There's one massive standout when looking at WVU football's stats for the 2025 season that the Mountaineers will have to figure out as a program if they want to find success offensively.
Alright, we hear you – there's more than one facet of the offense that needs addressed right now. Between the team's offensive line struggles, inability to land on a singular starting quarterback, and injury issues, things haven't went smoothly so far for the Mountaineers on the offensive side of the ball. But there is one stat that sort on encapsulates it all, and if the Mountaineers can't scheme up a way to do better here, things will likely continue to be tough on offense moving forward.
Through Week 8 of he college football season, the Mountaineers are tied at 131st out of 134 FBS teams in third-down conversion percentage. WVU has converted just 30 of 102 third-down attempts, goo for a percentage of just .294 – the Mountaineers are tied with UMass at 131st, with only Ken State (.260) and Sam Houston (.215) are worse on the season. UMass and Sam Houston are both winless on the season, while Kent State is 2-5.
WVU is tied at 131st with UMass in third-down conversion percentage in the FBS. The only two schools worse are Kent St. and Sam Houston. UMass and Sam Houston haven’t won a game this season. pic.twitter.com/5XXEtTnFsH
— Spencer Ripchik (@RipchikSpencer) October 22, 2025
As noted, this stat reflects all the smaller issues WVU has had. The offensive line issues have cause drives to stall early and have resulted in it being tough for WVU to set itself up for success on first and second down. And once your behind the chains, you need a quarterback you can trust to generate some passing offense, but the Mountaineers haven't found their full-time starter yet and have had one of the lower-ranked passing attacks in the country as well.
To fix this stat, it's going to require the offensive line to help earn some yards for the backfield in running situations, and to provide more of a packet when then defense knows a pass is coming on third down. It also requires scheming the passing game to convert more opportunities on third-and-medium and third-and-long. All this is easier said than done, but this single stat shows in a microcosm why WVU's offense has struggd the way it has this season.