2015 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/11/2016

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Bowling Green 3 32 57 9 98 32.7
2 Navy 1 22 8 1 31 31.0
3 Tulsa 2 18 36 4 58 29.0
4 Texas Tech 11 120 168 22 310 28.2
5 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 15 9 4 28 28.0
6 Baylor 10 162 101 16 279 27.9
7 Clemson 12 137 166 26 329 27.4
8 TCU 11 117 160 23 300 27.3
9 Washington State 11 65 209 17 291 26.5
10 Oklahoma 11 124 140 24 288 26.2
11 Memphis 3 26 43 9 78 26.0
12 California 10 87 153 19 259 25.9
13 Mississippi 9 89 117 24 230 25.6
14 Indiana 10 100 132 23 255 25.5
15 West Virginia 11 134 113 32 279 25.4
16 Rice 2 23 20 7 50 25.0
17 Oregon 11 134 116 21 271 24.6
18 Mississippi State 9 77 132 8 217 24.1
19 Oklahoma State 10 59 160 21 240 24.0
19 Florida International 1 7 12 5 24 24.0
21 Arizona 9 94 100 20 214 23.8
22 Houston 3 28 36 7 71 23.7
23 North Carolina 12 125 130 27 282 23.5
23 Arizona State 11 95 145 18 258 23.5
23 Arkansas 10 101 126 8 235 23.5
23 Air Force 2 30 12 5 47 23.5
23 Louisiana Tech 2 20 25 2 47 23.5
28 UCLA 11 92 145 15 252 22.9
29 Duke 10 84 117 26 227 22.7
30 SMU 2 21 17 7 45 22.5
30 Idaho 2 16 23 6 45 22.5
32 Stanford 12 140 106 22 268 22.3
33 Wyoming 1 11 10 1 22 22.0
33 Cincinnati 1 9 13 0 22 22.0
33 Georgia State 1 8 11 3 22 22.0
36 Alabama 12 124 116 22 262 21.8
36 Virginia 9 71 106 19 196 21.8
38 Tennessee 10 107 99 9 215 21.5
38 Iowa State 10 104 95 16 215 21.5
38 Notre Dame 10 93 108 14 215 21.5
38 Nebraska 10 81 114 20 215 21.5
42 Michigan State 11 88 131 15 234 21.3
43 USC 11 103 113 16 232 21.1
44 UTSA 3 25 33 5 63 21.0
44 Western Kentucky 3 16 44 3 63 21.0
44 Western Michigan 2 13 25 4 42 21.0
47 Ohio State 9 105 72 11 188 20.9
48 Colorado 9 67 106 12 185 20.6
49 Michigan 11 77 132 17 226 20.5
49 Utah 10 106 82 17 205 20.5
49 Central Michigan 4 26 50 6 82 20.5
49 Colorado State 2 17 21 3 41 20.5
53 Southern Mississippi 3 10 44 7 61 20.3
54 Louisville 11 96 108 18 222 20.2
54 Texas A&M 10 74 106 22 202 20.2
54 Wisconsin 10 55 126 21 202 20.2
54 Pittsburgh 9 88 86 8 182 20.2
58 New Mexico 2 28 11 1 40 20.0
58 Florida Atlantic 2 23 14 3 40 20.0
58 Boise State 2 16 22 2 40 20.0
58 Massachusetts 1 6 11 3 20 20.0
58 Marshall 1 5 11 4 20 20.0
63 Iowa 12 112 102 25 239 19.9
63 Washington 9 81 93 5 179 19.9
65 LSU 10 107 75 15 197 19.7
66 East Carolina 2 7 26 6 39 19.5
67 Florida State 9 71 88 16 175 19.4
68 Illinois 9 58 102 14 174 19.3
69 Rutgers 10 83 98 11 192 19.2
69 North Carolina State 9 77 85 11 173 19.2
71 Auburn 9 98 65 8 171 19.0
72 BYU 5 30 51 13 94 18.8
73 Virginia Tech 10 84 87 15 186 18.6
74 Kansas State 10 89 75 21 185 18.5
74 Arkansas State 2 21 14 2 37 18.5
74 Ball State 2 18 14 5 37 18.5
77 Texas 10 114 60 9 183 18.3
77 South Florida 3 33 18 4 55 18.3
79 Miami (Florida) 10 51 117 13 181 18.1
80 North Texas 2 20 16 0 36 18.0
80 San Jose State 2 17 18 1 36 18.0
80 Ohio 1 9 9 0 18 18.0
83 Georgia 10 83 85 10 178 17.8
83 South Carolina 10 83 84 11 178 17.8
83 Purdue 9 57 88 15 160 17.8
86 Maryland 9 76 70 13 159 17.7
86 Penn State 9 61 77 21 159 17.7
88 Georgia Tech 9 100 46 12 158 17.6
88 Kentucky 9 73 72 13 158 17.6
90 Wake Forest 9 46 88 22 156 17.3
90 Middle Tennessee 3 13 36 3 52 17.3
92 Troy 3 20 25 6 51 17.0
92 Nevada 2 14 17 3 34 17.0
92 Utah State 2 12 20 2 34 17.0
92 Texas State 1 5 12 0 17 17.0
96 Vanderbilt 8 63 56 16 135 16.9
97 Oregon State 10 73 75 17 165 16.5
97 Fresno State 2 15 14 4 33 16.5
99 Northwestern 11 82 81 17 180 16.4
99 Minnesota 9 53 86 9 148 16.4
101 Syracuse 9 71 56 20 147 16.3
102 Florida 11 72 97 7 176 16.0
102 Kansas 10 52 97 11 160 16.0
102 Tulane 2 11 17 4 32 16.0
102 South Alabama 2 4 24 4 32 16.0
102 Eastern Michigan 1 7 8 1 16 16.0
107 UTEP 2 14 16 1 31 15.5
107 Toledo 2 10 16 5 31 15.5
109 UCF 2 5 19 6 30 15.0
109 Temple 1 6 7 2 15 15.0
109 Buffalo 1 4 10 1 15 15.0
112 Army 4 47 9 2 58 14.5
112 San Diego State 2 12 16 1 29 14.5
114 Charlotte 1 7 5 2 14 14.0
115 Missouri 8 47 47 10 104 13.0
115 New Mexico State 2 14 11 1 26 13.0
115 UNLV 2 13 10 3 26 13.0
118 Georgia Southern 2 20 4 1 25 12.5
119 Boston College 8 49 35 14 98 12.3
119 Hawai'i 3 11 21 5 37 12.3
121 Appalachian State 1 8 3 1 12 12.0
122 Kent State 2 9 11 3 23 11.5
123 Louisiana-Monroe 2 4 14 4 22 11.0
123 Connecticut 1 4 7 0 11 11.0
125 Northern Illinois 2 10 8 2 20 10.0
126 Akron 2 8 8 2 18 9.0
126 Miami (Ohio) 1 0 8 1 9 9.0
128 Old Dominion 1 2 4 2 8 8.0