2014 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/12/2015

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Marshall 13 143 172 22 337 25.9
2 Western Kentucky 12 107 199 22 328 27.3
3 Boise State 12 132 147 11 290 24.2
4 Air Force 12 172 73 15 260 21.7
5 Idaho 11 98 134 26 258 23.5
6 Cincinnati 10 88 144 18 250 25.0
7 Tulsa 11 99 126 22 247 22.5
8 Northern Illinois 11 139 96 11 246 22.4
9 Toledo 10 128 99 17 244 24.4
10 Houston 11 110 105 28 243 22.1
11 Arkansas State 10 118 105 17 240 24.0
12 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 137 93 7 237 21.5
13 Bowling Green 11 93 118 24 235 21.4
14 South Alabama 11 118 95 17 230 20.9
15 Memphis 10 95 118 16 229 22.9
16 East Carolina 8 72 139 17 228 28.5
16 BYU 9 98 116 14 228 25.3
16 UNLV 11 73 128 27 228 20.7
19 Rice 12 106 105 13 224 18.7
20 New Mexico State 10 89 121 12 222 22.2
21 Appalachian State 9 105 86 28 219 24.3
22 Central Michigan 9 87 115 15 217 24.1
23 Texas State 10 113 90 10 213 21.3
23 Louisiana Tech 10 82 109 22 213 21.3
23 Miami (Ohio) 10 66 127 20 213 21.3
26 Middle Tennessee 10 113 87 9 209 20.9
27 UAB 9 122 76 9 207 23.0
27 Navy 10 173 25 9 207 20.7
29 Colorado State 9 72 122 12 206 22.9
29 Fresno State 10 91 97 18 206 20.6
31 Western Michigan 10 87 106 12 205 20.5
32 Nevada 10 105 85 12 202 20.2
33 Massachusetts 8 59 120 22 201 25.1
34 Old Dominion 9 65 117 18 200 22.2
34 Ohio 10 89 92 19 200 20.0
36 Akron 9 73 104 22 199 22.1
36 Southern Mississippi 9 55 120 24 199 22.1
38 Florida Atlantic 10 90 99 9 198 19.8
39 UCF 9 85 87 23 195 21.7
40 San Jose State 9 73 114 7 194 21.6
41 Georgia Southern 9 156 30 7 193 21.4
41 San Diego State 10 106 75 12 193 19.3
43 UTEP 11 118 62 12 192 17.5
44 Utah State 11 97 75 16 188 17.1
45 New Mexico 11 144 35 7 186 16.9
46 Georgia State 9 65 102 17 184 20.4
47 Ball State 9 64 100 18 182 20.2
48 Buffalo 8 73 90 18 181 22.6
49 Troy 9 94 67 12 173 19.2
50 Hawai'i 9 76 83 12 171 19.0
51 Kent State 9 44 110 16 170 18.9
52 Wyoming 9 61 96 11 168 18.7
53 UTSA 10 73 82 11 166 16.6
54 North Texas 9 75 70 18 163 18.1
54 Connecticut 11 64 80 19 163 14.8
56 Louisiana-Monroe 8 37 111 12 160 20.0
57 Tulane 8 58 74 15 147 18.4
57 Eastern Michigan 9 73 66 8 147 16.3
59 Army 8 119 15 8 142 17.8
60 SMU 9 58 67 14 139 15.4
61 Temple 9 51 72 15 138 15.3
62 South Florida 8 43 81 13 137 17.1
63 Florida International 8 75 55 6 136 17.0
64 North Carolina State 4 52 54 4 110 27.5
65 Arizona 4 45 55 9 109 27.3
66 Ohio State 3 54 39 4 97 32.3
67 Penn State 4 38 46 9 93 23.3
68 Mississippi State 3 41 37 1 79 26.3
69 Mississippi 3 24 44 7 75 25.0
69 Illinois 3 19 49 7 75 25.0
71 North Carolina 3 26 42 5 73 24.3
72 USC 2 34 35 3 72 36.0
73 Pittsburgh 3 37 28 6 71 23.7
73 Colorado 3 21 41 9 71 23.7
75 Virginia Tech 3 29 31 10 70 23.3
76 LSU 3 47 19 2 68 22.7
77 Texas A&M 3 29 35 3 67 22.3
78 Michigan 3 33 30 2 65 21.7
79 Vanderbilt 3 27 31 5 63 21.0
80 Virginia 2 23 31 8 62 31.0
81 Alabama 2 26 31 1 58 29.0
81 Baylor 2 25 32 1 58 29.0
81 Purdue 3 26 30 2 58 19.3
84 Nebraska 2 31 24 2 57 28.5
85 Wisconsin 2 40 11 4 55 27.5
85 Utah 2 29 23 3 55 27.5
87 Georgia Tech 2 39 9 4 52 26.0
87 Indiana 2 27 22 3 52 26.0
87 Oklahoma 2 20 27 5 52 26.0
90 Auburn 2 32 15 2 49 24.5
90 Michigan State 2 32 15 2 49 24.5
90 Northwestern 2 18 27 4 49 24.5
93 Notre Dame 2 27 20 1 48 24.0
93 Boston College 2 26 18 4 48 24.0
93 Arkansas 2 25 21 2 48 24.0
93 Duke 2 22 23 3 48 24.0
97 Arizona State 2 28 17 2 47 23.5
97 Tennessee 2 17 25 5 47 23.5
97 Oregon State 2 15 22 10 47 23.5
100 South Carolina 2 22 22 2 46 23.0
101 Rutgers 2 27 15 2 44 22.0
101 Missouri 2 19 23 2 44 22.0
103 Florida 2 21 18 3 42 21.0
103 Syracuse 2 21 18 3 42 21.0
103 Wake Forest 3 11 28 3 42 14.0
106 Miami (Florida) 2 17 18 5 40 20.0
107 Kentucky 2 21 15 3 39 19.5
107 Louisville 2 20 16 3 39 19.5
109 Minnesota 2 32 4 1 37 18.5
110 Washington 2 21 13 2 36 18.0
111 Stanford 2 13 22 0 35 17.5
112 California 1 8 22 4 34 34.0
112 Iowa State 1 7 23 4 34 34.0
114 Texas 2 12 19 2 33 16.5
115 Oregon 1 15 15 2 32 32.0
116 TCU 1 12 18 1 31 31.0
117 UCLA 1 11 16 3 30 30.0
118 Iowa 1 9 17 1 27 27.0
119 Washington State 1 2 20 3 25 25.0
120 Oklahoma State 1 8 12 4 24 24.0
121 Georgia 1 13 8 2 23 23.0
122 Clemson 1 11 10 1 22 22.0
123 Texas Tech 1 9 9 2 20 20.0
124 Florida State 1 4 12 2 18 18.0
125 Maryland 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
126 Kansas State 1 7 9 0 16 16.0
127 Kansas 1 5 10 0 15 15.0