2009 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/07/2010

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Houston 14 113 294 17 424 30.3
2 Texas A&M 13 139 172 28 339 26.1
3 Texas Tech 13 76 238 21 335 25.8
4 Notre Dame 12 106 166 21 293 24.4
5 Florida Atlantic 12 109 162 21 292 24.3
6 Central Michigan 14 135 183 21 339 24.2
7 Troy 13 101 191 20 312 24.0
8 Nevada 13 195 104 11 310 23.8
8 TCU 13 164 126 20 310 23.8
10 Texas 14 128 175 27 330 23.6
11 Oklahoma 13 110 154 40 304 23.4
11 Kansas 12 96 165 20 281 23.4
13 Northwestern 13 94 180 28 302 23.2
14 Florida 14 158 142 14 314 22.4
14 BYU 13 103 169 19 291 22.4
16 Wake Forest 12 100 145 22 267 22.3
17 Boise State 14 123 166 22 311 22.2
17 North Carolina State 12 90 147 29 266 22.2
19 Southern Mississippi 13 129 138 20 287 22.1
19 Idaho 13 100 158 29 287 22.1
21 Buffalo 12 100 139 25 264 22.0
22 UTEP 12 93 140 27 260 21.7
23 Florida State 13 117 146 18 281 21.6
23 Bowling Green 13 72 188 21 281 21.6
25 Hawai'i 13 74 189 17 280 21.5
26 Oregon State 13 91 171 16 278 21.4
27 Utah State 12 121 117 17 255 21.3
27 Toledo 12 93 148 14 255 21.3
29 Stanford 13 141 118 16 275 21.2
29 Fresno State 13 130 127 18 275 21.2
29 Miami (Florida) 13 96 168 11 275 21.2
29 Western Michigan 12 77 159 18 254 21.2
33 Wisconsin 13 135 129 10 274 21.1
33 UNLV 12 91 133 29 253 21.1
35 Penn State 13 114 142 17 273 21.0
36 Tennessee 13 122 136 14 272 20.9
36 Miami (Ohio) 12 73 159 19 251 20.9
38 Cincinnati 13 89 164 17 270 20.8
38 North Texas 12 104 125 20 249 20.8
40 Tulsa 12 102 134 12 248 20.7
41 Alabama 14 153 117 18 288 20.6
41 Missouri 13 102 142 24 268 20.6
43 Georgia Tech 14 213 57 17 287 20.5
43 Auburn 13 138 118 10 266 20.5
43 Mississippi 13 122 132 12 266 20.5
46 California 13 106 136 21 264 20.3
46 Washington 12 98 123 23 244 20.3
48 Oregon 13 147 102 14 263 20.2
48 Arizona 13 108 135 20 263 20.2
48 Louisiana Tech 12 123 103 16 242 20.2
48 Memphis 12 122 105 15 242 20.2
52 Air Force 13 203 47 11 261 20.1
53 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 102 120 18 240 20.0
54 Louisiana-Monroe 12 107 114 18 239 19.9
55 East Carolina 14 124 139 14 277 19.8
55 Michigan State 13 85 154 19 258 19.8
55 Illinois 12 125 98 14 237 19.8
58 Purdue 12 82 145 9 236 19.7
59 SMU 13 73 156 26 255 19.6
59 Michigan 12 120 107 8 235 19.6
61 Connecticut 13 119 124 11 254 19.5
61 Arkansas 13 89 147 18 254 19.5
63 Iowa State 13 122 120 10 252 19.4
63 Middle Tennessee 13 110 127 15 252 19.4
65 Ohio State 13 142 92 16 250 19.2
65 Kentucky 13 143 89 17 249 19.2
65 Oklahoma State 13 127 102 20 249 19.2
65 Pittsburgh 13 113 121 15 249 19.2
65 UCF 13 105 131 13 249 19.2
70 Navy 14 210 40 17 267 19.1
70 Mississippi State 12 140 78 11 229 19.1
70 UAB 12 120 99 10 229 19.1
70 Duke 12 58 155 16 229 19.1
74 Temple 13 139 82 24 245 18.8
74 Utah 13 115 118 12 245 18.8
74 Marshall 13 96 126 22 244 18.8
74 Syracuse 12 82 124 19 225 18.8
78 West Virginia 13 122 109 12 243 18.7
79 Kansas State 12 119 80 23 222 18.5
80 South Carolina 13 92 131 16 239 18.4
80 Colorado State 12 93 110 18 221 18.4
82 Colorado 12 71 127 22 220 18.3
82 Arizona State 12 82 112 25 219 18.3
84 USC 13 105 122 10 237 18.2
85 Indiana 12 67 141 9 217 18.1
85 New Mexico 12 65 128 24 217 18.1
87 Rice 12 87 103 26 216 18.0
87 Florida International 12 75 116 25 216 18.0
89 Northern Illinois 13 127 87 18 232 17.8
89 Virginia Tech 13 124 96 12 232 17.8
89 Iowa 13 94 117 21 232 17.8
89 Western Kentucky 12 111 83 20 214 17.8
89 Louisville 12 90 103 21 214 17.8
89 San Diego State 12 50 145 19 214 17.8
95 Clemson 14 114 118 13 245 17.5
95 North Carolina 13 108 106 14 228 17.5
95 South Florida 13 113 100 14 227 17.5
95 Wyoming 13 101 105 21 227 17.5
99 LSU 13 100 109 17 226 17.4
99 Georgia 13 96 116 14 226 17.4
99 UCLA 13 73 135 18 226 17.4
102 Arkansas State 12 101 91 16 208 17.3
102 Baylor 12 74 115 19 208 17.3
102 Tulane 12 81 117 9 207 17.3
105 Kent State 12 88 103 12 203 16.9
106 Akron 12 88 92 19 199 16.6
107 Boston College 13 91 102 21 214 16.5
108 Rutgers 13 89 103 19 211 16.2
108 Vanderbilt 12 98 84 12 194 16.2
110 Nebraska 14 98 111 17 226 16.1
110 Maryland 12 70 112 11 193 16.1
112 San Jose State 12 59 108 25 192 16.0
113 Minnesota 13 74 121 12 207 15.9
114 Ohio 14 86 109 24 219 15.6
114 Ball State 12 94 75 18 187 15.6
116 Virginia 12 75 95 16 186 15.5
117 Eastern Michigan 12 88 77 11 176 14.7
118 Army 12 116 45 14 175 14.6
119 Washington State 12 51 87 21 159 13.3
120 New Mexico State 13 101 48 15 164 12.6