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

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