College Football Stat Leaders

2015 Mountain West Third Down Conversion Rate Leaders

Share of offensive third downs converted.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

San José State (48.1%)

Best Season

BYU 2006 (56.0%)

Scope

Mountain West • 2015

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 48.1% to 41.2%, with San José State 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 San José State to No. 5 Boise State is 6.9%, 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%. San José State's current mark of 48.1% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 47.4% held by BYU.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.

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 2015?

San José State ranks first at 48.1% in 2015.

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.