College Football Stat Leaders

2005 Big 12 Third Down Conversion Rate Leaders

Share of offensive third downs converted.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Texas (44.5%)

Best Season

Texas 2008 (54.9%)

Scope

Big 12 • 2005

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 2005 leaderboard, the visible range runs 44.5% to 34.8%, with Texas setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Utah is the latest winner at 52.9%.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Texas to No. 5 Iowa State is 9.7%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 50.7% in 2024 to 52.9% in 2025, a swing of 2.2%. Texas's current mark of 44.5% sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 44.7% held by Oklahoma.

Leaderboard

Top 12 rows for the current route scope.

1TexasBig 12 Conference200544.5%
2MissouriBig 12 Conference200540.5%
3BaylorBig 12 Conference200536.6%
4Texas TechBig 12 Conference200536.1%
5Iowa StateBig 12 Conference200534.8%
6OklahomaBig 12 Conference200534.2%
7KansasBig 12 Conference200532.8%
8ColoradoBig 12 Conference200532.3%
9Kansas StateBig 12 Conference200531.4%
10Texas A&MBig 12 Conference200531.3%
11NebraskaBig 12 Conference200530.2%
12Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference200527.5%

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Third Down Conversion Rate. Categories include 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 18 more.

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200444.7%2012 (51.9%)
2Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200444.4%2008 (54.4%)
3Missouri2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200443.5%2008 (53.4%)
4Texas A&M2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200443.3%2006 (50.3%)
5Utah2025, 202442.8%2025 (52.9%)
6Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200442.3%2008 (54.9%)
7Arizona2025, 202442.0%2024 (42.9%)
8UCF2025, 2024, 202341.5%2023 (49.1%)
9TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201241.4%2025 (47.4%)
10Cincinnati2025, 2024, 202340.9%2023 (42.0%)
11Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200440.7%2012 (50.0%)
12Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200440.6%2011 (48.9%)
13Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200440.1%2013 (47.0%)
14Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200439.4%2020 (45.3%)
15Arizona State2025, 202439.3%2024 (45.9%)
16Nebraska2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200439.1%2008 (46.9%)
17West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201238.9%2012 (44.0%)
18Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200438.1%2024 (50.7%)
19Colorado2025, 2024, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200436.9%2010 (45.1%)
20BYU2025, 2024, 202335.8%2025 (41.4%)
21Houston2025, 2024, 202335.0%2025 (40.8%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 third down conversion rate leaderboard in 2005?

Texas ranks first at 44.5% in 2005.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term third down conversion rate profile?

Oklahoma owns the strongest all-time average at 44.7% across 20 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Utah 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.