best 3rd down percentage college football last 3 years

Between September 14, 2023 and September 14, 2026, the Miami Hurricanes have the highest third-down percentage by a team, with 48.5 percent.

	TEAM	3DWN%	3DWN CONV	3DWN ATT	4DWN CONV	4DWN ATT	4DWN%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN
1	Miami	48.5	253	522	39	64	60.9	42	30	12	0	192	1,511	36.0	839	20.0	1,011
2	USC	47.9	224	468	34	59	57.6	39	24	15	0	174	1,353	34.7	1,063	27.3	906
3	Indiana	47.7	239	501	35	68	51.5	41	31	10	0	202	1,532	37.4	735	17.9	922
4	Oregon	47.6	249	523	48	80	60.0	43	37	6	0	210	1,607	37.4	800	18.6	997
5	Tennessee	47.3	252	533	32	53	60.4	39	27	12	0	180	1,416	36.3	855	21.9	925
6	Ohio State	47.0	238	506	40	61	65.6	43	36	7	0	189	1,457	33.9	499	11.6	930
7	Boise State	46.7	273	584	45	73	61.6	42	30	12	0	182	1,420	33.8	991	23.6	945
8	Air Force	46.6	238	511	67	95	70.5	37	17	20	0	123	958	25.9	907	24.5	743
9	LSU	46.5	232	499	26	48	54.2	39	27	12	0	157	1,285	32.9	907	23.3	892
10	Texas State	46.3	247	533	48	79	60.8	39	22	17	0	179	1,404	36.0	1,162	29.8	962
11	Texas Tech	46.1	287	623	48	86	55.8	40	29	11	0	171	1,402	35.1	917	22.9	918
12	Georgia	46.0	238	517	42	60	70.0	42	36	6	0	189	1,492	35.5	766	18.2	1,010
13	Ohio	45.6	231	507	31	53	58.5	39	29	10	0	139	1,080	27.7	781	20.0	829
14	TCU	45.3	231	510	50	81	61.7	38	23	15	0	155	1,200	31.6	954	25.1	882
15	Arizona	45.1	233	517	38	63	60.3	38	23	15	0	136	1,111	29.2	907	23.9	814
16	Kansas	44.4	198	446	37	67	55.2	37	18	19	0	150	1,135	30.7	982	26.5	778
17	Memphis	44.3	230	519	39	73	53.4	40	29	11	0	180	1,394	34.9	1,051	26.3	909
18	Missouri	44.3	240	542	37	59	62.7	39	29	10	0	147	1,226	31.4	788	20.2	869
19	UNLV	44.3	262	592	41	73	56.2	43	30	13	0	179	1,451	33.7	1,118	26.0	933
20	Alabama	44.2	243	550	36	60	60.0	42	33	9	0	174	1,371	32.6	766	18.2	863
21	SMU	44.2	238	539	30	53	56.6	41	32	9	0	191	1,506	36.7	817	19.9	920
22	Georgia Southern	43.7	242	554	35	59	59.3	39	20	19	0	132	1,074	27.5	1,162	29.8	855
23	Penn State	43.5	238	547	55	82	67.1	42	30	12	0	173	1,375	32.7	693	16.5	902
24	Notre Dame	43.4	197	454	50	80	62.5	40	33	7	0	204	1,541	38.5	649	16.2	846
25	Nebraska	43.4	213	491	30	69	43.5	38	21	17	0	123	976	25.7	771	20.3	767

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More Miami Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

653

Mensah

RUSH

173

Mallory

REC

330

Toney

Team Rankings

PPG

61.0

2nd

OPP PPG

6.5

5th

RUSH YDS/G

275.5

11th

PASS YDS/G

427.0

2nd

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Miami	1-0	2-0
2	SMU	1-0	2-0
3	Virginia	1-0	2-0
4	California	1-0	1-1
5	Duke	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	CMU	@	MIA	6:30 PM
Sat 10/3	MIA	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	FSU	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	PITT	@	MIA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Florida A&M

0 - 1

Final

Miami

2 - 0

Thu 10 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333