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