2016 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Ranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Alabama 6 68 33 6 107 17.8
2 Ohio State 6 66 54 10 130 21.7
3 Wisconsin 7 63 59 5 127 18.1
4 Florida State 5 55 38 14 107 21.4
5 Clemson 7 53 116 19 188 26.9
6 Syracuse 6 50 86 16 152 25.3
6 Oregon 5 50 48 11 109 21.8
6 Michigan 6 50 55 7 112 18.7
9 Penn State 7 49 69 16 134 19.1
10 Oklahoma 4 46 42 11 99 24.8
11 Texas 3 42 33 6 81 27.0
11 Northwestern 6 42 71 7 120 20.0
13 Arizona 4 41 26 14 81 20.3
14 Pittsburgh 4 37 36 7 80 20.0
14 Washington 4 37 30 4 71 17.8
16 Utah 3 36 28 6 70 23.3
16 Michigan State 4 36 40 7 83 20.8
16 Iowa 5 36 27 9 72 14.4
19 Kansas State 4 35 36 7 78 19.5
19 LSU 5 35 36 6 77 15.4
21 Colorado 5 34 44 7 85 17.0
22 Louisville 3 33 26 7 66 22.0
22 Rutgers 5 33 21 4 58 11.6
24 USC 5 32 70 8 110 22.0
24 Georgia Tech 3 32 7 5 44 14.7
26 Iowa State 4 31 42 5 78 19.5
26 Minnesota 4 31 37 9 77 19.3
26 Auburn 4 31 28 5 64 16.0
29 Tennessee 4 30 37 7 74 18.5
30 Notre Dame 3 28 30 3 61 20.3
31 Missouri 3 27 25 4 56 18.7
31 Wake Forest 4 27 27 6 60 15.0
33 West Virginia 2 26 20 3 49 24.5
33 Baylor 3 26 35 2 63 21.0
33 Texas A&M 3 26 27 2 55 18.3
36 Navy 2 25 16 1 42 21.0
36 Oklahoma State 4 25 51 7 83 20.8
36 Arkansas 5 25 52 11 88 17.6
36 Florida 4 25 27 3 55 13.8
40 Texas Tech 3 24 65 9 98 32.7
41 Army 1 23 1 1 25 25.0
41 UCF 3 23 23 5 51 17.0
41 Kentucky 3 23 16 6 45 15.0
44 Northern Illinois 2 22 17 5 44 22.0
44 North Carolina 4 22 55 7 84 21.0
44 TCU 3 22 29 4 55 18.3
44 Stanford 3 22 21 4 47 15.7
44 Kent State 3 22 13 3 38 12.7
49 Mississippi 4 20 66 9 95 23.8
49 South Florida 2 20 12 3 35 17.5
49 Indiana 4 20 42 5 67 16.8
52 California 3 19 45 9 73 24.3
52 Miami (Florida) 4 19 51 7 77 19.3
52 Duke 3 19 30 6 55 18.3
52 Marshall 2 19 9 6 34 17.0
52 Virginia 3 19 26 5 50 16.7
52 Kansas 3 19 25 5 49 16.3
52 Maryland 4 19 29 1 49 12.3
59 SMU 2 18 24 2 44 22.0
59 Temple 2 18 17 4 39 19.5
59 East Carolina 3 18 34 1 53 17.7
62 North Carolina State 3 17 39 7 63 21.0
62 Mississippi State 3 17 27 3 47 15.7
64 Memphis 2 16 25 3 44 22.0
64 Vanderbilt 2 16 23 4 43 21.5
64 Purdue 4 16 46 11 73 18.3
64 Oregon State 3 16 17 4 37 12.3
64 Illinois 5 16 35 3 54 10.8
64 Boston College 4 16 19 3 38 9.5
70 Central Michigan 2 15 24 2 41 20.5
70 Charlotte 2 15 17 5 37 18.5
70 Nebraska 3 15 23 4 42 14.0
73 Rice 1 14 6 1 21 21.0
73 South Carolina 3 14 35 7 56 18.7
73 Akron 2 14 10 3 27 13.5
76 Miami (Ohio) 1 13 11 1 25 25.0
76 Virginia Tech 2 13 31 4 48 24.0
76 Washington State 3 13 42 5 60 20.0
79 BYU 1 12 14 1 27 27.0
79 Ball State 1 12 13 0 25 25.0
79 Georgia Southern 1 12 6 2 20 20.0
79 Louisiana-Monroe 2 12 18 1 31 15.5
83 Georgia 2 11 15 3 29 14.5
83 UCLA 3 11 25 4 40 13.3
85 Houston 2 10 31 5 46 23.0
85 Cincinnati 2 10 19 2 31 15.5
85 Connecticut 2 10 16 2 28 14.0
88 Toledo 1 9 8 3 20 20.0
88 Western Michigan 1 9 9 0 18 18.0
90 Idaho 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
90 Tulane 1 8 0 0 8 8.0
92 Hawai'i 1 7 7 2 16 16.0
92 Colorado State 1 7 5 0 12 12.0
94 Troy 1 6 11 4 21 21.0
94 Buffalo 1 6 6 1 13 13.0
94 Arizona State 3 6 26 5 37 12.3
97 Eastern Michigan 1 5 17 1 23 23.0
97 Wyoming 1 5 8 3 16 16.0
99 Bowling Green 1 4 10 2 16 16.0
99 Southern Mississippi 1 4 9 3 16 16.0
99 Arkansas State 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
99 Tulsa 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
103 Ohio 1 3 9 2 14 14.0
103 Massachusetts 1 3 5 4 12 12.0
105 Fresno State 1 2 12 3 17 17.0
105 Georgia State 1 2 10 0 12 12.0
105 Western Kentucky 1 2 9 1 12 12.0
105 North Texas 1 2 3 3 8 8.0
109 Utah State 1 1 10 2 13 13.0