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

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