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

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Air Force 12 208 51 14 273 22.8
2 Navy 13 197 62 16 275 21.2
3 New Mexico 11 173 43 10 226 20.5
4 Tulsa 11 170 140 21 331 30.1
5 Army 9 161 25 10 196 21.8
6 San Diego State 12 145 75 17 237 19.8
7 Appalachian State 11 137 101 19 257 23.4
8 Western Michigan 10 130 114 13 257 25.7
9 Wyoming 12 129 124 21 274 22.8
10 Temple 11 124 107 19 250 22.7
11 Northern Illinois 11 123 113 21 257 23.4
12 South Florida 9 122 87 8 217 24.1
13 Ball State 10 121 119 8 248 24.8
14 Nevada 10 117 91 18 226 22.6
14 UNLV 10 117 69 11 197 19.7
16 Western Kentucky 11 114 151 17 282 25.6
17 Toledo 12 113 160 25 298 24.8
17 Colorado State 10 113 103 11 227 22.7
19 Bowling Green 10 112 105 24 241 24.1
20 Louisiana-Lafayette 11 111 84 20 215 19.5
21 Florida Atlantic 9 104 89 9 202 22.4
21 Tulane 10 104 53 15 172 17.2
23 New Mexico State 10 99 102 21 222 22.2
23 Old Dominion 11 99 114 25 238 21.6
25 UTSA 10 98 90 16 204 20.4
26 Troy 11 95 132 23 250 22.7
27 Houston 10 94 140 9 243 24.3
27 Eastern Michigan 11 94 146 18 258 23.5
27 Louisiana-Monroe 9 94 81 15 190 21.1
30 Charlotte 10 93 89 25 207 20.7
31 Rice 9 92 90 16 198 22.0
31 Ohio 11 92 99 26 217 19.7
31 Arkansas State 11 92 101 15 208 18.9
34 Georgia Southern 9 90 67 13 170 18.9
35 Louisiana Tech 11 88 166 27 281 25.5
36 Boise State 10 87 124 16 227 22.7
37 Buffalo 10 84 99 9 192 19.2
38 Middle Tennessee 10 82 134 20 236 23.6
38 Florida International 10 82 110 14 206 20.6
40 Southern Mississippi 10 81 128 22 231 23.1
41 Idaho 10 79 133 22 234 23.4
42 Memphis 10 78 134 18 230 23.0
42 South Alabama 10 78 101 12 191 19.1
42 UTEP 10 78 91 14 183 18.3
45 Akron 10 75 103 22 200 20.0
45 Utah State 10 75 88 28 191 19.1
47 North Texas 11 74 111 19 204 18.5
48 San Jose State 9 73 96 13 182 20.2
49 UCF 10 71 91 21 183 18.3
50 SMU 9 70 114 17 201 22.3
51 Miami (Ohio) 10 69 97 17 183 18.3
51 Hawai'i 10 69 100 12 181 18.1
53 BYU 6 68 49 17 134 22.3
53 Fresno State 10 68 76 18 162 16.2
55 Kent State 8 67 50 8 125 15.6
56 Central Michigan 10 63 113 13 189 18.9
57 East Carolina 8 60 114 12 186 23.3
58 Cincinnati 10 59 118 11 188 18.8
59 Marshall 9 56 106 24 186 20.7
60 Texas State 10 53 101 16 170 17.0
61 Georgia State 10 52 106 18 176 17.6
62 Massachusetts 7 51 83 7 141 20.1
63 Connecticut 8 47 78 8 133 16.6
64 Baylor 3 46 40 3 89 29.7
65 Auburn 2 43 21 4 68 34.0
65 Mississippi State 4 43 43 8 94 23.5
67 Louisville 3 39 42 8 89 29.7
67 Notre Dame 3 39 29 5 73 24.3
69 Ohio State 2 37 21 3 61 30.5
70 Missouri 2 33 28 5 66 33.0
71 Wisconsin 3 32 40 3 75 25.0
72 USC 2 27 21 4 52 26.0
72 Maryland 2 27 15 0 42 21.0
72 North Carolina State 3 27 30 4 61 20.3
75 Mississippi 2 26 29 4 59 29.5
75 Indiana 2 26 18 1 45 22.5
75 Wake Forest 3 26 22 1 49 16.3
78 Alabama 2 25 23 1 49 24.5
78 Michigan 2 25 22 2 49 24.5
78 Texas 2 25 20 4 49 24.5
78 Arizona 2 25 17 3 45 22.5
82 Boston College 3 24 25 2 51 17.0
83 Arkansas 2 23 21 3 47 23.5
84 Tennessee 2 22 20 0 42 21.0
85 Texas A&M 2 21 28 2 51 25.5
85 Kentucky 2 21 20 1 42 21.0
85 Stanford 2 21 15 1 37 18.5
88 Florida State 1 20 8 3 31 31.0
88 Syracuse 3 20 48 6 74 24.7
88 Nebraska 2 20 21 4 45 22.5
88 Utah 2 20 16 3 39 19.5
92 Virginia Tech 2 19 20 4 43 21.5
92 Miami (Florida) 3 19 38 2 59 19.7
94 Purdue 2 18 34 2 54 27.0
94 Florida 2 18 24 5 47 23.5
94 South Carolina 3 18 34 9 61 20.3
97 Penn State 2 17 17 6 40 20.0
97 Vanderbilt 2 17 16 6 39 19.5
97 Duke 2 17 15 1 33 16.5
100 Washington State 2 16 33 3 52 26.0
100 UCLA 2 16 29 3 48 24.0
100 Oklahoma 2 16 29 2 47 23.5
103 California 2 15 42 4 61 30.5
103 Colorado 1 15 12 1 28 28.0
103 Kansas State 1 15 7 2 24 24.0
106 Virginia 2 14 27 5 46 23.0
106 Michigan State 2 14 19 2 35 17.5
108 Texas Tech 1 13 18 4 35 35.0
109 Arizona State 1 12 11 2 25 25.0
110 Pittsburgh 1 11 13 5 29 29.0
110 Georgia Tech 1 11 7 1 19 19.0
110 Iowa 1 11 6 0 17 17.0
113 Minnesota 1 10 10 1 21 21.0
114 Iowa State 1 9 13 1 23 23.0
114 Georgia 1 9 7 0 16 16.0
116 TCU 1 8 16 1 25 25.0
116 Clemson 1 8 13 3 24 24.0
116 LSU 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
119 West Virginia 1 7 17 2 26 26.0
119 Oregon State 1 7 8 2 17 17.0
119 Northwestern 1 7 8 0 15 15.0
122 Washington 1 6 20 1 27 27.0
122 Rutgers 1 6 7 1 14 14.0
122 Kansas 2 6 13 4 23 11.5
125 Oklahoma State 1 3 17 3 23 23.0
126 Illinois 1 1 14 0 15 15.0