top 10 cfb teams with the most 3rd down conversion%

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have the highest third-down percentage by a team when in the AP top 10, at 63.9 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	Georgia Tech	63.9	23	36	1	1	100.0	3	2	1	0	16	126	42.0	98	32.7	84
2	Kentucky	57.5	23	40	3	4	75.0	3	2	1	0	11	81	27.0	45	15.0	61
3	Houston	51.1	45	88	12	15	80.0	5	4	1	0	31	228	45.6	79	15.8	140
4	Louisville	50.6	124	245	13	19	68.4	18	14	4	0	93	724	40.2	348	19.3	444
5	Mississippi State	49.2	63	128	6	14	42.9	8	5	3	0	34	267	33.4	185	23.1	211
6	Indiana	49.0	120	245	16	25	64.0	19	15	4	0	82	638	33.6	293	15.4	398
7	Oregon	47.5	514	1,081	93	171	54.4	88	71	17	0	459	3,462	39.3	1,870	21.3	2,212
8	Alabama	47.5	1,019	2,146	127	200	63.5	166	144	22	0	850	6,549	39.5	2,870	17.3	3,923
9	Michigan State	47.4	217	458	22	43	51.2	32	25	7	0	137	1,039	32.5	787	24.6	739
10	Ohio State	47.2	998	2,113	152	233	65.2	164	143	21	0	860	6,526	39.8	2,956	18.0	4,042
11	Wisconsin	46.9	222	473	18	31	58.1	34	26	8	0	134	1,062	31.2	507	14.9	730
12	Clemson	46.9	793	1,691	89	153	58.2	116	100	16	0	585	4,486	38.7	2,051	17.7	2,885
13	Boise State	46.7	14	30	1	2	50.0	2	1	1	0	5	35	17.5	38	19.0	43
14	USC	46.5	174	374	24	43	55.8	31	23	8	0	165	1,254	40.5	900	29.0	774
15	Texas Tech	46.2	60	130	7	16	43.8	8	5	3	0	30	254	31.8	127	15.9	168
16	Stanford	45.9	167	364	20	32	62.5	27	21	6	0	102	836	31.0	546	20.2	509
17	LSU	45.7	311	681	24	46	52.2	54	38	16	0	247	1,940	35.9	1,233	22.8	1,292
18	Wake Forest	45.5	15	33	2	7	28.6	2	0	2	0	10	76	38.0	106	53.0	64
19	Baylor	45.2	276	611	58	93	62.4	38	28	10	0	221	1,648	43.4	1,008	26.5	1,062
20	Oklahoma	45.1	437	968	60	100	60.0	81	63	18	0	432	3,329	41.1	2,124	26.2	1,986
21	Washington	45.1	246	546	28	50	56.0	44	36	8	0	203	1,564	35.5	847	19.3	1,008
22	Texas A&M	45.0	277	615	23	47	48.9	45	32	13	0	197	1,537	34.2	987	21.9	1,054
23	Georgia	44.8	721	1,611	96	140	68.6	131	109	22	0	587	4,704	35.9	2,294	17.5	3,029
24	Utah	44.5	102	229	10	36	27.8	16	6	10	0	55	444	27.8	417	26.1	338
25	Vanderbilt	43.5	10	23	2	2	100.0	2	1	1	0	6	48	24.0	44	22.0	38

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More Georgia Tech Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,951

King

RUSH

953

King

REC

671

Rivers

Team Rankings

PPG

33.1

28th

OPP PPG

25.0

79th

RUSH YDS/G

203.0

19th

PASS YDS/G

263.3

37th

2025 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Pittsburgh	6-2	8-5
5	SMU	6-2	9-4
6	Georgia Tech	6-2	9-4
7	California	4-4	7-6
8	Clemson	4-4	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/3	COLO	@	GT	8:00 PM
Sat 9/12	TENN	@	GT	7:00 PM
Sat 9/19	MER	@	GT	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	GT	@	STAN	10:30 PM
Sat 10/10	DUKE	@	GT	1:00 PM

Last Game

Georgia Tech

0 - 1

Final

BYU

1 - 0

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

41.0

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