2017 Big Ten Conference Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams Only through 01/08/2018

	Name	G	Rush	Pass	Penalty	Total	Total/G
1	Ohio State	14	173	151	30	354	25.3
2	Northwestern	13	125	150	22	297	22.8
3	Penn State	13	99	172	25	296	22.8
3	Wisconsin	14	148	128	20	296	21.1
5	Purdue	13	114	144	24	282	21.7
6	Michigan State	13	117	139	25	281	21.6
7	Nebraska	12	73	145	18	236	19.7
8	Indiana	11	70	129	28	227	20.6
8	Michigan	13	115	96	16	227	17.5
10	Iowa	13	103	106	17	226	17.4
11	Minnesota	12	120	61	16	197	16.4
12	Maryland	11	77	75	26	178	16.2
13	Illinois	12	72	83	19	174	14.5
14	Rutgers	11	72	53	15	140	12.7