2012 National Leaders First Downs - Games in November Only through 01/07/2013

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Oklahoma 4 37 91 8 136 34.0
2 Louisiana Tech 4 42 78 15 135 33.8
3 Baylor 4 63 49 6 118 29.5
4 Marshall 4 41 66 8 115 28.8
5 Oregon 4 60 50 4 114 28.5
5 Texas A&M 4 42 62 10 114 28.5
7 Clemson 4 58 49 6 113 28.3
8 Troy 4 37 67 8 112 28.0
9 Tennessee 4 35 68 6 109 27.3
9 Ball State 3 40 37 5 82 27.3
9 East Carolina 3 30 48 4 82 27.3
9 BYU 3 28 48 6 82 27.3
13 Northern Illinois 4 52 49 4 105 26.3
14 Tulsa 4 48 50 5 103 25.8
14 West Virginia 4 41 54 8 103 25.8
16 Arkansas State 3 34 36 7 77 25.7
17 Arizona 4 58 30 14 102 25.5
17 Notre Dame 4 42 57 3 102 25.5
17 USC 4 35 51 16 102 25.5
20 Georgia Tech 4 81 17 3 101 25.3
20 Texas Tech 4 31 65 5 101 25.3
22 North Carolina 3 23 49 3 75 25.0
23 Toledo 3 31 37 6 74 24.7
24 Nevada 2 23 23 3 49 24.5
25 Northwestern 3 42 28 3 73 24.3
25 Rice 3 35 36 2 73 24.3
27 Syracuse 4 44 49 3 96 24.0
27 Oregon State 4 32 53 11 96 24.0
29 Texas 3 30 37 4 71 23.7
30 UTSA 4 37 47 10 94 23.5
31 Oklahoma State 4 39 50 4 93 23.3
31 Wyoming 4 31 51 11 93 23.3
31 Louisville 4 26 62 5 93 23.3
31 Utah State 3 33 29 8 70 23.3
31 Fresno State 3 25 39 6 70 23.3
31 Akron 3 16 45 9 70 23.3
37 UCLA 5 47 55 14 116 23.2
38 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 39 41 12 92 23.0
38 UAB 4 34 51 7 92 23.0
38 Ohio State 3 46 21 2 69 23.0
41 Arizona State 4 44 43 3 90 22.5
42 Ohio 4 41 43 5 89 22.3
42 Georgia 4 38 49 2 89 22.3
42 Missouri 4 36 50 3 89 22.3
42 Purdue 4 34 49 6 89 22.3
42 Army 3 57 9 1 67 22.3
42 Navy 3 52 13 2 67 22.3
42 Western Michigan 3 21 40 6 67 22.3
49 Miami (Ohio) 4 21 58 9 88 22.0
49 Duke 3 18 39 9 66 22.0
51 Memphis 4 42 36 9 87 21.8
51 Penn State 4 29 50 8 87 21.8
53 San Jose State 4 23 58 5 86 21.5
54 Nebraska 4 47 30 8 85 21.3
54 Iowa State 4 40 36 9 85 21.3
54 Texas State 4 31 41 13 85 21.3
54 Tulane 4 14 58 13 85 21.3
54 South Carolina 3 22 36 6 64 21.3
59 Stanford 5 45 53 7 105 21.0
59 Mississippi 4 30 47 7 84 21.0
59 South Alabama 4 26 48 10 84 21.0
59 North Carolina State 4 24 55 5 84 21.0
59 Indiana 4 20 62 2 84 21.0
59 Louisiana-Monroe 4 19 58 7 84 21.0
59 Boise State 3 28 32 3 63 21.0
59 Michigan State 3 28 30 5 63 21.0
67 Arkansas 4 22 54 7 83 20.8
67 Washington State 4 13 50 20 83 20.8
69 Florida State 3 24 33 5 62 20.7
70 Alabama 4 39 39 4 82 20.5
70 UCF 4 36 42 4 82 20.5
70 Massachusetts 4 22 49 11 82 20.5
73 New Mexico 4 57 15 9 81 20.3
73 Virginia Tech 4 37 40 4 81 20.3
73 LSU 4 34 44 3 81 20.3
73 Central Michigan 4 32 44 5 81 20.3
73 Washington 4 32 42 7 81 20.3
73 North Texas 4 25 48 8 81 20.3
73 South Florida 3 22 32 7 61 20.3
80 Western Kentucky 4 39 38 3 80 20.0
80 Vanderbilt 4 37 36 7 80 20.0
80 Kentucky 3 31 23 6 60 20.0
83 Miami (Florida) 4 29 44 6 79 19.8
83 Boston College 4 27 46 6 79 19.8
85 Wisconsin 3 39 19 1 59 19.7
85 Kansas 3 39 12 8 59 19.7
85 California 3 26 23 10 59 19.7
88 Air Force 4 56 16 5 77 19.3
88 Mississippi State 4 24 49 4 77 19.3
88 Houston 4 22 47 8 77 19.3
88 San Diego State 3 35 20 3 58 19.3
88 Kansas State 3 23 31 4 58 19.3
93 Florida International 3 28 26 3 57 19.0
94 Cincinnati 4 40 33 2 75 18.8
94 Colorado State 4 33 35 7 75 18.8
94 Michigan 4 28 37 10 75 18.8
97 Temple 4 52 19 3 74 18.5
97 Virginia 4 36 35 3 74 18.5
97 Buffalo 4 25 40 9 74 18.5
100 Eastern Michigan 4 43 26 4 73 18.3
101 Utah 4 36 33 3 72 18.0
102 Florida Atlantic 3 17 31 5 53 17.7
102 Pittsburgh 3 15 36 2 53 17.7
104 Kent State 5 54 32 2 88 17.6
105 Connecticut 3 17 33 2 52 17.3
106 UNLV 4 22 42 4 68 17.0
107 UTEP 3 27 18 5 50 16.7
107 Middle Tennessee 3 24 24 2 50 16.7
107 Bowling Green 3 23 25 2 50 16.7
110 Florida 4 40 23 3 66 16.5
111 SMU 4 29 31 5 65 16.3
111 Colorado 4 21 35 9 65 16.3
113 Illinois 4 32 26 6 64 16.0
113 Idaho 4 25 33 6 64 16.0
115 Iowa 4 29 28 6 63 15.8
116 TCU 3 24 21 2 47 15.7
117 Southern Mississippi 4 26 29 6 61 15.3
118 Auburn 4 31 26 3 60 15.0
118 Hawai'i 4 15 39 6 60 15.0
120 Wake Forest 4 23 34 2 59 14.8
121 Maryland 4 29 24 5 58 14.5
122 Minnesota 4 25 24 8 57 14.3
123 Rutgers 4 23 28 4 55 13.8
124 New Mexico State 3 17 16 7 40 13.3