cfb defense allowing the most third down conversions

The Clemson Tigers have the most third-down conversions by a team, with 1,143 conversions.

	TEAM	3DWN CONV	3DWN ATT	3DWN%	4DWN CONV	4DWN ATT	4DWN%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN
1	Clemson	1,143	2,600	44.0	146	256	57.0	179	147	32	0	825	6,434	35.9	3,284	18.3	4,276
2	Texas Tech	1,108	2,483	44.6	183	346	52.9	163	85	78	0	728	5,728	35.1	5,231	32.1	4,096
3	Alabama	1,105	2,350	47.0	132	218	60.6	182	158	24	0	913	7,058	38.8	3,111	17.1	4,230
4	Ohio State	1,072	2,242	47.8	159	250	63.6	174	153	21	0	929	7,041	40.5	3,116	17.9	4,339
5	Boise State	1,045	2,294	45.6	126	237	53.2	170	123	47	0	679	5,798	34.1	3,898	22.9	3,616
6	Memphis	1,023	2,387	42.9	174	303	57.4	167	110	57	0	770	6,050	36.2	4,498	26.9	3,861
7	Missouri	1,016	2,407	42.2	126	226	55.8	165	99	66	0	600	4,905	29.7	4,040	24.5	3,609
8	SMU	1,013	2,436	41.6	177	315	56.2	162	88	74	0	679	5,323	32.9	5,128	31.7	3,674
9	TCU	1,011	2,387	42.4	124	241	51.5	165	103	62	0	687	5,439	33.0	4,230	25.6	3,687
10	Baylor	999	2,420	41.3	261	451	57.9	164	94	70	0	739	5,698	34.7	4,509	27.5	3,981
11	Georgia	997	2,243	44.4	126	198	63.6	177	145	32	0	764	6,137	34.7	3,188	18.0	4,044
12	Houston	990	2,375	41.7	168	318	52.8	162	98	64	0	662	5,169	31.9	4,233	26.1	3,557
13	Notre Dame	990	2,255	43.9	149	252	59.1	169	128	41	0	745	5,791	34.3	3,523	20.8	3,740
14	Wake Forest	989	2,490	39.7	141	267	52.8	161	80	81	0	545	4,455	27.7	4,438	27.6	3,417
15	Oregon	988	2,199	44.9	184	319	57.7	170	127	43	0	861	6,496	38.2	4,246	25.0	4,135
16	Oklahoma State	983	2,470	39.8	122	226	54.0	167	103	64	0	681	5,464	32.7	4,694	28.1	3,784
17	Virginia	980	2,407	40.7	135	280	48.2	158	69	89	0	503	4,112	26.0	4,431	28.0	3,364
18	Duke	977	2,479	39.4	187	344	54.4	166	91	75	0	596	4,750	28.6	4,453	26.8	3,571
19	NC State	977	2,375	41.1	143	275	52.0	165	95	70	0	598	4,754	28.8	4,208	25.5	3,558
20	LSU	972	2,219	43.8	106	196	54.1	167	116	51	0	693	5,492	32.9	3,799	22.7	3,769
21	Cincinnati	971	2,272	42.7	142	247	57.5	164	101	63	0	632	4,907	29.9	3,909	23.8	3,619
22	Tulsa	971	2,344	41.4	154	294	52.4	156	59	97	0	513	4,355	27.9	5,165	33.1	3,305
23	UCLA	967	2,246	43.1	147	281	52.3	157	81	76	0	587	4,649	29.6	4,492	28.6	3,506
24	Northwestern	967	2,521	38.4	169	343	49.3	160	79	81	0	426	3,488	21.8	3,725	23.3	3,123
25	Army	965	2,095	46.1	283	436	64.9	164	92	72	0	574	4,523	27.6	3,670	22.4	3,059

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,943

Klubnik

RUSH

814

Randall

REC

837

Moore

Team Rankings

PPG

28.7

66th

OPP PPG

20.4

31st

RUSH YDS/G

131.3

117th

PASS YDS/G

274.0

26th

2025 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Georgia Tech	6-2	9-4
7	California	4-4	7-6
8	Clemson	4-4	7-6
9	NC State	4-4	8-5
10	Louisville	4-4	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	CLEM	@	LSU	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	GASO	@	CLEM	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UNC	@	CLEM	12:00 PM
Fri 9/25	CLEM	@	CAL	10:30 PM
Sat 10/3	MIA	@	CLEM	1:00 PM

Last Game

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1 - 0

Final

Clemson

0 - 1

Sat 27 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167