2011 National Leaders First Downs - Games in November Only through 01/09/2012
| Name | G | Rush | Pass | Penalty | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toledo | 4 | 59 | 57 | 5 | 121 | 30.3 |
| 2 | Baylor | 4 | 58 | 49 | 12 | 119 | 29.8 |
| 3 | Houston | 4 | 29 | 78 | 6 | 113 | 28.3 |
| 4 | Nevada | 3 | 41 | 41 | 2 | 84 | 28.0 |
| 5 | Western Michigan | 3 | 20 | 57 | 6 | 83 | 27.7 |
| 6 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 54 | 44 | 10 | 108 | 27.0 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 17 | 59 | 5 | 81 | 27.0 |
| 6 | BYU | 2 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 54 | 27.0 |
| 9 | Arkansas State | 3 | 33 | 37 | 7 | 77 | 25.7 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 4 | 58 | 38 | 6 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 10 | Oregon | 4 | 54 | 43 | 5 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 10 | Tulsa | 4 | 47 | 51 | 4 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 10 | Arizona | 4 | 24 | 64 | 14 | 102 | 25.5 |
| 14 | Stanford | 4 | 43 | 48 | 10 | 101 | 25.3 |
| 15 | USC | 4 | 41 | 49 | 10 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 15 | Arizona State | 4 | 29 | 62 | 9 | 100 | 25.0 |
| 15 | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 27 | 42 | 6 | 75 | 25.0 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 3 | 35 | 38 | 1 | 74 | 24.7 |
| 19 | Boise State | 4 | 29 | 60 | 9 | 98 | 24.5 |
| 20 | Ohio | 4 | 51 | 39 | 7 | 97 | 24.3 |
| 21 | Fresno State | 4 | 38 | 53 | 5 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 21 | Texas Tech | 4 | 29 | 60 | 7 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 23 | UAB | 4 | 38 | 50 | 7 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 23 | Texas A&M | 4 | 35 | 56 | 4 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 26 | 66 | 3 | 95 | 23.8 |
| 26 | Iowa State | 3 | 32 | 34 | 5 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 27 | California | 4 | 49 | 32 | 13 | 94 | 23.5 |
| 28 | Georgia | 4 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 28 | Missouri | 4 | 46 | 40 | 7 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 28 | Hawai'i | 4 | 20 | 60 | 13 | 93 | 23.3 |
| 28 | TCU | 3 | 32 | 34 | 4 | 70 | 23.3 |
| 32 | Southern Mississippi | 4 | 43 | 42 | 7 | 92 | 23.0 |
| 33 | Northwestern | 4 | 41 | 44 | 6 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 33 | Notre Dame | 4 | 36 | 47 | 8 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 35 | San Diego State | 4 | 38 | 45 | 7 | 90 | 22.5 |
| 36 | Navy | 3 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 22.3 |
| 37 | North Texas | 2 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 44 | 22.0 |
| 38 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 48 | 32 | 7 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 38 | San Jose State | 4 | 14 | 68 | 5 | 87 | 21.8 |
| 40 | Syracuse | 3 | 22 | 40 | 3 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 41 | Air Force | 4 | 61 | 17 | 7 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 41 | LSU | 4 | 48 | 31 | 6 | 85 | 21.3 |
| 41 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 41 | Central Michigan | 3 | 17 | 41 | 6 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 41 | Ball State | 3 | 13 | 41 | 10 | 64 | 21.3 |
| 46 | Alabama | 4 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 46 | Purdue | 4 | 39 | 40 | 5 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 46 | UTEP | 4 | 33 | 47 | 4 | 84 | 21.0 |
| 46 | Buffalo | 3 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 46 | West Virginia | 3 | 19 | 42 | 2 | 63 | 21.0 |
| 51 | Michigan | 4 | 46 | 30 | 7 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 51 | Wake Forest | 4 | 39 | 40 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 51 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 29 | 45 | 9 | 83 | 20.8 |
| 54 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 54 | New Mexico State | 4 | 36 | 44 | 2 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 54 | East Carolina | 4 | 28 | 50 | 4 | 82 | 20.5 |
| 57 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 49 | 26 | 6 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 57 | South Florida | 4 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 57 | Colorado | 4 | 33 | 40 | 8 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 57 | Arkansas | 4 | 28 | 48 | 5 | 81 | 20.3 |
| 61 | Michigan State | 4 | 32 | 44 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 |
| 62 | UCLA | 4 | 33 | 40 | 6 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 62 | North Carolina State | 4 | 27 | 43 | 9 | 79 | 19.8 |
| 64 | Nebraska | 4 | 36 | 37 | 5 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 64 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 35 | 36 | 7 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 64 | UCF | 4 | 32 | 45 | 1 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 64 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 26 | 46 | 6 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 64 | Washington State | 4 | 16 | 56 | 6 | 78 | 19.5 |
| 69 | Troy | 4 | 21 | 52 | 4 | 77 | 19.3 |
| 69 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 58 | 19.3 |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 76 | 19.0 |
| 71 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 71 | Clemson | 3 | 19 | 37 | 1 | 57 | 19.0 |
| 74 | Utah State | 4 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 74 | Rutgers | 4 | 24 | 45 | 6 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 74 | Iowa | 4 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 74 | Washington | 4 | 23 | 45 | 7 | 75 | 18.8 |
| 78 | Kansas State | 3 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 78 | North Carolina | 3 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 78 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 13 | 38 | 5 | 56 | 18.7 |
| 81 | South Carolina | 4 | 47 | 22 | 5 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 81 | Virginia | 4 | 24 | 46 | 4 | 74 | 18.5 |
| 83 | Florida | 4 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 83 | Maryland | 4 | 29 | 39 | 5 | 73 | 18.3 |
| 85 | Kansas | 4 | 41 | 25 | 6 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 85 | Minnesota | 4 | 40 | 29 | 3 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 85 | Wyoming | 4 | 32 | 37 | 3 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 85 | SMU | 4 | 19 | 50 | 3 | 72 | 18.0 |
| 89 | Temple | 4 | 46 | 20 | 5 | 71 | 17.8 |
| 90 | Idaho | 3 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 53 | 17.7 |
| 91 | Tennessee | 4 | 27 | 39 | 4 | 70 | 17.5 |
| 92 | Duke | 4 | 17 | 44 | 8 | 69 | 17.3 |
| 92 | Army | 3 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 92 | Bowling Green | 3 | 17 | 32 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 |
| 95 | Texas | 4 | 41 | 24 | 3 | 68 | 17.0 |
| 95 | Indiana | 3 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 95 | Memphis | 3 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 51 | 17.0 |
| 98 | Rice | 4 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 67 | 16.8 |
| 99 | Connecticut | 3 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 50 | 16.7 |
| 100 | Utah | 4 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 100 | Kent State | 4 | 22 | 39 | 5 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 100 | Oregon State | 4 | 11 | 49 | 6 | 66 | 16.5 |
| 103 | UNLV | 4 | 42 | 18 | 5 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 103 | Ohio State | 4 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 103 | Tulane | 4 | 27 | 34 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 |
| 103 | Colorado State | 3 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 103 | Penn State | 3 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 108 | Mississippi State | 4 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 64 | 16.0 |
| 109 | Marshall | 3 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 |
| 110 | Florida International | 4 | 33 | 22 | 7 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 110 | Cincinnati | 4 | 25 | 32 | 5 | 62 | 15.5 |
| 112 | Mississippi | 4 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 112 | Louisville | 4 | 25 | 35 | 1 | 61 | 15.3 |
| 114 | Illinois | 3 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 45 | 15.0 |
| 115 | Florida State | 4 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 |
| 115 | New Mexico | 3 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 42 | 14.0 |
| 117 | Akron | 4 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 55 | 13.8 |
| 118 | Auburn | 3 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 41 | 13.7 |
| 119 | Boston College | 4 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 54 | 13.5 |
| 120 | Kentucky | 4 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 49 | 12.3 |