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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Clemson 14 133 204 33 370 26.4
2 Western Michigan 13 178 140 17 335 25.8
3 Tulsa 10 162 125 22 309 30.9
4 Alabama 14 171 117 11 299 21.4
5 Oklahoma 11 122 156 15 293 26.6
6 Washington 12 132 137 20 289 24.1
7 Ohio State 11 164 103 17 284 25.8
8 Western Kentucky 11 118 145 16 279 25.4
9 USC 10 117 136 19 272 27.2
10 Colorado 10 130 112 24 266 26.6
11 South Florida 11 144 109 12 265 24.1
12 West Virginia 10 106 126 22 254 25.4
13 Florida State 10 119 109 20 248 24.8
14 Virginia Tech 10 107 118 19 244 24.4
15 Troy 10 103 119 20 242 24.2
16 Louisville 9 108 112 19 239 26.6
16 Air Force 10 188 38 13 239 23.9
16 Appalachian State 10 128 92 19 239 23.9
16 Boise State 10 96 127 16 239 23.9
20 Louisiana Tech 9 83 134 21 238 26.4
20 Oklahoma State 10 91 136 11 238 23.8
22 Michigan 10 126 94 17 237 23.7
23 Wisconsin 11 114 108 10 232 21.1
24 Penn State 11 105 104 21 230 20.9
25 Washington State 8 63 143 21 227 28.4
25 Old Dominion 10 101 104 22 227 22.7
27 San Diego State 11 142 68 15 225 20.5
28 Houston 9 91 121 12 224 24.9
28 Toledo 9 90 117 17 224 24.9
30 Temple 10 121 84 16 221 22.1
31 BYU 9 110 84 22 216 24.0
32 Army 8 173 26 7 206 25.8
32 Nebraska 9 92 97 17 206 22.9
32 Idaho 9 76 113 17 206 22.9
35 Auburn 8 127 68 9 204 25.5
36 Middle Tennessee 8 80 107 16 203 25.4
37 Navy 9 161 29 10 200 22.2
37 Kansas State 9 123 59 18 200 22.2
39 Wyoming 8 104 81 12 197 24.6
39 Tennessee 9 93 91 13 197 21.9
41 Texas A&M 8 92 89 12 193 24.1
42 Utah 9 100 75 16 191 21.2
42 Stanford 10 112 70 9 191 19.1
44 North Carolina 8 65 114 11 190 23.8
45 Miami (Florida) 9 78 101 10 189 21.0
46 New Mexico 9 141 38 6 185 20.6
47 Baylor 7 104 71 7 182 26.0
48 LSU 8 90 75 13 178 22.3
49 Southern Mississippi 7 74 87 14 175 25.0
49 Florida 9 79 85 11 175 19.4
51 Memphis 8 63 96 15 174 21.8
52 Minnesota 9 95 70 8 173 19.2
53 Northwestern 7 70 86 15 171 24.4
54 Colorado State 7 91 69 10 170 24.3
54 North Carolina State 7 75 86 9 170 24.3
56 Ohio 8 90 64 15 169 21.1
57 Arkansas 7 83 77 8 168 24.0
58 Eastern Michigan 7 70 89 8 167 23.9
58 Pittsburgh 8 80 69 18 167 20.9
60 Georgia 8 86 66 11 163 20.4
61 Kentucky 7 94 58 8 160 22.9
62 TCU 6 70 76 13 159 26.5
63 Georgia Tech 9 104 42 10 156 17.3
64 Mississippi State 6 87 57 10 154 25.7
65 Texas Tech 5 47 97 9 153 30.6
66 Arkansas State 8 73 67 11 151 18.9
67 Iowa 8 89 50 9 148 18.5
68 California 5 47 85 14 146 29.2
69 Indiana 6 66 67 9 142 23.7
70 Northern Illinois 5 69 56 9 134 26.8
70 Mississippi 5 56 69 9 134 26.8
72 Wake Forest 7 75 50 7 132 18.9
73 Hawai'i 7 52 70 8 130 18.6
74 Central Michigan 6 43 72 12 127 21.2
75 UCF 6 61 54 11 126 21.0
76 Texas 5 66 53 6 125 25.0
76 Maryland 6 76 42 7 125 20.8
76 Vanderbilt 6 53 60 12 125 20.8
79 Georgia Southern 5 80 33 11 124 24.8
79 Arizona State 5 53 61 10 124 24.8
81 Nevada 5 73 42 7 122 24.4
82 UTSA 6 62 51 8 121 20.2
83 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 68 42 10 120 20.0
83 Boston College 7 57 58 5 120 17.1
85 South Alabama 6 53 62 4 119 19.8
86 South Carolina 6 57 50 10 117 19.5
87 Louisiana-Monroe 4 62 45 8 115 28.8
88 SMU 5 49 52 13 114 22.8
89 Miami (Ohio) 6 49 55 9 113 18.8
90 Akron 5 33 64 13 110 22.0
91 Ball State 4 53 43 7 103 25.8
91 Oregon 4 42 56 5 103 25.8
91 North Texas 5 50 41 12 103 20.6
94 Bowling Green 4 61 36 5 102 25.5
95 UNLV 4 59 37 4 100 25.0
96 Missouri 4 42 48 9 99 24.8
96 Syracuse 4 24 66 9 99 24.8
98 Notre Dame 4 42 47 8 97 24.3
98 Cincinnati 4 41 51 5 97 24.3
100 Oregon State 4 61 29 5 95 23.8
101 UTEP 4 48 37 8 93 23.3
101 Florida International 4 40 46 7 93 23.3
101 UCLA 4 28 56 9 93 23.3
104 San Jose State 4 50 36 6 92 23.0
105 Duke 4 44 39 6 89 22.3
106 Rice 3 33 42 8 83 27.7
107 Charlotte 4 40 34 8 82 20.5
108 Tulane 4 51 23 6 80 20.0
109 New Mexico State 3 35 34 10 79 26.3
110 East Carolina 3 28 45 3 76 25.3
111 Purdue 3 34 37 4 75 25.0
111 Marshall 3 29 39 7 75 25.0
113 Florida Atlantic 3 37 29 5 71 23.7
113 Iowa State 3 30 39 2 71 23.7
115 Arizona 3 46 17 5 68 22.7
116 Utah State 3 38 23 4 65 21.7
117 Texas State 2 13 45 5 63 31.5
118 Connecticut 3 23 30 9 62 20.7
119 Michigan State 3 31 27 3 61 20.3
120 Georgia State 3 22 29 5 56 18.7
121 Kent State 3 32 14 2 48 16.0
122 Massachusetts 2 11 31 3 45 22.5
122 Illinois 3 24 17 4 45 15.0
124 Kansas 2 18 23 2 43 21.5
125 Virginia 2 12 28 1 41 20.5
126 Rutgers 2 24 15 1 40 20.0
127 Buffalo 2 20 11 1 32 16.0
128 Fresno State 1 13 14 0 27 27.0