2017 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2018

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 Oklahoma State 9 81 151 22 254 28.2
2 Memphis 9 81 140 23 244 27.1
3 Arkansas State 8 76 118 20 214 26.8
4 Louisville 8 101 102 9 212 26.5
5 Florida Atlantic 9 141 78 13 232 25.8
6 UCF 9 86 121 24 231 25.7
7 Ohio State 10 122 108 26 256 25.6
8 Air Force 8 157 33 14 204 25.5
9 Oklahoma 10 104 136 11 251 25.1
10 USC 10 106 131 12 249 24.9
10 North Texas 9 92 117 15 224 24.9
10 Colorado State 8 85 104 10 199 24.9
10 Western Kentucky 8 55 130 14 199 24.9
14 SMU 8 69 109 19 197 24.6
15 East Carolina 8 52 124 20 196 24.5
16 South Florida 8 104 78 12 194 24.3
17 Syracuse 8 75 101 16 192 24.0
18 Arizona 9 122 63 30 215 23.9
19 Penn State 9 72 122 20 214 23.8
20 West Virginia 9 76 112 25 213 23.7
21 North Carolina State 8 78 93 17 188 23.5
22 Texas Tech 9 78 114 19 211 23.4
23 Louisiana-Monroe 8 75 100 11 186 23.3
24 Alabama 9 116 79 14 209 23.2
24 Toledo 9 93 104 12 209 23.2
26 Middle Tennessee 8 71 94 20 185 23.1
26 New Mexico State 8 53 120 12 185 23.1
28 Utah 9 90 93 23 206 22.9
28 UCLA 9 75 114 17 206 22.9
28 Missouri 8 90 80 13 183 22.9
31 Northwestern 9 85 106 14 205 22.8
32 Washington State 9 40 146 17 203 22.6
33 Colorado 9 99 89 13 201 22.3
33 California 9 73 105 23 201 22.3
33 Louisiana Tech 8 77 85 16 178 22.3
36 Southern Mississippi 8 80 85 12 177 22.1
36 Connecticut 8 61 93 23 177 22.1
38 Arizona State 9 103 80 13 196 21.8
39 Auburn 9 106 71 18 195 21.7
40 Washington 9 92 85 17 194 21.6
40 Baylor 9 60 117 17 194 21.6
40 Ohio 8 92 57 24 173 21.6
40 Buffalo 8 48 105 20 173 21.6
44 San Diego State 8 96 60 16 172 21.5
44 Western Michigan 8 93 69 10 172 21.5
44 Miami (Ohio) 8 58 94 20 172 21.5
47 Navy 8 140 21 10 171 21.4
47 Northern Illinois 8 88 71 12 171 21.4
49 Mississippi State 8 100 57 13 170 21.3
49 Houston 8 74 85 11 170 21.3
51 Tulane 8 99 60 10 169 21.1
51 UNLV 8 93 67 9 169 21.1
51 Marshall 8 61 88 20 169 21.1
54 Clemson 9 90 91 8 189 21.0
54 Boise State 9 72 103 14 189 21.0
54 Appalachian State 8 86 69 13 168 21.0
54 Texas State 8 71 82 15 168 21.0
58 Indiana 9 52 113 23 188 20.9
59 Louisiana-Lafayette 8 78 79 9 166 20.8
59 Cincinnati 8 67 88 11 166 20.8
61 Georgia 10 117 77 12 206 20.6
61 Bowling Green 8 75 73 17 165 20.6
63 Eastern Michigan 8 63 87 14 164 20.5
63 Temple 8 58 91 15 164 20.5
65 Michigan State 9 71 93 20 184 20.4
66 Iowa State 9 53 103 27 183 20.3
66 Duke 8 77 74 11 162 20.3
66 UTSA 8 67 79 16 162 20.3
69 Florida International 8 58 94 9 161 20.1
69 Georgia State 8 55 97 9 161 20.1
71 Oregon 9 110 50 20 180 20.0
71 Troy 8 53 93 14 160 20.0
73 TCU 10 84 95 20 199 19.9
73 Purdue 9 72 89 18 179 19.9
73 Hawai'i 8 69 78 12 159 19.9
73 Wake Forest 8 66 86 7 159 19.9
73 Mississippi 8 62 86 11 159 19.9
73 Nevada 8 52 93 14 159 19.9
79 UAB 8 81 63 14 158 19.8
79 Vanderbilt 8 45 97 16 158 19.8
81 Tulsa 8 91 46 20 157 19.6
82 Boston College 8 84 64 8 156 19.5
83 Georgia Southern 8 108 39 8 155 19.4
83 Kentucky 8 71 70 14 155 19.4
83 Utah State 8 67 79 9 155 19.4
83 Virginia Tech 8 63 81 11 155 19.4
87 Texas 9 69 94 11 174 19.3
87 Nebraska 9 51 108 15 174 19.3
89 Oregon State 9 78 72 23 173 19.2
90 Wisconsin 10 95 82 13 190 19.0
90 Georgia Tech 8 120 22 10 152 19.0
90 LSU 8 76 63 13 152 19.0
93 Old Dominion 8 65 74 11 150 18.8
93 South Carolina 8 58 80 12 150 18.8
95 Arkansas 8 63 72 14 149 18.6
96 Idaho 8 51 84 13 148 18.5
97 Fresno State 9 83 76 7 166 18.4
97 Rice 8 89 50 8 147 18.4
97 Pittsburgh 8 67 70 10 147 18.4
100 Akron 9 55 92 17 164 18.2
101 Massachusetts 1 4 14 0 18 18.0
102 Miami (Florida) 9 60 90 11 161 17.9
102 Ball State 8 74 59 10 143 17.9
104 Coastal Carolina 8 62 70 10 142 17.8
104 South Alabama 8 44 88 10 142 17.8
106 Stanford 10 76 80 20 176 17.6
106 Michigan 9 82 64 12 158 17.6
106 Virginia 8 44 79 18 141 17.6
109 North Carolina 8 42 85 12 139 17.4
110 San Jose State 8 58 64 14 136 17.0
110 BYU 1 7 10 0 17 17.0
112 Florida 8 60 65 9 134 16.8
113 New Mexico 8 90 33 10 133 16.6
113 Florida State 8 61 62 10 133 16.6
115 Central Michigan 8 47 68 15 130 16.3
116 Kansas State 9 74 62 10 146 16.2
117 Maryland 9 63 61 18 142 15.8
117 Texas A&M 8 46 65 15 126 15.8
119 Iowa 9 61 70 9 140 15.6
120 Tennessee 8 49 58 16 123 15.4
121 Kent State 8 65 47 10 122 15.3
122 Minnesota 9 84 42 11 137 15.2
123 Wyoming 8 52 58 11 121 15.1
124 Illinois 9 52 62 12 126 14.0
125 Kansas 9 50 64 11 125 13.9
126 Charlotte 8 50 45 9 104 13.0
127 Rutgers 9 58 37 11 106 11.8
128 UTEP 8 44 40 8 92 11.5