College Football Stat Leaders
Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
San Diego State (26.4%)
Best Season
San Diego State 2019 (26.4%)
Scope
Mountain West
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
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 Mountain West leaderboard, the visible range runs 26.4% to 20.5%, with San Diego State setting the pace.
Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and New Mexico is the latest winner at 17.2%.
The gap from No. 1 San Diego State to No. 5 Boise State is 5.8%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 20.4% in 2024 to 17.2% in 2025, a swing of 3.2%. San Diego State's current mark of 26.4% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 12.5% held by Utah State.
Top 25 rows for the current route scope.
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | Mountain West Conference | 17.2% |
| 2024 | UNLV | Mountain West Conference | 20.4% |
| 2023 | Utah State | Mountain West Conference | 17.3% |
| 2022 | San José State | Mountain West | 18.6% |
| 2021 | Utah State | Mountain West Conference | 19.8% |
| 2020 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 21.2% |
| 2019 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 26.4% |
| 2018 | Nevada | Mountain West Conference | 17.5% |
| 2017 | Wyoming | Mountain West Conference | 17.5% |
| 2016 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 19.6% |
| 2015 | San Diego State | Mountain West Conference | 2.7% |
| 2014 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 2.3% |
| 2013 | Utah State | Mountain West Conference | 1.7% |
| 2012 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 2.1% |
| 2011 | Boise State | Mountain West Conference | 1.9% |
| 2010 | BYU | Mountain West Conference | 1.9% |
| 2009 | Air Force | Mountain West Conference | 2.5% |
| 2008 | Utah | Mountain West Conference | 2.3% |
| 2007 | San José State | Mountain West | 3.4% |
| 2006 | San José State | Mountain West | 6.2% |
| 2005 | San José State | Mountain West | 5.2% |
| 2004 | Air Force | Mountain West Conference | 7.2% |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 12.5% | 2021 (19.8%) |
| 2 | Boise State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 | 12.1% | 2019 (20.5%) |
| 3 | Nevada | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 11.4% | 2019 (18.3%) |
| 4 | Hawai'i | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 11.2% | 2020 (17.3%) |
| 5 | San Diego State | 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 (26.4%) |
| 6 | San José State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.5% | 2022 (18.6%) |
| 7 | Colorado 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% | 2019 (20.2%) |
| 8 | Wyoming | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.1% | 2019 (21.4%) |
| 9 | Air Force | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 7.9% | 2019 (20.8%) |
| 10 | New Mexico | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 7.8% | 2025 (17.2%) |
| 11 | UNLV | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 7.4% | 2024 (20.4%) |
| 12 | BYU | 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 2.1% | 2004 (4.2%) |
| 13 | TCU | 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 2.0% | 2005 (3.0%) |
| 14 | Utah | 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 1.9% | 2008 (2.3%) |
San Diego State ranks first at 26.4%.
Utah State owns the strongest all-time average at 12.5% across 13 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
New Mexico 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.