2012 National Leaders Opponent 3rd Down Conversions - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/07/2013
| Name | G | Attempts | Conversions | Conversion % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYU | 12 | 163 | 42 | 25.77 |
| 2 | North Carolina State | 12 | 189 | 51 | 26.98 |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 12 | 172 | 48 | 27.91 |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 188 | 53 | 28.19 |
| 5 | Florida State | 12 | 193 | 56 | 29.02 |
| 6 | Oregon State | 12 | 170 | 50 | 29.41 |
| 7 | TCU | 12 | 173 | 53 | 30.64 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 13 | 191 | 59 | 30.89 |
| 9 | Virginia | 11 | 164 | 51 | 31.10 |
| 10 | LSU | 12 | 168 | 53 | 31.55 |
| 11 | Florida | 12 | 171 | 54 | 31.58 |
| 12 | Stanford | 14 | 225 | 72 | 32.00 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 11 | 169 | 55 | 32.54 |
| 14 | Ohio State | 12 | 192 | 63 | 32.81 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 13 | 201 | 66 | 32.84 |
| 16 | Alabama | 13 | 179 | 59 | 32.96 |
| 17 | San Jose State | 12 | 177 | 59 | 33.33 |
| 17 | UCLA | 14 | 204 | 68 | 33.33 |
| 19 | Utah State | 12 | 207 | 70 | 33.82 |
| 20 | Connecticut | 12 | 189 | 64 | 33.86 |
| 21 | Fresno State | 12 | 198 | 68 | 34.34 |
| 22 | Oregon | 12 | 179 | 62 | 34.64 |
| 23 | Illinois | 11 | 135 | 47 | 34.81 |
| 24 | Missouri | 11 | 152 | 53 | 34.87 |
| 25 | Arizona State | 12 | 195 | 69 | 35.38 |
| 26 | Clemson | 12 | 189 | 67 | 35.45 |
| 27 | Troy | 12 | 165 | 59 | 35.76 |
| 28 | Georgia | 13 | 195 | 70 | 35.90 |
| 29 | Michigan | 13 | 178 | 64 | 35.96 |
| 30 | Rutgers | 12 | 181 | 66 | 36.46 |
| 31 | Notre Dame | 13 | 178 | 65 | 36.52 |
| 32 | Texas | 13 | 172 | 63 | 36.63 |
| 33 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 191 | 70 | 36.65 |
| 34 | Buffalo | 11 | 169 | 62 | 36.69 |
| 35 | Tulsa | 13 | 216 | 80 | 37.04 |
| 36 | Rice | 13 | 170 | 63 | 37.06 |
| 37 | Penn State | 12 | 191 | 71 | 37.17 |
| 38 | Utah | 11 | 153 | 57 | 37.25 |
| 39 | North Carolina | 11 | 169 | 63 | 37.28 |
| 40 | South Alabama | 12 | 166 | 62 | 37.35 |
| 41 | Kent State | 13 | 195 | 73 | 37.44 |
| 42 | Mississippi | 12 | 184 | 69 | 37.50 |
| 43 | South Carolina | 12 | 181 | 68 | 37.57 |
| 44 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 196 | 74 | 37.76 |
| 45 | Maryland | 11 | 164 | 62 | 37.80 |
| 46 | USC | 13 | 187 | 71 | 37.97 |
| 47 | Syracuse | 12 | 163 | 62 | 38.04 |
| 48 | Akron | 11 | 154 | 59 | 38.31 |
| 49 | Washington | 12 | 172 | 66 | 38.37 |
| 50 | Arkansas | 11 | 156 | 60 | 38.46 |
| 51 | Nebraska | 13 | 195 | 76 | 38.97 |
| 52 | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 146 | 57 | 39.04 |
| 53 | UCF | 14 | 214 | 86 | 40.19 |
| 54 | Northern Illinois | 13 | 211 | 85 | 40.28 |
| 55 | Cincinnati | 11 | 178 | 72 | 40.45 |
| 56 | Northwestern | 12 | 175 | 71 | 40.57 |
| 57 | SMU | 12 | 182 | 74 | 40.66 |
| 58 | Tennessee | 11 | 174 | 71 | 40.80 |
| 59 | Florida International | 12 | 181 | 74 | 40.88 |
| 60 | Indiana | 11 | 166 | 68 | 40.96 |
| 61 | Toledo | 12 | 163 | 67 | 41.10 |
| 62 | Hawai'i | 11 | 165 | 68 | 41.21 |
| 62 | Purdue | 12 | 182 | 75 | 41.21 |
| 64 | Arkansas State | 12 | 177 | 73 | 41.24 |
| 65 | Kansas | 11 | 140 | 58 | 41.43 |
| 66 | Western Michigan | 11 | 164 | 68 | 41.46 |
| 67 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | 177 | 74 | 41.81 |
| 68 | Texas Tech | 12 | 174 | 73 | 41.95 |
| 69 | Kansas State | 12 | 162 | 68 | 41.98 |
| 70 | Boise State | 13 | 200 | 84 | 42.00 |
| 71 | East Carolina | 12 | 168 | 71 | 42.26 |
| 72 | Duke | 12 | 165 | 70 | 42.42 |
| 73 | San Diego State | 12 | 167 | 71 | 42.51 |
| 74 | Louisville | 12 | 155 | 66 | 42.58 |
| 75 | Auburn | 11 | 157 | 67 | 42.68 |
| 76 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 152 | 65 | 42.76 |
| 77 | Minnesota | 12 | 173 | 74 | 42.77 |
| 78 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | 187 | 80 | 42.78 |
| 78 | Iowa State | 12 | 194 | 83 | 42.78 |
| 80 | UTEP | 12 | 170 | 73 | 42.94 |
| 81 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 164 | 71 | 43.29 |
| 82 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 170 | 74 | 43.53 |
| 83 | Oklahoma | 12 | 186 | 81 | 43.55 |
| 84 | Mississippi State | 12 | 172 | 75 | 43.60 |
| 85 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 167 | 73 | 43.71 |
| 86 | Ohio | 12 | 189 | 83 | 43.92 |
| 87 | Ball State | 13 | 184 | 81 | 44.02 |
| 88 | Idaho | 11 | 147 | 65 | 44.22 |
| 88 | New Mexico State | 11 | 147 | 65 | 44.22 |
| 90 | UTSA | 8 | 115 | 51 | 44.35 |
| 91 | Central Michigan | 12 | 178 | 79 | 44.38 |
| 92 | Memphis | 11 | 155 | 69 | 44.52 |
| 93 | Temple | 10 | 137 | 61 | 44.53 |
| 93 | Colorado | 11 | 137 | 61 | 44.53 |
| 95 | South Florida | 11 | 159 | 71 | 44.65 |
| 96 | Nevada | 12 | 170 | 76 | 44.71 |
| 97 | California | 11 | 161 | 72 | 44.72 |
| 98 | Iowa | 11 | 165 | 74 | 44.85 |
| 99 | Marshall | 11 | 166 | 75 | 45.18 |
| 100 | Army | 11 | 130 | 59 | 45.38 |
| 101 | Arizona | 12 | 193 | 88 | 45.60 |
| 102 | Tulane | 12 | 170 | 78 | 45.88 |
| 103 | Wake Forest | 11 | 178 | 82 | 46.07 |
| 104 | Houston | 12 | 206 | 95 | 46.12 |
| 105 | UAB | 11 | 147 | 68 | 46.26 |
| 106 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 190 | 88 | 46.32 |
| 107 | Washington State | 11 | 164 | 76 | 46.34 |
| 108 | North Texas | 11 | 153 | 71 | 46.41 |
| 108 | Massachusetts | 12 | 153 | 71 | 46.41 |
| 110 | Texas State | 11 | 140 | 65 | 46.43 |
| 111 | Air Force | 12 | 179 | 84 | 46.93 |
| 112 | West Virginia | 12 | 176 | 83 | 47.16 |
| 113 | Colorado State | 11 | 167 | 79 | 47.31 |
| 114 | UNLV | 12 | 179 | 85 | 47.49 |
| 115 | Eastern Michigan | 11 | 155 | 75 | 48.39 |
| 116 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 150 | 73 | 48.67 |
| 117 | New Mexico | 12 | 144 | 71 | 49.31 |
| 118 | Southern Mississippi | 12 | 161 | 80 | 49.69 |
| 119 | Navy | 12 | 144 | 72 | 50.00 |
| 120 | Wyoming | 11 | 163 | 84 | 51.53 |
| 121 | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 161 | 84 | 52.17 |
| 122 | Boston College | 11 | 195 | 103 | 52.82 |
| 123 | Baylor | 12 | 196 | 105 | 53.57 |
| 124 | Kentucky | 11 | 162 | 89 | 54.94 |