College Football Stat Leaders

2010 Pac-12 Third Down Conversion Rate Leaders

Share of offensive third downs converted.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

Arizona (48.5%)

Best Season

Washington 2022 (56.8%)

Scope

Pac-12 • 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 48.5% to 36.6%, with Arizona 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 Arizona to No. 5 Oregon State is 11.9%, 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%. Arizona's current mark of 48.5% sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 43.2% held by USC.

Leaderboard

Top 9 rows for the current route scope.

1ArizonaPac-12 Conference201048.5%
2OregonPac-12 Conference201044.9%
3Arizona StatePac-12 Conference201040.0%
4Washington StatePac-12 Conference201039.1%
5Oregon StatePac-12 Conference201036.6%
6Fresno StatePac-12201035.4%
7UCLAPac-12 Conference201035.3%
8CaliforniaPac-12 Conference201034.9%
9WashingtonPac-12 Conference201032.1%

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 2010?

Arizona ranks first at 48.5% in 2010.

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.