Former head coach Dana Holgorsen had the West Virginia Mountaineers with a top 3 offense in the Big 12 conference three times during his tenure: 2012, 2017 and 2018. Unfortunately, his defenses those years ranked 10th, 7th and 5th respectively. He twice had a top 2 defense in 2015 and 2016. His offenses ranked 7th and 6th in conference respectively. In only his second year, Neal Brown has the Mountaineers with both top 3 offense and a top 3 defense. Currently the Mountaineers rank third in offensive points per game at 33 behind only Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns.