College Football Stat Leaders

2010 Mountain West Third Down Conversion Rate Leaders

Share of offensive third downs converted.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

TCU (53.5%)

Best Season

BYU 2006 (56.0%)

Scope

Mountain West • 2010

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 2010 leaderboard, the visible range runs 53.5% to 42.3%, with TCU setting the pace.

Mountain West Context

Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Air Force is the latest winner at 51.0%.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 TCU to No. 5 Utah is 11.2%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 49.2% in 2024 to 51.0% in 2025, a swing of 1.8%. TCU's current mark of 53.5% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 47.4% held by BYU.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1TCUMountain West Conference201053.5%
2Air ForceMountain West Conference201050.5%
3San Diego StateMountain West Conference201046.2%
4BYUMountain West Conference201046.2%
5UtahMountain West Conference201042.3%
6Colorado StateMountain West Conference201036.7%
7UNLVMountain West Conference201034.1%
8New MexicoMountain West Conference201032.2%
9WyomingMountain West Conference201030.8%
10San José StateMountain West201026.0%

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
1BYU2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200447.4%2006 (56.0%)
2Air Force2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200446.5%2006 (54.6%)
3Boise State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 201146.0%2018 (52.5%)
4TCU2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 200545.0%2010 (53.5%)
5Utah2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200441.7%2004 (49.7%)
6Nevada2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201239.8%2012 (52.8%)
7Colorado State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200438.7%2017 (50.0%)
8Utah State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 201338.6%2018 (47.0%)
9San Diego State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200438.0%2010 (46.2%)
10Wyoming2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200437.3%2013 (45.2%)
11UNLV2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200437.2%2023 (49.0%)
12San José State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200437.2%2015 (48.1%)
13Hawai'i2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 201236.6%2019 (47.3%)
14New Mexico2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200435.9%2016 (45.9%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Mountain West third down conversion rate leaderboard in 2010?

TCU ranks first at 53.5% in 2010.

Which Mountain West program has the best long-term third down conversion rate profile?

BYU owns the strongest all-time average at 47.4% across 7 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Mountain West race compare with the recent trend?

Air Force 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.