College Football Stat Leaders

2009 Pac-12 Third Down Conversion Rate Leaders

Share of offensive third downs converted.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Washington (46.2%)

Best Season

Washington 2022 (56.8%)

Scope

Pac-12 • 2009

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 2009 leaderboard, the visible range runs 46.2% to 36.2%, with Washington setting the pace.

Pac-12 Context

Pac-12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Washington State is the latest winner at 38.1%.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Washington to No. 5 California is 10.0%, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 43.7% in 2024 to 38.1% in 2025, a swing of 5.6%. Washington's current mark of 46.2% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 43.2% held by USC.

Leaderboard

Top 9 rows for the current route scope.

1WashingtonPac-12 Conference200946.2%
2Oregon StatePac-12 Conference200945.9%
3Fresno StatePac-12200944.0%
4ArizonaPac-12 Conference200941.4%
5CaliforniaPac-12 Conference200936.2%
6OregonPac-12 Conference200935.1%
7UCLAPac-12 Conference200934.1%
8Arizona StatePac-12 Conference200930.8%
9Washington StatePac-12 Conference200923.8%

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
1USC2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 201143.2%2022 (54.2%)
2Oregon2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200443.2%2023 (51.0%)
3Stanford2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 201142.3%2011 (52.6%)
4Washington2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200441.2%2022 (56.8%)
5Fresno State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200440.9%2023 (48.1%)
6Arizona2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200440.3%2023 (49.1%)
7UCLA2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200440.1%2022 (50.9%)
8Utah2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 201139.9%2022 (50.6%)
9Arizona State2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200439.2%2020 (46.7%)
10California2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200438.7%2015 (46.9%)
11Oregon State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200438.6%2021 (49.7%)
12Washington State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 200438.5%2016 (47.1%)
13Colorado2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 201137.3%2016 (44.1%)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Pac-12 third down conversion rate leaderboard in 2009?

Washington ranks first at 46.2% in 2009.

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

USC owns the strongest all-time average at 43.2% across 13 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Pac-12 race compare with the recent trend?

Washington State 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.