an immediate answer for fans comparing the top teams in this metric.

Western Michigan owns the strongest average across 22 seasons at 9.8%, while Toledo anchors the recent year-by-year trend view.

Kent State currently headlines this route, while Toledo 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 9.5% to 8.1%, with Kent State setting the pace.

MAC Context

MAC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Toledo is the latest winner at 20.2%.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Kent State to No. 5 Eastern Michigan is 1.4%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 20.7% in 2024 to 20.2% in 2025, a swing of 0.5%. Kent State's current mark of 9.5% sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 9.8% held by Western Michigan.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.


1	Kent State	Mid-American Conference	2004	9.5%
2	Akron	Mid-American Conference	2004	9.1%
3	Marshall	Mid-American Conference	2004	8.7%
4	Western Michigan	Mid-American Conference	2004	8.3%
5	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American Conference	2004	8.1%
6	Northern Illinois	Mid-American Conference	2004	6.7%
7	Buffalo	Mid-American Conference	2004	6.3%
8	Bowling Green	Mid-American Conference	2004	6.2%
9	Ohio	Mid-American Conference	2004	5.7%
10	Miami (OH)	Mid-American Conference	2004	5.6%
11	UCF	Mid-American Conference	2004	5.4%
12	Toledo	Mid-American Conference	2004	4.0%
13	Central Michigan	Mid-American Conference	2004	3.1%
14	Ball State	Mid-American Conference	2004	0.5%

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference at time	Value
2025	Toledo	Mid-American Conference	20.2%
2024	Ohio	Mid-American Conference	20.7%
2023	Ohio	Mid-American Conference	20.4%
2022	Western Michigan	Mid-American Conference	20.8%
2021	Western Michigan	Mid-American Conference	21.8%
2020	Miami (OH)	Mid-American Conference	19.5%
2019	Central Michigan	Mid-American Conference	23.2%
2018	Ohio	Mid-American Conference	20.2%
2017	Ohio	Mid-American Conference	20.3%
2016	Ohio	Mid-American Conference	19.7%
2015	Northern Illinois	Mid-American Conference	1.9%
2014	Central Michigan	Mid-American Conference	1.6%
2013	Northern Illinois	Mid-American Conference	1.9%
2012	Kent State	Mid-American Conference	2.3%
2011	Temple	Mid-American Conference	2.0%
2010	Miami (OH)	Mid-American Conference	2.5%
2009	Ohio	Mid-American Conference	2.3%
2008	Toledo	Mid-American Conference	2.2%
2007	Buffalo	Mid-American Conference	3.3%
2006	Western Michigan	Mid-American Conference	3.7%
2005	Miami (OH)	Mid-American Conference	3.1%
2004	Kent State	Mid-American Conference	9.5%

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Western Michigan	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.8%	2019 (22.2%)
2	Massachusetts	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2006	9.3%	2017 (19.8%)
3	Miami (OH)	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 (20.5%)
4	Toledo	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.2%	2025 (20.2%)
5	Ohio	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	9.0%	2024 (20.7%)
6	Central Michigan	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	8.8%	2019 (23.2%)
7	Marshall	2004	8.7%	2004 (8.7%)
8	Buffalo	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	8.6%	2019 (21.1%)
9	Bowling Green	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	8.2%	2025 (19.0%)
10	Kent State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	8.2%	2016 (18.7%)
11	Northern Illinois	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	8.0%	2017 (19.7%)
12	Ball State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	8.0%	2019 (21.5%)
13	Eastern Michigan	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	7.6%	2024 (18.7%)
14	Akron	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	7.2%	2025 (17.3%)
15	UCF	2004	5.4%	2004 (5.4%)
16	Temple	2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007	1.9%	2009 (2.3%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the MAC havoc rate leaderboard in 2004?

Kent State ranks first at 9.5% in 2004.

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

Western Michigan owns the strongest all-time average at 9.8% across 22 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the MAC race compare with the recent trend?

Toledo 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.