College Football Stat Leaders
Share of offensive third downs converted.
Seasons Covered
2012-2025
Current Leader
UCF (49.7%)
Best Season
Louisville 2013 (56.0%)
Scope
American • 2018
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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 2018 leaderboard, the visible range runs 49.7% to 43.0%, with UCF 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 UCF to No. 5 Tulsa is 6.7%, 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%. UCF's current mark of 49.7% sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 56.0% held by Louisville.
Top 13 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | UCF | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 49.7% |
| 2 | Cincinnati | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 48.0% |
| 3 | Memphis | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 46.6% |
| 4 | Houston | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 45.9% |
| 5 | Tulsa | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 43.0% |
| 6 | UConn | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 42.4% |
| 7 | Temple | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 38.9% |
| 8 | South Florida | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 38.8% |
| 9 | Navy | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 38.0% |
| 10 | East Carolina | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 35.9% |
| 11 | Tulane | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 35.4% |
| 12 | SMU | American Athletic Conference | 2018 | 33.2% |
| 13 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2018 | 32.6% |
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%) |
UCF ranks first at 49.7% in 2018.
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.