College Football Stat Leaders
Share of offensive third downs converted.
Seasons Covered
2012-2025
Current Leader
Louisville (56.0%)
Best Season
Louisville 2013 (56.0%)
Scope
American
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
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 American leaderboard, the visible range runs 56.0% to 50.2%, with Louisville setting the pace.
American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Navy is the latest winner at 51.8%.
The gap from No. 1 Louisville to No. 5 Houston is 5.8%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark improved from 50.0% in 2024 to 51.8% in 2025, a swing of 1.8%. Louisville's current mark of 56.0% matches the all-time average leader benchmark of 56.0% held by Louisville.
Top 25 rows for the current route scope.
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Navy | American Athletic Conference | 51.8% |
| 2024 | Tulane | American Athletic Conference | 50.0% |
| 2023 | UTSA | American Athletic | 47.4% |
| 2022 | UTSA | American Athletic | 48.7% |
| 2021 | SMU | American Athletic Conference | 43.5% |
| 2020 | UCF | American Athletic Conference | 49.4% |
| 2019 | Navy | American Athletic Conference | 47.1% |
| 2018 | UCF | American Athletic Conference | 49.7% |
| 2017 | Navy | American Athletic Conference | 45.5% |
| 2016 | Navy | American Athletic Conference | 54.5% |
| 2015 | Cincinnati | American Athletic Conference | 50.8% |
| 2014 | East Carolina | American Athletic Conference | 47.4% |
| 2013 | Louisville | American Athletic Conference | 56.0% |
| 2012 | UTSA | American Athletic | 44.8% |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisville | 2013 | 56.0% | 2013 (56.0%) |
| 2 | Army | 2025, 2024 | 44.7% | 2024 (48.2%) |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 43.0% | 2015 (50.8%) |
| 4 | Houston | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 42.7% | 2015 (50.2%) |
| 5 | Memphis | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 42.7% | 2015 (48.3%) |
| 6 | Navy | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | 42.1% | 2016 (54.5%) |
| 7 | UCF | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 41.7% | 2018 (49.7%) |
| 8 | North Texas | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 41.7% | 2025 (45.9%) |
| 9 | UAB | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 41.6% | 2025 (46.4%) |
| 10 | Tulsa | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 41.4% | 2016 (46.2%) |
| 11 | SMU | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 41.3% | 2022 (47.8%) |
| 12 | UTSA | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 | 41.1% | 2022 (48.7%) |
| 13 | East Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 40.2% | 2014 (47.4%) |
| 14 | South Florida | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 38.1% | 2025 (46.4%) |
| 15 | Tulane | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 37.4% | 2024 (50.0%) |
| 16 | Temple | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 36.4% | 2013 (42.2%) |
| 17 | Rice | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 35.6% | 2023 (38.0%) |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 35.1% | 2025 (36.8%) |
| 19 | Rutgers | 2013 | 34.9% | 2013 (34.9%) |
| 20 | UConn | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 | 34.5% | 2018 (42.4%) |
| 21 | Charlotte | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 29.5% | 2025 (34.5%) |
Louisville ranks first at 56.0%.
Louisville owns the strongest all-time average at 56.0% across 1 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Navy 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.