2014 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/12/2015

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Arizona 14 128 176 42 346 24.7
2 West Virginia 13 125 175 37 337 25.9
3 Colorado 12 101 159 36 296 24.7
4 East Carolina 13 107 238 33 378 29.1
4 Bowling Green 14 120 158 33 311 22.2
4 Houston 13 130 123 33 286 22.0
4 Oregon State 12 78 138 33 249 20.8
8 California 12 99 188 32 319 26.6
8 Appalachian State 12 137 114 32 283 23.6
8 Massachusetts 12 79 156 32 267 22.3
11 Fresno State 14 126 139 31 296 21.1
11 UCF 13 110 125 31 266 20.5
13 Washington State 12 45 251 30 326 27.2
13 Southern Mississippi 12 77 142 30 249 20.8
13 Louisiana Tech 14 104 146 30 280 20.0
16 Illinois 13 84 135 29 248 19.1
17 Kansas State 13 104 162 28 294 22.6
17 UNLV 13 91 148 28 267 20.5
17 Penn State 13 84 137 28 249 19.2
17 Tulane 12 93 105 28 226 18.8
21 Baylor 13 171 193 27 391 30.1
21 Memphis 13 118 149 27 294 22.6
21 Iowa 13 123 130 27 280 21.5
24 Idaho 11 98 134 26 258 23.5
24 Virginia Tech 13 105 130 26 261 20.1
24 Oklahoma State 13 92 128 26 246 18.9
27 Oregon 15 183 198 25 406 27.1
27 North Carolina 13 128 158 25 311 23.9
27 Arizona State 13 110 166 25 301 23.2
27 Nebraska 13 149 115 25 289 22.2
27 Buffalo 11 97 122 25 244 22.2
27 Akron 12 93 142 25 260 21.7
27 Hawai'i 13 110 119 25 254 19.5
34 Notre Dame 13 117 168 24 309 23.8
34 South Carolina 13 131 150 24 305 23.5
34 Florida State 14 111 187 24 322 23.0
34 Miami (Ohio) 12 74 148 24 246 20.5
34 Utah State 14 120 99 24 243 17.4
39 Western Kentucky 13 112 216 23 351 27.0
39 Texas Tech 12 95 178 23 296 24.7
39 Old Dominion 12 96 156 23 275 22.9
39 Tulsa 12 107 140 23 270 22.5
39 Duke 13 133 130 23 286 22.0
39 Iowa State 12 92 141 23 256 21.3
39 Ball State 12 92 129 23 244 20.3
39 Ohio 12 107 103 23 233 19.4
39 Kent State 11 49 126 23 198 18.0
48 Marshall 14 161 183 22 366 26.1
48 BYU 13 143 160 22 325 25.0
48 Toledo 13 162 137 22 321 24.7
48 Cincinnati 13 103 185 22 310 23.8
48 Arkansas 13 146 120 22 288 22.2
48 Central Michigan 13 117 148 22 287 22.1
48 Stanford 13 95 149 22 266 20.5
48 Georgia State 12 84 138 22 244 20.3
48 Vanderbilt 12 78 93 22 193 16.1
48 Connecticut 12 69 87 22 178 14.8
58 USC 13 122 165 21 308 23.7
58 North Texas 12 106 86 21 213 17.8
60 Arkansas State 13 145 139 20 304 23.4
60 North Carolina State 13 140 122 20 282 21.7
60 Tennessee 13 118 139 20 277 21.3
60 South Alabama 13 129 123 20 272 20.9
60 Washington 14 139 121 20 280 20.0
60 Maryland 13 88 119 20 227 17.5
66 Ohio State 15 217 150 19 386 25.7
66 TCU 13 139 173 19 331 25.5
66 Pittsburgh 13 182 107 19 308 23.7
66 Mississippi 13 97 149 19 265 20.4
66 LSU 13 158 85 19 262 20.2
66 Virginia 12 86 136 19 241 20.1
66 Missouri 14 129 122 19 270 19.3
66 Indiana 12 134 73 19 226 18.8
66 Wake Forest 12 51 102 19 172 14.3
75 UCLA 13 144 142 18 304 23.4
75 Colorado State 13 105 176 18 299 23.0
75 Georgia 13 154 126 18 298 22.9
75 Northwestern 12 91 135 18 244 20.3
75 San Diego State 13 129 105 18 252 19.4
75 Kentucky 12 105 108 18 231 19.3
75 Boston College 13 157 73 18 248 19.1
82 Boise State 14 148 173 17 338 24.1
82 Clemson 13 105 145 17 267 20.5
82 Miami (Florida) 13 114 127 17 258 19.8
82 Michigan 12 101 104 17 222 18.5
82 Texas 13 100 115 17 232 17.8
82 Syracuse 12 92 93 17 202 16.8
82 SMU 12 74 85 17 176 14.7
89 Alabama 14 154 170 16 340 24.3
89 Wisconsin 14 189 103 16 308 22.0
89 Louisville 13 116 133 16 265 20.4
89 Louisiana-Monroe 12 58 147 16 221 18.4
89 UTEP 13 138 72 16 226 17.4
89 South Florida 12 62 104 16 182 15.2
95 Mississippi State 13 160 159 15 334 25.7
95 Texas A&M 13 106 179 15 300 23.1
95 Northern Illinois 14 183 121 15 319 22.8
95 Air Force 13 198 74 15 287 22.1
95 Nevada 13 137 122 15 274 21.1
95 Utah 13 126 112 15 253 19.5
95 Rice 13 117 120 15 252 19.4
95 Temple 12 74 93 15 182 15.2
103 Michigan State 13 153 154 14 321 24.7
103 Oklahoma 13 161 118 14 293 22.5
103 New Mexico State 12 108 134 14 256 21.3
103 San Jose State 12 97 143 14 254 21.2
103 Western Michigan 13 117 138 14 269 20.7
103 Troy 12 116 91 14 221 18.4
103 Wyoming 12 83 124 14 221 18.4
103 Minnesota 13 148 76 14 238 18.3
103 UTSA 12 84 102 14 200 16.7
103 Florida International 12 100 82 14 196 16.3
113 Georgia Tech 14 259 78 13 350 25.0
113 Texas State 12 142 123 13 278 23.2
113 UAB 12 150 102 13 265 22.1
113 Florida 12 111 86 13 210 17.5
117 Florida Atlantic 12 100 108 12 220 18.3
117 Kansas 12 81 104 12 197 16.4
117 Eastern Michigan 12 98 79 12 189 15.8
120 Georgia Southern 12 201 49 11 261 21.8
120 Middle Tennessee 12 133 110 11 254 21.2
120 Purdue 12 95 100 11 206 17.2
123 Auburn 13 172 132 10 314 24.2
123 Navy 13 222 37 10 269 20.7
123 Rutgers 13 117 114 10 241 18.5
123 Army 12 181 25 10 216 18.0
127 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 162 112 9 283 21.8
127 New Mexico 12 155 41 9 205 17.1