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Bowl Subdivision (FBS) National Team Report
Defense Third-down Efficiency

Year: 2008

Thru: 01/08/09 Minimum Pct. of Games Played

Rank	Name	3rd-down Attempts	3rd-down Conversions	Pct
1	Florida St.	167	43	25.75
2	Southern California	185	51	27.57
3	Alabama	199	56	28.14
4	Auburn	171	49	28.65
5	TCU	174	50	28.74
6	Oregon St.	175	52	29.71
7	Utah	178	54	30.34
8	Connecticut	181	55	30.39
9	Virginia Tech	173	53	30.64
10	California	197	61	30.96
11	Cincinnati	213	66	30.99
12	LSU	183	57	31.15
13	Boston College	210	66	31.43
14	Mississippi	187	60	32.09
15	Penn St.	186	60	32.26
16	San Jose St.	170	55	32.35
17	Rutgers	173	56	32.37
18	Boise St.	209	68	32.54
19	Army	147	48	32.65
20	Notre Dame	174	57	32.76
21	Florida	192	63	32.81
22	Kentucky	187	62	33.16
23	Nebraska	169	57	33.73
24	Hawaii	198	67	33.84
25	Pittsburgh	187	64	34.22
26	Arizona	178	61	34.27
27	Iowa	194	67	34.54
28	Northwestern	196	68	34.69
29	Texas	183	64	34.97
30	Mississippi St.	168	59	35.12
31	Ohio St.	187	66	35.29
32	UCF	198	70	35.35
33	East Carolina	212	75	35.38
34	Georgia	175	62	35.43
35	Purdue	169	60	35.50
36	Miami (Fla.)	182	66	36.26
36	Temple	182	66	36.26
38	Troy	212	77	36.32
39	Oklahoma	206	75	36.41
40	Wyoming	183	67	36.61
41	Tulsa	191	70	36.65
42	Vanderbilt	180	66	36.67
43	South Fla.	188	69	36.70
44	Maryland	184	68	36.96
45	Tennessee	186	69	37.10
46	Clemson	207	77	37.20
47	Illinois	172	64	37.21
47	UCLA	172	64	37.21
49	Louisville	161	60	37.27
50	South Carolina	177	66	37.29
51	Fla. Atlantic	190	71	37.37
52	Wake Forest	187	70	37.43
53	Fresno St.	178	67	37.64
54	Memphis	162	61	37.65
55	Louisiana Tech	193	73	37.82
56	Arizona St.	176	67	38.07
57	Georgia Tech	189	72	38.10
57	Nevada	189	72	38.10
59	Northern Ill.	165	63	38.18
60	Michigan	196	76	38.78
61	Minnesota	177	69	38.98
62	Colorado	168	66	39.29
62	Duke	168	66	39.29
64	Oregon	226	89	39.38
65	Texas Tech	162	64	39.51
66	North Carolina St.	174	69	39.66
67	Virginia	173	69	39.88
68	Wisconsin	188	75	39.89
69	Oklahoma St.	177	71	40.11
70	Kansas	183	74	40.44
71	Southern Miss.	172	70	40.70
72	New Mexico St.	149	61	40.94
73	Marshall	188	77	40.96
74	Michigan St.	190	78	41.05
75	Florida Int'l	182	75	41.21
76	Washington St.	162	67	41.36
77	Middle Tenn. St.	176	73	41.48
78	Arkansas	173	72	41.62
79	Ball St.	194	81	41.75
80	Arkansas St.	170	71	41.76
81	UNLV	150	63	42.00
82	West Virginia	188	79	42.02
83	Western Mich.	204	87	42.65
84	Bowling Green	164	70	42.68
85	New Mexico	171	73	42.69
86	La.-Lafayette	158	68	43.04
86	Stanford	158	68	43.04
88	North Carolina	206	89	43.20
89	Central Mich.	180	78	43.33
90	Houston	196	85	43.37
91	Air Force	189	82	43.39
92	Kent St.	159	69	43.40
92	La.-Monroe	159	69	43.40
94	Miami (Ohio)	153	67	43.79
95	Idaho	152	67	44.08
96	Eastern Mich.	139	62	44.60
97	Akron	160	72	45.00
98	UAB	151	68	45.03
99	Rice	184	83	45.11
100	Toledo	152	69	45.39
101	Buffalo	184	84	45.65
102	Missouri	230	106	46.09
103	Kansas St.	180	83	46.11
104	BYU	182	84	46.15
105	Utah St.	173	80	46.24
106	Tulane	139	65	46.76
107	Indiana	171	80	46.78
108	Colorado St.	172	81	47.09
109	Navy	161	76	47.20
110	North Texas	146	69	47.26
111	Ohio	174	84	48.28
112	Baylor	171	84	49.12
113	UTEP	150	74	49.33
114	Washington	152	75	49.34
115	San Diego St.	172	86	50.00
116	Iowa St.	149	76	51.01
117	Syracuse	166	85	51.20
118	Texas A&M	172	95	55.23
119	SMU	175	98	56.00

Reclassifying/Provisional

Rank	Name	3rd-down Attempts	3rd-down Conversions	Pct
	Western Ky.		170	74	43.53

Bowl Subdivision (FBS) National Team ReportDefense Third-down Efficiency

Bowl Subdivision (FBS) National Team Report
Defense Third-down Efficiency