2016 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Clemson 13 115 207 30 352 27.1
2 Texas Tech 10 68 195 25 288 28.8
3 Washington State 10 63 169 24 256 25.6
4 California 10 88 155 31 274 27.4
5 Oklahoma 11 120 147 15 282 25.6
6 North Carolina 11 79 144 15 238 21.6
7 USC 11 108 143 19 270 24.5
7 Oklahoma State 11 104 143 15 262 23.8
9 Northwestern 11 93 138 19 250 22.7
10 Virginia Tech 11 107 137 19 263 23.9
11 Mississippi 9 64 135 18 217 24.1
12 Indiana 11 79 134 21 234 21.3
13 Washington 12 125 126 18 269 22.4
14 Florida State 11 116 124 24 264 24.0
14 Colorado 12 119 124 25 268 22.3
16 UCLA 10 43 123 23 189 18.9
17 Oregon 11 114 122 23 259 23.5
18 Arkansas 10 76 121 19 216 21.6
19 West Virginia 11 117 119 22 258 23.5
19 Duke 9 61 119 16 196 21.8
21 Penn State 12 105 117 23 245 20.4
22 Arizona State 10 58 115 19 192 19.2
23 TCU 11 106 112 18 236 21.5
24 North Carolina State 9 69 111 15 195 21.7
24 Nebraska 11 92 111 18 221 20.1
26 Iowa State 10 91 110 13 214 21.4
27 Louisville 10 113 108 15 236 23.6
28 Vanderbilt 10 72 104 10 186 18.6
29 Notre Dame 9 68 103 10 181 20.1
29 Purdue 9 51 103 21 175 19.4
31 Texas 10 132 102 18 252 25.2
31 Tennessee 10 100 102 15 217 21.7
31 Miami (Florida) 9 63 102 15 180 20.0
34 Georgia 11 109 101 18 228 20.7
34 Florida 11 77 101 10 188 17.1
36 Texas A&M 10 84 100 11 195 19.5
37 Michigan 11 118 98 18 234 21.3
38 Michigan State 9 86 97 9 192 21.3
38 Syracuse 8 54 97 18 169 21.1
40 Ohio State 11 139 95 17 251 22.8
40 Alabama 12 146 95 11 252 21.0
42 Virginia 9 67 93 13 173 19.2
43 Baylor 9 115 91 11 217 24.1
43 Utah 10 116 91 20 227 22.7
43 Pittsburgh 11 114 91 15 220 20.0
46 Wisconsin 11 110 90 9 209 19.0
47 Missouri 9 94 87 11 192 21.3
48 LSU 10 101 85 14 200 20.0
48 South Carolina 9 56 85 11 152 16.9
50 Kansas State 11 135 83 23 241 21.9
50 Stanford 11 102 83 14 199 18.1
52 Minnesota 11 102 81 15 198 18.0
53 Kansas 9 71 77 14 162 18.0
53 Maryland 10 82 77 10 169 16.9
55 Oregon State 10 94 75 15 184 18.4
56 Iowa 11 100 73 15 188 17.1
57 Kentucky 10 114 72 18 204 20.4
58 Auburn 10 110 69 11 190 19.0
59 Illinois 10 62 68 14 144 14.4
60 Mississippi State 8 86 67 11 164 20.5
61 Rutgers 10 72 66 8 146 14.6
62 BYU 6 59 62 11 132 22.0
62 Wake Forest 9 66 62 19 147 16.3
64 Arizona 9 93 60 27 180 20.0
65 Boston College 9 50 53 12 115 12.8
66 East Carolina 3 21 46 6 73 24.3
66 Georgia Tech 11 130 46 11 187 17.0
68 Boise State 3 28 43 2 73 24.3
69 Massachusetts 4 17 40 8 65 16.3
70 Central Michigan 2 10 32 3 45 22.5
71 Houston 2 10 31 5 46 23.0
71 Hawai'i 3 29 31 7 67 22.3
73 Middle Tennessee 2 17 30 5 52 26.0
74 Connecticut 3 15 28 6 49 16.3
75 Western Michigan 3 35 27 3 65 21.7
76 South Florida 3 32 25 4 61 20.3
77 SMU 2 10 23 3 36 18.0
77 Temple 2 7 23 4 34 17.0
79 Miami (Ohio) 2 25 22 2 49 24.5
79 Memphis 2 19 22 5 46 23.0
81 Western Kentucky 2 14 21 4 39 19.5
81 UTSA 2 10 21 0 31 15.5
83 Louisiana Tech 2 21 20 2 43 21.5
84 Southern Mississippi 2 22 19 7 48 24.0
84 San Jose State 2 20 19 3 42 21.0
84 Idaho 2 10 19 3 32 16.0
84 Florida International 2 9 19 4 32 16.0
88 New Mexico State 2 20 18 6 44 22.0
88 Ohio 2 20 18 6 44 22.0
88 Louisiana-Monroe 2 12 18 1 31 15.5
91 Colorado State 2 19 14 3 36 18.0
92 Appalachian State 2 19 13 2 34 17.0
93 Georgia Southern 2 26 12 6 44 22.0
93 Cincinnati 1 9 12 1 22 22.0
93 Eastern Michigan 1 7 12 2 21 21.0
93 UCF 2 24 12 3 39 19.5
93 South Alabama 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
93 Fresno State 1 2 12 3 17 17.0
99 Troy 1 6 11 4 21 21.0
99 Florida Atlantic 2 12 11 3 26 13.0
101 Nevada 1 8 10 0 18 18.0
101 Bowling Green 1 4 10 2 16 16.0
101 Utah State 1 1 10 2 13 13.0
101 Georgia State 1 2 10 0 12 12.0
105 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 12 9 0 21 21.0
105 Ball State 1 7 9 2 18 18.0
105 Rice 2 22 9 4 35 17.5
105 Marshall 2 19 9 6 34 17.0
105 Old Dominion 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
105 Arkansas State 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
105 Tulsa 1 4 9 1 14 14.0
112 San Diego State 1 13 8 1 22 22.0
112 New Mexico 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
112 UNLV 1 10 8 0 18 18.0
112 Wyoming 1 5 8 3 16 16.0
112 Kent State 2 10 8 3 21 10.5
117 Army 2 22 6 1 29 14.5
117 Tulane 1 7 6 1 14 14.0
117 Charlotte 1 4 6 2 12 12.0
120 Akron 1 4 4 2 10 10.0
121 Texas State 1 5 3 0 8 8.0
121 North Texas 1 2 3 3 8 8.0
121 Buffalo 1 1 3 1 5 5.0
124 UTEP 1 4 2 4 10 10.0