2016 National Leaders First Downs - Games in December/January Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Clemson 3 31 45 9 85 28.3
2 Western Kentucky 2 27 26 6 59 29.5
3 Louisiana Tech 2 12 39 6 57 28.5
4 Oklahoma 2 22 26 5 53 26.5
5 Alabama 3 35 11 4 50 16.7
6 Baylor 2 19 28 1 48 24.0
7 Idaho 2 21 23 2 46 23.0
7 Navy 3 27 15 4 46 15.3
9 Army 2 42 3 0 45 22.5
10 Virginia Tech 2 14 26 4 44 22.0
10 Penn State 2 11 28 5 44 22.0
12 Oklahoma State 2 18 21 2 41 20.5
13 Wisconsin 2 20 18 2 40 20.0
14 Temple 2 15 22 2 39 19.5
15 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 29 5 4 38 19.0
15 Kansas State 2 24 12 2 38 19.0
15 Western Michigan 2 19 19 0 38 19.0
18 Troy 2 9 27 1 37 18.5
18 Ohio 2 9 21 7 37 18.5
20 Washington 2 23 12 1 36 18.0
20 West Virginia 2 17 11 8 36 18.0
22 South Alabama 2 19 16 0 35 17.5
22 Wyoming 2 13 19 3 35 17.5
24 Tulsa 1 20 14 0 34 34.0
25 USC 1 6 23 4 33 33.0
26 TCU 2 16 12 4 32 16.0
27 Middle Tennessee 1 6 18 5 29 29.0
27 San Diego State 2 17 10 2 29 14.5
29 Eastern Michigan 1 8 16 4 28 28.0
30 Northwestern 1 10 15 2 27 27.0
30 Memphis 1 5 18 4 27 27.0
30 South Carolina 1 4 20 3 27 27.0
30 Colorado 2 10 14 3 27 13.5
30 Florida 2 8 18 1 27 13.5
35 North Carolina 1 8 15 3 26 26.0
35 Arkansas State 2 12 12 2 26 13.0
37 Appalachian State 1 14 9 2 25 25.0
37 Tennessee 1 12 12 1 25 25.0
37 Boise State 1 8 16 1 25 25.0
37 Texas A&M 1 7 16 2 25 25.0
37 Colorado State 1 7 14 4 25 25.0
42 Air Force 1 14 6 4 24 24.0
42 Miami (Ohio) 1 12 11 1 24 24.0
42 South Florida 1 10 13 1 24 24.0
45 Auburn 1 14 7 1 22 22.0
45 Wake Forest 1 10 11 1 22 22.0
45 Southern Mississippi 1 8 12 2 22 22.0
45 Indiana 1 8 11 3 22 22.0
49 Georgia Tech 1 15 4 2 21 21.0
49 Utah 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
49 New Mexico State 1 12 7 2 21 21.0
49 North Carolina State 1 5 14 2 21 21.0
53 Old Dominion 1 13 7 0 20 20.0
53 Georgia Southern 1 13 6 1 20 20.0
53 UTSA 1 13 5 2 20 20.0
53 Kentucky 1 9 10 1 20 20.0
53 LSU 1 5 11 4 20 20.0
53 Miami (Florida) 1 4 14 2 20 20.0
59 North Texas 1 7 11 1 19 19.0
59 Central Michigan 1 4 14 1 19 19.0
59 Georgia State 1 4 12 3 19 19.0
62 Pittsburgh 1 9 8 1 18 18.0
62 Mississippi State 1 9 7 2 18 18.0
62 Hawai'i 1 8 10 0 18 18.0
62 Vanderbilt 1 7 11 0 18 18.0
62 Nebraska 1 5 12 1 18 18.0
67 New Mexico 1 13 3 1 17 17.0
67 Georgia 1 11 5 1 17 17.0
67 Minnesota 1 8 8 1 17 17.0
67 Maryland 1 7 9 1 17 17.0
67 UCF 1 1 9 7 17 17.0
72 Stanford 1 8 6 2 16 16.0
72 Houston 1 7 9 0 16 16.0
72 Michigan 1 5 10 1 16 16.0
72 Washington State 1 4 11 1 16 16.0
76 Boston College 1 8 7 0 15 15.0
76 Texas State 1 7 6 2 15 15.0
76 Florida State 1 7 5 3 15 15.0
79 Iowa 1 9 3 2 14 14.0
79 Toledo 1 5 9 0 14 14.0
79 Arkansas 1 1 11 2 14 14.0
82 BYU 1 7 5 1 13 13.0
83 Louisville 1 4 6 1 11 11.0
84 Ohio State 1 3 4 2 9 9.0
85 Louisiana-Monroe 1 6 2 0 8 8.0