2008 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/08/2009

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Tulsa 14 188 183 20 391 27.9
2 Oklahoma 14 153 211 22 386 27.6
3 Texas Tech 13 105 236 17 358 27.5
4 Houston 13 107 225 23 355 27.3
5 Texas 13 132 189 31 352 27.1
6 Rice 13 116 198 23 337 25.9
7 Missouri 14 100 235 23 358 25.6
8 Nevada 13 174 134 21 329 25.3
9 Oklahoma State 13 174 133 17 324 24.9
10 BYU 13 95 198 21 314 24.2
11 Memphis 13 149 131 29 309 23.8
12 TCU 13 155 135 17 307 23.6
13 USC 13 133 152 20 305 23.5
14 Ball State 14 136 167 22 325 23.2
14 Oregon 13 160 113 28 301 23.2
14 Central Michigan 13 111 176 14 301 23.2
14 Kansas 13 111 172 18 301 23.2
18 Penn State 13 136 142 22 300 23.1
19 Eastern Michigan 12 91 162 23 276 23.0
20 Nebraska 13 113 171 11 295 22.7
21 Troy 13 123 149 19 291 22.4
21 South Florida 13 120 155 16 291 22.4
23 Southern Mississippi 13 133 137 17 287 22.1
23 Arizona 13 113 156 18 287 22.1
25 Florida 14 154 129 23 306 21.9
25 Boise State 13 101 163 21 285 21.9
27 Utah 13 111 154 16 281 21.6
28 Oregon State 13 120 142 18 280 21.5
28 Western Michigan 13 82 169 28 279 21.5
30 Illinois 12 105 142 10 257 21.4
31 Akron 12 106 135 14 256 21.3
31 Kent State 12 148 87 20 255 21.3
33 Purdue 12 93 138 23 254 21.2
34 Georgia 13 95 163 15 273 21.0
35 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 135 100 15 250 20.8
35 Kansas State 12 93 138 19 250 20.8
37 Iowa 13 146 108 15 269 20.7
37 Fresno State 13 120 127 22 269 20.7
39 North Texas 12 97 130 20 247 20.6
39 UTEP 12 78 147 22 247 20.6
41 Florida Atlantic 13 96 154 16 266 20.5
42 Florida State 13 131 113 21 265 20.4
43 Rutgers 13 85 158 21 264 20.3
43 Louisville 12 101 114 28 243 20.3
45 Northwestern 13 95 141 27 263 20.2
45 Colorado State 13 107 141 14 262 20.2
47 Iowa State 12 87 136 18 241 20.1
48 Bowling Green 12 96 130 14 240 20.0
49 Buffalo 14 102 155 22 279 19.9
50 Arkansas State 12 125 95 18 238 19.8
50 Baylor 12 124 94 19 237 19.8
52 Mississippi 13 122 124 10 256 19.7
53 Wisconsin 13 132 114 9 255 19.6
54 LSU 13 122 114 18 254 19.5
55 Cincinnati 14 99 155 18 272 19.4
56 Arkansas 12 83 134 15 232 19.3
57 Notre Dame 13 91 133 26 250 19.2
58 Connecticut 13 144 82 22 248 19.1
58 Miami (Ohio) 12 76 132 21 229 19.1
60 Alabama 14 133 112 18 263 18.8
60 Michigan State 13 92 126 26 244 18.8
60 Colorado 12 100 112 14 226 18.8
60 UNLV 12 76 127 23 226 18.8
60 Stanford 12 118 86 21 225 18.8
65 Hawai'i 14 85 155 22 262 18.7
65 Middle Tennessee 12 84 127 13 224 18.7
67 Texas A&M 12 73 131 19 223 18.6
68 Air Force 13 192 36 13 241 18.5
68 South Carolina 13 91 129 21 241 18.5
68 UAB 12 101 104 17 222 18.5
71 Pittsburgh 13 101 118 20 239 18.4
72 New Mexico 12 129 76 15 220 18.3
72 Ohio 12 86 120 14 220 18.3
72 New Mexico State 12 49 151 20 220 18.3
75 West Virginia 13 134 86 17 237 18.2
75 Tulane 12 77 120 20 218 18.2
77 Boston College 14 121 114 19 254 18.1
77 Clemson 13 83 129 23 235 18.1
79 Louisiana Tech 13 138 78 18 234 18.0
79 Maryland 13 90 127 17 234 18.0
81 Toledo 12 92 105 16 213 17.8
81 Duke 12 81 118 14 213 17.8
83 Ohio State 13 133 82 15 230 17.7
83 Northern Illinois 13 116 99 15 230 17.7
83 California 13 97 110 23 230 17.7
83 Idaho 12 88 104 20 212 17.7
87 Virginia Tech 14 135 84 24 243 17.4
87 Utah State 12 88 99 22 209 17.4
87 Virginia 12 66 126 17 209 17.4
90 San Diego State 12 59 129 19 207 17.3
91 East Carolina 14 104 126 11 241 17.2
91 Navy 13 186 27 11 224 17.2
91 North Carolina State 13 98 110 15 223 17.2
94 Louisiana-Monroe 12 81 101 23 205 17.1
94 Arizona State 12 70 112 23 205 17.1
94 SMU 12 43 141 21 205 17.1
97 Indiana 12 96 90 18 204 17.0
98 Miami (Florida) 13 89 119 12 220 16.9
99 Wake Forest 13 92 110 16 218 16.8
99 Marshall 12 101 85 15 201 16.8
101 Washington 12 82 93 25 200 16.7
102 Georgia Tech 13 151 54 9 214 16.5
102 Minnesota 13 82 122 10 214 16.5
102 Auburn 12 102 82 14 198 16.5
105 Kentucky 13 96 98 18 212 16.3
105 Wyoming 12 114 62 20 196 16.3
105 UCLA 12 55 116 25 196 16.3
108 North Carolina 13 88 109 8 205 15.8
109 Mississippi State 12 69 108 10 187 15.6
110 Army 12 134 32 20 186 15.5
110 Michigan 12 98 70 18 186 15.5
112 Western Kentucky 12 87 78 17 182 15.2
113 Florida International 12 67 98 15 180 15.0
113 Temple 12 67 96 16 180 15.0
115 Vanderbilt 13 93 72 27 192 14.8
116 San Jose State 12 61 93 20 174 14.5
117 Tennessee 12 86 70 16 172 14.3
118 Washington State 13 76 87 21 184 14.2
119 Syracuse 12 88 64 12 164 13.7
120 UCF 12 74 72 10 156 13.0