who has the best defensive 3rd down percentage in 2025 cfb

The Indiana Hoosiers have the best third-down percentage by a team this season, at 55.8 percent.

		TEAM	3DWN%	SEASON	3DWN CONV	3DWN ATT	4DWN CONV	4DWN ATT	4DWN%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN
1		Indiana	55.8	2025	87	156	8	16	50.0	13	13	0	0	71	545	41.9	141	10.8	320
2		Ohio State	54.9	2025	78	142	11	17	64.7	13	12	1	0	58	454	34.9	106	8.2	298
3		Vanderbilt	53.2	2025	66	124	10	17	58.8	12	10	2	0	63	473	39.4	263	21.9	291
4		Utah	52.8	2025	85	161	14	22	63.6	12	10	2	0	66	493	41.1	224	18.7	305
5		USC	52.1	2025	73	140	14	22	63.6	12	9	3	0	55	438	36.5	269	22.4	289
6		Air Force	51.0	2025	78	153	24	34	70.6	12	4	8	0	47	358	29.8	364	30.3	264
7		Washington	50.7	2025	72	142	11	20	55.0	12	8	4	0	54	405	33.8	233	19.4	275
8		Texas Tech	50.5	2025	103	204	11	19	57.9	13	12	1	0	67	552	42.5	142	10.9	308
9		Tennessee	50.3	2025	76	151	11	15	73.3	12	8	4	0	64	489	40.8	345	28.8	311
10		Florida State	50.3	2025	80	159	17	30	56.7	12	5	7	0	51	396	33.0	264	22.0	290
11		East Carolina	50.0	2025	92	184	13	29	44.8	12	8	4	0	52	402	33.5	244	20.3	292
12		Navy	49.6	2025	65	131	14	22	63.6	11	9	2	0	47	357	32.5	296	26.9	226
13		Virginia	49.0	2025	103	210	13	28	46.4	13	10	3	0	50	418	32.2	267	20.5	285
14		Oregon	48.6	2025	72	148	14	22	63.6	12	11	1	0	59	458	38.2	178	14.8	274
15		Notre Dame	48.1	2025	65	135	17	31	54.8	12	10	2	0	70	504	42.0	211	17.6	272
16		South Florida	47.9	2025	79	165	13	20	65.0	12	9	3	0	66	516	43.0	280	23.3	289
17		Texas State	47.9	2025	78	163	13	22	59.1	12	6	6	0	54	433	36.1	367	30.6	275
18		Miami	47.6	2025	68	143	11	18	61.1	12	10	2	0	52	409	34.1	166	13.8	275
19		JMU	47.4	2025	82	173	7	17	41.2	13	12	1	0	64	485	37.3	206	15.8	293
20		Arkansas	47.2	2025	67	142	9	17	52.9	12	2	10	0	50	395	32.9	406	33.8	278
21		Georgia Tech	47.2	2025	67	142	5	13	38.5	12	9	3	0	46	397	33.1	300	25.0	284
22		Boise State	47.0	2025	94	200	17	33	51.5	13	9	4	0	54	408	31.4	299	23.0	296
23		TCU	46.8	2025	74	158	15	24	62.5	12	8	4	0	48	369	30.8	302	25.2	268
24		UAB	46.4	2025	78	168	17	36	47.2	12	4	8	0	41	317	26.4	459	38.3	264
25		North Texas	46.4	2025	70	151	20	29	69.0	13	11	2	0	78	582	44.8	324	24.9	332

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

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PASS

2,980

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

RUSH

918

Hemby

Roman Hemby

REC

804

Cooper

Omar Cooper Jr.

PPG

41.9

6th

OPP PPG

10.8

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

221.2

11th

PASS YDS/G

251.6

55th

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	9-0	13-0
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-1
3	Oregon	8-1	11-1
4	USC	7-2	9-3
5	Michigan	7-2	9-3

IND

13 - 0

13

Final

10

OSU

12 - 1

Sat 6 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,129

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

3,681

Robertson

Sawyer Robertson

3,646

Mensah

Darian Mensah

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

Cam Cook

1,560

Hardy

Ahmad Hardy

1,451

Johnson

Emmett Johnson

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

Danny Scudero

1,276

Bell

Skyler Bell

1,209

Young

Wyatt Young

Pass TD Leaders

33

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

31

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

31

Sayin

Julian Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

23

Hawkins

Caleb Hawkins

20

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

18

Love

Jeremiyah Love

14

Brown

Camden Brown

13

Bell

Skyler Bell

12

Harris

Jackson Harris

QB Rating Leaders

182.1

Sayin

Julian Sayin

181.4

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

174.8

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

14.5

Tucker

Nadame Tucker

13.5

Bailey

David Bailey

12.0

Voorhis

Nathan Voorhis

CFB 2025 Rankings

44.8

43.0

42.5

42.0

41.9

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

8.2

10.8

10.9

12.2

12.6

13.8

Total Yards Rankings

504.3

501.7

498.1

482.0

480.3

478.6

Rush Yards Rankings

298.4

269.8

261.4

258.2

256.9

245.8

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

323.2

309.6

309.6

307.2

302.2

41.0

41.0

40.0

39.0

39.0

38.0

CFB 2025 Division Standings

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	4	.692
2	New Mexico	9	3	.750

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	8	5	.615
2	Miami	10	2	.833

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	1	.923
2	Ole Miss	11	1	.917

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	13	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	1	.923

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	3	.750

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	1	.923
2	BYU	11	2	.846

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Tulane	11	2	.846
2	Navy	9	2	.818

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	6	6	.500
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	9	4	.692
2	Miami (OH)	7	6	.538

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	1	.923
2	Troy	8	5	.615

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	3	.769
2	Jacksonville State	8	5	.615

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/7	CIT	@	MISS	0-49
Mon 11/10	KENT	@	AKR	42-35
Mon 11/10	OHIO	@	WMU	13-17
Tue 11/11	NIU	@	MASS	45-3
Tue 11/11	TOL	@	M-OH	24-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/13	ARMY	@	NAVY	3:00 PM
Sat 12/13	BSU	@	WASH	8:00 PM
Tue 12/16	TROY	@	JVST	9:00 PM
Wed 12/17	ODU	@	USF	5:00 PM
Wed 12/17	UL	@	DEL	8:30 PM