Offense
Wake Forest ranks first in FBS in success rate at 54.4%, ahead of Utah (53.9%) and Liberty (53.4%). The middle of FBS is about 43.7%, and Kent State is last of 135 (32.4%).
Share of plays that stay on schedule: 50% of the yards needed on 1st down, 70% on 2nd, all of it on 3rd and 4th.
Per game and per play, from play-by-play.
Games through Oct 31, 2026. Ranks are among the 135 FBS teams with the number. Download the table (CSV).
| Rank | Team | Conference | Success rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake Forest | ACC | 54.4% |
| 2 | Utah | Big 12 | 53.9% |
| 3 | Liberty | Conference USA | 53.4% |
| 4 | USC | Big Ten | 53.0% |
| 5 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 52.7% |
| 6 | Notre Dame | Independents | 52.7% |
| 7 | Ole Miss | SEC | 52.5% |
| 8 | Georgia | SEC | 52.4% |
| 9 | UTSA | American Athletic | 52.1% |
| 10 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 51.9% |
| 11 | Miami | ACC | 51.7% |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 51.5% |
| 13 | North Texas | American Athletic | 50.7% |
| 14 | LSU | SEC | 50.3% |
| 15 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 50.2% |
| 16 | UCLA | Big Ten | 50.1% |
| 17 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 50.0% |
| 18 | Houston | Big 12 | 49.9% |
| 19 | UConn | Independents | 49.6% |
| 20 | SMU | ACC | 49.3% |
| 21 | Army | American Athletic | 48.9% |
| 22 | Memphis | American Athletic | 48.9% |
| 23 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 48.9% |
| 24 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 48.6% |
| 25 | Tennessee | SEC | 48.5% |
| 26 | South Carolina | SEC | 48.4% |
| 27 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 47.7% |
| 28 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 47.7% |
| 29 | Louisville | ACC | 47.6% |
| 30 | Toledo | Mid-American | 47.1% |
| 31 | Air Force | Mountain West | 47.1% |
| 32 | Ohio | Mid-American | 47.1% |
| 33 | BYU | Big 12 | 46.5% |
| 34 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 46.3% |
| 35 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 46.3% |
| 36 | Navy | American Athletic | 46.2% |
| 37 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 46.1% |
| 38 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 46.1% |
| 39 | Texas A&M | SEC | 46.0% |
| 40 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 45.8% |
| 41 | NC State | ACC | 45.6% |
| 41 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 45.6% |
| 43 | Mississippi State | SEC | 45.5% |
| 43 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 45.5% |
| 45 | UCF | Big 12 | 45.5% |
| 46 | Kentucky | SEC | 45.5% |
| 47 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 45.4% |
| 48 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 45.3% |
| 49 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 45.3% |
| 50 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 45.2% |
| 51 | Alabama | SEC | 45.2% |
| 52 | Washington | Big Ten | 45.1% |
| 53 | Oregon | Big Ten | 44.8% |
| 54 | Temple | American Athletic | 44.8% |
| 55 | TCU | Big 12 | 44.8% |
| 56 | Syracuse | ACC | 44.7% |
| 57 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 44.7% |
| 57 | Texas | SEC | 44.7% |
| 59 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 44.6% |
| 60 | Purdue | Big Ten | 44.5% |
| 61 | Illinois | Big Ten | 44.3% |
| 62 | Arizona | Big 12 | 44.3% |
| 63 | North Carolina | ACC | 44.3% |
| 64 | Virginia | ACC | 44.1% |
| 65 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 44.1% |
| 66 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 44.0% |
| 67 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 44.0% |
| 68 | Sacramento State | Mid-American | 43.7% |
| 69 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 43.6% |
| 70 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 43.6% |
| 71 | UAB | American Athletic | 43.3% |
| 72 | Kansas | Big 12 | 43.0% |
| 73 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 43.0% |
| 74 | Florida | SEC | 42.7% |
| 75 | Florida State | ACC | 42.5% |
| 76 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 42.4% |
| 77 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 42.4% |
| 78 | UNLV | Mountain West | 42.4% |
| 79 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 42.3% |
| 80 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 42.2% |
| 81 | App State | Sun Belt | 42.0% |
| 82 | Penn State | Big Ten | 42.0% |
| 83 | Stanford | ACC | 41.8% |
| 84 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 41.7% |
| 85 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 41.5% |
| 86 | Indiana | Big Ten | 41.5% |
| 87 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 41.5% |
| 88 | Rice | American Athletic | 41.4% |
| 89 | Arkansas | SEC | 41.1% |
| 90 | Iowa | Big Ten | 41.1% |
| 91 | Louisiana Tech | Sun Belt | 41.1% |
| 92 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 41.0% |
| 93 | Missouri | SEC | 40.9% |
| 94 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 40.8% |
| 95 | Michigan | Big Ten | 40.8% |
| 95 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 40.8% |
| 97 | Missouri State | Conference USA | 40.6% |
| 98 | Troy | Sun Belt | 40.6% |
| 99 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 40.4% |
| 100 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 40.1% |
| 101 | Akron | Mid-American | 40.1% |
| 102 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 40.1% |
| 103 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 40.0% |
| 104 | Delaware | Conference USA | 39.9% |
| 105 | Florida International | Conference USA | 39.8% |
| 106 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 39.7% |
| 107 | Boston College | ACC | 39.5% |
| 108 | Maryland | Big Ten | 39.5% |
| 109 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 39.5% |
| 110 | Oklahoma | SEC | 39.4% |
| 111 | Duke | ACC | 39.4% |
| 112 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 39.1% |
| 113 | San José State | Mountain West | 39.0% |
| 114 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 38.9% |
| 115 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 38.9% |
| 116 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 38.8% |
| 117 | Auburn | SEC | 38.6% |
| 118 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 38.4% |
| 119 | Tulane | American Athletic | 38.4% |
| 120 | Ball State | Mid-American | 38.2% |
| 121 | UTEP | Mountain West | 37.9% |
| 122 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 37.7% |
| 123 | Nevada | Mountain West | 37.5% |
| 124 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 37.4% |
| 125 | Baylor | Big 12 | 37.4% |
| 126 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 37.3% |
| 127 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 37.1% |
| 128 | Colorado | Big 12 | 36.9% |
| 129 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 36.9% |
| 130 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 36.6% |
| 131 | California | ACC | 35.5% |
| 132 | Clemson | ACC | 35.3% |
| 133 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 35.2% |
| 134 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 34.9% |
| 135 | Kent State | Mid-American | 32.4% |
ACC: Wake Forest (54.4%, 1st); Big 12: Utah (53.9%, 2nd); Conference USA: Liberty (53.4%, 3rd); Big Ten: USC (53.0%, 4th); Independents: Notre Dame (52.7%, 6th); SEC: Ole Miss (52.5%, 7th); American Athletic: UTSA (52.1%, 9th); Pac-12: Oregon State (50.2%, 15th); Mountain West: Wyoming (48.6%, 24th); Mid-American: Toledo (47.1%, 30th); Sun Belt: Arkansas State (46.1%, 37th).