2016 National Leaders First Downs - All Games through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Army 13 232 38 14 284 21.8
2 Air Force 13 230 56 16 302 23.2
3 Navy 14 212 65 16 293 20.9
4 New Mexico 13 200 60 11 271 20.8
5 Western Michigan 14 187 149 17 353 25.2
6 Tulsa 13 182 165 26 373 28.7
7 Alabama 15 181 122 12 315 21.0
8 Ohio State 13 176 116 20 312 24.0
9 Baylor 13 174 141 14 329 25.3
10 Auburn 13 173 97 16 286 22.0
11 San Diego State 14 165 94 19 278 19.9
12 South Florida 13 164 121 15 300 23.1
13 Georgia Tech 13 161 56 14 231 17.8
14 Kansas State 13 158 95 25 278 21.4
15 Texas 12 157 122 22 301 25.1
16 Appalachian State 13 156 114 21 291 22.4
17 Louisville 13 152 150 23 325 25.0
18 Florida State 13 149 143 29 321 24.7
18 Colorado 14 149 149 30 328 23.4
20 Wyoming 14 146 142 24 312 22.3
21 Kentucky 13 145 96 19 260 20.0
22 Missouri 12 144 130 18 292 24.3
22 Colorado State 13 144 130 18 292 22.5
22 Utah 13 144 118 23 285 21.9
25 Michigan 13 143 120 20 283 21.8
26 Washington 14 142 154 20 316 22.6
26 Mississippi State 13 142 124 21 287 22.1
26 Wisconsin 14 142 130 12 284 20.3
29 Ball State 12 141 139 14 294 24.5
29 BYU 13 141 130 28 299 23.0
31 UNLV 12 140 85 11 236 19.7
32 Western Kentucky 14 139 184 21 344 24.6
32 Temple 14 139 136 23 298 21.3
32 Georgia Southern 12 139 87 22 248 20.7
35 Oklahoma 13 136 176 17 329 25.3
35 Northern Illinois 12 136 122 24 282 23.5
37 USC 13 135 164 23 322 24.8
37 West Virginia 13 135 152 27 314 24.2
37 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 135 99 22 256 19.7
40 Virginia Tech 14 134 172 24 330 23.6
41 Clemson 15 133 235 35 403 26.9
41 Nevada 12 133 110 19 262 21.8
43 Tulane 12 131 59 18 208 17.3
44 Arizona 12 129 85 32 246 20.5
45 Ohio 14 128 131 33 292 20.9
45 Pittsburgh 13 128 115 23 266 20.5
47 Tennessee 13 126 136 18 280 21.5
47 Georgia 13 126 117 18 261 20.1
47 Minnesota 13 126 107 17 250 19.2
50 Bowling Green 12 125 127 27 279 23.3
50 TCU 13 125 150 21 296 22.8
50 Florida Atlantic 12 125 108 14 247 20.6
53 Rice 12 123 113 25 261 21.8
53 Texas A&M 13 123 142 16 281 21.6
53 Maryland 13 123 102 11 236 18.2
53 Stanford 13 123 98 15 236 18.2
57 Toledo 13 122 168 25 315 24.2
57 Oregon 12 122 134 24 280 23.3
57 Louisiana-Monroe 12 122 109 16 247 20.6
57 Penn State 14 122 134 29 285 20.4
61 Houston 13 121 178 15 314 24.2
61 Southern Mississippi 13 121 157 29 307 23.6
63 LSU 12 120 100 15 235 19.6
64 Louisiana Tech 14 119 210 29 358 25.6
64 Troy 13 119 154 27 300 23.1
64 New Mexico State 12 119 120 27 266 22.2
67 Iowa 13 117 84 16 217 16.7
68 Oklahoma State 13 116 174 18 308 23.7
68 Arkansas 13 116 150 22 288 22.2
70 Eastern Michigan 13 115 167 21 303 23.3
70 Boise State 13 115 167 18 300 23.1
70 UTSA 13 115 123 17 255 19.6
73 Old Dominion 13 113 132 28 273 21.0
74 Nebraska 13 112 132 22 266 20.5
75 Middle Tennessee 13 111 186 26 323 24.8
75 Wake Forest 13 111 94 20 225 17.3
77 North Carolina State 13 110 154 20 284 21.8
78 San Jose State 12 109 123 20 252 21.0
78 Michigan State 12 109 125 12 246 20.5
78 Oregon State 12 109 90 19 218 18.2
81 Notre Dame 12 107 132 15 254 21.2
81 UCF 13 107 113 29 249 19.2
81 Hawai'i 14 107 137 19 263 18.8
84 Charlotte 12 106 102 29 237 19.8
85 Indiana 13 105 152 22 279 21.5
85 Vanderbilt 13 105 129 19 253 19.5
87 Northwestern 13 104 156 21 281 21.6
87 Miami (Ohio) 13 104 129 21 254 19.5
89 California 12 103 197 35 335 27.9
89 Iowa State 12 103 133 17 253 21.1
91 Memphis 13 102 174 27 303 23.3
91 Arkansas State 13 102 124 16 242 18.6
93 South Alabama 13 100 138 13 251 19.3
94 Mississippi 12 99 177 22 298 24.8
95 Idaho 13 98 158 25 281 21.6
96 UTEP 12 97 103 20 220 18.3
97 North Carolina 13 96 168 19 283 21.8
97 Buffalo 12 96 112 12 220 18.3
97 Rutgers 12 96 81 9 186 15.5
100 Duke 12 95 143 20 258 21.5
100 Miami (Florida) 13 95 148 18 261 20.1
100 Florida 13 95 125 15 235 18.1
103 North Texas 13 94 121 25 240 18.5
104 South Carolina 13 93 127 21 241 18.5
104 Kent State 12 93 73 12 178 14.8
106 Texas Tech 12 92 238 30 360 30.0
106 East Carolina 12 92 177 18 287 23.9
106 SMU 12 92 145 25 262 21.8
106 Utah State 12 92 105 30 227 18.9
110 Florida International 12 91 129 18 238 19.8
111 Kansas 12 89 106 18 213 17.8
112 Arizona State 12 88 134 22 244 20.3
112 Boston College 13 88 87 14 189 14.5
114 Virginia 12 86 132 20 238 19.8
114 Akron 12 86 123 25 234 19.5
116 Marshall 12 85 125 31 241 20.1
116 Central Michigan 13 85 153 19 257 19.8
118 Washington State 13 84 225 31 340 26.2
119 Fresno State 12 83 102 21 206 17.2
120 Syracuse 12 79 163 26 268 22.3
121 Purdue 12 78 152 24 254 21.2
122 Cincinnati 12 76 143 13 232 19.3
123 Massachusetts 12 75 138 17 230 19.2
124 Connecticut 12 73 117 15 205 17.1
124 Illinois 12 73 91 16 180 15.0
126 Texas State 12 65 129 18 212 17.7
127 Georgia State 12 63 120 18 201 16.8
128 UCLA 12 59 152 26 237 19.8