2012 National Leaders Opponent 3rd Down Conversions - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Attempts | Conversions | Conversion % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowling Green | 8 | 117 | 30 | 25.64 |
| 2 | Florida State | 9 | 144 | 38 | 26.39 |
| 3 | Virginia | 8 | 110 | 30 | 27.27 |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 116 | 32 | 27.59 |
| 5 | North Carolina State | 8 | 133 | 37 | 27.82 |
| 6 | Florida | 8 | 115 | 32 | 27.83 |
| 7 | Oregon State | 9 | 122 | 35 | 28.69 |
| 8 | Stanford | 10 | 158 | 46 | 29.11 |
| 9 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 119 | 36 | 30.25 |
| 10 | Ohio State | 8 | 125 | 38 | 30.40 |
| 11 | LSU | 8 | 105 | 33 | 31.43 |
| 12 | Michigan | 8 | 111 | 36 | 32.43 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 8 | 119 | 39 | 32.77 |
| 14 | Georgia | 9 | 125 | 41 | 32.80 |
| 14 | TCU | 9 | 125 | 41 | 32.80 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 9 | 128 | 42 | 32.81 |
| 16 | Penn State | 8 | 128 | 42 | 32.81 |
| 18 | Arizona State | 9 | 142 | 47 | 33.10 |
| 19 | Fresno State | 8 | 126 | 42 | 33.33 |
| 19 | UCLA | 10 | 141 | 47 | 33.33 |
| 21 | San Jose State | 6 | 86 | 29 | 33.72 |
| 22 | Michigan State | 8 | 121 | 41 | 33.88 |
| 23 | Troy | 8 | 112 | 38 | 33.93 |
| 24 | Ball State | 8 | 105 | 36 | 34.29 |
| 25 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 110 | 38 | 34.55 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | 9 | 136 | 47 | 34.56 |
| 27 | Buffalo | 8 | 126 | 44 | 34.92 |
| 28 | Illinois | 8 | 100 | 35 | 35.00 |
| 28 | Utah State | 6 | 100 | 35 | 35.00 |
| 30 | Rutgers | 7 | 102 | 36 | 35.29 |
| 31 | USC | 9 | 127 | 45 | 35.43 |
| 32 | Missouri | 8 | 107 | 38 | 35.51 |
| 33 | Alabama | 9 | 134 | 48 | 35.82 |
| 34 | Washington | 9 | 128 | 46 | 35.94 |
| 34 | Clemson | 8 | 128 | 46 | 35.94 |
| 36 | East Carolina | 8 | 114 | 41 | 35.96 |
| 37 | Oregon | 9 | 136 | 49 | 36.03 |
| 38 | Connecticut | 7 | 108 | 39 | 36.11 |
| 39 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 150 | 56 | 37.33 |
| 40 | Tulsa | 9 | 147 | 55 | 37.41 |
| 41 | Kent State | 9 | 138 | 52 | 37.68 |
| 42 | Maryland | 8 | 119 | 45 | 37.82 |
| 43 | Rice | 8 | 112 | 43 | 38.39 |
| 44 | San Diego State | 8 | 109 | 42 | 38.53 |
| 45 | North Carolina | 8 | 124 | 48 | 38.71 |
| 46 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 80 | 31 | 38.75 |
| 47 | South Carolina | 8 | 118 | 46 | 38.98 |
| 48 | South Alabama | 8 | 110 | 43 | 39.09 |
| 49 | Tennessee | 8 | 122 | 48 | 39.34 |
| 50 | Akron | 8 | 111 | 44 | 39.64 |
| 51 | Florida International | 8 | 118 | 47 | 39.83 |
| 51 | Arkansas State | 8 | 118 | 47 | 39.83 |
| 53 | Utah | 9 | 123 | 49 | 39.84 |
| 53 | Texas | 9 | 123 | 49 | 39.84 |
| 55 | Kansas | 9 | 106 | 43 | 40.57 |
| 56 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 8 | 113 | 46 | 40.71 |
| 57 | New Mexico State | 6 | 81 | 33 | 40.74 |
| 58 | Mississippi | 8 | 125 | 51 | 40.80 |
| 59 | Cincinnati | 7 | 122 | 50 | 40.98 |
| 60 | Purdue | 8 | 119 | 49 | 41.18 |
| 60 | SMU | 8 | 119 | 49 | 41.18 |
| 62 | Indiana | 8 | 118 | 49 | 41.53 |
| 63 | Marshall | 8 | 120 | 50 | 41.67 |
| 64 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 146 | 61 | 41.78 |
| 65 | Memphis | 8 | 110 | 46 | 41.82 |
| 66 | Syracuse | 7 | 98 | 41 | 41.84 |
| 67 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 116 | 49 | 42.24 |
| 68 | Texas Tech | 9 | 132 | 56 | 42.42 |
| 69 | Idaho | 6 | 80 | 34 | 42.50 |
| 69 | Western Michigan | 8 | 120 | 51 | 42.50 |
| 69 | Kansas State | 9 | 120 | 51 | 42.50 |
| 72 | UTSA | 6 | 87 | 37 | 42.53 |
| 73 | Temple | 7 | 94 | 40 | 42.55 |
| 74 | Arkansas | 8 | 103 | 44 | 42.72 |
| 75 | Army | 1 | 14 | 6 | 42.86 |
| 75 | BYU | 1 | 14 | 6 | 42.86 |
| 77 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 116 | 50 | 43.10 |
| 78 | Toledo | 8 | 111 | 48 | 43.24 |
| 79 | Wake Forest | 8 | 136 | 59 | 43.38 |
| 80 | Louisville | 7 | 99 | 43 | 43.43 |
| 81 | Hawai'i | 8 | 122 | 53 | 43.44 |
| 81 | Boise State | 8 | 122 | 53 | 43.44 |
| 83 | Ohio | 8 | 124 | 54 | 43.55 |
| 84 | Tulane | 8 | 117 | 51 | 43.59 |
| 85 | Minnesota | 8 | 110 | 48 | 43.64 |
| 86 | Washington State | 9 | 130 | 57 | 43.85 |
| 87 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 98 | 43 | 43.88 |
| 88 | Mississippi State | 8 | 107 | 47 | 43.93 |
| 89 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 109 | 48 | 44.04 |
| 90 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 118 | 52 | 44.07 |
| 90 | Northwestern | 8 | 118 | 52 | 44.07 |
| 92 | California | 9 | 126 | 56 | 44.44 |
| 93 | UCF | 9 | 150 | 67 | 44.67 |
| 94 | Arizona | 9 | 138 | 62 | 44.93 |
| 95 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 120 | 54 | 45.00 |
| 96 | North Texas | 8 | 122 | 55 | 45.08 |
| 97 | South Florida | 7 | 102 | 46 | 45.10 |
| 98 | Central Michigan | 8 | 124 | 56 | 45.16 |
| 99 | Auburn | 8 | 106 | 48 | 45.28 |
| 100 | Southern Mississippi | 8 | 108 | 49 | 45.37 |
| 101 | Notre Dame | 2 | 22 | 10 | 45.45 |
| 102 | Duke | 8 | 114 | 52 | 45.61 |
| 103 | UTEP | 8 | 118 | 54 | 45.76 |
| 104 | Oklahoma | 9 | 144 | 66 | 45.83 |
| 105 | West Virginia | 9 | 125 | 58 | 46.40 |
| 106 | Colorado | 9 | 111 | 52 | 46.85 |
| 107 | New Mexico | 8 | 96 | 45 | 46.88 |
| 108 | Iowa State | 9 | 138 | 65 | 47.10 |
| 109 | Iowa | 8 | 120 | 57 | 47.50 |
| 110 | Massachusetts | 8 | 101 | 48 | 47.52 |
| 111 | Colorado State | 8 | 121 | 58 | 47.93 |
| 112 | UAB | 8 | 112 | 54 | 48.21 |
| 113 | Air Force | 8 | 118 | 57 | 48.31 |
| 114 | Nevada | 8 | 117 | 57 | 48.72 |
| 115 | Boston College | 8 | 146 | 72 | 49.32 |
| 116 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 114 | 57 | 50.00 |
| 117 | Texas State | 6 | 79 | 40 | 50.63 |
| 118 | Houston | 8 | 146 | 74 | 50.68 |
| 119 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 120 | 61 | 50.83 |
| 120 | UNLV | 8 | 118 | 60 | 50.85 |
| 121 | Wyoming | 8 | 110 | 57 | 51.82 |
| 122 | Baylor | 9 | 142 | 80 | 56.34 |
| 123 | Kentucky | 8 | 116 | 67 | 57.76 |
| 124 | Navy | 2 | 22 | 13 | 59.09 |