2011 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/09/2012

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Georgia Tech 11 165 40 10 215 19.5
2 Oregon 12 160 111 18 289 24.1
3 Missouri 11 147 110 14 271 24.6
4 Baylor 10 137 135 22 294 29.4
5 Texas 11 125 86 15 226 20.5
6 Stanford 12 123 161 20 304 25.3
6 LSU 12 123 77 23 223 18.6
8 Wisconsin 11 121 110 16 247 22.5
9 Iowa State 12 114 121 18 253 21.1
9 Kansas State 11 114 77 19 210 19.1
11 Texas A&M 11 113 158 18 289 26.3
11 Nebraska 10 113 79 15 207 20.7
13 USC 12 111 155 29 295 24.6
13 Ohio State 11 111 52 15 178 16.2
15 Michigan 10 106 84 21 211 21.1
15 South Carolina 10 106 65 12 183 18.3
17 Northwestern 10 102 122 18 242 24.2
18 Virginia Tech 10 100 97 15 212 21.2
18 Alabama 10 100 96 7 203 20.3
18 Auburn 10 100 60 11 171 17.1
21 Clemson 12 99 163 17 279 23.3
22 Georgia 11 98 115 18 231 21.0
23 Vanderbilt 11 96 69 17 182 16.5
24 Notre Dame 11 95 137 25 257 23.4
24 UCLA 12 95 99 18 212 17.7
26 Oklahoma 11 93 169 13 275 25.0
27 Maryland 10 92 104 13 209 20.9
27 Wake Forest 12 92 129 13 234 19.5
29 Washington 11 87 130 21 238 21.6
30 California 11 85 123 26 234 21.3
31 South Florida 9 83 93 19 195 21.7
31 Iowa 11 83 114 20 217 19.7
33 Pittsburgh 10 82 104 14 200 20.0
33 Penn State 9 82 70 11 163 18.1
35 Arizona State 11 81 154 28 263 23.9
35 Virginia 10 81 104 10 195 19.5
35 Kansas 10 81 77 15 173 17.3
38 Indiana 9 80 78 15 173 19.2
39 Miami (Florida) 11 79 111 15 205 18.6
39 Illinois 10 79 85 15 179 17.9
41 Cincinnati 10 78 88 18 184 18.4
42 Oklahoma State 11 77 183 15 275 25.0
43 Florida State 11 76 104 16 196 17.8
44 North Carolina 11 75 118 14 207 18.8
44 Utah 11 75 81 21 177 16.1
46 Texas Tech 9 74 141 17 232 25.8
46 Mississippi State 9 74 64 11 149 16.6
48 Louisville 10 73 81 4 158 15.8
49 Purdue 9 71 85 13 169 18.8
50 Minnesota 9 70 60 7 137 15.2
51 West Virginia 10 67 147 12 226 22.6
51 Michigan State 11 67 124 9 200 18.2
53 Arizona 10 66 171 23 260 26.0
53 Colorado 11 66 114 23 203 18.5
55 Mississippi 8 64 49 4 117 14.6
56 Connecticut 9 63 75 16 154 17.1
56 Boston College 10 63 89 10 162 16.2
58 Arkansas 10 62 118 15 195 19.5
59 Florida 10 58 70 17 145 14.5
60 Syracuse 9 56 101 12 169 18.8
61 Kentucky 9 54 56 13 123 13.7
62 North Carolina State 10 53 107 18 178 17.8
63 Washington State 9 52 126 22 200 22.2
64 Rutgers 9 50 100 21 171 19.0
65 Tennessee 9 45 88 16 149 16.6
66 Duke 9 44 105 19 168 18.7
67 Army 3 42 4 5 51 17.0
68 Oregon State 10 37 138 19 194 19.4
69 Rice 4 34 31 11 76 19.0
70 Navy 3 32 11 3 46 15.3
71 Tulsa 2 29 11 2 42 21.0
72 Fresno State 3 28 28 4 60 20.0
73 Nevada 2 27 24 1 52 26.0
74 Middle Tennessee 3 26 31 1 58 19.3
75 BYU 4 20 52 7 79 19.8
75 Ball State 3 20 23 3 46 15.3
77 Buffalo 3 19 30 5 54 18.0
78 Western Michigan 4 18 64 9 91 22.8
79 Air Force 1 17 13 2 32 32.0
80 Boise State 2 16 32 3 51 25.5
80 Florida International 2 16 19 2 37 18.5
80 North Texas 2 16 13 1 30 15.0
80 Eastern Michigan 2 16 11 1 28 14.0
84 East Carolina 3 15 40 4 59 19.7
84 Temple 2 15 14 5 34 17.0
84 Central Michigan 3 15 29 2 46 15.3
84 UAB 2 15 14 1 30 15.0
84 Western Kentucky 2 15 11 2 28 14.0
84 UNLV 2 15 10 3 28 14.0
90 Utah State 1 14 12 1 27 27.0
90 Toledo 2 14 24 2 40 20.0
90 Miami (Ohio) 3 14 33 3 50 16.7
93 Houston 2 13 38 3 54 27.0
93 San Diego State 2 13 31 1 45 22.5
93 New Mexico State 2 13 28 3 44 22.0
96 Louisiana Tech 2 12 20 3 35 17.5
97 Troy 2 11 28 2 41 20.5
97 Hawai'i 2 11 25 3 39 19.5
97 Northern Illinois 2 11 25 2 38 19.0
97 UCF 1 11 7 0 18 18.0
97 Tulane 2 11 22 1 34 17.0
97 New Mexico 2 11 18 1 30 15.0
97 Marshall 3 11 26 5 42 14.0
97 Florida Atlantic 3 11 18 3 32 10.7
105 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 10 24 5 39 19.5
105 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 24 1 35 17.5
105 Akron 2 10 11 1 22 11.0
108 Memphis 1 9 10 0 19 19.0
109 TCU 1 8 13 4 25 25.0
109 Arkansas State 2 8 20 2 30 15.0
109 San Jose State 2 8 17 3 28 14.0
109 Bowling Green 1 8 6 0 14 14.0
109 Kent State 2 8 8 3 19 9.5
114 Idaho 2 7 12 3 22 11.0
115 UTEP 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
115 SMU 2 6 26 1 33 16.5
115 Colorado State 1 6 6 4 16 16.0
118 Ohio 1 5 15 0 20 20.0
118 Wyoming 1 5 11 2 18 18.0
120 Southern Mississippi 1 4 12 1 17 17.0