2016 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/09/2017

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Ohio State	13	176	116	20	312	24.0
2	Michigan	13	143	120	20	283	21.8
3	Wisconsin	14	142	130	12	284	20.3
4	Penn State	14	122	134	29	285	20.4
5	Nebraska	13	112	132	22	266	20.5
5	Minnesota	12	112	91	16	219	18.3
7	Iowa	12	111	79	15	205	17.1
8	Maryland	12	109	92	10	211	17.6
9	Indiana	13	105	152	22	279	21.5
10	Northwestern	12	100	146	19	265	22.1
10	Michigan State	11	100	116	11	227	20.6
12	Rutgers	11	78	73	9	160	14.5
13	Purdue	11	69	137	23	229	20.8
14	Illinois	11	63	82	14	159	14.5