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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Tulsa 12 178 156 25 359 29.9
2 Louisiana Tech 14 119 210 29 358 25.6
3 Western Michigan 13 178 140 17 335 25.8
4 Western Kentucky 13 137 175 20 332 25.5
5 Middle Tennessee 13 111 186 26 323 24.8
6 Air Force 13 230 56 16 302 23.2
7 Boise State 13 115 167 18 300 23.1
8 Wyoming 13 141 134 21 296 22.8
9 Toledo 12 113 160 22 295 24.6
10 Southern Mississippi 12 117 148 26 291 24.3
10 Appalachian State 13 156 114 21 291 22.4
12 Virginia Tech 12 121 141 20 282 23.5
13 Washington State 10 71 183 26 280 28.0
13 Colorado State 12 137 125 18 280 23.3
13 Eastern Michigan 12 110 150 20 280 23.3
16 Troy 12 113 143 23 279 23.3
17 Ohio 13 125 122 31 278 21.4
17 San Diego State 14 165 94 19 278 19.9
19 Old Dominion 13 113 132 28 273 21.0
20 BYU 12 129 116 27 272 22.7
21 New Mexico 13 200 60 11 271 20.8
22 Ball State 11 129 126 14 269 24.5
23 Houston 11 111 147 10 268 24.4
24 Baylor 10 148 106 12 266 26.6
24 New Mexico State 12 119 120 27 266 22.2
26 South Florida 11 144 109 12 265 24.1
26 West Virginia 11 109 132 24 265 24.1
28 Idaho 12 90 149 25 264 22.0
29 Bowling Green 11 121 117 25 263 23.9
30 California 9 84 152 26 262 29.1
30 Texas Tech 9 68 173 21 262 29.1
30 Nevada 12 133 110 19 262 21.8
33 Louisville 10 119 124 16 259 25.9
33 Memphis 11 86 149 24 259 23.5
33 Army 12 209 37 13 259 21.6
33 Temple 12 121 119 19 259 21.6
37 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 135 99 22 256 19.7
38 UTSA 13 115 123 17 255 19.6
39 San Jose State 12 109 123 20 252 21.0
40 Navy 12 187 49 15 251 20.9
40 South Alabama 13 100 138 13 251 19.3
42 Florida Atlantic 12 125 108 14 247 20.6
42 Hawai'i 13 100 130 17 247 19.0
44 Washington 10 105 124 16 245 24.5
45 Colorado 9 115 105 23 243 27.0
46 TCU 10 103 121 17 241 24.1
47 Mississippi State 10 125 97 18 240 24.0
47 Rice 11 109 107 24 240 21.8
49 Northern Illinois 10 114 105 19 238 23.8
49 Florida International 12 91 129 18 238 19.8
51 Missouri 9 117 105 14 236 26.2
51 UNLV 12 140 85 11 236 19.7
53 East Carolina 9 74 143 17 234 26.0
54 Georgia 11 115 102 15 232 21.1
54 North Texas 12 92 118 22 232 19.3
56 Oklahoma 9 90 134 6 230 25.6
57 Miami (Ohio) 12 91 118 20 229 19.1
58 Georgia Southern 11 127 81 20 228 20.7
58 Arkansas State 12 98 115 15 228 19.0
60 Texas A&M 10 97 115 14 226 22.6
61 Oklahoma State 9 91 123 11 225 25.0
62 Nebraska 10 97 109 18 224 22.4
63 Auburn 9 142 69 11 222 24.7
64 North Carolina State 10 93 115 13 221 22.1
65 Texas 9 115 89 16 220 24.4
65 UTEP 12 97 103 20 220 18.3
67 SMU 10 74 121 23 218 21.8
67 Massachusetts 11 72 133 13 218 19.8
69 Louisiana-Monroe 10 110 91 15 216 21.6
69 Central Michigan 11 70 129 17 216 19.6
71 Clemson 8 80 119 16 215 26.9
71 Kentucky 10 122 80 13 215 21.5
71 Utah 10 108 90 17 215 21.5
74 Florida State 8 94 105 15 214 26.8
74 Utah State 11 91 95 28 214 19.5
76 USC 8 103 94 15 212 26.5
76 Indiana 9 85 110 17 212 23.6
76 Texas State 12 65 129 18 212 17.7
79 Vanderbilt 11 89 106 15 210 19.1
80 Alabama 9 113 89 6 208 23.1
81 Arizona State 9 82 108 17 207 23.0
81 Akron 10 72 113 22 207 20.7
81 Marshall 10 66 116 25 207 20.7
81 Buffalo 11 90 106 11 207 18.8
85 Tennessee 9 96 99 11 206 22.9
86 Mississippi 8 79 111 13 203 25.4
86 Duke 9 76 113 14 203 22.6
88 Cincinnati 10 66 124 11 201 20.1
89 Arkansas 8 91 98 11 200 25.0
89 Kansas State 9 123 59 18 200 22.2
89 Charlotte 10 91 85 24 200 20.0
89 Tulane 11 123 59 18 200 18.2
93 North Carolina 9 74 113 12 199 22.1
94 UCF 10 84 90 24 198 19.8
95 UCLA 9 48 127 22 197 21.9
96 Notre Dame 9 79 102 12 193 21.4
97 Stanford 10 101 77 11 189 18.9
97 Fresno State 11 81 90 18 189 17.2
97 Georgia State 11 61 110 18 189 17.2
100 Virginia 9 67 106 15 188 20.9
101 Maryland 9 104 73 10 187 20.8
101 Georgia Tech 10 129 49 9 187 18.7
103 Pittsburgh 9 91 79 16 186 20.7
104 South Carolina 10 79 92 14 185 18.5
105 Miami (Florida) 9 76 97 11 184 20.4
106 Ohio State 7 110 62 10 182 26.0
107 Purdue 8 62 106 13 181 22.6
107 Oregon State 9 93 73 15 181 20.1
109 Florida 9 70 98 12 180 20.0
110 Connecticut 10 63 101 13 177 17.7
111 Iowa State 8 72 91 12 175 21.9
112 Minnesota 9 95 70 8 173 19.2
113 Michigan 7 93 65 13 171 24.4
113 Oregon 7 72 86 13 171 24.4
115 Arizona 8 88 59 18 165 20.6
115 Wake Forest 9 84 67 14 165 18.3
117 Kansas 9 70 81 13 164 18.2
118 Michigan State 8 73 85 5 163 20.4
119 Northwestern 7 62 85 14 161 23.0
120 LSU 7 85 64 9 158 22.6
121 Wisconsin 7 79 71 7 157 22.4
122 Penn State 7 73 65 13 151 21.6
122 Boston College 9 72 68 11 151 16.8
124 Iowa 8 81 57 7 145 18.1
125 Kent State 9 71 60 9 140 15.6
126 Rutgers 7 63 60 5 128 18.3
127 Illinois 7 57 56 13 126 18.0
128 Syracuse 6 29 77 10 116 19.3