College Football Stat Leaders

2024 Mountain West Havoc Rate Leaders

Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

UNLV (20.4%)

Best Season

San Diego State 2019 (26.4%)

Scope

Mountain West • 2024

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 2024 leaderboard, the visible range runs 20.4% to 15.6%, with UNLV setting the pace.

Mountain West Context

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%.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 UNLV to No. 5 Hawai'i is 4.8%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 20.4% in 2024 to 17.2% in 2025, a swing of 3.2%. UNLV's current mark of 20.4% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 12.5% held by Utah State.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.

1UNLVMountain West Conference202420.4%
2Boise StateMountain West Conference202420.0%
3San José StateMountain West202417.5%
4Colorado StateMountain West Conference202417.0%
5Hawai'iMountain West Conference202415.6%
6Utah StateMountain West Conference202415.1%
7Air ForceMountain West Conference202414.6%
8WyomingMountain West Conference202414.5%
9NevadaMountain West Conference202414.4%
10New MexicoMountain West Conference202413.5%
11San Diego StateMountain West Conference202411.9%

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025New MexicoMountain West Conference17.2%
2024UNLVMountain West Conference20.4%
2023Utah StateMountain West Conference17.3%
2022San José StateMountain West18.6%
2021Utah StateMountain West Conference19.8%
2020San Diego StateMountain West Conference21.2%
2019San Diego StateMountain West Conference26.4%
2018NevadaMountain West Conference17.5%
2017WyomingMountain West Conference17.5%
2016San Diego StateMountain West Conference19.6%
2015San Diego StateMountain West Conference2.7%
2014Boise StateMountain West Conference2.3%
2013Utah StateMountain West Conference1.7%
2012Boise StateMountain West Conference2.1%
2011Boise StateMountain West Conference1.9%
2010BYUMountain West Conference1.9%
2009Air ForceMountain West Conference2.5%
2008UtahMountain West Conference2.3%
2007San José StateMountain West3.4%
2006San José StateMountain West6.2%
2005San José StateMountain West5.2%
2004Air ForceMountain West Conference7.2%

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Utah State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201312.5%2021 (19.8%)
2Boise State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 201112.1%2019 (20.5%)
3Nevada2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201211.4%2019 (18.3%)
4Hawai'i2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201211.2%2020 (17.3%)
5San Diego State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20049.2%2019 (26.4%)
6San José State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.5%2022 (18.6%)
7Colorado State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.2%2019 (20.2%)
8Wyoming2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20048.1%2019 (21.4%)
9Air Force2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20047.9%2019 (20.8%)
10New Mexico2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20047.8%2025 (17.2%)
11UNLV2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20047.4%2024 (20.4%)
12BYU2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20042.1%2004 (4.2%)
13TCU2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 20052.0%2005 (3.0%)
14Utah2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 20041.9%2008 (2.3%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Mountain West havoc rate leaderboard in 2024?

UNLV ranks first at 20.4% in 2024.

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

Utah State owns the strongest all-time average at 12.5% across 13 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Mountain West race compare with the recent trend?

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.