most third down attempts in a season

The Fresno State Bulldogs have the most third-down attempts by a team in a season, with 243 attempts in 2014.

		TEAM	3DWN ATT	SEASON	3DWN CONV	3DWN%	4DWN CONV	4DWN ATT	4DWN%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN
1		Fresno State	243	2014	92	37.9	16	34	47.1	14	6	8	0	49	371	26.5	454	32.4	312
2		Colorado	236	2016	104	44.1	8	19	42.1	14	10	4	0	55	435	31.1	304	21.7	328
3		Clemson	233	2016	117	50.2	16	26	61.5	15	14	1	0	78	588	39.2	270	18.0	405
4		Houston	233	2016	109	46.8	19	30	63.3	13	9	4	0	59	466	35.8	305	23.5	319
5		Houston	233	2015	118	50.6	13	26	50.0	14	13	1	0	75	566	40.4	290	20.7	332
6		Arizona	233	2014	89	38.2	16	26	61.5	14	10	4	0	61	483	34.5	395	28.2	357
7		Clemson	232	2015	110	47.4	9	15	60.0	15	14	1	0	71	577	38.5	325	21.7	395
8		Arizona State	231	2015	94	40.7	10	18	55.6	13	6	7	0	52	450	34.6	435	33.5	306
9		Northwestern	231	2015	94	40.7	5	11	45.5	13	10	3	0	29	254	19.5	242	18.6	232
10		Hawaii	231	2014	77	33.3	19	27	70.4	13	4	9	0	31	272	20.9	349	26.8	265
11		Wake Forest	230	2019	108	47.0	8	18	44.4	13	8	5	0	49	414	31.8	378	29.1	308
12		Wake Forest	229	2018	96	41.9	15	26	57.7	13	7	6	0	53	427	32.8	433	33.3	320
13		Bowling Green	229	2014	87	38.0	7	23	30.4	14	8	6	0	51	420	30.0	469	33.5	327
14		West Virginia	229	2014	97	42.4	10	22	45.5	13	7	6	0	49	435	33.5	359	27.6	347
15		Virginia	229	2013	87	38.0	6	25	24.0	12	2	10	0	27	237	19.8	399	33.3	268
16		Wake Forest	228	2021	113	49.6	13	21	61.9	14	11	3	0	72	574	41.0	404	28.9	354
17		Tulsa	227	2015	100	44.1	14	26	53.8	13	6	7	0	62	483	37.2	518	39.8	333
18		Northwestern	226	2018	86	38.1	12	32	37.5	14	9	5	0	44	339	24.2	325	23.2	287
19		Syracuse	226	2017	91	40.3	22	38	57.9	12	4	8	0	37	329	27.4	386	32.2	295
20		Texas	226	2017	86	38.1	14	30	46.7	13	7	6	0	50	383	29.5	276	21.2	268
21		Northern Illinois	226	2014	109	48.2	8	14	57.1	14	11	3	0	56	441	31.5	359	25.6	325
22		Alabama	224	2021	117	52.2	9	17	52.9	15	13	2	0	75	598	39.9	302	20.1	367
23		Northern Illinois	224	2015	84	37.5	17	33	51.5	14	8	6	0	57	436	31.1	387	27.6	285
24		Utah State	222	2021	98	44.1	16	30	53.3	14	11	3	0	56	456	32.6	342	24.4	334
25		East Carolina	222	2018	81	36.5	13	24	54.2	12	3	9	0	31	273	22.8	448	37.3	273

StatMuse has team, season-level data for third-down attempts going back to the 2013 season.

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1	Georgia	11	1	.917
2	Ole Miss	11	1	.917

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1	Boise State	8	4	.667
2	New Mexico	9	3	.750

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio State	12	0	1.000
2	Indiana	12	0	1.000

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1	North Texas	11	1	.917
2	Tulane	10	2	.833

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1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	3	.750

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1	Texas Tech	11	1	.917
2	BYU	11	1	.917

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1	Virginia	10	2	.833
2	Duke	7	5	.583

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/7	JMU	@	MRSH	35-23
Fri 11/7	SMU	@	BC	45-13
Fri 11/7	OSU	@	PUR	34-10
Fri 11/7	BGSU	@	EMU	21-27
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 12/5	TROY	@	JMU	7:00 PM
Fri 12/5	KENN	@	JVST	7:00 PM
Fri 12/5	UNT	@	TULN	8:00 PM
Fri 12/5	UNLV	@	BSU	8:00 PM
Sat 12/6	BYU	@	TTU	12:00 PM