2016 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Notre Dame 1 19 9 3 31 31.0
2 Tulsa 8 109 107 19 235 29.4
3 Texas Tech 9 65 173 22 260 28.9
4 California 9 84 136 30 250 27.8
5 BYU 1 12 11 4 27 27.0
6 Washington State 9 59 158 23 240 26.7
7 Clemson 9 71 147 20 238 26.4
8 Western Michigan 9 120 105 11 236 26.2
9 Oklahoma 9 100 124 11 235 26.1
9 Western Kentucky 9 93 130 12 235 26.1
11 Bowling Green 8 92 90 21 203 25.4
12 USC 9 97 116 13 226 25.1
13 Toledo 8 74 108 18 200 25.0
14 Louisville 8 95 90 14 199 24.9
14 Florida State 8 87 96 16 199 24.9
16 West Virginia 9 105 100 18 223 24.8
16 Northern Illinois 8 98 86 14 198 24.8
16 Ball State 8 95 96 7 198 24.8
19 Louisiana Tech 9 74 126 21 221 24.6
20 Mississippi 8 58 123 15 196 24.5
21 Ohio State 9 122 84 14 220 24.4
21 Houston 8 73 117 5 195 24.4
23 Texas 9 113 91 14 218 24.2
24 Baylor 9 115 91 11 217 24.1
24 Virginia Tech 9 91 112 14 217 24.1
26 Washington 10 114 107 17 238 23.8
26 Oregon 9 90 106 18 214 23.8
28 Oklahoma State 9 91 111 11 213 23.7
29 Eastern Michigan 8 69 107 13 189 23.6
29 Southern Mississippi 8 68 103 18 189 23.6
31 Colorado 10 108 105 22 235 23.5
32 Middle Tennessee 8 68 108 11 187 23.4
33 Rice 8 88 82 16 186 23.3
33 Troy 8 70 98 18 186 23.3
33 East Carolina 8 60 114 12 186 23.3
36 Temple 9 107 86 15 208 23.1
37 Kansas State 9 120 66 20 206 22.9
37 Utah 9 104 83 19 206 22.9
37 South Florida 8 107 72 4 183 22.9
37 Colorado State 8 95 83 5 183 22.9
37 Idaho 8 59 106 18 183 22.9
42 Alabama 9 114 81 10 205 22.8
42 Wyoming 9 106 90 9 205 22.8
42 Florida Atlantic 8 96 77 9 182 22.8
42 Arkansas 8 66 99 17 182 22.8
46 Navy 9 154 40 9 203 22.6
46 Air Force 8 144 29 8 181 22.6
46 New Mexico State 8 82 84 15 181 22.6
49 Appalachian State 8 96 69 15 180 22.5
50 Northwestern 9 76 112 13 201 22.3
50 Nevada 8 92 74 12 178 22.3
50 Louisiana-Monroe 8 88 75 15 178 22.3
50 Memphis 8 64 103 11 178 22.3
50 SMU 8 59 103 16 178 22.3
55 Michigan 9 105 77 16 198 22.0
55 Iowa State 9 84 102 12 198 22.0
55 Tennessee 8 79 86 11 176 22.0
55 Florida International 8 70 97 9 176 22.0
59 Boise State 8 72 88 15 175 21.9
59 North Carolina 8 59 107 9 175 21.9
61 North Carolina State 8 64 97 13 174 21.8
62 TCU 9 92 86 16 194 21.6
62 Duke 8 54 104 15 173 21.6
64 UTSA 8 85 73 13 171 21.4
64 Arkansas State 8 78 82 11 171 21.4
64 Old Dominion 8 69 84 18 171 21.4
67 Michigan State 9 86 97 9 192 21.3
68 San Jose State 8 71 86 12 169 21.1
68 Syracuse 8 54 97 18 169 21.1
70 Indiana 9 66 105 16 187 20.8
70 LSU 8 91 66 9 166 20.8
70 Missouri 8 81 76 9 166 20.8
73 Mississippi State 8 86 67 11 164 20.5
73 Georgia 8 72 81 11 164 20.5
75 New Mexico 8 129 30 4 163 20.4
76 Pittsburgh 8 80 68 14 162 20.3
76 Buffalo 8 66 88 8 162 20.3
76 Utah State 8 62 75 25 162 20.3
79 Penn State 10 91 93 18 202 20.2
79 San Diego State 9 116 55 11 182 20.2
81 Arizona 9 93 60 27 180 20.0
81 Kentucky 8 95 51 14 160 20.0
81 South Alabama 8 65 85 10 160 20.0
81 Miami (Florida) 8 59 88 13 160 20.0
85 Charlotte 8 73 69 17 159 19.9
86 Nebraska 9 75 89 13 177 19.7
87 UNLV 8 94 53 9 156 19.5
87 Louisiana-Lafayette 8 86 57 13 156 19.5
89 Purdue 9 51 103 21 175 19.4
89 Marshall 8 48 89 18 155 19.4
91 Stanford 9 91 67 12 170 18.9
91 Auburn 8 90 54 7 151 18.9
91 Vanderbilt 8 61 81 9 151 18.9
91 Georgia State 8 46 89 16 151 18.9
95 Wisconsin 10 102 79 7 188 18.8
95 Ohio 9 75 75 19 169 18.8
95 Georgia Southern 8 78 61 11 150 18.8
98 Oregon State 9 90 64 12 166 18.4
98 Texas A&M 8 67 73 7 147 18.4
98 Central Michigan 8 54 84 9 147 18.4
101 Miami (Ohio) 8 59 76 11 146 18.3
102 Florida 9 64 90 9 163 18.1
102 UTEP 8 61 74 10 145 18.1
102 Virginia 8 53 84 8 145 18.1
105 Kansas 9 71 77 14 162 18.0
105 Akron 8 61 70 13 144 18.0
105 North Texas 8 55 74 15 144 18.0
105 Cincinnati 8 43 91 10 144 18.0
109 UCLA 9 35 107 19 161 17.9
110 Minnesota 9 83 65 12 160 17.8
111 Arizona State 9 47 97 14 158 17.6
112 UCF 8 54 74 12 140 17.5
112 Hawai'i 8 51 81 8 140 17.5
114 South Carolina 8 50 80 8 138 17.3
115 Maryland 9 75 68 9 152 16.9
115 Fresno State 8 58 60 17 135 16.9
117 Iowa 9 81 58 10 149 16.6
117 Connecticut 8 47 78 8 133 16.6
117 Texas State 8 46 74 13 133 16.6
120 Tulane 8 81 38 12 131 16.4
121 Georgia Tech 8 91 32 7 130 16.3
122 Wake Forest 8 57 53 16 126 15.8
123 Kent State 8 67 50 8 125 15.6
124 Illinois 9 54 63 12 129 14.3
125 Massachusetts 1 3 10 1 14 14.0
126 Rutgers 9 63 57 5 125 13.9
127 Boston College 8 42 46 12 100 12.5
128 Army 1 9 1 0 10 10.0