College Football Stat Leaders

2015 Third Down Conversion Rate Leaders

Share of offensive third downs converted.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Texas Tech (51.7%)

Best Season

Alabama 2020 (60.0%)

Scope

All Conferences • 2015

Browse Metrics

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Total Yards Per Game Passing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Points Per Game Yards Allowed Per Game Sacks Per Game Tackles For Loss Per Game Third Down Conversion Rate Points Per Opportunity Offensive PPA Defensive PPA Turnover Margin Havoc Rate

Season Selector

All-Time 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Selector

All Conferences ACC American Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Third Down Conversion Rate Reads

Third down conversion rate shows how often an offense extends drives after reaching the money down, which helps separate efficient possession teams from boom-or-bust attacks. On this 2015 leaderboard, the visible range runs 51.7% to 50.0%, with Texas Tech setting the pace.

Conference Context

American Athletic Conference places 3 of the current top 5 teams, while Big Ten Conference owns the most recent yearly winner slot in the trend table.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Texas Tech to No. 5 Navy is 1.7%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 55.6% in 2024 to 56.3% in 2025, a swing of 0.7%. Texas Tech's current mark of 51.7% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 46.5% held by Air Force.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.


1	Texas Tech	Big 12 Conference	2015	51.7%
2	Cincinnati	American Athletic Conference	2015	50.8%
3	Houston	American Athletic Conference	2015	50.2%
4	Bowling Green	Mid-American Conference	2015	50.0%
5	Navy	American Athletic Conference	2015	50.0%
6	Stanford	Pac-12 Conference	2015	50.0%
7	Rice	Conference USA	2015	49.2%
8	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	2015	48.5%
9	Memphis	American Athletic Conference	2015	48.3%
10	Michigan State	Big Ten Conference	2015	48.3%
11	San José State	Mountain West	2015	48.1%
12	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2015	47.6%
13	Clemson	Atlantic Coast Conference	2015	47.0%
14	California	Pac-12 Conference	2015	46.9%
15	Baylor	Big 12 Conference	2015	46.7%
16	Arkansas	Southeastern Conference	2015	46.6%
17	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	2015	46.2%
18	Toledo	Mid-American Conference	2015	46.2%
19	Colorado State	Mountain West Conference	2015	46.0%
20	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	2015	46.0%
21	Southern Miss	Conference USA	2015	45.9%
22	Western Michigan	Mid-American Conference	2015	45.9%
23	UCLA	Pac-12 Conference	2015	45.1%
24	Nebraska	Big Ten Conference	2015	44.8%
25	Tulsa	American Athletic Conference	2015	44.1%

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Yearly Winners

Season	Team	Conference at time	Value
2025	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	56.3%
2024	Miami	Atlantic Coast Conference	55.6%
2023	LSU	Southeastern Conference	54.6%
2022	Washington	Pac-12 Conference	56.8%
2021	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt Conference	53.8%
2020	Alabama	Southeastern Conference	60.0%
2019	Ohio State	Big Ten Conference	55.2%
2018	Army	NCAA Division I FBS independent schools	56.9%
2017	Army	NCAA Division I FBS independent schools	55.2%
2016	Navy	American Athletic Conference	54.5%
2015	Texas Tech	Big 12 Conference	51.7%
2014	Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast Conference	57.9%
2013	LSU	Southeastern Conference	57.1%
2012	Texas A&M	Southeastern Conference	54.6%
2011	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	54.7%
2010	Stanford	Pacific-10 Conference	57.6%
2009	BYU	Mountain West Conference	55.6%
2008	Tulsa	Conference USA	57.0%
2007	Florida	Southeastern Conference	53.4%
2006	BYU	Mountain West Conference	56.0%
2005	USC	Pacific-10 Conference	51.6%
2004	Oklahoma	Big 12 Conference	50.0%

Historical Leaderboard

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

Rank	Team	Seasons	Average	Best Season
1	Air Force	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	46.5%	2006 (54.6%)
2	Ohio State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	45.9%	2019 (55.2%)
3	Boise State	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	45.3%	2018 (52.5%)
4	Navy	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	44.7%	2016 (54.5%)
5	Alabama	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	44.6%	2020 (60.0%)
6	Texas Tech	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	44.4%	2008 (54.4%)
7	Oklahoma	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	44.1%	2012 (51.9%)
8	USC	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	43.8%	2022 (54.2%)
9	BYU	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	43.6%	2006 (56.0%)
10	Oregon	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	43.6%	2023 (51.0%)
11	Texas A&M	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	43.2%	2020 (54.9%)
12	Georgia	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	43.0%	2023 (53.9%)
13	Western Kentucky	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007	42.8%	2014 (51.1%)
14	Liberty	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018	42.8%	2023 (49.4%)
15	LSU	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	42.8%	2013 (57.1%)
16	Houston	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	42.7%	2009 (51.3%)
17	Coastal Carolina	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017	42.6%	2021 (53.8%)
18	Army	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	42.6%	2018 (56.9%)
19	Notre Dame	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	42.4%	2020 (48.5%)
20	Tulsa	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	42.3%	2008 (57.0%)
21	Missouri	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	42.3%	2008 (53.4%)
22	Texas	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	42.1%	2008 (54.9%)
23	TCU	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	42.1%	2010 (53.5%)
24	Wisconsin	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	42.0%	2011 (54.7%)
25	Clemson	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	41.9%	2012 (51.5%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads college football in third down conversion rate in 2015?

Texas Tech ranks first at 51.7% in 2015.

Why does the 2015 third down conversion rate season stand out?

The top of the 2015 leaderboard is separated by 1.7% from No. 1 to No. 5, which shows whether this season had a runaway leader or a tightly packed race.

How does the 2015 leader compare with the all-time average benchmark?

Texas Tech's 2015 mark of 51.7% clears the all-time average leader benchmark of 46.5% held by Air Force.