2016 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Ohio State	11	139	95	17	251	22.8
2	Northwestern	11	93	138	19	250	22.7
3	Penn State	12	105	117	23	245	20.4
4	Michigan	11	118	98	18	234	21.3
4	Indiana	11	79	134	21	234	21.3
6	Nebraska	11	92	111	18	221	20.1
7	Wisconsin	11	110	90	9	209	19.0
8	Minnesota	11	102	81	15	198	18.0
9	Michigan State	9	86	97	9	192	21.3
10	Iowa	11	100	73	15	188	17.1
11	Purdue	9	51	103	21	175	19.4
12	Maryland	10	82	77	10	169	16.9
13	Rutgers	10	72	66	8	146	14.6
14	Illinois	10	62	68	14	144	14.4