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