College Football Stat Leaders
Share of defensive plays with source-provided havoc events.
Seasons Covered
2004-2025
Current Leader
Georgia Southern (22.2%)
Best Season
James Madison 2023 (24.3%)
Scope
Sun Belt • 2019
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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 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 22.2% to 19.2%, with Georgia Southern setting the pace.
Sun Belt teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and James Madison is the latest winner at 19.9%.
The gap from No. 1 Georgia Southern to No. 5 Coastal Carolina is 3.0%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 20.4% in 2024 to 19.9% in 2025, a swing of 0.5%. Georgia Southern's current mark of 22.2% sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 22.2% held by James Madison.
Top 11 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 22.2% |
| 2 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2019 | 21.6% |
| 3 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 20.3% |
| 4 | Georgia State | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 19.7% |
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 19.2% |
| 6 | South Alabama | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 18.4% |
| 7 | Texas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 17.5% |
| 8 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 17.1% |
| 9 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 16.8% |
| 10 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 16.8% |
| 11 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 2019 | 16.1% |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 19.9% |
| 2024 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 20.4% |
| 2023 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 24.3% |
| 2022 | James Madison | Sun Belt Conference | 24.3% |
| 2021 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 20.6% |
| 2020 | App State | Sun Belt Conference | 20.1% |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt Conference | 22.2% |
| 2018 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 20.3% |
| 2017 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 23.2% |
| 2016 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 22.8% |
| 2015 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 2.8% |
| 2014 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 1.7% |
| 2013 | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt Conference | 1.9% |
| 2012 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 2.0% |
| 2011 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt Conference | 1.9% |
| 2010 | Florida International | Sun Belt Conference | 2.3% |
| 2009 | Louisiana | Sun Belt Conference | 2.0% |
| 2008 | Troy | Sun Belt Conference | 2.5% |
| 2007 | Florida Atlantic | Sun Belt Conference | 3.3% |
| 2006 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt Conference | 15.4% |
| 2005 | Florida International | Sun Belt Conference | 17.2% |
| 2004 | Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt Conference | 13.7% |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Madison | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 22.2% | 2023 (24.3%) |
| 2 | Marshall | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 17.9% | 2024 (19.0%) |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 | 16.4% | 2022 (18.0%) |
| 4 | Coastal Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 16.3% | 2019 (19.2%) |
| 5 | App State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 15.3% | 2021 (20.6%) |
| 6 | Georgia Southern | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 14.7% | 2019 (22.2%) |
| 7 | Old Dominion | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 12.8% | 2019 (21.6%) |
| 8 | Texas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 12.2% | 2023 (19.4%) |
| 9 | Georgia State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 12.0% | 2020 (19.9%) |
| 10 | South Alabama | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 11.7% | 2019 (18.4%) |
| 11 | Troy | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 9.8% | 2017 (23.2%) |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 9.7% | 2016 (21.9%) |
| 13 | UL Monroe | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 9.0% | 2018 (16.1%) |
| 14 | New Mexico State | 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2004 | 8.8% | 2017 (18.0%) |
| 15 | Louisiana | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 8.1% | 2021 (18.1%) |
| 16 | Utah State | 2004 | 6.7% | 2004 (6.7%) |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 3.8% | 2004 (13.7%) |
| 18 | Florida International | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 3.7% | 2005 (17.2%) |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 | 3.0% | 2006 (9.7%) |
| 20 | North Texas | 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | 2.3% | 2005 (6.1%) |
| 21 | Western Kentucky | 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 | 1.5% | 2013 (1.9%) |
Georgia Southern ranks first at 22.2% in 2019.
James Madison owns the strongest all-time average at 22.2% across 4 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
James Madison 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.